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Students Tour Local Boutique Hotel
Interior design second-year students embarked on the first project of the semester with a firsthand experience, diving into the design of a boutique hotel lobby. Their design journey began with a…
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 (…
Alberto Vega Rivera Awarded Research Grant
Alberto Vega Rivera, a first-year MFA candidate in Digital Animation and Interactive Media, has been awarded the Armed Conflicts and Im/mobility Project Graduate Grant. Alberto's project, "…
Interior Design Students Team Up During Week-Long Charette
Interior design major students recently participated in an inspiring week-long charette to design a place of respite for college students. For the first time, students from all three years of the…
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…
Rebekah Matheny Honored with the 2023 PAVE Global Educator of the Year Award
Department of Design is delighted to announce that Associate Professor Rebekah Matheny has been honored with the 2023 PAVE Global Educator of the Year award. Nominated by current interior design…
Thinking through Design Episode 5 with guest Rebekah Matheny
Episode 5 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. This episode is part…
Associate Professor Rebekah Matheny Co-hosts the First Annual Retail Design Fest
In November, Associate Professor Rebekah Matheny co-hosted the first annual Retail Design Fest, an event organized on behalf of the Design Research Society’s Designing Retail & Service Futures…
Thinking through Design Episode 4 with guest Jeff Haase
Episode 4 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. This episode is part…