Industrial Design Senior Alexandra Grant (BsID ‘21) recently completed an intensive three-week Pensole internship/masterclass at New Balance headquarters in Boston. Within her BsID degree, Alexandra is currently...
M.S. Industrial Design
Industrial Design Welcomes IKEA’s Kyra Ellzysmith
The Industrial Design program was honored to welcome back alum Kyra Ellzysmith (BsID ’09) as part of the ongoing Root Lecture Series. Kyra is an Innovation and Co-creative Catalyst at IKEA. It’s a position...
Industrial Designer Eli Wiegmann of Spruce Pup
Jefferson Industrial Design alum Eli Wiegmann (BsID ‘06) has worked in a fascinating variety of modes an industrial designer – from independent consultancies to in-house design departments to eventually creating his own...
Jessica Monteleone: Industrial Design Student Merit Award Winner
Senior Jessica Monteleone has been named this year’s Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Student Merit Award Representative for the Jefferson ID program. Jessica was chosen by a panel of industrial designers...
MSID Student Designs Timely Finger Protector
The principles learned in the Jefferson MSID program enable students to make a difference every day. Recently, MSID student Lauren Huggler created a simple and ingenious solution for preventing the spread of germs on...
Designing Light with ID Professor Lyn Godley
Industrial Design professor Lyn Godley’s latest solo exhibition, LUCID SHADOWS was recently exhibited at Philadelphia’s Hot Bed Gallery. Over 60 of her new lighting creations made their debut, bathing the walls, floor...
Materials & Processes in Industrial Design – A Different Approach
By Eric Schneider, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design The way that we teach Materials and Processes for Manufacturing in the Industrial Design program is unique. Many universities approach the subject as a...
Industrial Design Sprint: MID-PROJECT CRITIQUE
The Mid-Project Critique is one of the most productive segments of the Industrial Design Sprint project. Exactly halfway through the week, the client team comes back to the ID department to meet with each student team...
Industrial Design Sprint: DAY 3
The parameters of an industrial design project are often called the “project brief”. The brief provides the boundaries, requirements and deliverables of a given project. In other words, it’s the road map. The parameters...
Industrial Design Sprint: DAY 2
The student design teams are hard at work on the week-long Industrial Design Sprint Project. Our client this year is UNION, the product design and strategy division of Shea & Latone, a world-class independent design...