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Ohio State Design graduate student Yeoleum Choi received international recognition this summer for her thesis project, Layers in History, which was featured at two of the world's…
Rae Watters sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“I think that individualism and your perspective is…
Ohio State Design is proud to announce that recent MFA graduate Borami Kang has been selected as a 2026-2027 Design Research Fellow by Design Incubation, a nationally recognized organization…
His design was welcoming, for students and the world
Professor, inventor and firm founder Noel Mayo guided Buckeyes and made products with subtle beauty and bold utility.
By Erin MacLellan…
Last week, IU Indianapolis Chancellor Latha Ramchand announced that Professor Aaron Ganci has been appointed interim dean of the Herron School of Art and Design. A member of the Herron faculty since…
Borami Kang sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“It’s all about people and all about understanding…
Jorge Alberto Vega Rivera sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“Design has a commitment to humanity…
Kahmin Ong sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“You never know what you are truly interested in if you…
When Gaëtan Robillard arrived at The Ohio State University last August, he was excited about the opportunities awaiting him. Ten months later, he is teaching one of the university’s new AI-focused…
Ohio State University Department of Design Alumnus Erik Evensen (MFA Design, 2009, DRD) has been recognized with the Outstanding Research Mentor award at the University of Wisconsin–Stout. Erik is…
Ohio State University Department of Design alum Joshua Fry (MFA Design, 2010, DAIM) is among the artists recognized with a 2026 Visual Effects Society (VES) Award for Outstanding…
The Society of Fellows fosters a multidisciplinary community of faculty, undergraduate and graduate students that support the synthesis and translation of knowledge across…
Design graduate student researchers were recognized for their innovative work at the 2026 Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum, with several students earning top honors and distinctions. Now in…
Second-year Design MFA student Borami Kang and Associate Professor Yvette Shen co-authored and presented a research poster titled “Brand Identity Design with…
Graduate students have a reputation for being solitary creatures, tucked away in a lab or in a corner of the library, diligently working away at a research project. But graduate education is more…
May 11 - June 18 (Summer | 6 week, session 1)
Monday, Wednesday 9:00AM - 12:00PM, in person
Friday 9:00AM - 12:00PM, online
Instructor: Gaëtan Robillard, Assistant Professor -…
Fateme Mohammadi Maklavani, an MFA candidate in Design Research and Development in the Department of Design at The Ohio State University, has been appointed as a jury member for two international…
The Department of Design at The Ohio State University mourns the passing of Dr. Noel Mayo, an extraordinary designer, educator, mentor, and nationally recognized pioneer in industrial design. Dr…
Yeoleum Choi, a second-year student in the Department of Design’s MFA program in the Digital Animation and Interactive Media (DAIM) track, has been selected as one of the Awarded Artists for the…
Two Design MFA students from The Ohio State University showcased innovative approaches to game design at Clark University’s Games for Good conference, highlighting how interactive media can foster…
Three students from The Ohio State University’s Department of Design MFA Program recently returned from AfroTech 2025, describing the experience as “eye-opening,” “perspective-shifting,”…
Presto Agitato, Until All We Vanished--completed in January by Design MFA student Yeoleum Choi as part of her ongoing thesis work--has made a remarkable impact on the…
At the 2025 SECAC Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio State Design faculty members Yvette Shen and Kevin Ward co-chaired a forward-looking panel exploring the…
This is the second part in an ongoing conversation with Reinhart Butter, Professor Emertius of Ohio State DESIGN. We talk about his first years in design education (as a young German designer),…
By: Grace Kim, Industrial Design BSD 2027; William Nickley, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design
On October 8th, 2025, Ohio State Design and the Ohio State…
From May to June of this year Bárbara Martins da Silva, an MFA candidate in Design Research and Development, visited four universities in Brazil to promote the MFA in Design at The Ohio State…
In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Sébastien Proulx, PhD.
