An industrial designer designed every product you use in your home, office or in school. Its an amazing field and one the if you go to college and major in it will allow you to learn the skills to actually make the inventions you think about. Some schools will call it "product design", or be even more specific with titles such as furniture or toy design. Look for programs who participate in design competitions. This major is also known ans "Product Design". If you love to come up with ideas for inventions, this major will give you a way learn how to actually make those ideas.
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List Provided by: Industrial Designers Society of America ( www.idsa.org) |
| Alabama |
Auburn University (NASAD accredited)
Department of Industrial Design
Auburn, AL 36849
334.844-2364
Degrees offered: BID, MID
Department Head: Clark Lundell, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Shea Tillman, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Arizona |
Arizona State University (NASAD accredited)
College of Design
Tempe, AZ 85287
480.965.8696
Degrees offered: BS, BA, MS, PhD Department Head: Lauren McDermott, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Prasad Boradkar, IDSA
Student Chapter website: http://www.asu.edu/clubs/idsa |
| California |
Academy of Art University (NASAD accredited)
Product & Industrial Design Department
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-618-3727 or 800-544-2787
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA
Department Head: Tom Matano, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Tom Matano, IDSA
Student Chapter website: Facebook group - IDSA @ AAU
Art Center College of Design (NASAD accredited)
Pasadena, CA 91103
626.396.2200
Degrees offered: BS Product Design, MS Industrial Design
Department Head: Karen Hofmann, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Karen Hofmann, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
California College of the Arts (NASAD accredited)
San Francisco, CA 94107
415.703.9500
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA
Department Head: Yves Béhar, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Kiersten Muenchinger, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
California State University - Long Beach (NASAD accredited)
Department of Design
Long Beach, CA 90840
562.985.5089
Degrees offered: BS, MA
Department Head: Mike Kammermeyer
Student Chapter Advisor: David Teubner, IDSA/Jose Rivera-Chang, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
Otis College of Art and Design (NASAD accredited)
Los Angeles, CA 90045
800.527.6847
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head:
Student Chapter Advisor: Michael Kollins, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
San Francisco State University (NASAD accredited)
Department of Design
San Francisco, CA 94132
415.338.2229
Degrees offered: BA, MA, MFA
Department Head: Ricardo Gomes, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Martin Linder, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
San Jose State University (NASAD accredited)
School of Art & Design
San Jose, CA 95192
408.924.4371
Degrees offered: BS
Department Head: John McClusky, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: John McClusky, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
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| Colorado |
Art Institute of Colorado
Denver, CO 80203
303.764.9755
Degrees offered: BA
Department Head: John Ciciora, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: John Ciciora, IDSA
Student Chapter website: http://aicidsa.blogspot.com
Metropolitan State College of Denver (NASAD accredited)
Denver, CO 80217
303.556.3219
Degrees offered: BS
Department Head: John Schmidt
Student Chapter Advisor: Ted Shin, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Connecticut |
University of Bridgeport (NASAD accredited)
Department of Industrial Design
Bridgeport, CT 06604
203.576.4222
Degrees offered: BS
Department Head: Richard Yelle, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Richard Yelle, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Florida |
Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Department Head: Brian Wood, IDSA
Degrees offered: BSID
Student Chapter Advisor: Patricia Grullon, IDSA
Student Chapter website: http://idsaaifl.blogspot.com/ |
| Georgia |
Georgia Institute of Technology (NASAD accredited)
School of Architecture/ ID Program
Atlanta, GA 30332
404.894.4874
Degrees offered: BS, MID
Department Head: Abir Mullick, IDSA, Professor and Director Industrial Design
Student Chapter Advisor: Kevin Shankwiler, IDSA
Student Chapter website: http://idsa.gatech.edu/
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah GA 31402
912.525.6431
Degrees Offered: BFA, MA, MFA
Minors: Interaction Design, Marine Design
Department Head: Tom Gattis
Student Chapter Advisor: John Morris, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Illinois |
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL 60605
312.344.7380
Degrees Offered: BFA product design
Department Head (coordinator): Tao Huang, IDSA
Art and Design Chairperson: Jay Wolke
Student Chapter Advisor: Tao Huang, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
Southern Illinois University (NASAD accredited)
School of Art and Design
Carbondale, IL 62901
618.453.4313
Degrees offered: BA, BFA
Department Head: Steve Belletire, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Steve Belletire, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (NASAD accredited)
Chicago, IL 60603
312.629.6650
Degree Offered: BFA, MFA, Masters of Design
Department Head: Helen Maria Nugent
Student Chapter Advisor: Bruce Tharp, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
University of Illinois-Chicago (NASAD accredited)
Chicago, IL 60607
312.996.3337
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA
Department Head: Stephanie Munson Tharp
Student Chapter Advisor: Stephen Melamed, IDSA
Student Chapter website: http://www.uicid.com/
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (NASAD accredited)
School of Art/Design
Champaign, IL 61820
217.265.0873
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA
