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Uniting design and technology to solve real-world problems is what we do. Find out what students, faculty, and alumni are up to on campus, on the national stage, and beyond. 

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Launchpad 2025

The interior of The Wash Bus, a mobile laundry unit designed to restore dignity through thoughtful, human-centered industrial design.
 

Laundry, Dignity, & Design: The Story of Atlanta’s Wash Bus

A line of classic cars on display at the Georgia Tech Auto Show
 

Georgia Tech Auto Show Motors On

Student Yixiao Zhang poses with award certificate and one of the Student Design Challenge chairs, Audrey Balaska, at the HRI2025 conference.
 

Georgia Tech Students Cut the Wait with Award-Winning Design

Donald Burlock
 

Donald Burlock, Ingenious Maker from Georgia Tech

Renzo Jansema, Mees Van de Burgt, Olaf Kamperman, Jared Teiger
 

Georgia Tech’s International Design Influence

What's Been Happening in the School

Student at a workbench with granite lamps arranged in front of him

Make 10 Marketplace Keeps Getting Bigger and Better

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Student shaking hands with company representative across table at a career fair.

Focused Networking for Industrial Design Students

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Student carving a pumpkin, using an image on her phone as a guide.

Expert Jack-O'-Lantern Design at IDSA Pumpkin Ramble

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Professor HyunJoo Oh interacting with learning tools in her studio.

HyunJoo Oh Awarded IPaT Seed Funding

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Lisa Marks Named IPaT Research Lead

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Resurging Atlanta IDSA Ties Link Students to Industry

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Industrial Design Student Wins People’s Choice Award at 2023 InVenture Prize Competition

Julia Piña's Novela Lamp won the People's Choice Award and $5,000 after a public vote during the Inventure Prize. Her lamp is an interactive shadow puppet lamp that allows children to tell stories using puppets and scenes. It promotes imaginative play and fosters communication skill development through creative expression.

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Laura Gravesen, ID 07, in Alumni Associations's 2024 40 Under 40

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Cheng Kue, the founder of The HYPE Company and a Georgia Tech Alumnus.

ID Grad Pitches The HYPE Co. on Shark Tank

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Headshot of EunSook Kwon.

Kwon Honored with IDSA Education Award

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A student carving a pumpkin

Pumpkin Ramble 2023

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Krystal Persaud holds a microphone as she listens to an audience member's question during her Open Talk.

Play Is Essential for Design

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Alumnae Forge Careers in Automobile Design

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Ezio Manzini

Ezio Manzini Links Caring, Proximity, and Healthy Cities

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College of Design
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