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Explore Design Thinking Online This Summer
Register now for Design 3105 (18897), Exploring Design Thinking, offered online this Summer during 8-week Session 2.
As part of the Design Thinking Minor, this course builds your…

Visual Communication Design Students Showcase Capstone Work and Future of Design Workshop Outcomes
In an exciting showcase of creativity and innovation, fourth-year Visual Communication Design students presented their capstone work to an audience of peers, faculty, alumni, and friends.
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MFA graduate Rhys Grubel presented a journey of a graphic designer who challenges recycling-based individualism
MFA (Design Research and Development) alumni Rhys Grubel presented to the third-year Visual Communication students earlier this term. He shared his experiences as both a graphic designer and an…

Book Announcement: 3D Media for Creatives: An Open-access Living Library
In a world where new “makerspaces” seem to open their doors each week, there is an increasing need for creative folks – designers, artists, and other so-called “makers” – to be able bring their…

Two Industrial Design students partaking in new semester abroad program in Montréal
In spring 2023, the Department of Design relaunched its semester abroad program through a newly established partnership with the Université de Montréal. Every spring semester 1 to 2 students…

2023 GDUSA Students To Watch
Ohio State Visual Communication Design students Ashland Damron (BSD, 2023) and Kathryn Keverkamp (BSD, 2023) have been recognized by GDUSA (Graphic Design USA) as two of the "…

Information design: What is the map of the Internet as you visualize it in your mind?
Imagine the internet as a vast, diverse landscape, with unique regions and boundaries, much like a country or a piece of land. What are these regions, and what are their defining characteristics?…

130 Years Young: Celebrating Hayes Hall
The Department of Design has called Hayes Hall home since 2010 and would like to celebrate its rich history. Completed on December 1, 1892, it is the oldest standing building on the Ohio State…

If you time traveled back 100 years, what skill or knowledge would be the most useful?
In this year’s final project from DESIGN 5505 Information Design (for non-majors), Associate Professor Yvette Shen asked students to choose a topic that would set them apart and give them an edge…