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Seeking to create solutions that narrow the gap between the existing and the desired.

1968
Year of Department Establishment
3000+
Design Alumni
18:1
Student to Instructor Ratio

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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Seeking Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Computational Visual Design

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January 13 - January 24, 2025

The Art of Storytelling Through Chairs

Wexner Center for the Arts
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February 12, 2025

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Peter Kwok Chan and Mila Gajić Present at AMPS Conference

Peter Kwok Chan and Mila Gajić Present at AMPS Conference

By Peter Kwok Chan, Ph.D.
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…
33rd Annual Edith Fergus Gilmore Scholarship Exhibition

Design Foundations student featured in 33rd Annual Edith Fergus Gilmore Scholarship Exhibition

By Gabe Tippery

Congratulations to Design Foundations student Faith Schneider on being selected to participate in the 33rd Annual Edith Fergus Gilmore Scholarship Exhibition. 

The Edith …

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Ohio State Visual Communication Design Students Recognized at CSCA Creative Best 2024

By Peter Kwok Chan, Ph.D.
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 awards…

Haase Leads Mental Health Design Workshop at Poliarte, Italy

By Jeffrey Haase

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.…

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MFA Candidate, DAIM | Graduate Associate
Associate Professor
MFA Candidate, DRD | Graduate Research Associate