Massachusetts College of Art and Design, better known as MassArt, is hosting a Portfolio Review on April 4, 2016 as part of Boston Design Week (March 30-April 12). The event is set for 6 to 9pm in the grand, three-story atrium of the $40 million, 40,000 sq. ft. MassArt Design and Media Center that opened in January 2016 on Boston’s Avenue of the Arts.
A new product design program will make its debut this fall at The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), pending final approvals. “The fusion of design, technology and making has never been in higher demand, expanding the roles available for creative professionals,” promotes MICA on its website. “ MICA's new BFA in product design is an excitingly versatile and encompassing major that prepares students for these new opportunities.”
Faculty Advisors to IDSA Student Chapters welcomed the launch of the 2017 IDSA Student Merit Award (SMA) competition on Friday, January 13. The SMAs will run through March 17! We are pleased to announce that the competition is once more sponsored by Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp.
Today, people are living behind the screen. Our observations of the world are becoming reduced to digital data points that are solving problems intuitively or telling us what to do next. Design education is not much different. Research and prototyping are done often in a hypothetical sense, enabled by digital technologies. SHiFT Design Camp is creating a new model of education.
NASAD recognizes that the programs offered by the school meet the externally-set standards that are applied uniformly to all schools in the United States.
IDSA has announced the latest winners of two design education scholarships.
The $1,500 Gianninoto Graduate Scholarship has been awarded to Jeffrey Lin, S/IDSA, of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA for use toward tuition as he completes his graduate degree in industrial design.
