The Information Experience Design MA (IED) at The Royal College of Art allows students to produce innovative art and design projects that intend to shape the future.

We provide a space to push the boundaries of what is possible. Our community of non-artists and designers intends to shape the future of art and design and how people think and live. IED projects embrace collective, trans-individual and more-than-human perspectives.

Students have designed a forest-based light installation, a global museum, a podcast fiction, a breathing chair, a VR adventure in a microbiome, an emotionally responsive game for dogs and a wearable that can sense deep time.

Through the programme, students gain a working knowledge of experimental post-digital and cultural systems theory and practice and its influence in society at a variety of scales and from a variety of perspectives.

The course includes five modules: Form and Method, Situated Practice, Making Worlds with Others, AcrossRCA and Independent Research Project.

School: Royal College of Art
Course: Information Experience Design MA
Type: Postgraduate
Location: London, UK
Course dates: September 2026 to July 2027
Application deadlines: 19 January 2026

Applications to this course have now closed.

What will I learn during this course?

– Develop experimental conceptual tools
– Critically engage with systemic, post digital and cultural theory
– Refine practice through making, research and critical reflection
– Apply conceptual tools to real-world systems
– Work collaboratively with students from other programmes

What are the requirements?

– A portfolio showcasing your work and artistic vision
– A personal statement (around 300 words) describing your interests, motivations and future goals
– An introduction video (maximum two minutes) to introduce yourself and explain your artistic approach and project ideas

What facilities and resources are available?

– Guidance from technicians in jewellery, embroidery, screen printing, dying or letterpress printing
– Specialist facilities such as VR, 360 sound, robotics, rapid prototyping, CNC milling and 3D scanning

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