About Design Innovation at Kent State
Design Innovation (DI) at Kent State University is a university-wide initiative that unites people, ideas, and resources to help solve real-world problems through interdisciplinary collaboration.
What is Design Innovation?
Design Innovation is both a mindset and an approach. DI incorporates human-centered design and design thinking strategies to help foster creativity, critical thinking, problem solving, and fearless collaboration.
Core Strategies
Become a Fearless Collaborator
Discover endless opportunities for innovation and collaboration at the DI Hub, Kent State's largest makerspace and innovation accelerator.
Owned By All, Shared By All
Veteran to Visionary: Joe Sepesy's Creative Journey at the DI Hub
Meet Joe Sepesy, a retired educator, Vietnam veteran, and now an inventive game designer, whose journey at the Kent State University Design Innovation (DI) Hub exemplifies the transformative power of community, creativity, and cutting-edge resources.
DI Crew Spotlight: Nicholas Cindrich
Nicholas Cindrich has been with Design Innovation longer than most staff have worked here.
Cindrich joined as a DI Fellow in spring 2021 and he added crew member to his resume shortly after in the fall. A senior mechatronics engineering technology major, he credits DI with expanding his breadth as an engineer.
Design Innovation Welcomes the 2023-2024 Faculty Fellows Cohort
The Design Innovation initiative is pleased to welcome the second cohort of the Faculty Fellows program. Based in the DI Hub, the program launched in 2022 to create space for faculty members from any field to devote a portion of their teaching, research and scholarly focus to collaborative, cross-disciplinary projects and DI co-teaching experiences for an entire academic year.
Connecting Technology and Accessibility
Kent State student James Parsons, '23, dreams of pursuing a career where he can help make technology accessible to more people.
Design Innovation Announces DI Hub Membership For Community Members
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.
Welcome to the X_Realm: Design Innovation's Newest Extended Reality Lab
X_Realm, a new extended reality lab located in the DI HUB, is set to become Design Innovation’s newest space in the spring 2023 semester.
Graduate Students Explore Sustainable Fashion Using 3D Print Waste
Excitement buzzed from the MuseLab in Kent State University’s Design Innovation Hub as students learned firsthand about sustainability opportunities in the fashion industry.
We got Lasers! The Engraving Kind
Workshop allowed students to use laser engraving tools on denim for unique projects.