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Interested in learning more about a career in design, about effecting change in the world, and transforming your future? Email us or call us at the number below to arrange a visit or Skype call. We’d love to meet you!

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First year student @helenyinchen created @plastic_only_co for the Affirming Artifacts course. This project is rethinking the value and materiality of plastic bags - repurposing then from one-time use items into more durable, reusable and even wearable products.
Queer World is a co-creation workshop as part of @xuan_designsth graduate thesis work “Queer China — Proposals to Empower Chinese Queer Youth.” Participants used a game board to map the power dynamics among stakeholders in the LGBTQ world.
Second-year student @johnboranjr designed a speculative companion robot called Omnibot. This free-flying robot is imagined as a partnership between @nasajpl and @irobot for his thesis exploring product design for Mars.
Second years held co-creation sessions as part of their thesis exploration over the past couple of weeks. Here, second year student @antya_antje held a workshop looking at the redesign of sexual assault kits.
Cardinal is a smart navigation gloves “for life in the fast lane on two wheels.” Designed by four second-year students as part of their Product, Brand, and Experience class, the gloves are specifically designed with the female urban motorcyclist in mind.
A water filter for the apocalypse that uses natural elements, such as charcoal, gravel, sand, and cotton to filter water through an AeroPress mechanism. Designed by first year student @panteaprs for 3D Products of Design I.
Thank you @debbiemillman for the amazing talk at Products of Design. And for hanging out after for an additional group chat! Come back soon! . . . @svabranding #branding #designlectures #designtalks #branding #brandingdesign
Tongue is a carbon bike saddle with a deployable fender meant to defeat rear-wheel bike spray on command. The fender slides inside a track on the saddle's shell, underneath a thin layer of gel—all designed to allow bike messengers to ride for long hours in comfort and with convenience. Designed by 4 second year students for Product, Brand and Experience.
Meet Wu: doing small things in a great way. Created by first year student @annachauu, Wu is a pencil sharpener that does not topple over. Consumers can personalize their Wu by creating their very own Wume with customized packaging.
Glare is a longboard skateboard brand designed for the urban commuter. The core technology is the uplight - a long-wavelength beam of light projected upward onto the riser which increases nighttime visibility. Designed by four second years for their Product, Brand, and Experience course.
Nimbus is a CBD vaporizer designed for the home. Counter to the cigarette form factor present in most of the vape market, Nimbus speaks the same formal language as a beautiful houseware product. Designed by four second years for their Product, Brand, and Experience course.
Today the first years visited @newlab in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Thanks to @marcelbotha of @10xbeta , the tour was amazing!

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JUSTICE BY ALL: Revitalizing Civic Engagement in the Judicial System
JUSTICE BY ALL: Revitalizing Civic Engagement in the Judicial System

Julia Lindpaintner’s thesis work was inspired by her own experience of serving on a grand jury in Manhattan during the summer of 2016. It profoundly changed her understanding of the judicial system, and in particular, the way she saw her role in it. “My mental model shifted,” Julia states. She further explains, “Instead of seeing the judicial system as an autonomous force over which I had no influence, I felt viscerally the way in which we, as citizens, are collectively responsible for the system and the outcomes it produces.”

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Designing For Women Vets: #SheServed Campaign Changes Cultural Norms
Designing For Women Vets: #SheServed Campaign Changes Cultural Norms

As part of SVA Products of Design’s partnership with Veterans Affairs (and held through the Design Research and Integration class taught by IDEO’s Lawrence Abrahamson) , designers Jiani Lin, Alexia Cohen, Teng Yu, William Crum, and Antriksh Nangia used design to examine gender and the military—creating two design proposals aimed at changing the way people “see” women veterans.

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Register For the 2018 Open House!
Register For the 2018 Open House!

Join us at this year's Open House and Information Session, taking place on Wednesday, November 14th, 2017—from 6-8:30pm! Attendees will be able to meet faculty, alumni, and current students, see projects, learn about the program, tour the studio, classroom spaces, and Visible Futures Lab, and ask questions about life at Products of Design. Delicious refreshments will be shared throughout the session.

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Student Designed Products Launch at the MoMA Design Store!
Student Designed Products Launch at the MoMA Design Store!

We are extraordinarily proud that for the entire month of April, the two New York-based MoMA Design Stores are dedicating their windows and in-store displays to the collaboration with MFA Products of Design department! For the launch of 6 new products, an Opening Reception was held in midtown Manhattan last Thursday night. Check out photos below of the packed house, guests, and featured products designed by Products of Design students!

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