The late Virgil Abloh always had a passion for bringing others up with him, he once said “opening new doors for the Black community has always been, and will always be, the focus of my career.” This legacy of his has...
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Textile Design Spring Speakers Series
It’s that time of year, time for our annual Spring Speakers Series event! This event brings textile industry movers and shakers into the Textile Design studio to talk about their journeys and careers, the industry...
Industrial Design Wins IDEA Gold Award
What do the Tesla Model S, the Apple iPhone and the Swell Surf Foot all have in common? They’ve all been awarded industrial design’s highest accolade, the IDEA Gold Award. Last week, Jefferson Industrial...
Industrial Design Alums Win IDEA Bronze Award
A team of Jefferson Industrial Design alums were recently awarded the prestigious IDEA Bronze award. This prestigious recognition, awarded by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), “recognizes products and...
Industrial Design Students Win Museum Competition
Four Jefferson Industrial Design sophomores were recently honored by the Philadelphia Museum of Art as winners of the COLLAB Student Design Competition. The students submitted projects that they created in this...
Industrial Design International Collaboration on Lighting Research
Lyn Godley, Industrial Design professor and Director of The Jefferson Center of Immersive Arts for Health, is part of Light4Health, a 3-year international collaboration investigating current research on the effects of...
Industrial Design Welcomes Cooper Hewitt’s Ellen Lupton
As part of the recent DesignPhiladelphia Festival, Jefferson Industrial Design welcomed Ellen Lupton to campus for a virtual lecture entitled Design and Healing. Lupton, Cooper Hewitt‘s senior curator of...
TJU East Falls is First to be Visited by the Kravet Workspace Mobile Showroom
On Friday, September 10th, the Textile Design department hosted the Kravet Workspace Mobile Showroom on campus. Jefferson was honored to be the very first university visited—thanks to wonderful alum Scott Kravet. For...
Industrial Design & Engineering: Design For Disappearance
Industrial Design and Engineering students collaborate on a system to assess local climate change that seamlessly blends into its environment. By Eric Schneider & Radika Bhaskar Like most large cities, Philadelphia...
Get Inspired at the Design Center
Located on Henry Avenue across from the Jefferson East Fall’s main campus sits a mid-century, ranch style home with a white floral chain-link fence, home to the university’s Design Center. Housed within its four walls...