Our Dynamic Media Institute (DMI) graduate postbaccalaureate program will allow you to explore the role of dynamic media in communication design in one year.
DMI’s Postbaccalaureate certificate is a one-year, 24 to 29-credit, immersive educational program that gives students the opportunity to focus on the role and new uses of dynamic media in communication design. Upon successful completion, students earn a graduate postbaccalaureate certificate in design, and many apply to continue onto the MFA program, transferring up to 6 credits from the postbaccalaureate course of study.
Tuyen Bui-Lally, MFA ’17, Dynamic Media Institute
Thesis Case Studies Abstracts, Video, 2017
Amanda Schuermann, ’17 MFA, Dynamic Media Institute
Digital Interactive Ball Pit, Installation, 2017
Bing Lin, MFA ’16, Dynamic Media Institute
gameLAN 2.0, Installation, 2016
Postbac Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the DMI Postbac Design program are expected to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes.
- Produce a comprehensive thesis project and thesis book relating to interactive communication design on a topic of personal interest
- Apply design thinking to, and conceive of new ways of designing for a wide range of human interaction, communication and multi-sensory experience
- Utilize a range of research techniques including text reviews, experimentation and prototyping
- Present technical information and data visually and dynamically, and translate non-visual experience into visual forms
- Experiment with sound, motion, gesture, narrative, mapping, in design applications
- Apply state-of-the-art technology to graphic and dynamic studio work
- Understand of the theoretical underpinnings of historical and contemporary communication design, achieving a solid intellectual and historical framework for thinking about the work one creates
- Develop skill in communicating with, and learning from, people across disciplines, learning the language of multiple disciplines, and synthesizing multiple points of view
- Develop awareness and understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and experiential issues expressed and inherent in one’s design practice and in the discipline of design
- Develop presentation skills including public speaking, visual presentations, and writing
- Understand a range of professional pathways for careers in dynamic media, as leaders in the design field, educators, practitioners, and entrepreneurs
Ready To Take the Next Step?
Kathyleen Martin, MFA ’21, Dynamic Media Institute
You Are Here (In Your Mind), Installation, 2019
Zhiqian Wang, BFA ’21, Dynamic Media Institute
Yellow, Installation, 2019
Mayuri Saxena, MFA ’21, Dynamic Media Institute
You Are Here, Installation, 2019
Alison Kotin, MFA ’11, Dynamic Media Institute
Fire Command, Solution, 2016
Bing Lin, MFA ’16, Dynamic Media Institute
gameLAN 2.0, Installation, 2016
Sixten Abbot, MFA ’16, Dynamic Media Institute
Altar, Installation, 2016
Patlapa Davivongsa, MFA ’16, Andrew Ringler, MFA ’16, Dynamic Media Institute
Sequencing, Installation, 2016
Kate Liguori, ’17 MFA, Dynamic Media Institute
Sand Mandala, Installation, 2017
Amanda Schuermann, ’17 MFA, Dynamic Media Institute
Digital Interactive Ball Pit, Installation, 2017
Tuyen Bui-Lally, MFA ’17, Dynamic Media Institute
Thesis Case Studies Abstracts, Video, 2017
Philip Gedarovich, ’16 MFA, Dynamic Media Institute
Outputs from the TriMe, Installation, 2016
Ana Torres, ’15 MFA, Dynamic Media Institute
eBracelet, Design, 2015
Abraham Evensen Tena
Associate Professor, Dynamic Media Institute
Ravi Jain
Visiting Lecturer, Dynamic Media InstituteEvan Karatzas
Visiting Lecturer, Dynamic Media InstituteJan Kubasiewicz
Professor Emeritus, Dynamic Media Institute
Cailigh MacDonald
Visiting Lecturer, Studio FoundationFish McGill
Program Director, Dynamic Media Institute
Syed Shozab Raza Naqvi
Visiting Lecturer, Dynamic Media InstituteJoseph Quackenbush
Professor, Communication Design
Martha Rettig
Program Area Chair, Communication Design
Timothy Scholl
Visiting Lecturer, Dynamic Media InstituteNandini Srinivasan
Visiting Assistant Professor, Dynamic Media InstituteSophia Vale
Visiting Instructor, Dynamic Media InstituteFred Wolflink
Assistant Professor, Dynamic Media InstituteFresh media is an annual exhibition organized by students that highlights the work of MFA candidates from the Dynamic Media Institute (DMI) at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
This exhibition is a showcase of a diverse range of art pieces encompassing audio-visual experiences, digital/mechanical devices, augmented reality, video games, projection mapping, and educational tools. For over a decade, Fresh Media has been a consistent presence in various venues across the city.
