Berkeley MDes

28 Results

Student Works

Pebbi

Wanlun Ding & Jiayi Liu
MDes 2024

Reimagine Emotional Support in Cancer Care

Introduction

In cancer care, emotional communication often falls short. Patients feel isolated, while caregivers struggle to interpret unspoken needs.

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Student Works

Guerilla-Greening

Kirk Mendoza & Abigail Chen
MDes 2024

Empowering Eco-Civil Disobedience in Urban Spaces

Introduction

As cities heat up due to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, traditional greening efforts often unintentionally fuel gentrification,

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Student Works

Second Organ

Adorey Shen, Yanru Qian, Ching-Wen (Carina) Lee
MDes 2024

Reimagining Sensory Perception in the Age of AI

Introduction

What does it mean to see, hear, and speak in an age mediated by artificial intelligence?

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Student Works

How We May Make

Roshan Mohan
MDes 2024

A Vision for Producing Sustainable Hardware

Introduction

Traditionally, sustainability has been relegated to an afterthought in manufacturing. The consumer hardware industry has prioritized cost efficiency through global supply chains,

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Student Works

CURIO

Katherine Liu & Ming-Chen (Charlene) Lu
MDes 2024

A Sustainable Art Exploration Toolkit for Families

Introduction

Despite museums’ efforts to welcome families through innovative programming, many still struggle to create sustainable engagement beyond isolated visits.

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Career Events

Design Career Conversations: Insights from Industry Leaders

The Jacobs Institute’s Fall 2024 Career Conversations series features design career professionals in conversation with Jacobs’ Director of Career Services, Stephanie Bianco. They also feature lunch! All events are in Jacobs 310.

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People

Aarya Harkare

Bio

B2B SaaS Product Designer | Aspiring xr Innovator

Hello, I’m Aarya! With over 3 years of experience in designing B2B SaaS products for the robotics and fintech industries,

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People

Tian (Iris) Qin

Bio

I’m 秦天, an xr developer and a creative coder. I graduated from NYU Shanghai with a degree in interactive media art. Most of my creative work involves digital media,

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News

From Radioactive Blueberries to Virtual Limbs: Berkeley MDes’s Award-Winning Designs

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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Student Works AR VR

Limino

Qianyi Chen (Daisy)
MDes Fall 2022
Interactions for Dynamic Blending Virtual and Real Environments in Head-Mounted Displays
Introduction

Existing works have been studying how can the physical world be integrated into the virtual world in MR systems,

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