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What’s on Your Plate? The 2021 MDes Thesis Talks
April 6, 2021 • Research & Leadership, Graduate Student, MDes
On the surface, there may not be a more universally relatable subject than food. After all, everyone eats. But the most basic questions about where our food comes from, how it gets to our dinner tables, and who makes decisions about that process quickly reveals… Read More >
Don’t be Dubed: Najwat Rehman on Designing a Better World
March 22, 2021 • Student Voices, Graduate Student, MDes
What has been the role of design in shaping the world as we know it? For Stamps Master of Design in Integrative Design candidate Najwat Rehman (MDes '21), this is a question that he's been deeply considering for several years now. Read More >
A Living Learning Lab For Equity: Keesa V. Johnson (MDes ‘21) and the Campus Farm
July 13, 2020 • Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion, Student Voices, Graduate Student
“’Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.’ Those are the words of Frantz Fanon," says Keesa V. Johnson (MDes '21). "And I'm not going to betray anything.” Read More >
COVID-19 Relief: Stamps Student Emergency Fund
May 26, 2020 • Giving, Graduate Student, Undergraduate Student
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the Stamps community together to face new challenges, address unprecedented complexities, and find new ways to support one another during this difficult time. Read More >
Class of 2020 Spotlight: Ashley Moon (MDes ‘20)
March 15, 2020 • Research & Leadership, Social Engagement, Graduate Student
In order to have a government that one day works for everyone, Ashley Moon (MDes '20) believes more people have to see the value in getting involved in it. For her thesis project, Moon (MDes '20), set out to use design principles to promote civic engagement… Read More >
Class of 2020 Spotlight: Jennifer Low (MDes ‘20)
March 15, 2020 • Research & Leadership, Social Engagement, Graduate Student
When we think about gentrification and the issues that surround it, Jennifer Low (MDes '20) says we often assume they are inevitable, uncontrollable forces. But this is rarely the case. Read More >
Class of 2020 Spotlight: Colleen Clark (MDes ‘20)
March 15, 2020 • Research & Leadership, Social Engagement, Graduate Student
Nearly half of all new K-12 teachers leave the profession within the first five years, and Colleen Clark (MDes '20) says it's not always for the obvious reason. Read More >
Class of 2020 Spotlight: Gowri Balasubramaniam (MDes ‘20)
March 15, 2020 • Research & Leadership, Social Engagement, Graduate Student
For her thesis research, Gowri Balasubramaniam worked with the Equitable Futures project to teach critical and speculative design methods to Detroit-area high school freshmen as a way to help connect their history lessons to the present and imagine their own futures. Read More >
Designing Decisions: 2019 MDes Public Talks
May 15, 2019 • Research & Leadership, Graduate Student, MDes
Care providers, patients, and policymakers face a near-infinite number of big choices when it comes to managing healthcare. Read More >
Designing for Equity in Public Education
May 9, 2019 • Research & Leadership, Social Engagement, Graduate Student
During the winter 2019 semester, graduate students from the Stamps School of Art & Design’s Masters in Integrative Design (MDes) worked with the University of Michigan School of Education’s Center for Education Design, Evaluation, and Research (CEDER) to… Read More >
