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Ohio State Hosts PAVE Design Charette, Bringing Together Students and Industry Leaders
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 Department of Design…
Student Feature: Isabel Nixon
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 multiple fields, both…
A Spooky Evening: Pumpkin Carving with IDSA
By: Grace Kim, Industrial Design BSD 2027; William Nickley, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design
On October 27, 2025, Ohio State Design and the student chapter of Industrial…
Design Students Help Launch Food Scrap Collection Site in University District
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…
Episode 21 of the Thinking through Design podcast is now available.
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),…
Productive Play Proliferates Piles: Ben Denzer Visits Ohio State Design
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 student chapter of…
Ohio State’s Department of Design and Leadership Major Program Announce Strategic Partnership
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…
Two Interior Design Students Study Territorial Regeneration in Marche, Italy
In September 2025, 4th-year Interior Design students Aya Rikabi and Tess Otten were selected to study territorial regeneration through a week-long masterclass hosted by Poliarte University in…
Ohio State VCD Student Embarks on Transformative Semester Abroad in Singapore
Phillip Biondo, a student in Ohio State University's Visual Communication Design (VCD) program, recently returned from a semester abroad at the prestigious…