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Greg Aylsworth Selected as Brand Manager for the National Park Service
Greg Aylsworth (BSD, 2001) has been selected as the brand manager for the National Park Service.
As brand manager, Greg will help to lead and innovate the brand management…

Ohio State Design Faculty Member Peter Megert Honored in Memorial Exhibition
Many designers believe that good design should not call attention to itself. That does not mean, however, that the talent and impact of influential designers and design educators should not be…
Rebekah Matheny and Madison Sabatelli Attend the Design Research Society Conference
In June, Professor Rebekah Matheny co-coordinated a track for the Design Research Society Conference (DRS) in Boston. She joined Professors Katelijn Quartier from Hasselt University, Mia Münster…

Ohio State Design Visual Communication Design Autumn 2024 DESIGN-TALK Series
To enhance the learning experience for our fourth-year visual communication design students working on their capstone projects this autumn semester, we have invited VCD alumni and design…

Thinking through Design Episode 11 with guests Dr. Jacinda Walker, Omari Souza and John Brown Vi
Episode 11 of Thinking through Design is now available. The Thinking through Design podcast features host Adam Fromme as he explores what it means to have a designer’s mindset. In this episode…

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 (…

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…

Department Chair and Professor Attend World Design Assembly in Tokyo Representing Ohio State
Department of Design Chair, Professor Fabienne Münch, and Associate Professor Peter Chan, attended the World Design Assembly Tokyo 2023. This global congregation, orchestrated by the Japan…

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…