Expand your Network
As a DMI student, you’re invited to participate in a range of events, both here on the MassArt campus and throughout Greater Boston. Grow your design knowledge and expand your network by attending talks, exhibitions, and career development opportunities alongside peers, faculty, and MassArt alumni.
Design Speaker Series
Our Design Speaker Series is a collaboration between MassArt’s undergraduate program in Communication Design and the Dynamic Media Institute, the college’s MFA program in Design.
Each semester, the series brings to campus innovative designers working with a range of methods and goals, for presentations and dialogue with students and the MassArt community.
The Dynamic Media Institute MFA Design program enables students to pursue a thesis through a rigorous practice of research, prototyping, and writing.
As a MassArt DMI student, you will enjoy access to a wide range of facilities – lighting, sound, and green screen studios – and a wide range of resources, including laser cutters, high-definition projectors, professional video cameras, synthesizers, wide format inkjet printers and plotters, and high-resolution digital SLR cameras. In addition to your coursework, you will produce a comprehensive thesis project and thesis book relating to interactive communication design, on a topic of personal interest.
Our DMI MFA Degree Offers Flexible Pathways:
The MFA may be earned in three tracks, offering students flexible pathways through the program:
- full-time two-year track in four semesters
- three-year track in five semesters
- three-year track in six semesters
The only difference between the tracks is the distribution of elective credits.
Fresh Media
Fresh Media, DMI’s annual exhibition at MassArt, showcases MFA candidates’ work in interactive design, AR, projection mapping, video games, and more.
Learn MoreA Diverse Community
Past and current DMI students come from all over the world and have backgrounds as fine artists, musicians, performers, journalists, photographers, graphic designers, architects, industrial designers, educators, and developers.
Careers After DMI
The DMI program will prepare you and your fellow students for high-level creative positions at innovative agencies, design firms, startups, and digital companies and qualifies you to teach at the university level. Many DMI graduates have gone on to work at leading companies such as Adobe Systems, Amazon, Apple, Bose, Google, IBM, and Microsoft. Other graduates have chosen to pursue careers in academia, teaching at institutions such as Brandeis University, Emmanuel College, MIT, Northeastern University, Rhode Island School of Design, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, and China Central Academy of Fine Arts.
MFA Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the DMI MFA Design program are expected to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes.
- Produce a comprehensive thesis project and thesis book relating to interactive communication design on a topic of personal interest
- Apply design thinking to, and conceive of new ways of designing for a wide range of human interaction, communication and multi-sensory experience
- Utilize a range of research techniques including text reviews, experimentation and prototyping
- Present technical information and data visually and dynamically, and translate non-visual experience into visual forms
- Experiment with sound, motion, gesture, narrative, mapping, in design applications
- Apply state-of-the-art technology to graphic and dynamic studio work
- Understand of the theoretical underpinnings of historical and contemporary communication design, achieving a solid intellectual and historical framework for thinking about the work one creates
- Develop skill in communicating with, and learning from, people across disciplines, learning the language of multiple disciplines, and synthesizing multiple points of view
- Develop awareness and understanding of the diverse cultural, historical, and experiential issues expressed and inherent in one’s design practice and in the discipline of design
- Develop presentation skills including public speaking, visual presentations, and writing
- Understand a range of professional pathways for careers in dynamic media, as leaders in the design field, educators, practitioners, and entrepreneurs
Graduate Program Director
Fish McGill
Program Director, Dynamic Media Institute
Dynamic Media Institute (DMI) programs focus on the future of communication design, from interactive systems through experience design, and more.
MassArt’s Dynamic Media Institute (DMI) MFA offers two programs: a STEM certified Master of Fine Arts and a Postbaccalaureate Certificate. The MFA may be earned in two or three years. The DMI program exists at the intersection of design, technology, and art—it focuses on the future uses of dynamic media for communication design, including human-centered design, experience design, AR, VR, game design, interactive installation, and more.
Kathyleen Martin, MFA ’21, Dynamic Media Institute
You Are Here (In Your Mind), Installation, 2019
Zhiqian Wang, BFA ’21, Dynamic Media Institute
Yellow, Installation, 2019
Mayuri Saxena, MFA ’21, Dynamic Media Institute
You Are Here, Installation, 2019
Faculty
Fish McGill
Program Director, Dynamic Media Institute
Martha Rettig
Program Area Chair, Communication Design
Crystal Bi
Assistant Professor, Studio for Interrelated Media
Fresh Media
DMI’s annual exhibition is organized by students to showcase the diverse array of work created by the program’s MFA candidates.
18 unique undergraduate programs. 10 graduate degree programs. A world of opportunity.
Kathyleen Martin, MFA '21, Dynamic Media Institute
You Are Here (In Your Mind), Installation, 2019
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