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Design Thinking Courses offered summer 2024
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…

Thinking through Design Episode 6 with guest Yvette Shen
Episode 6 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.
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Interior Design Students Learn from Wexner Medical Center Designers
Third-year interior design students recently had the enriching opportunity to delve into healthcare design, thanks to a combination of guest lectures and a site visit that supplement their studio…

Land Management Game Helps Uncover the Complexities of Land Use and Its Ecological Impacts Through Gameplay
In a bold fusion of AI and the creative realms of arts and humanities, The Ohio State University's Department of Design, led by the collaborative efforts of faculty members Scott Swearingen and…

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…