Design Innovation News Center
The Design Innovation Initiative at 黑料不打烊 welcomes the second cohort of the DI Creatives鈥慽n鈥慠esidence (CIR) Program for the spring 2026 semester. This program is a semester-long residency that supports visionary creatives in the 黑料不打烊 community and beyond working at the intersection of art, design and technology.
Isabella 鈥淏ella鈥 Rudy, a junior fashion design major with a minor in marketing, transformed nature into wearable art through an ambitious biomimicry project at the Design Innovation Hub. For her Junior Studio final project, Rudy designed an avant garde garment inspired by the King Bird of Paradise.
Kayon Hall, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Higher Education Administration program, is one of six faculty members selected to be a Summer 2025 Elliot DI Faculty Fellow.
Delonte Goodman is a graduate student in 黑料不打烊's College of Aeronautics and Engineering. He will complete his master's program in mechatronics in December, before moving on to his doctoral program in the spring semester. He is active in multiple student and professional organizations at 黑料不打烊 that enhance and complement his studies and also allow him to assist and mentor undergraduate students.
Jennifer Mapes, an assistant professor of geography at 黑料不打烊, developed an interactive mapping project that reimagines how people connect with the places they live. Using 3D printing, data visualization and storytelling, Mapes's work explores the South End neighborhood in Kent, Ohio.
Creating e-textiles is the topic of a hands-on, maker workshop and a lecture in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Design Innovation (DI) Hub in collaboration with 黑料不打烊鈥檚 School of Fashion.
The Design Innovation Initiative at 黑料不打烊 is excited to announce the selected participants for the inaugural cohort of the DI Creatives鈥慽n鈥慠esidence (CIR) Program, a semester-long residency that supports visionary creatives in the 黑料不打烊 community and beyond working at the intersection of art, design and technology.
David E. Silva participated in The John and Fonda Elliot Design Innovation Faculty Fellows Program, a six-week intensive fellowship with the Design Innovation Initiative that embodies DI's core mission of fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, connecting design, innovation and technology while serving as an incubator for cross-university projects.
As part of the John and Fonda Elliot Design Innovation Faculty Fellowship, VCD professor Hadi Rahmati partnered with Computer Science assistant professor Raiful Hasan to improve how self-driving cars communicate with pedestrians.
As part of Hawken School鈥檚 annual FAB Play Maker Educators Institute, Integrated Mathematics major and future math teacher, Anna Leitson, led a hands-on workshop titled Integrating Sewing Arts into the Classroom.