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Alex Cieslinski and Bryce Patterson Named 2025 GDUSA Students To Watch
Ohio State Design would like to congratulate fourth-year visual communication design students Alex Cieslinski and Bryce Patterson on being named 2025 GDUSA Students To Watch!
Each year…

Design Thinking Courses - Summer 2025
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…

Ohio State Design presents the 2025 Spring Exhibition "Design in Flux"
Ohio State Design is set to showcase the talent and creativity of its students in the 2025 Spring Exhibition: Design in Flux, featuring BSD Capstone projects from Industrial Design, Interior…

Ohio design students bring beauty to sound effects with Foley instruments
Charismatic objects that squeak, rumble and clang were produced by industrial design students at Ohio State University who took a weeklong dive into the cinematic art of Foley.
A hand-…

Thinking through Design Episode 15 with guest Reinhart Butter
The Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 15. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Reinhart Butter to discuss his career. …

Ohio State Industrial Design Students Advance in Aerospace Innovation Competition
Fourth-year Industrial Design students Beibei Wang and Jude Gill have made significant strides in aerospace innovation as part of "The Sloopy Works" team. Partnering with the College of…

Welcoming the Year of Snake with Creativity & Community
The Department of Design faculty and students came together to celebrate the Lunar New Year with delicious Asian cuisine and hands-on paper lantern-making activities! It was a wonderful time of…

Students Employ Experimental Materials in Sneaker Design Project
Playing cards, shredded paper, and soap are just a few of the materials used by the Spring 2025 Materials & Processes for Industrial Design students on their first assignment of the semester:…

Thinking through Design Episode 14 with guest Gene McHugh
The Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 14. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Gene McHugh to discuss personal development in…