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Design is Repair: A Design Charrette to Fix Broken Stuff
In the second annual Industrial Design Spring Charrette, the industrial design students were challenged to fix broken items and use their design skills to conduct repairs. From old lamps to shoes…

Foundations Student, Elaine Smith, wins Student Life Outstanding First-Year Student Award
The Outstanding First-Year Student Award is designed to recognize the efforts of first-year students on Ohio State’s campus. Award recipients have engaged in experiences both in and out of the…

Visualize How We Dispose Waste in One Week
Information Design class focuses on environmental wellness related to our daily waste with students self-tracked data.Environmental wellness is the way you feel about, respect, and protect…

3 Industrial Design Students Compete in 2022 IDSA Student Merit Awards
Each year, the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) hosts the Student Merit Awards (SMA) competition, which highlights the best in creativity, problem solving, and design brilliance in…

Design Alum Rachel Sandoval to be Featured as Creative Pathfinder in Design
Join Department of Design alumnus Rachel Sandoval (BSc Industrial Design 2012) as she shares her globetrotting design career journey with Ohio State Design faculty member William Nickley as part…

Blaine Hafen earns 2nd at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
Blaine Hafen, a senior in Industrial Design recently presented his research at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. He has been working as an Industrial Designer on the Circle Collaborative…

Ohio State Design Spring 2022 Exhibit
View the Ohio State Design Spring 2022 exhibit
On display April 1-9 at the OSU Urban Arts Space
Each Spring, The Ohio State University Department of Design hosts an exhibition…