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Design Thinking Courses - Summer 2025
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 presents the 2025 Spring Exhibition "Design in Flux"
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 Design, Interior Design,…
Ohio design students bring beauty to sound effects with Foley instruments
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-cranked…
Ohio State Industrial Design Students Advance in Aerospace Innovation Competition
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 Engineering,…
Welcoming the Year of Snake with Creativity & Community
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…
Students Employ Experimental Materials in Sneaker Design Project
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:…
AD—WO in Conversation
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…
First Annual Department-Wide Design Charrette
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 concept…
Ohio State’s industrial design program charting path for changing landscape
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…