Environmental Products of Design (EPOD)

The environmental products of designÌýmajor creates design leaders prepared to take on challenges facing humanity and our environment(s) through the rigorous development of design solutions.

Students will implement a critical and hands-on design process that leverages design thinking, ethical consideration and speculative design in conjunction with rapid prototyping, experimentation, fabrication techniques and product development.

Environmental products of design majors graduate with creative confidence and a diverse problem-solving skillset poised to make innovative solutions towards improving our human, natural, and built environments.Ìý

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Innovative CurriculumÌý

Learning ObjectivesÌý

The Student ExperienceÌý

Professional DevelopmentÌý

Hands-On Learning

Environmental Design Core

Anchored through a combination of lecture courses and studio instruction, our core curriculum builds upon studios where students solve design problems at interrelated scales of the built environment: buildings, landscapes and urban systems.

  • Intro to environmental product of design, 8-week studio
  • Intro to architecture, 8-week studio
  • Core technology 1
  • ENVD Colloquium
  • Core lecture: Design Theory & Thinking
  • Intro to landscape architecture, 8-week studio
  • Intro to sustainable planning & urban design, 8-week studio
  • Core technology 2
  • Core lecture: History of the Built Environment
  • Choice of core design studio, 8-week studio
  • Choice of core design studio, 8-week studio
  • Core technology 3
  • Core lecture: Ecology & Design
  • Core lecture: Planning & ImplementationÌý

Students pursue in-depth projects and gain specialized skills necessary for pre-professional work or graduate study through upper-division course work.

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Intro to Product of Design

SoleMates by Emma Friday

SoleMates

by Emma Friday

Gary by Evie Warner

Gary

by Evie Warner

Care Crib by Riley Mean

Care Crib

by Riley Mehan

Ìý ÌýENVD CoreÌý8-week design studio
The first of four introductory studios introducesÌýstudents to concepts and techniques related to the design of products at a human scale. In an immersive project-based studio environment students develop the foundation of design communication and thinking through a series of hands-on projects with physical outcomes.

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Fundamentals of Product of Design

The Hearth by Nate Kingdom

The Hearth

by Nate Kingdom

Sashiko Stone Lamps by Andrew Song

Sashiko Stone Lamps

by Andrew Song

Calla Lily by Remi Daniel

Calla Lily

by Remi Daniel

Ìý ÌýENVD CoreÌý8-week design studio
​Building on the foundation introduced in EPoD Studio 1, this studio introduces students to more advanced methodologies and techniques related to the design of products at a human scale while considering the interdisciplinary nature of the other specializations. Using complementary skills in 3D modeling, drawing, diagramming, and through physical making and fabrication, students explore imaginative and innovative design solutions of small-scale products.

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Foundations of Product Design

Toroid by Devon Garber

Toroid

by Devon Garber

Lidar Glasses by Carr Tancig

Lidar Glasses

by Carr Tancig

Wheel-A-Round by Zoe Turner

Wheel-a-Round

by Zoe Turner

Ìý ÌýENVD major 16-week design studio
Immersive, project-based studio environment where students focus on the design of products at a human scale with an emphasis on more advanced 3D modeling, parametric design, advanced visualization, and file-to-factory fabrication methods.

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Intermediate Product of Design

Thrill & Chill Coozie

by Joe Laform, Michael Bingham, Ariel Del Pozzo

Lessons from Compost

by Sarah Fitzpatrick, Alex Dewis, Billie Taylor

Trash to Treasure

by Ally Adams, Leo Torres, Kastell Quesada

Ìý ÌýENVD major 16-week design studio
Introduces students to innovative emerging technologies and techniques in digital fabrication and design through a project-based studio environment. Students will be asked to develop design solutions that could be leveraged to benefit humanity through material investigations, cradle-to-cradle methodology, and more advanced methods in design optimization. Repeatable for up to 12 total credit hours.

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Capstone in Product of Design

Seeing Color Boardgame by Makenna Arent

Seeing Color Boardgame

by Makenna Arent

BlobbyBoi by Gabi Butvilofsky

BlobbyBoi

by Gabi Butvilofsky

Unbagged by Jacob Bolin

Unbagged

by Jacob Bolin

Ìý ÌýENVD major 16-week design studio
As a culmination of the students learning and interests within the EPOD major, students use a Design Thinking Process to identify, design, and manifest a physical prototype which addresses a specific need, opportunity or problem.

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Innovative Curriculum

Signature and innovative, or core curriculum provides an intensive and balanced introduction to the traditional professions within the broad field of environmental design.ÌýSet a foundation with a three-semester introduction to design theories and practice before declaring your major.

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ENVD Core

3 semesters of ENVD core

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Interdisciplinary

six eight-week design studios

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5-credit

technology course sequence

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4

sixteen-week major design studios

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