Overview
In our two-year graduate program located in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City, students learn the skills, methods, and mindsets of interaction design in order to seed healthier and more inclusive futures. Join our community of designers, artists, entrepreneurs, technologists, and more — find your future practice at the MFA ixD.
At the heart of the two-year program is a simple idea: teaching what it means to design technology for everybody.
- See our faculty
Instructors who are at the forefront of the industry. ixD faculty are the most inventive designers, thinkers, and makers in the field of interaction design.
A curriculum that changes and grows as quickly as the field itself. Courses are responsive to the fast-moving nature of interaction design and are updated every year.
- Explore our curriculum
More than app design. Students go beyond the screen in courses that focus on physical computing, ergonomics, environmental design, service design, entrepreneurship, business strategy, and more.
- Discover ixD’s studios and labs
Access to the newest technologies in the ixD's own device lab and lending library, as well as the SVA's Visual Futures Lab.
A unique focus on inclusive design. ixD emphasizes designing with people at every step of the design process. ixD is one of the only graduate programs in the U.S. with a full-year inclusive design course.
City as campus. The energy of NYC is a constant inspiration for the design practices of ixD students, faculty, and alumni.
Join an ever-expanding community of design innovators. ixD invites design leaders from around the world into the studio for talks, workshops, and networking events throughout the year.
Alumni are everywhere. ixD grads have gone on to shape the future of design and technology at companies like Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Citi, Google, Logitech, Meta, Microsoft, Spotify, Youtube, and many more.
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