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MFA Students Gain Transformative Insights at AfroTech 2025
Three students from The Ohio State University’s Department of Design MFA Program recently returned from AfroTech 2025, describing the experience as “eye-opening,” “perspective-shifting,”…
Design MFA Student Yeoleum Choi's Thesis Film Presto Agitato Screens Internationally
Presto Agitato, Until All We Vanished--completed in January by Design MFA student Yeoleum Choi as part of her ongoing thesis work--has made a remarkable impact on the…
AI’s Dual Role in Industry Innovation and Design Education
At the 2025 SECAC Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio State Design faculty members Yvette Shen and Kevin Ward co-chaired a forward-looking panel exploring the…
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…
MFA candidate Bárbara Martins da Silva brings Ohio State Design to Brazil
From May to June of this year Bárbara Martins da Silva, an MFA candidate in Design Research and Development, visited four universities in Brazil to promote the MFA in Design at The Ohio State…
Thinking through Design Episode 20 with guest Sébastien Proulx
In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Sébastien Proulx, PhD.
Ohio State Design stands out at AIGA 2025 Design Educators Conference
The 2025 AIGA Design Educators Conference: Weave was held at the Illinois State University during summer in June. The conference brought together educators, students, and…
Design Students Borami Kang and Emily Holt help Ohio State School of Music Honor 100th Anniversary
This year The Ohio State University School of Music celebrates its 100th anniversary of educating and uplifting the musicians of tomorrow. A reception held on September 8 culminated in the…