The 2025 AIGA Design Educators Conference: Weave was held at the Illinois State University during summer in June. The conference brought together educators, students, and…
This year The Ohio State University School of Music celebrates its 100th anniversary of educating and uplifting the musicians of tomorrow. A reception held on September 8 culminated in the…
First-year MFA students Yeoleum Choi and Valeska Tan’s immersive full-dome film Ocean Cemetery was selected for screening at the 2025 Fulldome Festival Brno, held June 10–12, 2025 in the…
Two posters by Fateme Mohammadi Maklavani have been selected for display at the 6th International Student Poster Confrontations, an exhibition celebrating innovative student work in poster design…
Fateme Mohammadi Maklavani, a current MFA candidate in Design Research and Development, has been awarded the Platinum Winner title in the Travel, Tourism, and Accommodation Apps category at the…
Oi Marimbi is the first video-game for children depicting and taking place at the Colombian Pacific region. In the game, an 8-year-old boy called Marimbi is the protagonist of this…
Presto Agitato, until we all vanished... is a short film created by Yeoleum Choi, a graduate student in the Digital Media and Interactive Media program. To illustrate the rapidity with…
On February 28th, two Design MFA students, Joshua Antolovic and Alberto Vega Rivera, presented their research at the Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum. The Hayes Research Forum promotes an…
The Department of Design faculty and students came together to celebrate the Lunar New Year with delicious Asian cuisine and hands-on paper lantern-making activities! It was a wonderful time of…
Join AD—WO, a globally renowned New York art and architecture practice, for a conversation about their work and the forces shaping our streetscapes and public spaces. Everyone is welcome to attend…
Ohio State Design would like to congratulate MFA candidate Fateme Mohammadi Maklavani for winning Best of Best for the Design MasterPrize UI/UX Student Design Category.
About the…
The design teams were comprised of 29 students from seven schools -- School of Visual Arts (USA), California College of Arts (USA), CENTRO (Mexico), Ecole Camondo (France), ENSCI Les Ateliers …
We're happy to announce that Peter Megert exhibit's run in the Hopkins Hall Gallery has been extended to Friday 13 Dec. As well, the gallery will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday 16 Nov to…
The Ohio State University Department of Design is thrilled to announce the arrival of our annual Butter Goeller Design Affair. Next week, we will be hosting representatives from the Montreal-based…
The Department of Design is thrilled to congratulate Yeoleum Choi on winning the grand prize for best young director at the Wild Oceans Film Festival for her short film “The Isle of…
The Department of Design, within the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University, is seeking to hire two student support services staff positions -- a Senior Academic Program…
On September 21, 2024, Peter Chan, Mila Gajic (Design MFA 2024), and Uday Dandavate (Design MFA 1995) successfully presented their peer-reviewed program, titled “Being & Belonging: Exploring…
The range of design research and creative production of its faculty members distinguishes the Department of Design at The Ohio State University. Still, within this variety, common denominators…
Assistant Professor in Computational Visual Design Department of Design - College of Arts and Sciences Position Overview
The Department of Design at The Ohio State University invites applications…
The Department of Design at The Ohio State University would like to extend a warm welcome to Associate Professor and Industrial Design Coordinator, Amanda Huynh.
