The department is adjacent to the state-of-the-art Visible Futures Lab, outfitted with the tools and sophisticated equipment necessary for designers to explore their ideas and realize them in three-dimensional form—from low to high-tech, and from handmade to computer-aided rapid prototypes. In addition, the VFL and Products of Design department share a gallery space in which graduate student design work is showcased and visiting artist exhibitions and lectures are held.

The first-year curriculum focuses on hands-on project-based work in three-dimensional design, interaction design, user experience design, sustainable design and design for social innovation. Systems thinking, business fundamentals and design history provides students with the foundations for thinking strategically about their design practice. Throughout the semester, they dig deeper into coding, video storytelling, point of view and design research methodologies. Provocative guest lecturers and inspiring off-campus field trips round out the first-year experience.

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