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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…
At the end of September, nearly thirty Interior Design students from The Ohio State University traveled to Cleveland, Ohio for the 2026 IIDA OH/KY Student Conference. Representing the second,…
Three members of Ohio State’s Visual Communication Design community were recognized in the inaugural Midwestern Graphic Design Biennial, a juried exhibition and competition hosted by Iowa State…
Last week, Columbus-based designer and illustrator Jeremy Slagle of Slagle Design visited our Visual Communication Design studios for a guest presentation and demonstration on his…
Shadrick Addy Kuteh sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“I think it’s very important that designers…
Several alumni from the Department of Design’s class of 2006 recently returned to Ohio State to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their graduation and reconnect with former classmates.
The…
Fourth-year industrial design students met with teams from four Central Ohio-based organizations to kick-off this year’s 2026-27 Industrial Design capstone projects. A hallmark of Ohio State’s…
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…
Assistant Professor of Teaching Adam Fromme has joined Ohio State’s newly established Institute on Aging.
The university-wide institute brings together faculty, clinicians and educators from…
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…
Hasna Kone sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“Something could look good. Makes sense. But if you don…
Design students from The Ohio State University participated in the 2026 WANTED Design Schools Workshop held during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City, joining emerging…
Ohio State Design Department Chair and Professor Fabienne Munch is a co-author of a newly published article in Substance Use & Misuse examining the real-world usability…
Sophie Chu sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“You have to be really mindful of what you make, because…
The Department of Design is celebrating the achievements of industrial design students Grace McCoy and Faith Schneider, whose furniture design work was…
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…
Marley Labishak sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“The self doubt is very real, but know that,…
Assistant Professor of Teaching Adam Fromme has been selected for The Ohio State University's 2026–2027 Engaged Scholars Academy, joining 15 other faculty members from across the university in a…
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…
Mica Bendezú, a 2026 graduate of the Bachelor of Science in Design (BSD) Industrial Design program at The Ohio State University, has been recognized in the Core77 Design Awards as…
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…
When Brianna Thompson ’25 was creating her senior research project at The Ohio State University, she knew it had to be more than just a required assignment. She wanted her work to…
Sometimes, big change starts with something small. For design student Phillip Biondo '26, it started with showing up to a Zoom call. For alumnus Tom Yurkin '85,…
Aliina Lange sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“You really need to advocate for yourself and your…
Aya Rikabi sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“Humans are social, so we need these intentional places…
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…
Jeff Haase returns to the studio to join host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“We’ve stopped learning how to be engaged…
Leaving New York for Ohio State pushed Francesca Knoetgen beyond her comfort zone, where a close-knit design program, real-world projects and global experiences helped her grow in confidence and…
The Visual Communication Design (VCD) program in The Ohio State University Department of Design has been recognized in Graphic Design USA’s (GDUSA) 2026 Top Design Schools…
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 Department of Design at The Ohio State University is proud to recognize Thomas Yurkin (BSID ’85, Visual Communication Design) as the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. The award was…
Ange Leone, Senior Graduate Program Coordinator in The Ohio State University Department of Design, has recently been recognized for her leadership and commitment to community care…
Tom Yurkin sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
The Society of Fellows fosters a multidisciplinary community of faculty, undergraduate and graduate students that support the synthesis and translation of knowledge across…
Grace McCoy, BSD 2028 - Industrial Design, IDSA at OSU Social Media Coordinator
Student leaders for the Ohio State chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) realized a…
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…
Gaëtan Robillard sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
Twenty-six Ohio State Design Students presented their design capstone projects during the 31st annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, held in the Ohio Union on March 10, 2026. Seven of these…
Second-year Design MFA student Borami Kang and Associate Professor Yvette Shen co-authored and presented a research poster titled “Brand Identity Design with…
For the first time, Ohio State Design is offering courses required for the Design Thinking Minor on both the Columbus and Marion campuses, marking a significant milestone in cross-campus…
Grace McCoy, BSD 2028 - Industrial Design, IDSA at OSU Social Media Coordinator
Landon Davis, BSD 2028 - Industrial Design, IDSA at OSU Second-Year…
Teaching AI: Art and Design Education Under Automation
Online Symposium. April 15th and 16th 2026
9 am - 12.30 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) | 3 pm - 6.30 pm Central…
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…
Last spring, The Ohio State Design partnered with 3Form, an architectural resin and glass manufacturer, for a student design competition. The competition was part of a student project in the…
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 -…
The Ohio State University Department of Design is proud to announce that Jada Davis and Phillip Biondo have been recognized as Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) Students to Watch for 2026, a national…
The industrial design major area’s 8th annual design charrette, “Speaking Volumes,” kick-started the first week of Spring semester 2026 classes – 54 industrial design students across three cohorts…
On November 7th, 2nd year interior design students from the University of Kentucky joined the 3rd year interior design students from The Ohio State University’s Department of Design for events in…
Kevin Ward sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
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…
A new peer-reviewed article by Associate Professor Yvette Shen sheds light on how hands-on, community-centered interactions with data can deepen shared understanding in an increasingly data-driven…
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…
Across The Ohio State University Columbus campus, students will find four soundproof pods from Framery, an office design company. Since they arrived in 2019, the pods have each been wrapped in…
Marije Vogelzang sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
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…
CSCA’s annual Creative Best awards took place on December 4th at The Century in downtown Columbus. Creative Best is the Columbus Society of Communicating Arts’ annual awards competition, which…
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,”…
Amanda Huynh sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
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…
Episode 24 of Thinking through Design is a conversation with @aysebirselseck about how design can help us navigate the complexities of our own lives. Available on Apple Podcasts or the show…
Second-ever campus event by PAVE challenges seniors to collaborate across majors in a two-day immersive design experience.