Amanda Huynh is a product…
From Sept. 22-27, The Ohio State University will welcome award winning Korean animator Ahn Jae-huun for a weeklong residency as a part of the 2024-25 Visiting Artists Program. Ahn’s work spans…
Many designers believe that good design should not call attention to itself. That does not mean, however, that the talent and impact of influential designers and design educators should not be…
Episode 11 of Thinking through Design is now available. The Thinking through Design podcast features host Adam Fromme as he explores what it means to have a designer’s mindset. In this episode…
The Ohio State University Department of Design recently hosted game designer Ammon Anderson. Ammon is the creator of the highly-anticipated board games Gnome Hollow (coming August 2024) and…
Third-year MFA candidate Mahkameh Mallahzadeh, under the guidance of Dr. Liz Sanders, has advanced to the finals of the 2024 Long COVID Healthathon, hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and…
Third year MFA student Juan Diego Torres Brenes LaRoche submitted an entry to the 2024 Webby Awards and is now among five nominees for the Webby People's Voice Award in the student category for…
DESIGN 5193
Instructor: Sasha de Koninck
Class Number: 23348
May Session: 5/7/24 - 5/31/24
MWF 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Textiles are one of the earliest forms of…
The Department of Design and the CEHV (Center for Ethics and Human Values) joined forces to mark the 10th Anniversary of their COMPAS (Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society)…
Alberto Vega Rivera, a first-year MFA candidate in Digital Animation and Interactive Media, has been awarded the Armed Conflicts and Im/mobility Project Graduate Grant. Alberto's project, …
Thomas Ellsworth and Mila Gajic, third-year MFA candidates in Digital Animation and Interactive Media at Ohio State, have each been selected to present their research at the Hayes Advanced…
On the cold and clear morning of December 6, 2023, on the edge of Ohio State’s Oval, the front steps of Hayes Hall were abuzz as Urban Arts Space hosted the Sixth Annual Design Winter Market. This…
Congratulations to Alberto Vega Rivera, who is the recipient of the Lápiz de Acero 2023 design award in the video game category. The winning project called, Oí Marimbí, is an educational and…
Raven Serenity Glover, a third year MFA DAIM student, recently showcased research at the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR) conference at…
Alberto Vega Rivera is a first year MFA candidate in Digital Animation and Interactive Media, and is an Ohio State Distinguished University Fellow. He is also a Fulbright Scholar from the…
Welcome to the Department of Design’s graduate student feature highlighting the work and accomplishments of our MFA students! This week features Mila Gajic. Mila is a third year MFA candidate in…
Dominique Flaksberg is an MFA student in the Design Research and Development program at Ohio State. As an Earth-Centered designer, Dominique is researching ways in which people can learn, teach,…
On behalf of the department of design faculty and staff, I am thrilled to start a new academic year with you, and am extending my best wishes of incessant learning, personal growth, success… and…
Welcome to the Department of Design’s graduate student feature highlighting the work and accomplishments of our MFA students! This week features Liz Hejny. She is an upcoming third year MFA…
Welcome to the Department of Design’s graduate student feature highlighting the work and accomplishments of our MFA students!
This week features James Paskett. He is a third year MFA…
Welcome to the Department of Design’s graduate student feature highlighting the work and accomplishments of our MFA students!
This week features Mahkameh Mallahzadeh, a second year…
MFA alumna Meg Valluri is the recipient of Ohio State’s 2023 Excellence Award for Innovation. It is awarded to those individuals that utilize innovative ideas to create…
Welcome to the Department of Design’s weekly graduate student feature highlighting the work and accomplishments of our MFA students!
This week features Juan Torres Brenes LaRoche, a second…
Welcome to the Department of Design’s weekly graduate student feature highlighting the work and accomplishments of our MFA students!
This week features Min Liu, a second year MFA candidate…
In their 60th year of publishing, Graphic Design USA | GDUSA has named the department one of the 2023 Top 50 US Design Schools for the second year in a row.
According to GDUSA, the list…
Welcome to the Department of Design’s weekly graduate student feature highlighting the work and accomplishments of our MFA students!
This week features Thomas Ellsworth, a second year MFA…
Welcome to the Department of Design’s weekly graduate student feature highlighting the work and accomplishments of our MFA students!
This week features Raven Glover, a second year MFA…
MFA student Mahkameh Mallah Zadeh has been awarded a Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme Graduate Team Fellowship for the year 2023-24!
This fellowship brings together a cohort…
Welcome to the Department of Design’s weekly graduate student feature highlighting the work and accomplishments of our MFA students!
This week, we are featuring Jennifer Lim, a second-year…
MFA (Design Research and Development) alumni Rhys Grubel presented to the third-year Visual Communication students earlier this term. He shared his experiences as both a graphic designer and an…
Welcome to the Department of Design’s weekly graduate student feature highlighting the work and accomplishments of our MFA students!
This week features Camille Snyder, a third year MFA…
Welcome to the Department of Design’s weekly graduate student feature highlighting the work and accomplishments of our MFA students!
