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Industrial Design BFA

The South China Morning Post features Min Shi '11 (industrial design), co-founder of eyewear brand Haze Collection.

In support of the college admission process, prospective students from around the country received portfolio reviews from RIT faculty and reps from other leading art and design colleges.

Twenty-five students from various majors collaborated with Veterans Outreach Center (VOC) to develop recruitment strategies for RIT’s annual EUREKA! design workshop.

Team Pacman, a group of undergraduate students from Rochester Institute of Technology, placed second among 54 entries from competing universities in the recent Paperboard Packaging Alliance’s national Student Design Challenge.

Woodworking Network talks to Josh Owen, professor and chair, industrial design program, about the late Wendell Castle, father of the art furniture movement and former RIT artist-in-residence.

RIT’s Metaproject is coming full circle. Since 2010, Metaproject has paired RIT student designers with a client partner in what has become a seminal project for the university’s nationally ranked industrial design program. This year’s project is honoring both the 10th anniversary of Metaproject and RIT’s Vignelli Center for Design Studies.

Dozens of students and recent alumni were recognized for their design excellence in the global competition. 

BBC features Sean Petterson '13 (industrial design), CEO of StrongArm Technologies.

When his brother’s horse died suddenly from colic in 2013, Michael Schab ’09 (computer engineering) saw an opportunity to create something that would prevent other equestrians from losing their beloved animals to this preventable affliction.

Designboom features industrial designer Joey Zeledón ’06 (industrial design) and his take on Marcel Breuer’s Cesca chair, combining a continuous steel rod with a coat hangers to create a fully supportive chair.

Patricia Moore, known as the "Mother of Empathy" for her innovative designs for elderly people, is the 2019 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award winner in the Design Mind category.