Sean Brosmith recently helped usher in a new era for his company Maesa. They received a significant investment from Bain Capital Private Equity, after they acquired a majority stake in the company. Maesa, where Brosmith serves as a partner and Chief Creative Officer, is a full-service design, engineering, and manufacturer of color cosmetics, personal fragrance, hair and skin care, and home fragrance products.

Xiangyang Xin, an alumnus from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Design (MDes ’02, PhD ’07), was recently named one of China’s Forty Designers in Forty Years of Chinese Reform and Opening by the Dragon Design Foundation, the only organization that gives national design awards for individuals in China.

Jessie Headrick, an alumna of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Design (BDes '18), recently launched a website dedicated to the work of Myrna Rosen, noted calligrapher and Adjunct Professor at the School of Design.

Last week, faculty and staff of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Design were devastated to learn of the sudden passing of Alumna Lauren Chapman Ruiz (MDes '11) on September 29th. Ruiz was a Sr. UX Designer at John Muir Health, a not-for-profit health system in the Bay Area of California, and was a Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design at the California College of Arts.