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At the end of September, nearly thirty Interior Design students from The Ohio State University traveled to Cleveland, Ohio for the 2026 IIDA OH/KY Student Conference. Representing the second,…
Three members of Ohio State’s Visual Communication Design community were recognized in the inaugural Midwestern Graphic Design Biennial, a juried exhibition and competition hosted by Iowa State…
Last week, Columbus-based designer and illustrator Jeremy Slagle of Slagle Design visited our Visual Communication Design studios for a guest presentation and demonstration on his…
Shadrick Addy Kuteh sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“I think it’s very important that designers…
Several alumni from the Department of Design’s class of 2006 recently returned to Ohio State to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their graduation and reconnect with former classmates.
The…
Fourth-year industrial design students met with teams from four Central Ohio-based organizations to kick-off this year’s 2026-27 Industrial Design capstone projects. A hallmark of Ohio State’s…
Ohio State Design is proud to announce that recent MFA graduate Borami Kang has been selected as a 2026-2027 Design Research Fellow by Design Incubation, a nationally recognized organization…
Assistant Professor of Teaching Adam Fromme has joined Ohio State’s newly established Institute on Aging.
The university-wide institute brings together faculty, clinicians and educators from…
His design was welcoming, for students and the world
Professor, inventor and firm founder Noel Mayo guided Buckeyes and made products with subtle beauty and bold utility.
By Erin MacLellan…
Hasna Kone sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“Something could look good. Makes sense. But if you don…
Design students from The Ohio State University participated in the 2026 WANTED Design Schools Workshop held during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City, joining emerging…
Ohio State Design Department Chair and Professor Fabienne Munch is a co-author of a newly published article in Substance Use & Misuse examining the real-world usability…
Sophie Chu sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“You have to be really mindful of what you make, because…
The Department of Design is celebrating the achievements of industrial design students Grace McCoy and Faith Schneider, whose furniture design work was…
Last week, IU Indianapolis Chancellor Latha Ramchand announced that Professor Aaron Ganci has been appointed interim dean of the Herron School of Art and Design. A member of the Herron faculty since…
Marley Labishak sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“The self doubt is very real, but know that,…
Assistant Professor of Teaching Adam Fromme has been selected for The Ohio State University's 2026–2027 Engaged Scholars Academy, joining 15 other faculty members from across the university in a…
Borami Kang sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“It’s all about people and all about understanding…
Jorge Alberto Vega Rivera sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“Design has a commitment to humanity…
Mica Bendezú, a 2026 graduate of the Bachelor of Science in Design (BSD) Industrial Design program at The Ohio State University, has been recognized in the Core77 Design Awards as…
Kahmin Ong sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“You never know what you are truly interested in if you…
When Gaëtan Robillard arrived at The Ohio State University last August, he was excited about the opportunities awaiting him. Ten months later, he is teaching one of the university’s new AI-focused…
When Brianna Thompson ’25 was creating her senior research project at The Ohio State University, she knew it had to be more than just a required assignment. She wanted her work to…
Sometimes, big change starts with something small. For design student Phillip Biondo '26, it started with showing up to a Zoom call. For alumnus Tom Yurkin '85,…
Aliina Lange sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“You really need to advocate for yourself and your…
Aya Rikabi sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“Humans are social, so we need these intentional places…
Ohio State University Department of Design Alumnus Erik Evensen (MFA Design, 2009, DRD) has been recognized with the Outstanding Research Mentor award at the University of Wisconsin–Stout. Erik is…
Jeff Haase returns to the studio to join host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
“We’ve stopped learning how to be engaged…
Leaving New York for Ohio State pushed Francesca Knoetgen beyond her comfort zone, where a close-knit design program, real-world projects and global experiences helped her grow in confidence and…
The Visual Communication Design (VCD) program in The Ohio State University Department of Design has been recognized in Graphic Design USA’s (GDUSA) 2026 Top Design Schools…
