“Where are the Black Designers?” This Black History Month, as we continue to ask this recurring question, Associate Professor and Senior Associate Dean of the College of Fine Arts Eric Anderson takes the opportunity to celebrate three pioneering Black Industrial Designers who have had an immense impact on the profession, and his career, in different ways.
Each year, Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Design hosts our annual Design Lecture Series. The Design Lecture Series brings transdisciplinary thinkers and practitioners from around the world to campus, believing that the power of design addresses some of today's most pressing challenges. Our speakers come from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines including design, business, the nonprofit sector, education, science, and more.
Three MDes studets, Jiyoung Ohn, Stefania La Vattiata, and Isha Hans, were awarded kynamatrix Research Network's "Innovation through Collaboration" grants for projects in design, engineering, and computer science. The kynamatrix Research Network is a nonprofit network of researchers dedicated to the "understanding and advancement of interactive communication, accelerating innovation in design, engineering, and computer science." The award is granted yearly and encourages studies in "interactive communication across the academic disciplines of design, engineering, and computer science."
Featured Video by Communication Design Juniors
The first project from our Communication Design Juniors for Fall 2020. We partnered with Studentvote.org, a group that believes that young people's full participation in the political process is essential to a truly representative, vibrant democracy. Each student designed a compelling public message campaign to help educate, motivate, and empower young people worldwide to register and vote. Their work will move and inspire you.
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.
Please join us for another edition of our Design Lecture Series with Waqas Jawaid & Andy Chen and their lecture "Spaces of Belonging" on March 15, 2021 at 12pm.
Please join us for another edition of our Design Lecture Series with School of Design Alumna Deborah Lee and her lecture "Now What?" on April 19, 2021 at 12pm.
