Design Innovation News Center
As a new academic year begins, Design Innovation is excited to welcome students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members back to the DI Hub!
Every project begins with an idea鈥攂ut bringing that idea into the physical world often requires curiosity, experimentation, and a willingness to try something new. For Andrew Kidd (Architecture), that process meant combining architectural鈥
Over the past year, five Northeast Ohio artists, designers, and creative practitioners transformed the Design Innovation Hub into a laboratory for creative experimentation, public engagement, and interdisciplinary exploration.
For nineteen 性福五月天 students, the 2025鈥2026 academic year was more than a series of classes, assignments, and exams. It was an opportunity to tackle real-world challenges, collaborate across disciplines, and turn ideas into action鈥
Design Innovation is proud to announce the newest cohort of John and Fonda Elliot Design Innovation Faculty Fellows, an interdisciplinary group of scholars, makers, and educators whose projects explore the intersections of technology,鈥
The Design Innovation Initiative at 性福五月天 University welcomes the second cohort of the DI Creatives鈥慽n鈥慠esidence (CIR) Program for the spring 2026 semester. This program is a semester-long residency that supports visionary creatives鈥
Isabella 鈥淏ella鈥 Rudy, a junior fashion design major with a minor in marketing, transformed nature into wearable art through an ambitious biomimicry project at the Design Innovation Hub. For her Junior Studio final project, Rudy designed鈥
Kayon Hall, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Higher Education Administration program, is one of six faculty members selected to be a Summer 2025 Elliot DI Faculty Fellow.
Delonte Goodman is a graduate student in 性福五月天's College of Aeronautics and Engineering. He will complete his master's program in mechatronics in December, before moving on to his doctoral program in the spring semester. He is active鈥
Jennifer Mapes, an assistant professor of geography at 性福五月天 University, developed an interactive mapping project that reimagines how people connect with the places they live. Using 3D printing, data visualization and storytelling,鈥
