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Design Focused on Technology

Industrial design at Georgia Tech aims to fortify the designer’s role in humanizing connections between people and technology. Through purposeful integration of aesthetic, functional, utilitarian, economic, sustainable, social, and cognitive considerations, our curriculum prepares the new design generation with the tools to develop thoughtful solutions to the challenges of the 21st Century.

As part of a top-ranked research institute, our programs offer an evidence-based approach to design and valuable experiential learning opportunities. Through eleven research labs, fabrication and prototyping shops, design studios, and multidisciplinary collaborations, students gain exposure to practical skills valuable to many industries.

Student Recognition

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Industrial Design Major Wins Love Family Foundation Award

Senior Karis Wang receives $10,000 scholarship for outstanding academic record.

MID Students Earn European Product Design Award Recognition.

European Product Design Award Recognition

MID Students

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Yanko Design Recognizes MID Student

Lissette Romero

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2022 Humanitarian Design Award First Place

Ethan Harrington

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2021 LIT Lighting Design Awards Winner

Jay Burnett

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The Bredendieck Awards

Learning from the Bauhaus

As founding director of Georgia Tech’s industrial design program in 1952, Hin Bredendieck's legacy is deeply woven into the School’s design values and meaningful student outcomes.

The Bredendieck Awards provide an opportunity for design students to showcase their talents, gain recognition for their work, and help shape the future of design. Awarded students will be recognized during the School of Industrial Design’s end-of-year Awards Ceremony, taking place alongside the end-of-semester Launchpad Student Design Showcase celebration.

Awards Announcement & Presentation: May 4, 2023
Exhibition Dates: May 1 – June 30, 2023

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 on Wednesday night, which aired on Georgia Public Broadcasting. 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. Piña's venture has already engaged the attention of toy retailers.

Piña hopes to bring the Novela Lamp to homes worldwide, providing a fun and unplugged activity for parents to spend quality time with their children while encouraging creativity and imagination in the next generation of inventors, storytellers, and designers.

Academics

The BSID and MID programs are now STEM-Designated.

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BSID

Our programs emphasize evidence-based design and humanize innovative technologies to solve global problems.
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MID

From Experience Designers and Interaction Designers to UX/UI Strategists, our graduates excel as leaders in design.
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Student Work

Our students specialize in design research. It's the difference that lets them innovate across "new economy" industries.
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Take a Virtual Tour

Ready to experience what it's like to be an industrial design student at Georgia Tech? Whether you want the large-scale feel of a virtual campus visit or the close connection of a one-on-one meeting, we're committed to providing an experience that's customized just for you.

Have a VR headset or Google Cardboard? You can use these devices to take the tour on your mobile device.

News and Events

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Alumnae Forge Careers in Automobile Design

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Julia Piña: inVenture Prize People's Choice

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Furthering ID Crafting Skills Through Craft Lab

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