On October 14–15, The Ohio State University’s…
Isabel Nixon is a fourth-year student in the Visual Communication Design program at Ohio State. With minors in Computer Science and Creative Writing, her work spans across…
Associate professor Yvette Shen and Jeremy Patterson, Graphics Researcher and Instructor at ACCAD, are working on an anti-vaping program directed towards teens with congenital heart disease (CHD)…
This year, the World Design Organization (WDO) hosted its 34th World Design Congress (WDC) in London from September 9-10. The Ohio State University’s Department of Design is a member of the WDO,…
This episode of Thinking through Design celebrates National Recycling Day (Nov 15) with host Adam Fromme in conversation with Gary Anderson, creator of the 1970 recycling symbol.
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…
By: Grace Kim, Industrial Design BSD 2027; William Nickley, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design
Think you need the “perfect” idea? Ben Denzer says no. In this episode, he shows how play, scale, and relentless making fuel real creativity. In it, he encourages students to act on ideas instead…
This fall, a new Food Scrap Collection Site opened in the University District, offering students and residents a sustainable way to reduce food waste. While the initiative has gained attention for…
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…
The Ohio State University’s Department of Design and the Leadership Major program in the College of Arts and Sciences are excited to announce a new academic partnership that brings the principles…
In September 2025, 4th-year Interior Design students Aya Rikabi and Tess Otten were selected to study territorial regeneration through a week-long masterclass…
Ohio State Design is proud to announce that Associate Professor Rebekah Matheny has been elected to the Board of Directors of Color Marketing Group® (CMG) for the 2026–2027 term…
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…
Phillip Biondo, a student in Ohio State University's Visual Communication Design (VCD) program, recently returned from a semester abroad at the prestigious National University of Singapore (NUS),…
In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Sébastien Proulx, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Teaching Emily Valentine has earned the WELL Accredited Professional (WELL AP) certification from the International WELL Building Institute. This certification…
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…
Adam Fromme: Designing the Future
Adam Fromme, Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Design and contributor to the College of Nursing’s Master of Healthcare Innovation Program…
As if the familiar smell of Adriadico’s pizza wafting through Hayes Hall wasn’t enough to entice design students to enter the newly redesigned “210” student space, the allure of learning a bit…
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…
Each year, fourth-year students in Ohio State’s Industrial Design major area embark on a journey through their capstone semester, where academic rigor meets design impact. This year, we’re proud…
The Battelle Engineering, Technology and Human Affairs (BETHA) Endowment annual grant competition supports projects that examine the complex relationship between science and technology on society…
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…
The Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 19. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Taylor Olsen.
In this conversation, Adam and…
Industrial Design students from The Ohio State University recently took part in the prestigious WANTED Design Schools Workshop, held during this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair …
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…
The Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 18. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Dedié Adissem.
This is included in a…
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…
The Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 17. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Brianna Thompson.
This is included in a…
It’s that time again—our annual roundup of the top graphic design schools and programs for 2025, each excelling in both the hard and soft skills necessary for success in the ever-evolving world of…
The Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 16. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Bryce Patterson.
