Innovative Designs - Thesis 2022

September 23, 2022
A high-top sneaker with a fan-looking contraption attached to it.

In the second year of RIT's industrial design MFA program, student conduct research and develop a thesis project, presented in a graduate thesis exhibition or presentation, and is documented in a written thesis report.

Below is a collection of thesis designs by the Class of 2022.

Design in main image by Mingshou Li; all photos by Elizabeth Lamark

A person stretches on a mat.

Dan Han

An accessibly meal table.

Boheng Huang

A pair of custom-designed shoes.

Zihan Luo

A person plays with toy cars made out of fabric and wooden wheels.

Mary McLoughlin

A tablet surrounded by building blocks.

Grace Newman-Lapinski

A toy dump truck design.

Yannan Pan

A white hockey helmet with an RIT Tiger decal.

Anthony Parrucci

A person operates a walker.

Jung Whan Park

A tablet-looking device wrapped in a wooden box.

Thomas Roberti

A person operates a computer mouse next to a laptop.

Xiuyu Shi

A cat stands next to an intricate litter box setup.

Shizhuo Sun

A cat sits in a litter box.

Daheng Tong

A person holds a cylinder-shaped object.

Bowen Zhang

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