Berkeley Master of Design students have been busy!  Recent graduates and current students alike have been winning design competitions with some thoughtful and evocative projects:  

• Gia Kirk of the MDes2024 cohort and her team took second place in the iHackHealth Appathon.

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Congratulations to our former student Abhi Ghavalkar for being named one of five winners of the Young Entrepreneur award presented by the Indian Achievers Forum from over 4,000 nominations worldwide.

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MDes design project EIDOS is an SF Design Week winner! Congratulations Roland Saekow, Eleanor Mayes, Akash Mahajan, Debbie Yuen, and Lula Duloup for this great recognition. 👏👏

Check EIDOS award here

SF Design Week –

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Congratulations to Yuting Wang (Kathy, MDes Fall’ 22), whose project, Smell Revived, was selected as a finalist in the Wearable Tech category for the 24th annual SXSW (South by Southwest) Innovation awards.

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Congratulations to Jennifer Wong (MDes Fall ’22), whose startup, Empathie, is the recent recipient of Microsoft’s “Hack for Mental Health” award.

Empathie is a self-guided mobile app that delivers affordable,

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Five Berkeley MDes students and their teams have been honored with a prestigious San Francisco Design Week award by the nonprofit organization San Francisco Design Week (SFDW).

These projects are recognized by these awards for their ground-breaking design and commitment to thought leadership in meeting the needs of a positive future for society.   

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MDes Student Team, Abhi Ghavalkar (MDes, SP22), Mercedes Saldaña (MDes, SP22), Penny Lin (MDes, SP22), have been awarded the Jacobs Innovation Catalyst Ignite Grant for their project Limb-O2 Multi-patient Attachment for Medical Ventilators.

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Congrats to six of our incoming MDes students (Abhi Ghavalkar, Franklyn Bucknor, Kailin Li, Roland Saekow, Titus Ebbecke, and Xiaobai Ji) for being awarded the Linda Tischler award at the Innovation by Design ceremony hosted by Fast Company!

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