This is included in a…
Department of Design Chair, Professor Munch and the Conversations with Trees design team — Peter Chan, Mila Gajić, Ben McCorkle, Noor Murteza, Taylor Olsen, and Michael Hardesty — were invited to…
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…
Students from Professor Peter Kwok Chan’s Collaborative Design course recently participated in an agency tour and creative immersion experience at The Shipyard’s downtown Columbus office. The…
This year’s Information Design class is transforming abstract data into tangible experiences right here on campus.
Five student teams from Visual Communication Design have created…
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…
Ohio State Design Students Showcase Innovation and Impact at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
The Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, an annual event at Ohio State University, brings…
Recently, students of Professor Maria Palazzi’s Collaborative Design section left the classroom behind and took to Waterman Farm to gain hands-on experience in the realm of food preservation.
…
Ohio State Design would like to congratulate fourth-year visual communication design students Alex Cieslinski and Bryce Patterson on being named 2025 GDUSA Students To Watch!
Each year,…
The Department of Design is offering two courses this summer. Both directly tackle the field of Design Thinking (as part of the department’s Design Thinking Minor). The aim of these courses is to…
Ohio State Design is set to showcase the talent and creativity of its students in the 2025 Spring Exhibition: Design in Flux, featuring BSD Capstone projects from Industrial…
Charismatic objects that squeak, rumble and clang were produced by industrial design students at Ohio State University who took a weeklong dive into the cinematic art of Foley.
A hand…
The Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 15. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Reinhart Butter to discuss his career. This episode…
Fourth-year Industrial Design students Beibei Wang and Jude Gill have made significant strides in aerospace innovation as part of "The Sloopy Works" team. Partnering with the College of…
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…
Playing cards, shredded paper, and soap are just a few of the materials used by the Spring 2025 Materials & Processes for Industrial Design students on their first assignment of the semester:…
The Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 14. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Gene McHugh to discuss personal development in the…
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…
A charrette is an opportunity for a community to come together to brainstorm, workshop, and collaborate to create, design, and manufacture a vision or prototype to fulfill a given prompt or…
When Ohio State students decide to pursue industrial design within the Department of Design, they can rest assured knowing they are learning from the industry standard.
Three professors in…
The future of design is here—and it's immersive, interactive, and wildly creative!
The Ohio State University is proud to introduce a groundbreaking new undergraduate major in
In the annual Industrial Design Charrette, students from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years are grouped together and given a prompt that challenges them to apply their design skills to a different…
Visual Communication Design students from 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years kicked off the Spring 2025 semester with a week-long Design Charrette exploring the impact of AI-generated imagery on cultural…
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…
Peter Kwok Chan, Associate Professor, and Mila Gajić, VR Lab Manager & Developer in the Emerging Technology Studio, presented their collaborative project Conversations with Trees: A Biophilic…
Congratulations to Design Foundations student Faith Schneider on being selected to participate in the 33rd Annual Edith Fergus Gilmore Scholarship Exhibition.
The Edith Fergus Gilmore…
The Columbus Society of Communicating Arts (CSCA) hosted its annual Creative Best 2024 event, titled Unbound, on December 5 at The Century in Merion Village. Creative Best is the annual…
Jeff Haase facilitated a three-day workshop at Poliarte, a private design university in Ancona, Italy, involving 93 first-year students and 18 upperclassmen from various design disciplines…
Shadrick Addy and Simone Drake’s grant proposal, “Inspiring Empathy and Inclusive Change for Neuro-diverse Individuals in Educational and Workplace Settings through Immersive Technology,” has been…
Ohio State Design is proud to announce that five undergraduate industrial design students have been awarded the prestigious Arts Undergraduate Research Scholarships (AURS) for 2024. These…
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 …
On Thursday Nov 7th, Associate Professor Rebekah Matheny organized and facilitated the Global Student Retail Design Fest for the Design Research Society's (DRS) Designing Retail and Services Futures…
Ohio State Design is excited to highlight a rewarding collaboration between fourth-year students from Interior Design, Industrial Design, and Visual Communication Design and Color Marketing Group …
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 Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 13. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Oscar Fernández to discuss the impact of Peter…
The exhibition is a tightly composed, sequentially organized celebration of Megert's accumulated achievements using Swiss Modern design principles to present its phases. It even pays homage to his…
The Thinking through Design podcast is back, with episode 12. The Thinking through Design podcast features host Adam Fromme as he explores what it means to have a designer’s mindset.
