Designing Emerging Technologies @ Jacobs Spring Design Showcase 2025

Join us for an evening of interactive experiences that highlight how our students are turning emerging technologies into tangible, thoughtful designs. From responsive environments to smart objects, explore how thoughtful prototypes come to life through hands-on experimentation of cutting-edge technologies.

What You’ll Experience:

• Hands-on interaction with functional prototypes.
• Conversations with student designers about their design process and technical approaches.
• Demonstrations of how emerging technologies can be harnessed not just as expressive design materials, but as tools for addressing multifaceted problems in thoughtful, human-centered ways.
• A glimpse into the future of design innovation: the intersection of technology, creativity, and impact.

About the Course:

This showcase represents the culmination of an intensive graduate studio where MDes students focus on developing fluency with emerging technologies. Students learn skills to approach any new technology as a creative material rather than simply an end product. These works represent the midpoint of their professional design education journey.

Come explore the future of design — RSVP here!