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Design is all around us, but how designers think through their work is often a mystery. Understanding that process can fuel our own curiosity and creativity. Adam Fromme hosts the Thinking through Design podcast as a series of in-depth discussions to reveal the designer's mindset and realize its value.

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Nickley and Huynh receive 2025 Battelle Engineering, Technology and Human Affairs grant

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…

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MFA Students' Fulldome Film Selected for International Screening in Czech Republic

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 Czech…

Thinking through Design Episode 19 with guest Taylor Olsen

Thinking through Design Episode 19 with guest Taylor Olsen

By Adam Fromme

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…

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Ohio State Industrial Design Students Participate in Global Design Workshop at NYC’s ICFF

By Amanda Huynh

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 (…

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