Ohio State University Department of Design alum Joshua Fry (MFA Design, 2010, DAIM) is among the artists recognized with a 2026 Visual Effects Society (VES) Award for Outstanding…
The Department of Design at The Ohio State University is proud to recognize Thomas Yurkin (BSID ’85, Visual Communication Design) as the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. The award was…
Ange Leone, Senior Graduate Program Coordinator in The Ohio State University Department of Design, has recently been recognized for her leadership and commitment to community care…
Tom Yurkin sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
The Society of Fellows fosters a multidisciplinary community of faculty, undergraduate and graduate students that support the synthesis and translation of knowledge across…
Grace McCoy, BSD 2028 - Industrial Design, IDSA at OSU Social Media Coordinator
Student leaders for the Ohio State chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) realized a…
Design graduate student researchers were recognized for their innovative work at the 2026 Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum, with several students earning top honors and distinctions. Now in…
Gaëtan Robillard sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
Twenty-six Ohio State Design Students presented their design capstone projects during the 31st annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, held in the Ohio Union on March 10, 2026. Seven of these…
Second-year Design MFA student Borami Kang and Associate Professor Yvette Shen co-authored and presented a research poster titled “Brand Identity Design with…
For the first time, Ohio State Design is offering courses required for the Design Thinking Minor on both the Columbus and Marion campuses, marking a significant milestone in cross-campus…
Grace McCoy, BSD 2028 - Industrial Design, IDSA at OSU Social Media Coordinator
Landon Davis, BSD 2028 - Industrial Design, IDSA at OSU Second-Year…
Teaching AI: Art and Design Education Under Automation
Online Symposium. April 15th and 16th 2026
9 am - 12.30 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) | 3 pm - 6.30 pm Central…
Graduate students have a reputation for being solitary creatures, tucked away in a lab or in a corner of the library, diligently working away at a research project. But graduate education is more…
Last spring, The Ohio State Design partnered with 3Form, an architectural resin and glass manufacturer, for a student design competition. The competition was part of a student project in the…
May 11 - June 18 (Summer | 6 week, session 1)
Monday, Wednesday 9:00AM - 12:00PM, in person
Friday 9:00AM - 12:00PM, online
Instructor: Gaëtan Robillard, Assistant Professor -…
The Ohio State University Department of Design is proud to announce that Jada Davis and Phillip Biondo have been recognized as Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) Students to Watch for 2026, a national…
The industrial design major area’s 8th annual design charrette, “Speaking Volumes,” kick-started the first week of Spring semester 2026 classes – 54 industrial design students across three cohorts…
On November 7th, 2nd year interior design students from the University of Kentucky joined the 3rd year interior design students from The Ohio State University’s Department of Design for events in…
Kevin Ward sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
Fateme Mohammadi Maklavani, an MFA candidate in Design Research and Development in the Department of Design at The Ohio State University, has been appointed as a jury member for two international…
A new peer-reviewed article by Associate Professor Yvette Shen sheds light on how hands-on, community-centered interactions with data can deepen shared understanding in an increasingly data-driven…
The Department of Design at The Ohio State University mourns the passing of Dr. Noel Mayo, an extraordinary designer, educator, mentor, and nationally recognized pioneer in industrial design. Dr…
Yeoleum Choi, a second-year student in the Department of Design’s MFA program in the Digital Animation and Interactive Media (DAIM) track, has been selected as one of the Awarded Artists for the…
Across The Ohio State University Columbus campus, students will find four soundproof pods from Framery, an office design company. Since they arrived in 2019, the pods have each been wrapped in…
Marije Vogelzang sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
Two Design MFA students from The Ohio State University showcased innovative approaches to game design at Clark University’s Games for Good conference, highlighting how interactive media can foster…
CSCA’s annual Creative Best awards took place on December 4th at The Century in downtown Columbus. Creative Best is the Columbus Society of Communicating Arts’ annual awards competition, which…
Three students from The Ohio State University’s Department of Design MFA Program recently returned from AfroTech 2025, describing the experience as “eye-opening,” “perspective-shifting,”…
Amanda Huynh sits down with host Adam Fromme in this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast.
