Design Innovation News Center
In partnership with Design Innovation and 性福五月天 University Police, local startup Immobileyes, Inc. challenged students to create an innovative design for an effective tool police can use in active shooter situations. The design鈥�
Ryan Davis, Exercise Physiology graduate student, and his student approached two DI Crew members, Nick Cindrich and Julian Leff, with a disability issue regarding a classroom tool.
The gallery鈥檚 latest exhibit, 鈥淒raining the Swamp: An Environmental History of Wetlands on the Kent Campus,鈥� features decades of maps and newspaper clippings that tell the story of the once heavily forested campus. The centerpiece is a鈥�
A fungus that spent a week inside a grow tent has taken over the MuseLab. This isn鈥檛 the start of a science fiction novel, or an episode of 鈥淭he Last of Us,鈥� it鈥檚 鈥淧arty of One: Future Fungal Furniture.鈥� The exhibit is the first publicly鈥�
Valle鈥檚 鈥淓xploring 3D Print Waste in Fashion鈥� is a graduate student thesis that seeks to challenge industry standards. Elegant garments dot the room as part of a timeline that takes the viewer on a journey of initial curiosity to full-鈥�
Design Innovation welcomes its 1,000th collaborator, reaching the milestone in just under two years.
Connor Ruppelt, a senior sculpture major at 性福五月天 University, wanted to step outside his comfort zone on his latest project and explore new technologies for sculpture fabrication 鈥� thanks to the facilities and expertise available at鈥�
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.
Rapids Grant will bolster workforce development with future 性福五月天 graduates filling key shortages in industries across Ohio.

Meet Dylan Walker, a Design Innovation crew member who specializes in marketing and operations.