Carnegie Mellon University, School of Design

05/28/2026

The School of Design's Dylan Vitone is a featured photographer as part of MFA Boston's current exhibit "Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography."

“Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography” explores the evolving techniques photographers have used to record the human experience as it has played out in populous urban spaces—from Harlem and Los Angeles to Tokyo and Istanbul—over five decades.

"Faces in the Crowd: Street Photography" runs until July 13, 2026.

https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/faces-in-the-crowd-street-photography

05/26/2026

The School of Design, in partnership with CMU Portugal and the Interactive Technologies Institute, is proud to launch the IASDR 2027 Conference, “Designing Futures: Sustaining Humanity in the Age of AI”. Assist us in shaping the conversations for the conference to be held in Lisbon, Portugal in October 2027. Your input and ideas are invaluable as we continue our conference planning and we look forward to your contributions.

Your voice matters. CMU's School of Design is proud to launch the IASDR 2027 Conference in partnership with CMU Portugal and the Interactive Technologies Institute. Assist us in shaping the future of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2027) conference “Designing F...

05/21/2026

SAVE THE DATE! The 2026 edition of the Design Nexus Summit is September 16-18, 2026.

We are bringing together thought leaders across design to look towards the future of human experience. The Design Nexus Summit will look to inspire and equip forward-thinking designers and creatives with new perspectives, while fostering meaningful connections between students and industry leaders.

Co-Sponsored by Amazon Design & PRESENT.

05/13/2026

Rising junior Danny Linitz has been awarded the 2026 Pangaro Cybernetics Prize for Outstanding Design Proposal, recognized for his proposal rethinking the design of at-home oral HIV testing systems through the lens of cybernetics and systems thinking.

Rising junior Danny Linitz has been awarded the 2026 Pangaro Cybernetics Prize for Outstanding Design Proposal, recognized for his proposal rethinking the design of at-home oral HIV testing systems through the lens of cybernetics and systems thinking.

05/12/2026

After almost 50 years, countless classes, and having taught legion of thankful students, our own Steve Stadelmeier is retiring from the School of Design. Summing up Steve's legacy is an impossible task, so we all got together for a party, laid out a mere sampling of some of Steve's treasures/curiosities and brought our bicycles for one of the most well-deserved victory laps CMU's campus has ever seen.

Congratulations, Steve!

05/11/2026

It's our first official day without the Class of 2026 and it goes without saying that we miss them dearly. What an incredible bunch of Designers and we can't wait to see what they do from here.

Congratulations Class of 2026!

05/08/2026

TOMORROW! You have the opportunity to watch the Class of 2026 get their diplomas LIVE.

8:30am EST

05/07/2026

Last week, during , students gathered for their Object-Based Histories class at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Students, joined by Adjunct Faculty Rachel Delphia (Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the museum) and co-instructor / Curatorial Fellow McKenzie Stupica, looked closely at objects from the museum collection and learned about designers, makers, and users across time and place.

05/05/2026

Waymo’s plan to bring its fleet of autonomous ride-hailing cars to Pittsburgh in 2025 didn’t feel like an expansion to Megan Neese.

For the Carnegie Mellon University alum and Pittsburgh native, it felt like a homecoming.

https://www.cmu.edu/engage/news-stories/news/megan-neeses-career-driving-her-back-pittsburgh

05/04/2026

On Wednesday May 20th, Jonathan Chapman will be at the Design Museum Denmark to give his keynote "Emotional Durability," where he argues that the circular economy will not work until design takes human experience seriously.

https://design.cmu.edu/news/braiding-flow-material-and-meaning-jonathan-chapman-takes-his-theory-designmuseum-danmark

05/01/2026

It has been a for the record books and we're crossing the finish line with our brilliant MDes II students as they presented their final thesis work today. The presentations? Thought provoking. The demos? An engaging good time. We are truly impressed with the work this group has put together.

Learn more about their thesis work here: https://www.design.cmu.edu/our-work/graduate-thesis-work