Presto Agitato, Until All We Vanished--completed in January by Design MFA student Yeoleum Choi as part of her ongoing thesis work--has made a remarkable impact on the…
Episode 24 of Thinking through Design is a conversation with @aysebirselseck about how design can help us navigate the complexities of our own lives. Available on Apple Podcasts or the show…
Second-ever campus event by PAVE challenges seniors to collaborate across majors in a two-day immersive design experience.
On October 14–15, The Ohio State University’s…
Isabel Nixon is a fourth-year student in the Visual Communication Design program at Ohio State. With minors in Computer Science and Creative Writing, her work spans across…
Associate professor Yvette Shen and Jeremy Patterson, Graphics Researcher and Instructor at ACCAD, are working on an anti-vaping program directed towards teens with congenital heart disease (CHD)…
This year, the World Design Organization (WDO) hosted its 34th World Design Congress (WDC) in London from September 9-10. The Ohio State University’s Department of Design is a member of the WDO,…
This episode of Thinking through Design celebrates National Recycling Day (Nov 15) with host Adam Fromme in conversation with Gary Anderson, creator of the 1970 recycling symbol.
At the 2025 SECAC Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio State Design faculty members Yvette Shen and Kevin Ward co-chaired a forward-looking panel exploring the…
By: Grace Kim, Industrial Design BSD 2027; William Nickley, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design
Think you need the “perfect” idea? Ben Denzer says no. In this episode, he shows how play, scale, and relentless making fuel real creativity. In it, he encourages students to act on ideas instead…
This fall, a new Food Scrap Collection Site opened in the University District, offering students and residents a sustainable way to reduce food waste. While the initiative has gained attention for…
This is the second part in an ongoing conversation with Reinhart Butter, Professor Emertius of Ohio State DESIGN. We talk about his first years in design education (as a young German designer),…
By: Grace Kim, Industrial Design BSD 2027; William Nickley, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design
On October 8th, 2025, Ohio State Design and the Ohio State…
The Ohio State University’s Department of Design and the Leadership Major program in the College of Arts and Sciences are excited to announce a new academic partnership that brings the principles…
In September 2025, 4th-year Interior Design students Aya Rikabi and Tess Otten were selected to study territorial regeneration through a week-long masterclass…
Ohio State Design is proud to announce that Associate Professor Rebekah Matheny has been elected to the Board of Directors of Color Marketing Group® (CMG) for the 2026–2027 term…
From May to June of this year Bárbara Martins da Silva, an MFA candidate in Design Research and Development, visited four universities in Brazil to promote the MFA in Design at The Ohio State…
Phillip Biondo, a student in Ohio State University's Visual Communication Design (VCD) program, recently returned from a semester abroad at the prestigious National University of Singapore (NUS),…
In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Sébastien Proulx, PhD.
Assistant Professor of Teaching Emily Valentine has earned the WELL Accredited Professional (WELL AP) certification from the International WELL Building Institute. This certification…
The 2025 AIGA Design Educators Conference: Weave was held at the Illinois State University during summer in June. The conference brought together educators, students, and…
Adam Fromme: Designing the Future
Adam Fromme, Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Design and contributor to the College of Nursing’s Master of Healthcare Innovation Program…
As if the familiar smell of Adriadico’s pizza wafting through Hayes Hall wasn’t enough to entice design students to enter the newly redesigned “210” student space, the allure of learning a bit…
This year The Ohio State University School of Music celebrates its 100th anniversary of educating and uplifting the musicians of tomorrow. A reception held on September 8 culminated in the…
Each year, fourth-year students in Ohio State’s Industrial Design major area embark on a journey through their capstone semester, where academic rigor meets design impact. This year, we’re proud…
The Battelle Engineering, Technology and Human Affairs (BETHA) Endowment annual grant competition supports projects that examine the complex relationship between science and technology on society…
First-year MFA students Yeoleum Choi and Valeska Tan’s immersive full-dome film Ocean Cemetery was selected for screening at the 2025 Fulldome Festival Brno, held June 10–12, 2025 in the…
The Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 19. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Taylor Olsen.
