Education

In Search of Opportunity

Coincidentally, both winners of the 2017 industrial design education scholarships traveled from around the world to find opportunities in the United States. Meet the winners and learn more about ther journeys.

Design for the Mind

The Alzheimer’s Association reports more than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease and that by 2050, the alarming number could rise to 16 million. In collaboration with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and CaringKind—Pratt Institute industrial design students have created products and accessories to help those affected by memory loss from the disease.

Engaged Practice

“If art is made in the studio and it never leaves that life, it never circulates. If it does not circulate, art is not professional but can only ever be a hobby—living half its life.... It needs to be shared." That's how the Cleveland Institute of Art's senior vice president of faculty affairs and chief academic officer defines the need for the school's Engaged Practice (EP) program, including its application to the industrial design program.

Impactful Designs

From Arctic living to inclusive education to asphalt recycling—industrial design projects at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada are taking on a wide variety of global challenges.

Next Gen Mobility

A team of Georgia Tech design students, including an IDSA student member, has won the Next Generation Mobility Challenge—co-created by Toyota and Net Impact to inspire young people to develop mobility solutions for social equity and inclusion, improve and streamline transportation and help solve social impact issues in communities around the world.

Root of Design

Appalachian State University students are getting to the root of design—using mushroom roots and agricultural waste to create sustainable products. Sophomores Ryan Decker, Lindsay Everhart and John Lalevee worked with adjunct instructor and furniture designer Alyssa Coletti on the project.

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