IdeaBase
IdeaBase is a Kent State student-powered design agency located in Franklin Hall, whose team represents a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, united in passion for creating meaningful solutions for clients. IdeaBase has an in-house eye-tracking lab that is primarily used for usability testing and research.
May 4 Visitor’s Center (Taylor Hall)
Located in the former offices of the Daily Kent Stater in Room 141 of Taylor Hall, the center opened in 2013 to tell the May 4 story set against the political and cultural changes of the 1960s. Renovations to Taylor Hall in 2017 expanded the Center’s space to include more offices and the Reflections Gallery, a classroom and exhibit space that can accommodate tour groups.
Taylor Hall Gallery (Taylor Hall)
The School of Visual Communication Design is excited about our beautiful new gallery space in Taylor Hall. The 1,110 square foot event space features high ceilings, a customizable floor plan and professional-quality lighting, making it the perfect setting for a variety of artwork. Taylor Hall Gallery exhibitions showcase works from local, regional, national and international artists and designers, ranging across a variety of mediums, styles and subjects. Students also can show their own work in the gallery and see the work of our faculty in the stunning new space.
Type High Press (Taylor Hall)
The School of Visual Communication Design houses a 1,070 square foot letterpress lab with a sizable collection of metal and wood type, four flat-bed presses, two platen presses and a polymer plate maker. This unique lab is one of only a few in the country available for student experimentation with this traditional form of hands-on printing. It offers an opportunity for creative integration of various media in the printing process. Students in upper-level classes are able to explore materials and production processes that cannot be achieved through digital printing alone.
Wallace J. Hagedorn Gallery (Franklin Hall)
Just outside of FirstEnergy Auditorium in Franklin Hall, the Wallace J. Hagedorn Gallery features student work in photojournalism. It is named for Wallace J. Hagedorn, who established Kent State’s largest scholarship fund in 2014. The $4.2 million legacy gift supports photojournalism students’ tuition and portfolio-building experiences.