Q: What are the risks?

A:

Although there is significant overlap in both content, that is the topics in the curriculum, and educational approach, supporting projects and in-time learning, the difference between the realm of physical objects and the digital realm of our networked infrastructure(s) might impose irreconcilable constraints and result in divergent approaches to design and development. This might be due to intrinsic reasons, which is unlikely, or differences in culture and background between the creative technology and industrial design communities, that are equally unlikely to persist after an initial period of cooperation.