Department Head: William Bullock, FIDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: William Bullock, FIDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Indiana |
Purdue University (NASAD accredited)
Division of Art & Design
West Lafayette, IN 47907
765.494.2295
Degrees offered: BA, MFA, IDE
Department Head: Steve Visser, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Steve Visser, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
University of Notre Dame (NASAD accredited)
Department of Art, Art History & Design
Notre Dame, IN 46556
219.631.7602
Degrees offered: BA, BFA, MFA
Department Head: Paul Down, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Paul Down, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Kansas |
University of Kansas (NASAD accredited)
Art & Design Building
Lawrence, KS 66045
785.864.4401
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA, MA
Department Chair: Gregory Thomas, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Gregory Thomas, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Louisiana |
University of Louisana-Lafayette (NASAD accredited)
Industrial Design Program
Lafayette, LA 70504
337.482.6225
Degrees offered: BID
Department Head: Robert McKinney
Student Chapter Advisor: Brooke Davis, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Massachusetts |
Massachusetts College of Art (NASAD accredited)
Boston, MA 02115
617.879.7653
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head: James Read, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: James Read, IDSA
Student Chapter website: Lindsey Bender
Wentworth Institute of Technology (NASAD accredited)
Department of Design & Facilities
Boston, MA 02115
617.989.4050
Degrees offered: BS
Department Head: Rachel Pike
Student Chapter Advisor: Jeffrey Michael, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Michigan |
College for Creative Studies (NASAD accredited)
Detroit, MI 48202
313.664.7938
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA
Department Head: Vincenzo Iavicoli, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Stephen Schock, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
Cranbrook Academy of Art (NASAD accredited)
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303
248.645.3300
Degrees offered: MFA 3D Design
Department Head: Scott Klinker, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Scott Klinker, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
Kendall College of Art & Design (NASAD accredited)
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
800.676.2787
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head: Thomas Edwards, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Thomas Edwards, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI 29855
800-682-9797
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head:
Student Chapter Advisor: Peter J. Pless, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
University of Michigan (NASAD accredited)
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734.764.0397
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA
Department Head: Shaun Jackson, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Shaun Jackson, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
Western Michigan University (NASAD accredited)
Dept. of Industrial Design
Kalamazoo, MI 49008
269.387.6515
Degrees offered: BS
Department Chair: Dr. James Nelson
Student Chapter Advisor: Stephen Mesik, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| New Jersey |
Kean University (NASAD accredited)
Industrial Design Program
Union, NJ 07083
908.737.4430
Degrees Offered: BID
Department Head: Dr. Timothy Riegle
Student Chapter Advisor: Matt Johnson, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
Montclair State University (NASAD accredited)
School of the Arts
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
973.655.5104
Degrees offered: BA, BFA, MA, MFA
Department Head: Daryl Moore
Student Chapter Advisor: Denis Feigler, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| New York |
Parsons School of Design (NASAD accredited)
New York, NY 10011
212.229.5885
Degrees offered: BFA Product Design
Department Head: Tony Whitfield
Pratt Institute (NASAD accredited)
Industrial Design Department
Brooklyn, NY 11205
718.636.3631
Degrees offered: BID, MID
Department Head:
Student Chapter Advisor: Mathew Burger, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
Rochester Institute of Technology (NASAD accredited)
CIAS/School of Design, Department of Industrial Design
Rochester, NY 14623-6603
716.475.2668
Degrees offered: BFA, MFA
Department Head: Stan Rickel
Student Chapter Advisor: Alan G. Reddig, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
Syracuse University (NASAD accredited)
Syracuse, NY 13244
315.443.9691
Degrees offered: BID, MID
Department Head: Donald Carr, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Robert Englert, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| North Carolina |
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-3110
Degrees Offered: BS
Department Head:
Student Chapter Advisor: Don Corey, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
North Carolina State University (NASAD accredited)
School of Design
Raleigh, NC 27695
919.515.8322
Degrees offered: BID, MID
Department Head: Bryan Laffitte, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Bryan Laffitte, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Ohio |
Cleveland Institute of Art (NASAD accredited)
Cleveland, OH 44106
216.421.7929
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head: Dan Cuffaro
Student Chapter Advisor: Carla J. Blackman, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
Columbus College of Art & Design (NASAD accredited)
Columbus, OH 43215
614.224.9101
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head: Tom Kier
Student Chapter Advisor: Thomas E. Williamson, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
The Ohio State University (NASAD accredited)
Columbus, OH 43210
614.292.6746
Degrees offered: BS, MA, MFA
Department Head: Wayne Carlson
Student Chapter Advisor: James Arnold, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
University of Cincinnati (NASAD accredited)
Department of I.D.
