News Kathy Wang Named a Finalist for 2022 SXSW Innovation Awards for VR Project, Smell Revived Congratulations to Yuting Wang (Kathy, MDes Fall’ 22), whose project, Smell Revived, was selected as a finalist in the Wearable Tech category for the 24th annual SXSW (South by Southwest) Innovation Awards. …
News MDes Student Jennifer Wong Wins Microsoft’s Hack for Mental Health Award Congratulations to Jennifer Wong (MDes Fall ’22), whose startup, Empathie, is the recent recipient of Microsoft’s “Hack for Mental Health” award. Empathie is a self-guided mobile app that delivers affordable, …
News Welcoming New Faculty for Spring ’22 The spring ’22 semester has officially begun, and with that, we are pleased to welcome four new instructors to our team! Each instructor will be teaching our core-curriculum courses, DES INV 211,…
News Meet Prana, a ventilator startup Prana is a passive, multi-patient attachment for medical ventilators that allows up to four patients to share a single continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine safely. Ventilators are a critical medical device used to treat numerous respiratory diseases from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), …
News Winter 2021 MDes Showcase Recap INAUGURAL MDES SHOWCASE On Friday, December 10th, 2021, the first and second cohorts of MDes students enjoyed a full-day at Jacobs Hall as part of the inaugural MDes Showcase. …
News MDes Student Eleanor Mayes (FA22) receives the Arcus Social Justice Corp Fellowship Eleanor Mayes (MDes FA22) has just been awarded an Arcus Social Justice Corp (ASJC) Fellowship! The ASJC is a new fellowship program in the College of Environmental Design that offers significant debt-relief to select graduate students who intend to do social justice work after graduation. …
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. …
Events News Jacobs & MDes 2021 Winter Design Showcase MDes will participate in this semester’s Design Showcase, a three-day symposium of student work and presentations, organized by the Jacobs Institute. DECEMBER 8–10, 2021 @ JACOBS HALL December 8–9: Jacobs DES INV and affiliated courses, …
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. …
News Student Work Design Despite Disciplines Podcast series Given the opportunity, designers will endlessly debate. The Design Despite Disciplines Podcast series is now published. This podcast series seeks to uncover the most pressing debates that cut across design disciplines, …