In this conversation, Adam and…
Industrial Design students from The Ohio State University recently took part in the prestigious WANTED Design Schools Workshop, held during this year’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair …
Two posters by Fateme Mohammadi Maklavani have been selected for display at the 6th International Student Poster Confrontations, an exhibition celebrating innovative student work in poster design…
The Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 18. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Dedié Adissem.
This is included in a…
Fateme Mohammadi Maklavani, a current MFA candidate in Design Research and Development, has been awarded the Platinum Winner title in the Travel, Tourism, and Accommodation Apps category at the…
Oi Marimbi is the first video-game for children depicting and taking place at the Colombian Pacific region. In the game, an 8-year-old boy called Marimbi is the protagonist of this…
The Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 17. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Brianna Thompson.
This is included in a…
It’s that time again—our annual roundup of the top graphic design schools and programs for 2025, each excelling in both the hard and soft skills necessary for success in the ever-evolving world of…
The Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 16. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Bryce Patterson.
This is included in a…
Department of Design Chair, Professor Munch and the Conversations with Trees design team — Peter Chan, Mila Gajić, Ben McCorkle, Noor Murteza, Taylor Olsen, and Michael Hardesty — were invited to…
Presto Agitato, until we all vanished... is a short film created by Yeoleum Choi, a graduate student in the Digital Media and Interactive Media program. To illustrate the rapidity with…
Students from Professor Peter Kwok Chan’s Collaborative Design course recently participated in an agency tour and creative immersion experience at The Shipyard’s downtown Columbus office. The…
This year’s Information Design class is transforming abstract data into tangible experiences right here on campus.
Five student teams from Visual Communication Design have created…
On February 28th, two Design MFA students, Joshua Antolovic and Alberto Vega Rivera, presented their research at the Edward F. Hayes Advanced Research Forum. The Hayes Research Forum promotes an…
Ohio State Design Students Showcase Innovation and Impact at the Denman Undergraduate Research Forum
The Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, an annual event at Ohio State University, brings…
Recently, students of Professor Maria Palazzi’s Collaborative Design section left the classroom behind and took to Waterman Farm to gain hands-on experience in the realm of food preservation.
…
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,…
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 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…
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…
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. This episode…
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…
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…
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:…
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 the…
Join AD—WO, a globally renowned New York art and architecture practice, for a conversation about their work and the forces shaping our streetscapes and public spaces. Everyone is welcome to attend…
A charrette is an opportunity for a community to come together to brainstorm, workshop, and collaborate to create, design, and manufacture a vision or prototype to fulfill a given prompt or…
When Ohio State students decide to pursue industrial design within the Department of Design, they can rest assured knowing they are learning from the industry standard.
Three professors in…
The future of design is here—and it's immersive, interactive, and wildly creative!
The Ohio State University is proud to introduce a groundbreaking new undergraduate major in
In the annual Industrial Design Charrette, students from the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years are grouped together and given a prompt that challenges them to apply their design skills to a different…
Visual Communication Design students from 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years kicked off the Spring 2025 semester with a week-long Design Charrette exploring the impact of AI-generated imagery on cultural…
Ohio State Design would like to congratulate MFA candidate Fateme Mohammadi Maklavani for winning Best of Best for the Design MasterPrize UI/UX Student Design Category.
About the…
Peter Kwok Chan, Associate Professor, and Mila Gajić, VR Lab Manager & Developer in the Emerging Technology Studio, presented their collaborative project Conversations with Trees: A Biophilic…
Congratulations to Design Foundations student Faith Schneider on being selected to participate in the 33rd Annual Edith Fergus Gilmore Scholarship Exhibition.
