Alumni Awards News Student Work MDes Students and Alumni Win Design Awards at Core77 and SF Design Week Competitions Susanne Pierce Maddux’s Berkeley MDes project “Aer” has been recognized as an award winner in the 2023 CORE 77 Design Awards’ sustainability category. Aer is a material-driven design concept for a novel consumer home air filter that uses compostable bioplastic materials and an innovative design to create an affordable, …
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. …
Events Design@Large-palooza: Summer D@L Tips and Tricks from MDes2023 Design@Large-palooza is a two weeks-long extravaganza of events and engagements showcasing the D@L experiences of the MDes2023 cohort. Students will provide the newest MDes cohort with actionable tips and tricks, …
Alumni Career Events Design Career Conversation: Kloey Battista, Innovation Senior Consultant at Deloitte Digital Kloey works at Deloitte Digital on an integrated design team and has experience in innovation consulting ranging from product management, design strategy, concept definition, and user research. Kloey earned a Berkeley Certificate for Design Innovation (BCDI) from Jacobs Institute in 2018, …
Alumni Career Events Design Career Conversation with Leon Zhang: UX Design at Google What does it take to get hired at Google for UX? What is it like working there? Join this in person conversation with Leon Zhang, UC Berkeley (B.A. Cognitive Science 2017) alum and Google interaction designer for a conversation about his post-Berkeley career path. …
Alumni News Graduation 1st cohort SP22 Congratulations to our inaugural Berkeley MDes Cohort! On May 17th, the first cohort graduated from Cal’s Master of Design program, the first of its kind in the UC system. We are so proud of and inspired by your work, …
News MDes Announces Its Director of Career Development! We are delighted to share that Stephanie Bianco has been appointed the Director of Career Development for the MDes & the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation (JIDI)! Stephanie Bianco is a career educator with years of experience working in higher ed, …
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 Meet the new MDes Student Association (MDSA) Fall 2022 The Berkeley Master of Design Student Association (MDSA) is the official organization representing students in the Master of Design (MDes) program at UC Berkeley. The MDSA plays an essential role in the MDes program, …
News We are hiring! Join our creative team at the Jacobs Institute! The Jacobs Institute is looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our creative team as the new Director of Career Development. The Director of Career Development will develop and launch a new comprehensive career development program for the Master of Design (MDes) and undergraduate design students pursing the Berkeley Certificate of Design and Innovation at Jacobs Institute. …
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Aer is a material-driven design concept for a novel consumer home air filter that uses compostable bioplastic materials and an innovative design to create an affordable,