Design Innovation News Center
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Oct. 7, 2025
Creating e-textiles is the topic of a hands-on, maker workshop and a lecture in ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s DI Hub in collaboration with ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s School of Fashion.
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Sept. 24, 2025
The Design Innovation Initiative at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí is excited to announce the selected participants for the inaugural cohort of the DI Creatives‑in‑Residence (CIR) Program, a semester-long residency that supports visionary creatives…
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Sept. 12, 2025
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…
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Aug. 29, 2025
Linda Ohrn-McDaniel is a Professor in the School of Fashion, where she focuses her teaching and creative practice in the development of knits. She conducts collaborative and interdisciplinary research within areas of advanced material…
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Aug. 29, 2025
Dr. Robert Pettys-Baker graduated with a Ph.D. in Human Factors and Ergonomics from the University of Minnesota. He previously received a B.S. in Apparel Design and M.S. in Apparel Studies from the University of Minnesota. Robert’s…
Aug. 28, 2025
Krissi Riewe Stevenson holds an M.F.A. and a B.F.A. in Fashion Design from the University of North Texas, where she began her applied research on the use of both traditional craft methods and emerging digital tools to bring innovation into…
Aug. 28, 2025
Dr. Hughes-Riley is an Associate Professor in Electronic Textiles at Nottingham Trent University (United Kingdom) where their research focuses on the design and development of novel electronic textile (E-textile) devices. Their research…
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Aug. 26, 2025
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.
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July 7, 2025
As part of Hawken School’s 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.
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June 26, 2025
A group of school administrators from Brazil recently completed the 10-day Design Innovation Change Agent Workshop at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí’s Design Innovation Hub, where they immersed themselves in design innovation techniques as they…
