.doc:LAB is an international multidisciplinary design school initiated and managed by scholars and designers from North America to Europe. The main inspiration of this institution is to organize curricular and extracurricular activities in the field of technology and design whilst aiming to position itself on the edge of art, design, research and business by creating an academic and cultural hub of international networking environment for everyone working in creative industries.
The project is based on the cultural similarities of professionals discovering the future of art and design education which is in need of a fundamental transformation. .doc:LAB is envisioned as a complement and an extension to existent undergraduate and graduate course listings of related programs in universities. The modular structure of .doc:LAB is based upon short term, condensed, high intensity learning content courses.
.doc:LAB courses are academically focused intensive project based educational modules which are designed mostly as compact and intensive experiences on technically specialized topics. Instructors for these courses are high calibre acamedic and professional profiles.
Every course in .doc:LAB programme is accredited by prestigious educational institutions which enables the students to be granted credits in ECTS format upon successful completion. These modules may be easily accepted as elective courses at various design schools throughout Europe. ECTS is widely used in formal higher education and can be applied to other lifelong learning activities. Upon successful completion of any .doc:LAB course, the attained ECTS credits are transferable to students own programme enrolled in his/her university.
In the summer 2013, .docLAB II is planned to be realized again in İstanbul this time by the full accreditation of Sabancı University which is one of the highly acclaimed international higher education/research institutions in Turkey and since its conception proved to be among the most innovative academic establishments of its time.