This past February, Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College introduced a micro course in conjunction with Waynesburg University called Food insecurity: Consequences and Solutions for Rural and Small Communities. The School of Design’s Mark Baskinger, Bruce Hanington, and Stacie Rohrbach were on hand as contributors to Heinz’s course to introduce students to design thinking and research practices as students were placed directly into a community to explore food insecurity issues and to propose programs/services that directly addressed the issues they uncovered.
L. Arthi Krishnaswami, an alumna (MDes '06) and current Distinguished Adjunct of Professional Practice at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Design, was recently awarded a US Patent for "RyeCatcher." Officially founded in 2014, RyeCatcher is a web-based application that supports the whole child—academic, behavior, social, emotional, health and wellness—by bringing schools, parents, students and service providers together around actionable data.
Terry Irwin, Head of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Design, will recieve an Honorary Doctorate from Emily Carr Univeristy of Art & Design in Vancouver, British Columbia. Along with Irwin, artist Lawrence Paul Yuxwelupton Lets'lo:tseltun will be receiveing an Honorary Doctorate and artist Marianne Nicolson will receive the university's Emily Award, which honors outstanding achievements by ECU alumni.
Featured Video by Madison Headrick
On the 25th of September 2015, when the 193 Member States of the United Nations approved the 2030 Agenda, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals was also created. Communication Design Juniors in the Designing for Complex Communication Systems class were challenged to create 60-second videos that educate, challenge and inspire people on the importance of these Sustainable Development Goals. Madison Headrick's video explores the justice system and the problems ex-convicts face as they attempt to reenter society.
Please enjoy some of last year's best work from the entire spectrum of projects and research that our grads and undergrads took part in at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Design.
Watch this space for information about Design Week! Design Week is our students' opportunity to display all of their work from the Spring 2019 semester.
