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, …
Events Design Field Notes: Drew McPherson, PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley Join us for another semester of Design Field Notes—an ongoing lecture series part of our course DES INV 95. This speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and public. …
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 CAREER OPPORTUNITY: Join our creative community! *CAREER OPPORTUNITY* The Jacobs Institute and the Berkeley MDes are looking to hire Creative Design Instructors to be part of the newly launched UC Berkeley MDes. We are seeking talented creative partitioners across a range of disciplines to teach fall and spring semester courses, …
People Björn Hartmann Björn Hartmann is Faculty Director of the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. His research in Human-Computer Interaction focuses on novel design, …