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Associate Professor Susan Melsop Named Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme Faculty Fellow
Congratulations to Associate Professor Susan Melsop on her recent naming as one of three new faculty fellows for the 2019-2020 Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme. She has been…

2019 Letter from the Chair
The Department of Design takes the mental health and happiness of students and faculty very seriously.
In Spring, 2019, the Department of Design hosted an interdisciplinary …

2019 Reinhart Butter Design Affair Produces New Concepts for a Happier, Healthier Campus Culture
By: Mary Anne Beecher, Ph.D.
Is psychological well-being really a problem on college campuses?The Department of Design takes the mental health and happiness of students and faculty very…

Student Design Featured on 2019 Digital Flagship iPads
By: Grace Bucholz
When new Buckeyes open their Digital Flagship iPads for the first time, Visual Communication Design student Anne Knellinger’s wallpaper image will be there to greet them…

MFA Candidates Jason Duffield and Rhys Gruebel awarded Global Arts and Humanities Graduate Team Fellowships
Congratulations to Jason Duffield (MFA’20) and Rhys Gruebel (MFA’20) on being awarded The Global Arts + Humanities Graduate Team Fellowships!
The Global Arts +…

“The Woods” receives Arts Creation Grant
Congratulations to Assistant Professors Kyoung Lee Swearingen (Design) and Scott Swearingen (Design), for being awarded the Arts Creation Grant from the Ohio State Global Arts and Humanities…

Virginia Weinhold: June 21, 1932 - May 16, 2019
The Department of Design has received the sad news that former long-time professor Virginia Weinhold died on May 16, 2019 at the age of 86.
Weinhold began her education as a graduate of…

Kelia Todd: In a class of her own
By Momina Tashfeen: tashfeen.6@osu.edu
Kelia Todd knew she wanted to be an interior designer since she was in eighth grade. Little did she know then that she would be the only black…

Interior Design students win Big Ten Design Challenge
Have you ever walked by a campus space and thought you had the perfect idea to redesign it? Student teams from across the Big Ten were given this opportunity and came back with 64 different…