The Ohio State University

Students pursuing industrial design at Ohio State learn to apply a sophisticated level of design thinking and design research approaches to the planning and development of design ideas for objects, services and systems that support human needs. These may include consumer appliances, tools, business machines, furniture, medical equipment, architectural products and transportation devices, to name a few. 

Students develop understanding of manufacturing and production and learn to analyze systems, circumstances and processes to determine ways in which new products can improve or satisfy users in new ways to meet current and future demands.

At the same time, students are taught sustainable design principles by faculty who model practices that contribute to the creation of healthy environments.