People Joey Gottbrath Joey Gottbrath oversees the fabrication facilities and equipment curricula and leads the technical team. His interests are woodworking and furniture design that integrates both recent and traditional methodologies, and he has managed experimental fabrication spaces for artists, …
News Discover the MDes Studio! Discover the MDes Studio! The Berkeley MDes Studio is a vital unique element of the program. It is our primary space of creativity, innovation, inspiration, and collaboration. It defines us, …
News Jacobs Hall ranked #1 makersapce! UC Berkeley was recently ranked number one in campus makerspaces by Great Value Colleges, with the Jacobs Institute receiving a special shout-out as the most impressive of the 5 on campus. …
Events MDes October Admissions Events Join us for one of our upcoming Admissions Events and information sessions this October! Our information sessions this month will highlight MDes students with two student panels. Join us to meet MDes students and learn first hand about their experience in the Berkeley MDes. …
News Launching In-Person! FA21 Orientation The MDes program is so excited to announce that we have officially launched in-person for the first time! After spending the inaugural semester learning remotely, it was invigorating to have both the SP22 and FA22 cohorts meet on campus and go through orientation together (following UC Berkeley COVID-19 policies). …
Events Back to Campus Events at Jacobs Hall With the beginning of the fall semester and our return to campus just around the corner, we encourage you to join one of the many events the Jacobs Institute is hosting in the upcoming weeks. …
People Bennett Ngan Bio I’m an Aerospace Engineering major with experience working within the defense industry (Raytheon, BAE Systems, etc.). While I enjoy diving deep into the technical side of things, I have always had an interest in aesthetics and the integration of human interaction with emerging technologies in the design of physical products. …
People Roland Saekow Bio Hello! I love taking things apart and seeing how they work. I like to imagine all the the design decisions that went into a product and dream up how they can become even better! …
News MDes Student Team Awarded the Jacobs Innovation Catalyst Ignite Grant 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. …