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Design Thinking Courses offered summer 2024
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…
Interior Design Students Learn from Wexner Medical Center Designers
Third-year interior design students recently had the enriching opportunity to delve into healthcare design, thanks to a combination of guest lectures and a site visit that supplement their studio…
Students Tour Local Boutique Hotel
Interior design second-year students embarked on the first project of the semester with a firsthand experience, diving into the design of a boutique hotel lobby. Their design journey began with a…
The Department of Design and the CEHV join forces to mark the 10th Anniversary of the COMPAS program
The Department of Design and the CEHV (Center for Ethics and Human Values) joined forces to mark the 10th Anniversary of their COMPAS (…
Interior Design Students Team Up During Week-Long Charette
Interior design major students recently participated in an inspiring week-long charette to design a place of respite for college students. For the first time, students from all three years of the…
Alphabet of the Earth: Crafting a Typeface from Nature for a Fictional Language
The first Monday of the semester, Visual Communication Design students joined forces in an all-day designathon. Diverse grade teams collaborated to design typefaces that embody the multifaceted…
The Estrella High-Rise Unites Ohio State Students and Design Professionals
The Spring Term brings a unique opportunity between Ohio State Design's VLab and a local real estate developer, Bluestone Brothers. In this year’s Collaborative Studio, six teams of…
Made and Sold By Design: Recap of the 2023 Design Winter Market Event
On the cold and clear morning of December 6, 2023, on the edge of Ohio State’s Oval, the front steps of Hayes Hall were abuzz as Urban Arts Space hosted the Sixth Annual Design Winter Market. This…
Ohio State Industrial Design alum, Kai McKinney, helps build startups with product development firm
After graduating from Ohio State University in 2021, Kai McKinney gave himself a "startup gap year" to try building a company. The bet on himself paid off.
Relay, the product…