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“ChatPoD” and Synthetic Podcasts: Recent Department Experiments with AI
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“ChatPoD” and Synthetic Podcasts: Recent Department Experiments with AI

Here at Products of Design, we are experimenting with AI in our pedagogy (AI ethics, mechanics, tools, creative pursuits, ventures, etc.). And, we’re also experimenting with it as a department. Periodically we’d like to share some of those experiments with you; please consider these the first in our series!

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Snapshots from E11VEN: Our 2024 Thesis Presentations!
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Snapshots from E11VEN: Our 2024 Thesis Presentations!

On May 7th, 2024, the eleventh group of MFA Products of Design graduates presented their final thesis projects. Friends, family, design professionals, faculty, and staff gathered at the SVA Theatre in New York City to watch and share in the festivities. Ranging in topics from Designing for Esport Althetes and Exploring Therapeutic Avenues for Nightmares, to Menstrual Confidence and Elevating Women as Climate Change Agents, the graduates shared hundreds of products, services, apps, platforms, and experiences throughout the day-long event. Check out more projects from this year’s graduates, here, and enjoy some snapshots of the day below!

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Snapshots from 10NTH: Our 2023 Thesis Presentations!
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Snapshots from 10NTH: Our 2023 Thesis Presentations!

On May 5th, 2023 the tenth group of MFA Products of Design graduates presented their final thesis projects. Friends, family, design professionals, faculty, and staff gathered at the SVA Theatre in New York City to watch and share in the festivities. Ranging in topics from Designing for Disability Inclusion in Space and Design Interventions for Gendered Agency in Latin Partner Dance, to Integrating Art to Enhance Interdisciplinary Learning and Empowering Women in Creative Industries, the graduates shared hundreds of products, services, apps, platforms, and experiences throughout the day-long event. Check out more projects from this year’s graduates, here, and enjoy some snapshots of the day below!

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Guest Lecture Video: Sara Hendren
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Guest Lecture Video: Sara Hendren

On February 9, 2022, MFA Products of Design was pleased to host a guest lecture by writer, educator, and advocate Sara Hendren. Sara is a humanist in tech—an artist, design researcher, writer, and professor at Olin College of Engineering. Her book What Can A Body Do? How We Meet the Built World explores the places where disability shows up in design.

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Antya Waegemann's Redesigned Rape Kit Wins Fast Company's Worldchanging Awards
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Antya Waegemann's Redesigned Rape Kit Wins Fast Company's Worldchanging Awards

We’ve shared a lot of great news about alumnus Antya Waegemann’s success with her thesis project, WHEN NO ONE BELIEVES YOU: Redesigning the Rape Kit and Responses to Sexual Assault. But just this morning, it was announced that her RN Advocate Kit has won the Student Category of this year’s annual Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards!

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