This week, we are featuring Ashley Brooks, a…
Congratulations to MFA graduate student Juan Diego, who has accepted a 6-month Show Programming internship at Walt Disney Imagineering in Glendale, California. He will work with animatronic…
The Department of Design has called Hayes Hall home since 2010 and would like to celebrate its rich history. Completed on December 1, 1892, it is the oldest standing building on the Ohio State…
Congratulations to Erik Evensen, who received the Outstanding Teaching Award from the University of Wisconsin–Stout in Fall, 2022. Erik is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design and…
Application Deadlines:
November 30, 2022
Consideration for Fellowship (International Student)
January 5, 2023:
Consideration for…
Digital Animation and Interactive Media, 2009
For the last decade, Lane Kuhlman has been working as an Interaction Designer at Google. Currently, she is working as the…
MFA alumna Tori Campbell was the 1st Assistant Director for NBA Cinematics 2K23, which launched in September. Founded in 2005, 2K develops and publishes interactive entertainment for video game…
Marie-Josée Huard has joined The Ohio State University College of Medicine as their Senior UX Designer. Marie recently graduated with her Master of Fine Arts in Design Research and Development…
Please join the Department of Design in congratulating Kayla Lehman, who has joined the Betty Foy Sanders Department of Art as an Assistant Professor of Animation. Kayla graduated this Summer with…
Please join the Department of Design in congratulating Simone Downie, who has joined the Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts as their Assistant Professor of Creative Technologies and Art. Simone…
Please join the Department of Design in congratulating Amber Bowman, who has joined Lextant as their newest Associate Design Researcher. Amber recently graduated with her Master of Fine Arts in…
The Department of Design is pleased to welcome our new Assistant Professor of Teaching, Adam Fromme.
Adam Fromme has worked in the design industry for over 20 years. During that time he…
Sébastien Proulx, Associate Professor of Design is the winner of the 2022 IDSA Education Award. Recipients of the IDSA awards were announced Wednesday, September 14 at the Industrial Design…
Congratulations to Lorraine Justice, recipient of the 2022 IDSA Individual Achievement Award.
This award recognizes a designer whose individual achievement has made a…
The Department of Design is pleased to welcome our new Assistant Professor of Teaching, Emily Valentine.
Emily Valentine has a Master of Fine Arts in Design Research and…
Congratulations to Sébastien Proulx, Ph.D. who has been selected to serve as the Graduate Studies Committee Chair for Department of Design from 2022 – 2025. He is an Associate…
Current Position / Employer: Production Designer, Netflix Animation Studios
Degree with Department Affiliation and Graduation Date: MFA Design, 2009 …
Central Ohio is only getting bigger.
The population of Columbus alone grew 15% between the 2010 and 2020 census, topping 900,000 people for the first time. The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning…
Assistant Professor William Nickley and MFA candidate Camille Snyder presented their paper “Toward affirmative co-design: Accounting for intersectionality in…
Dublin Arts Council program "Fractals: Patterns in Nature" was recently featured in the Columbus Dispatch. This three-part program highlights the concept of fractals and helps people connect more…
Rising 3rd-year MFA Candidate Hsi-Yuan Chu and Assistant Professor Yvette Shen presented their paper titled “User Feedback Design in AI-driven Mood Tracker…
Congratulations to Graduate Program Coordinator Polly Graham, who will retire on June 30, 2022 after many years of valued service to the Department of Design!
Polly has…
Congratulations to Jacinda Walker (MFA 2016) on serving as the Ringling College of Art and Design 2022 Commencement Speaker. Walker spoke at the in-person commencement ceremony,…
Congratulations to Design Research and Development MFA candidate Camille Snyder on being awarded one of eight Graduate Team Discovery Fellowships. This financial award is given by…
Taurean Jones (MFA 2011) is a Staff UX Manager for Google with over 16 years of experience leading product design, graphic design, and design education. He currently builds and manages a talented…
Tori Campbell (MFA Design ’20) was selected as one of 100 women to receive the Moxie Award. This award recognizes the outstanding contributions women across the tech industry have…
GDUSA released their annual Students To Watch roundup in the January/February 2022 print magazine, which featured two our Class of 2022 Visual Communication Design majors -- Cindy Kao…
View the Ohio State Design Spring 2022 exhibit
On display April 1-9 at the OSU Urban Arts Space
Each Spring, The Ohio State University Department of Design hosts an exhibition…