Cincinnati, OH 45221
513.556.6828
Degrees offered: BS
Department Head:SooShin Choi, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Steve Doehler, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Oregon |
Art Institute of Portland
Portland, OR
Degrees offered:
Department Head:
Student Chapter Advisor: Jamie Hurd, IDSA
Student Chapter website: http://idsaip.blogspot.com/ |
| Pennsylvania |
Art Institute of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Degrees offered:
Department Head:
Student Chapter Advisor: Wendy Byar, IDSA
Student Chapter website: www.aiidsa.blogspot.com
Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Degrees offered:
Department Head:
Student Chapter Advisor: Jim Yedinak, IDSA
Student Chapter website: http://ti155.aisites.com/
Carnegie-Mellon University (NASAD accredited)
School of Design
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412.268.2828
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head - Interim: Steve Stadelmeier
Student Chapter Advisor: Wayne Chung, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
Philadelphia University (NASAD accredited)
Industrial Design
Philadelphia, PA 19144
215.951.2109
Degrees offered: BS
Director: Götz Unger, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Tod Corlett, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
The University of the Arts (NASAD accredited)
IDDepartment
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215.717.6250
Degrees offered: BS, MID
Department Head: Anthony Guido
Student Chapter Advisor: Beth Van Why, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Rhode Island |
Rhode Island School of Design (NASAD accredited)
Providence, RI 02903
401.454.6160
Degrees offered: BFA, BID, MID
Department Head: Leslie Fontana, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Leslie Fontana, IDSA
Student Chapter website: http://idsarisd.org |
| Texas |
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204
713.743.2400
Degrees offered: BS in Industrial Design
Department Head: EunSook Kwon, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Adam Wells, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
Utah
Brigham Young University (NASAD accredited)
School of Technology
Provo, UT 84602
801.422.6300
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head: Paul Skaggs, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Paul Skaggs, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Virginia |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (NASAD accredited)
Industrial Design Program
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540.231.6386
Degrees offered: BS
Department Head: Ron Kemnitzer, FIDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Ron Kemnitzer, FIDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| Washington |
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
206-543-0970
Degrees offered:
Department Head:
Student Chapter Advisor: Sang-Gyeun Ahn, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
Western Washington University (NASAD accredited)
Department of Engineering Technology
Bellingham, WA 98225
360.650.3425
Degrees offered: BS
Department Head: Arunas Oslapas, IDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: Arunas Oslapas, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
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| Wisconsin |
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD) (NASAD accredited)
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414.847.3200
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head: Pascal Malassigné, FIDSA
Student Chapter Advisor: John Caruso, IDSA
Student Chapter website:
University of Wisconsin-Stout (NASAD accredited)
Department of Art & Design
Menomonie, WI 54751
715.232.1097
Degrees offered: BFA
Department Head: Ben Pratt
Student Chapter Advisor: Noah Norton, IDSA
Student Chapter website: |
| CANADA |
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6
613 520 5672
Degrees offered: BID
Student Chapter Advisor: Bjarki Hallgrimsson, IDSA
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