In this…
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…
The Department of Design at is pleased to announce several upcoming exhibitions, lectures, and special events that showcase the work of faculty, alumni, and guest speakers. These events will run…
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…
We are thrilled to invite you to an exclusive event featuring Eric Feigenbaum, a distinguished author and the New York Editor of VMSD Magazine, as part of the REBEL Retail Research Lab Speaker…
Associate Professor Rebekah Matheny presented two papers at the AMPS (Architecture, Media, Politics & Society) conference in Barcelona in July. The conference, titled “Urban Futures – Cultural…
Renowned British-Nigerian artist and designer Yinka Ilori will lead A Handbook of the Chair Workshop with the Department of Design’s foundations students on November 6th and 7th. In this…
Professor Mary Anne Beecher participated recently in the Design History Society Conference, hosted by the University of the Creative Arts in Canterbury, Kent, England. The conference theme was …
The Department of Design at The Ohio State University congratulates department alumni Easton Nguyen and Zoë Shay-Tannas who both recently received Core77 Design Awards.
Core77 is an…
Throughout the spring semester of 2024, CampusParc partnered with Ohio State professors Ben McCorkle from the Department of English and Peter Chan from the Department of Design, along with…
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…
Greg Aylsworth (BSD, 2001) has been selected as the brand manager for the National Park Service.
As brand manager, Greg will help to lead and innovate the brand management team at NPS and…
Peter Chan attended the 8th US-Japan Digital Innovation Hub and Advanced Technology Workshop The Workshop was an opportunity for business, government and academia in both the United States and…
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…
The Department of Design at The Ohio State University welcomes Digital Fabrication Lab Specialist Zach Sanderson. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Iowa…
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…
Department of Design Chair Fabienne Münch was awarded the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (“Order of Academic Palms”), a French national order bestowed on distinguished academics and…
Ohio State officially opened the Student Entrepreneurs’ Center in March 2024.
Seeking to foster innovation, collaboration, and creativity for student startups, the Center engaged Associate…
The Department of Design at The Ohio State University warmly welcomes visiting Assistant Professor Kevin Ward.
A designer, artist, and educator, Professor Ward completed his BFA in Graphic…
In June, Professor Rebekah Matheny co-coordinated a track for the Design Research Society Conference (DRS) in Boston. She joined Professors Katelijn Quartier from Hasselt University, Mia Münster…
To enhance the learning experience for our fourth-year visual communication design students working on their capstone projects this autumn semester, we have invited VCD alumni and design…
The Department of Design at The Ohio State University would like to congratulate faculty member Dr. Matthew Lewis on his promotion to the rank of Associate Professor. He holds a…
Visual Communication Design students in Dr. Peter Kwok Chan’s studio course embarked on a journey into nature as a wellspring of creativity during their Spring 2020 and Spring 2024 sessions. Nestled…
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…
Episode 10 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…
Wrapping up the final week of this spring semester’s Introduction to Visual Communication Design II course, instructor Peter Chan orchestrated an exploratory workshop centered around AI-generated…
As the curtains close on an unforgettable chapter of innovation and collaboration, we celebrate the achievements of six interdisciplinary student teams from the Department of Design. Guided by the…
Episode 9 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 8 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.
…
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…
The Department of Design invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor position with a one-year contract and the possibility of renewal for up to three academic years.
Episode 7 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.
…
Three undergraduate Design students won awards at the 29th annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum this year. Interior Design majors Morgan Vereb and Averi Wolf, along side Industrial Design…
The 2024 GDUSA Students to Watch has once again recognized two graduating students from The Ohio State University Department of Design. Lilyana Bryan and Kayla Eastman, both majoring in Visual…
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…
Outcomes of the first one-week Interior Design Charette are now on display in Hayes Hall. Over the course of one week at the beginning of the Spring 2024 term, 15 teams, consisting of second,…
Industrial design students from The Ohio State University presented their work to an audience of 120+ Columbus area design community members during the 2024 installment of the annual Industrial…
EDSA Design Days, Zaragoza, Spain Design, Social Innovation & Sustainability [DESIS] | March 11-12
During spring break, Associate Professor Susan Melsop will be joining…
Sarah Bonnett is a fourth-year Interior Design student. Sarah started her internship at The Ohio State University Department of Facility Planning and Design in January 2023 and…
The Department of Design is offering two courses this summer. Both directly tackle the field of Design Thinking (as part of the department’s Design Thinking Minor). The aim of these courses is to…
Episode 6 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…
Third-year interior design students gained hands-on experience in healthcare design through presentations and a detailed tour of Wexner Medical Center Outpatient Care New Albany.
