More On: Industry Collaboration

Industrial Design Students Complete Knows Eyewear Sponsored Studio
This past spring semester, Assistant Professor Joyce Thomas’ third year industrial design students completed a sponsored studio with Knows Eyewear.

Students Create Oyster Harvesting Boat Design at futures studio
Industrial Design students at futures studio recently studied shipbuilding and oyster farming to create a new oyster aquaculture workboat design for the Auburn University Shellfish Lab.

Industrial Design Students Convert Wire Spools for Outdoor Entertaining

PlayCore Studio Brings Playfulness to Outdoor Spaces at Auburn University
The COVID-19 pandemic has made us rethink the ways in which we work, play, and interact with one another in dramatic ways.

Industrial Design Creates Play Structure at Auburn’s Art Museum
Students and faculty in Auburn’s industrial design program have created an interactive sculpture at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art.

INDD Professors of Practice Contribute Industry Knowledge and Experience
SIGD recently formalized a new element in industry collaborations with the addition of the faculty rank of Professor of Practice.

High School Students Complete CADC’s Virtual Shoe Design Workshop
Katherine Buck Chastain, CADC's Administrator of Recruitment, developed a new approach to outreach and recruitment in partnership with industrial design Assistant Professor Ben Bush, and the result of their collaboration was an innovative workshop focused on shoe design.

Industry Collaboration in Sponsored Design Studios
SIGD students in sponsored studios develop and research projects in collaboration with, and supported by, industry and other outside organizations.

Milwaukee Tool Donates Field Lab Equipment
Milwaukee Tool, an industry leader in developing solutions for construction trades, has generously provided a gift-in-kind in tools and equipment to used at the Robins & Morton Field Lab.

Industrial Design Students Participate in Studio with Pratt Industries
Associate Professor Shu-Wen Tzeng’s third year industrial design students participated in a sponsored studio with Pratt Industries, one of the nation’s largest corrugated packaging companies.