Design Innovation News Center
In partnership with Design Innovation and 91²Ö¿â Police, local startup Immobileyes, Inc. challenged students to create an innovative design for an effective tool police can use in active shooter situations. The design…
Ryan Davis, Exercise Physiology graduate student, and his student approached two DI Crew members, Nick Cindrich and Julian Leff, with a disability issue regarding a classroom tool.
The gallery’s latest exhibit, “Draining the Swamp: An Environmental History of Wetlands on the Kent Campus,� features decades of maps and newspaper clippings that tell the story of the once heavily forested campus. The centerpiece is a…
A fungus that spent a week inside a grow tent has taken over the MuseLab. This isn’t the start of a science fiction novel, or an episode of “The Last of Us,� it’s “Party of One: Future Fungal Furniture.� The exhibit is the first publicly…
Valle’s “Exploring 3D Print Waste in Fashion� is a graduate student thesis that seeks to challenge industry standards. Elegant garments dot the room as part of a timeline that takes the viewer on a journey of initial curiosity to full-…
Design Innovation welcomes its 1,000th collaborator, reaching the milestone in just under two years.
Connor Ruppelt, a senior sculpture major at 91²Ö¿â, wanted to step outside his comfort zone on his latest project and explore new technologies for sculpture fabrication – thanks to the facilities and expertise available at…
The Design Innovation (DI) collaborator network will grow this semester as the DI Hub and its makerspaces open to the public through a new community membership.
Rapids Grant will bolster workforce development with future 91²Ö¿â graduates filling key shortages in industries across Ohio.

Meet Dylan Walker, a Design Innovation crew member who specializes in marketing and operations.