Kent State Design Innovation

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Thank you to all who joined us last week for another exciting Design Innovation Day! This annual event gives our communi...
05/08/2026

Thank you to all who joined us last week for another exciting Design Innovation Day! This annual event gives our community the opportunity to showcase their creative and innovative work as well as celebrate the end of a successful year collaborating with DI 🛠️

Wishing the community a wonderful summer! ☀️

DI Day is finally here! Join us for our 2026 Design Innovation Day Showcase & Celebration. Experience the creativity and...
04/29/2026

DI Day is finally here! Join us for our 2026 Design Innovation Day Showcase & Celebration. Experience the creativity and collaboration driving innovation at Kent State, featuring hands-on exhibits, groundbreaking projects, and inspiring work from our DI community. Whether you're a student, faculty member, industry partner, or part of the community, this is your chance to connect, explore, and get inspired!

🗓️ May 1st from 3-6pm
📍 DI Theatre/Auditorium

For more information: https://www.di.kent.edu/Program/GetProgramDetails?courseId=2347fb49-046c-4c14-9445-ed4c7c2248cc

Join us for Innovations in Sustainable Textile Design Through Laser Technology, a hands-on workshop exploring how digita...
04/16/2026

Join us for Innovations in Sustainable Textile Design Through Laser Technology, a hands-on workshop exploring how digital fabrication is reshaping the future of textiles.

Sessions: Tuesday, April 21 from 4 - 6 PM and Friday, April 24 from 11 AM - 1 PM

This session, facilitated by DI Creative-in-Residence Mimi Lemar, dives into how laser technology is making textile design cleaner, faster and more imaginative—reducing material waste while expanding creative possibilities.

Whether you’re a designer, educator or creative curious about sustainable practices, this workshop offers a fresh perspective on what’s possible when technology meets material innovation.
Come ready to experiment, learn and rethink how textiles are made!

Register: https://www.di.kent.edu/Program/GetProgramDetails?courseId=5bd5ff89-29ba-4312-876e-b97c5ca1b988

Step back 30,000 years and enter the world of Paleolithic cave art through Embodied Shadows and Light, an immersive exhi...
04/15/2026

Step back 30,000 years and enter the world of Paleolithic cave art through Embodied Shadows and Light, an immersive exhibit and art lecture with Dr. Michelle Bebber. Using cutting-edge projection, you’ll feel the scale, atmosphere, and creative energy of early human life as never before, blurring the line between past and present, science and art.

🗓️ April 17th from 4-6pm
📍 DI Theatre/Auditorium

Learn more & register: https://www.di.kent.edu/Program/GetProgramDetails?courseId=85b566e1-9aa3-41fb-8049-26fdf22f95de

Join us for the final installment of The Quiet Holds Us, a story series exploring interiority through the voices of blac...
04/13/2026

Join us for the final installment of The Quiet Holds Us, a story series exploring interiority through the voices of black immigrants. At this event, Dr. Amoaba Gooden reflects on the way her body holds life, produces life, and carries power across spaces. Through gesture, story and mindful attention, we’re invited into her world- a quiet archive of resilience, leadership and care that unfolds in every action.
🗓️April 16th from 6-8 PM
📍DI Theatre/Auditorium (DIH 219)
Learn more & register: https://www.di.kent.edu/Program/GetProgramDetails?courseId=5352afd1-fd13-4209-bc96-5be5678a2972.

Join us on April 3rd for Designing eHMI for AV-Pedestrian Interactions, a live prototype demonstration led by Elliot DI ...
03/31/2026

Join us on April 3rd for Designing eHMI for AV-Pedestrian Interactions, a live prototype demonstration led by Elliot DI Faculty Fellows Raiful Hasan and Hadi Rahmati.

They will showcase the challenges of AV–pedestrian trust and introduce an adaptable, bidirectional external Human Machine Interface (eHMI) framework featuring a windshield-centered design. Attendees will observe participants interacting with the AV system via VR headset, with the experience simultaneously projected for the audience.

Register: https://www.di.kent.edu/Program/GetProgramDetails?courseId=c0726241-ee4a-4ee7-877c-009d3cf357e6

How do we cultivate home, in our hands, our daily work, our moments of care? Join us on March 20 for the second installm...
03/16/2026

How do we cultivate home, in our hands, our daily work, our moments of care? Join us on March 20 for the second installment of The Quiet Holds Us, a story series exploring interiority through the voices of Black immigrants. In this session, Daniel reflects on gardening, memory, and the small labors that sustain life. Through gesture, story, and attentive presence, we enter his world: a quiet exploration of adjustment, longing, and the places that hold us. We are invited to witness the ways home is practiced, tended, and remembered, even when it can never be fully recreated.

Register: https://www.di.kent.edu/Program/GetProgramDetails?courseId=5352afd1-fd13-4209-bc96-5be5678a2972

🚨🚨 Upcoming Workshop!! 🚨🚨 Digitizing Reality: Being There with Volumetric VideoThe John & Fonda Elliot DI Faculty Fellow...
02/11/2026

🚨🚨 Upcoming Workshop!! 🚨🚨

Digitizing Reality: Being There with Volumetric Video
The John & Fonda Elliot DI Faculty Fellows Event Series with David Silva

🗓️February 18 from 4-6 PM, Reactor Makerspace

Digital avatars are commonly used across communication technology to bridge interpersonal distance and facilitate collaboration in digital environments. Avatars offer a unique ability to express oneself and creatively engage with digital media, but in performance and task-oriented situations, sometimes a real person’s likeness is necessary. Using volumetric video and the XR_Collaboratory in the DI Hub, this workshop will build on the processes to capture digital twins of real-world people and objects to bring them into virtual, immersive environments. Participants will engage with volumetric video, Depthkit, and Unity, but no prior experience is required. Participants are encouraged to bring ideas and their own use cases to the discussion.

Kent State alumni and community members are invited to participate in this event.
Register: http://bit.ly/4qriJnd

Have ideas about personal security on campus? We want to hear from you! Join us for the FREE Lumalert lunch and informal...
02/04/2026

Have ideas about personal security on campus? We want to hear from you! Join us for the FREE Lumalert lunch and informal brainstorming session focused on student safety tools.

🗓️ Thursday, February 12 from 11:30 AM-1:30 PM
📍 Design Innovation Hub, REACTOR Makerspace (room 150)

At the event, you'll have the opportunity to share your perspective on campus safety, help shape a real product designed for students by Immobileyes (a local, Kent-based company), and learn about upcoming student hackathons.

ALL undergraduate/graduate students interested in campus safety are encouraged to attend. Can't make it for the full two-hours? No worries! Stop by when you can to share your thoughts and perspectives.

Learn more & register: http://bit.ly/4aB1fiH

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