News Seven Black Engineers Who Helped Shape the Future of Design Innovation Reposted with permission from Jacobs Institute In honor of Black History Month, we would like to recognize a number of Black engineers and academics whose contributions to the world of engineering and design have shaped the way we think, …
News 67 Things a UC Berkeley MDes Student Should Know Yesterday we officially welcomed our first cohort of students to the exciting new UC Berkeley MDes program! As I was reflecting on how to welcome the students and capture my hopes and goals for the MDes program, …
Events News MDes Application Deadline: January 4, 2021 Join the next generation of designers uniquely prepared to shape the future! Apply to Berkeley MDes by Monday, January 4, 2021 (8:59pm PST). The application to be part of the second Berkeley Master of Design cohort in Fall 2021 is due in 2 days! …
News MDes Student Team wins 2nd Place in CMYKxBART Designathon On November 14, 2020, Adam Huth (MDes Spring 22), David Zhou (MDes Spring 22), Effie Jia (MDes Spring 22), Franklyn Bucknor (MDes Spring 22), came together to participate in CMYKxBART Designathon, …
News Nimble Spaces, co-founded by MDes students, has joined Berkeley SkyDeck Nimble Spaces, co-founded by Roland Saekow (MDes 22), Titus Ebbecke (MDes 22), Lu Liu (MBA 21), Yifeng Wang (MArch 21), and Yue(Abby) Gao (MArch 21), was accepted into the Berkeley SkyDeck HotDesk Program as part of its Fall 2020 cohort. …
News Smiles by Mail: MDes student business that brightens people’s lives during COVID-19 Adam Huth, Berkeley MDes student, and his sister Alec, UC Berkeley student, launched a new business with the start of COVID-19. Smiles by Mail is a small lifestyle webstore that uses snail mail to bring handmade, …
News Mastercard Foundation Scholar Program Students accepted to the Master of Design program are eligible to apply for the Mastercard Foundation Scholar program, a program that provides support to master’s degree students from Sub-Saharan African countries who are academically talented and committed to transformative change on the continent. …
News MDes Students Win the Linda Tischler Award by Fast Company 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! …
News MDes Spring 2022 Cohort Diversity One thing we’re most excited about with this cohort is the diverse backgrounds and experiences each admit is bringing with them. The Spring 2022 cohort is composed of 45% men and 55% women; …
Events Jacob’s Institute Design Field Notes Fall 2020 Lectures Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation invites you to participate in its course and lecture series, Design Field Notes, DES INV 95. Please join us in welcoming this dynamic group of artists, …