The Edith Fergus Gilmore…
The Columbus Society of Communicating Arts (CSCA) hosted its annual Creative Best 2024 event, titled Unbound, on December 5 at The Century in Merion Village. Creative Best is the annual…
Jeff Haase facilitated a three-day workshop at Poliarte, a private design university in Ancona, Italy, involving 93 first-year students and 18 upperclassmen from various design disciplines…
Shadrick Addy and Simone Drake’s grant proposal, “Inspiring Empathy and Inclusive Change for Neuro-diverse Individuals in Educational and Workplace Settings through Immersive Technology,” has been…
Ohio State Design is proud to announce that five undergraduate industrial design students have been awarded the prestigious Arts Undergraduate Research Scholarships (AURS) for 2024. These…
The design teams were comprised of 29 students from seven schools -- School of Visual Arts (USA), California College of Arts (USA), CENTRO (Mexico), Ecole Camondo (France), ENSCI Les Ateliers …
On Thursday Nov 7th, Associate Professor Rebekah Matheny organized and facilitated the Global Student Retail Design Fest for the Design Research Society's (DRS) Designing Retail and Services Futures…
Ohio State Design is excited to highlight a rewarding collaboration between fourth-year students from Interior Design, Industrial Design, and Visual Communication Design and Color Marketing Group …
We're happy to announce that Peter Megert exhibit's run in the Hopkins Hall Gallery has been extended to Friday 13 Dec. As well, the gallery will be open from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday 16 Nov to…
The Ohio State University Department of Design is thrilled to announce the arrival of our annual Butter Goeller Design Affair. Next week, we will be hosting representatives from the Montreal-based…
The Department of Design is thrilled to congratulate Yeoleum Choi on winning the grand prize for best young director at the Wild Oceans Film Festival for her short film “The Isle of…
The Thinking through Design podcast releases Episode 13. In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Oscar Fernández to discuss the impact of Peter…
The exhibition is a tightly composed, sequentially organized celebration of Megert's accumulated achievements using Swiss Modern design principles to present its phases. It even pays homage to his…
The Thinking through Design podcast is back, with episode 12. The Thinking through Design podcast features host Adam Fromme as he explores what it means to have a designer’s mindset.
In this…
The Department of Design, within the College of Arts and Sciences at The Ohio State University, is seeking to hire two student support services staff positions -- a Senior Academic Program…
The Department of Design at is pleased to announce several upcoming exhibitions, lectures, and special events that showcase the work of faculty, alumni, and guest speakers. These events will run…
On September 21, 2024, Peter Chan, Mila Gajic (Design MFA 2024), and Uday Dandavate (Design MFA 1995) successfully presented their peer-reviewed program, titled “Being & Belonging: Exploring…
We are thrilled to invite you to an exclusive event featuring Eric Feigenbaum, a distinguished author and the New York Editor of VMSD Magazine, as part of the REBEL Retail Research Lab Speaker…
Associate Professor Rebekah Matheny presented two papers at the AMPS (Architecture, Media, Politics & Society) conference in Barcelona in July. The conference, titled “Urban Futures – Cultural…
Renowned British-Nigerian artist and designer Yinka Ilori will lead A Handbook of the Chair Workshop with the Department of Design’s foundations students on November 6th and 7th. In this…
Professor Mary Anne Beecher participated recently in the Design History Society Conference, hosted by the University of the Creative Arts in Canterbury, Kent, England. The conference theme was …
The Department of Design at The Ohio State University congratulates department alumni Easton Nguyen and Zoë Shay-Tannas who both recently received Core77 Design Awards.
Core77 is an…
Throughout the spring semester of 2024, CampusParc partnered with Ohio State professors Ben McCorkle from the Department of English and Peter Chan from the Department of Design, along with…
The range of design research and creative production of its faculty members distinguishes the Department of Design at The Ohio State University. Still, within this variety, common denominators…