How can people learn to hack their environments to make everyday tasks simpler, more fun, or more convenient? Holly Cohen and John Schimmel spoke to IxD about how creativity and the maker mindset can change lives through assistive technology.
It’s been one month since we are back for our last semester ever. And what a busy four weeks it has been.
As the semester draws to a close, a first-year student reflects on the challenges and magic of embracing ambiguity.
Coding designers are like banjo players trying to handle piano simultaneously.
A first-year student explores the frictions of daily life; delighting in their absence and pursuing our questions in their presence.
Through observations on her experiences in the first three weeks of the IxD program, a first-year student explores the importance of stories and their telling.
"Pay no attention to that huge computer behind the curtain." — Dan O'Sullivan and Tom Igoe, Physical Computing
The past year has been quite an exciting ride for me, from moving to New York, starting a master’s program at the School of Visual Arts, working on projects to build my portfolio, applying for internships, and finally getting a few offers.
Design offers us an opportunity to access our vulnerability, to see huge challenges and ask ourselves, and others, how might we make this better? A new IxD student shares observations on these themes through varying lenses.
Entrepreneurial Design, one of our Spring semester classes taught by Gary Chou and Christina Xu, feels like a right of passage. The first years must launch a Kickstarter project that raises $1,000 and gets 50 backers. More so than anything I've experienced so far in the program, EVERYONE is curious about it. 2nd years, instructors, alumni. It was so common to hear questions like "Has your Kickstarter launched yet? What are you doing? Can you send me the link?"
In the Spring semester of the first year, the students are tasked with launching a Kickstarter campaign that will make at least $1,000. We’re now 8 days o…
