Swedish/Ukrainian CEDAR project kicked off with meeting in Lund
The CEDAR project on collaboration between Swedish and Ukrainian organisations recently had its kick-off meeting at the Department of Design Sciences. On the agenda was planning activities for the upcoming months, agreeing on working methods and talking about the next steps.
Knowledge exchange at the heart of new Sweden-Ukraine projects
Two different projects led by researchers at the Department of Design Sciences share a common ambition: to support Ukraine's long-term business development by building partnerships and creating opportunities for knowledge exchange between Swedish and Ukrainian organisations.
Agile methods fit for complex product development? Research provides an answer
As products become increasingly complex, with a combination of hardware, software and electronics, the interest in agile methods is growing in traditional manufacturing companies. But agile methods are far from easy to implement. In her doctoral thesis, Silvia Orejuela examines the obstacles, opportunities and adaptations that manufacturing [...]
Milan Design Week 2026
Master students from Lund University School of Industrial Design exhibit at Milan Design Week 2026.
Design Sciences at the Sustainability Week in Lund, April 13-18
Lund University and the Lund Municipality welcome you to the tenth Sustainability Week. This year it offers more than 70 events, and the Department of Design Sciences participates in several of them. Everyone is welcome and it is all for free!
She wants to break the silence surrounding birth injuries
Although birth injuries to the mother can cause lifelong problems, such as incontinence and pain, little is said about them. LTH doctoral student Semra Sahin-Haglund wants to change that. In her licentiate thesis in Rehabilitation Engineering, she tackles the subject with humour, satirical drawings and metaphors – she wants women's experiences to [...]
Student work goes viral
A great design by one of our Master’s students goes viral and breaks every record of the School of Industrial Design’s Instagram account – lusid.se.
Welcome to LTH, Lise Meitner Professor Ibtissam El Hassani
She conducts research on how AI can improve product development and industrial processes. At the Department of Design Sciences, LTH's new Lise Meitner Professor hopes to inspire the next generation of researchers in an emerging academic field, especially young women.
From Lund to Lutsk: Design management and determination in wartime Ukraine
Ingenuity in the classrooms, table tennis matches in the lobby, and minutes of silence in honour of fallen soldiers – an ordinary day at a university in a war-torn country. Andreas Hopf, who teaches at the School of Industrial Design at LTH, talks about his latest trip to Ukraine.
Natural materials in focus at the industrial design students’ exhibition
Master's students at the School of Industrial Design, LTH, exhibit their latest projects, in which they explore the materials terracotta and alder wood. They have drawn inspiration from civilisations of bygone eras and from study trips to Asia.