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Design in Flux

2025 Ohio State Design Spring Exhibition
This BSD capstone exhibit will feature students in the Industrial Design (IND), Interior Design (INT), and Visual Communication Design (VCD) major programs, and will be on display from March 25 through April 5.

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Conversation with Trees poster

April 21, 2025

Conversations with Trees Opens at OSU Marion’s Kuhn Gallery, Inspiring Reflection on Nature

By Peter Kwok Chan, Ph.D.

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…

Presto Agitato, until we all vanished... is a short film created by Yeoleum Choi

April 15, 2025

Yeoleum Choi Develops New Short Film

By Avery Gillis

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 which…

Students at The Shipyard’s downtown Columbus office

April 15, 2025

Collaborative Design Students Visit The Shipyard for Creative Immersion

By Peter Kwok Chan, Ph.D.

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…

A student project consisting of colorful objects that can be moved along a horizontal gradient and/or a vertical series of graduated steps.

April 15, 2025

Wellness in Duality: A Community Data Physicalization Experiment

By Yvette Shen

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…

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Coty Carroll

Financial Operations Senior Coordinator

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William Nickley

Assistant Professor

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Pinjia Chen

MFA Candidate, DAIM

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Maria Palazzi

Professor | Ohio Eminent Scholar in Art and Design Technology | Experiential Media Deisgn Coordinator

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