In a bold fusion of AI and the creative realms of arts and humanities, The Ohio State University's Department of Design, led by the collaborative efforts of faculty members Scott…
Interior design second-year students embarked on the first project of the semester with a firsthand experience, diving into the design of a boutique hotel lobby. Their design journey began with a…
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, …
Interior design major students recently participated in an inspiring week-long charette to design a place of respite for college students. For the first time, students from all three years of the…
The first Monday of the semester, Visual Communication Design students joined forces in an all-day designathon. Diverse grade teams collaborated to design typefaces that embody the multifaceted…
Department of Design is delighted to announce that Associate Professor Rebekah Matheny has been honored with the 2023 PAVE Global Educator of the Year award. Nominated by current interior design…
Episode 5 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 November, Associate Professor Rebekah Matheny co-hosted the first annual Retail Design Fest, an event organized on behalf of the Design Research Society’s Designing Retail & Service Futures…
Episode 4 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…
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…
Episode 3 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…
The Spring Term brings a unique opportunity between Ohio State Design's VLab and a local real estate developer, Bluestone Brothers. In this year’s Collaborative Studio, six teams of industrial,…
Episode 02 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…
The Department of Design celebrates the launch a new podcast. Thinking through Design features host Adam Fromme as he explores what is means to have a designer’s mindset.
In…
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…
Department of Design Chair, Professor Fabienne Münch, and Associate Professor Peter Chan, attended the World Design Assembly…
After graduating from Ohio State University in 2021, Kai McKinney gave himself a "startup gap year" to try building a company. The bet on himself paid off.
Relay, the product development…
Third-Year Visual Communication Design student, Elaine Smith, won first place in the 2023 Trauma Centers Association of America National Injury Prevention Day Media Contest. There…
CSCA’s annual Creative Best awards event took place on 16 November at Vue Columbus in the Brewery District. Creative Best is the annual awards competition held by the Columbus Society of…
Student designers at The Ohio State University compete in a unique challenge each year. Their goal is to design a graphic for a Framery pod that will be placed on campus for generations to come.…
This award recognizes exceptional full-time educators for their dedication to design education. Nominated by industry peers, colleagues, administrators, and students, the ideal…
Symposium brings together Ohio State and community partners. Collaboration key to addressing needs, participants say.
The creation of soft materials will be in the spotlight at UQAM’s Centre de design with the exhibition Textile Design Now. In addition to the exhibition, a symposium entitled Textiles Beyond Crafts…
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…
By: Averi Wolf and Brooke Koch
At this year’s IIDA Ohio Kentucky Design Awards, fourth year interior design students, Brooke Koch and Averi Wolf,…
Assistant Professor Shadrick Addy recently presented his research at the ZIP-Scene Conference in Prague, Czech Republic, at the DOX: Centre for Contemporary Art. This year’s conference centered…
Professor Mary Anne Beecher, Ph.D. presented a paper titled "Interior as Product (and Its Eventual Liberation)" to the "Educating the Interior Designer" conference that was…
In October 2022, Associate Professor Rebekah Matheny received the IIDA Ohio Kentucky Chapter’s inaugural Enrich Grant. The Enrich Grant supports education and professional…
Pieter Jan Stappers, a distinguished professor hailing from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, made a remarkable journey to our campus. He serves as a professor of Design…
We've just wrapped up an enriching project in our Design 5505 Information Design course for non-majors, taught by Associate Professor Yvette Shen.
In this project students…
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…
The Department of Design is pleased to announce the inclusion of Design 3505: Presentation as Thinking in the University’s General Education Program (“GEN”) Foundations in the Literary, Visual and…
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Taurean Jones was featured in Ohio State Alumni Magazine. He is the Director of Design at Intuit with several years of experience…
Congratulations to Dr. Prasad Boradkar, who was named Dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota. He is a designer, anthropologist, educator, and researcher with several years of…
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…
The Department of Design congratulates Assistant Professor of Teaching Adam Fromme on his new role as a member of the Ohio State’s Council on Student Affairs (CSA).
The CSA…
Professor Paul Nini recently had two of his poster designs accepted into international exhibits. “Read Think Discuss Make” has been included in the Gyeonggi Design Association. It responds to the…
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,…
In Summer 2023, three rising 3rd-year Industrial Design students enjoyed an unusual opportunity to practice their research, design, and fabrication skills by completing a real project…
In summer 2023, third-year Interior Design student Abbey Shaffer studied abroad as part of Pathways: Walking Through Art and History in Siena.
Gabby McCloy is a 2021 alumna from the BSD - Interior Design program here at Ohio State. Gabby is now a designer at Gensler and was recently featured on their blog sharing her…