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Monday, May 15, 2023 - 09:57am
The latest exhibit in the DI HUB might make you a bit emotional.
The Stories Connecting Generations exhibit features 23 projects from the namesake class that pairs sociology and visual communication design students with an older adult partner, usually a resident of an area…
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 10:28am
Design Innovations’s newest node brings the future of education to campus. The Learning Innovations Lab, located in White Hall, joins 25+ DI nodes at Kent State. The node’s divergence from the traditional makerspace - technology in the lab largely focuses on education - gives it…
Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 10:30am
In partnership with Design Innovation and Kent State University Police, local startup Immobileyes, Inc. challenged students to create an innovative design for an effective tool police can use in active shooter situations. The design challenge concluded on April 18 with final…
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 - 10:55am
Collaborators bring a unique design challenge to DI Crew members with an important focus: accessibility.
Monday, April 17, 2023 - 02:12pm
The gallery’s latest exhibit, “Draining the Swamp: An Environmental History of Wetlands on the Kent Campus,” features decades of maps and newspaper clippings that tell the story of the once heavily forested campus. The centerpiece is a scaled down 3D model of the campus’…
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 - 03:10pm
A fungus that spent a week inside a grow tent has taken over the MuseLab. This isn’t the start of a science fiction novel, or an episode of “The Last of Us,” it’s “Party of One: Future Fungal Furniture.” The exhibit is the first publicly shared experiment of Britta Bielak’s…
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 - 11:16am
Fashion Industry Studies graduate student, Camila Cordeiro Valle, offers a glimpse into the future of fashion with her current exhibit in the Design Innovation Hub’s MuseLab.
Valle’s “Exploring 3D Print Waste in Fashion” is a graduate student thesis that seeks to challenge…
Tuesday, February 28, 2023 - 02:37pm
Design Innovation welcomes its 1,000th collaborator, reaching the milestone in just under two years.
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - 12:51pm
Connor Ruppelt, a senior sculpture major at Kent State University, wanted to step outside his comfort zone on his latest project and explore new technologies for sculpture fabrication – thanks to the facilities and expertise available at the Design Innovation Hub he was able to…
Wednesday, January 18, 2023 - 12:21pm
The Design Innovation (DI) collaborator network will grow this semester as the DI Hub and its makerspaces open to the public through a new community membership.