In 2026, after nearly 90 years, the Institute of Design came under new management. This website is an archive of the impactful and inspirational work produced by the ID community before that transition.

László Moholy-Nagy opened the New Bauhaus in Chicago in 1937, treating design as a discipline that was teachable, testable, and consequential. Nine decades on, its scope had widened from the things people use to the systems they depend on: hospitals, government agencies, classrooms, supply chains, digital platforms. Along the way, ID community members developed the published research, methods, and frameworks that designers rely on every day.

Chief among them is human-centered design: close attention to how people actually live, and advocacy for what that research reveals. It shaped designers who are comfortable with complexity and ambiguity: curious, rigorous, inclusive, and stubbornly optimistic about design's ability to change the systems that shape our lives.

To every one of them, who taught, studied, built, critiqued, and stayed late in the studio: thank you, and keep designing.

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2018 Spring recruitID

March 7-9, 2018
IIT Institute of Design
565 W Adams St 7th floor
Chicago, IL 60661

Find out why IIT Institute of Design graduates lead strategy, research, and user experience design at organizations like Google, Facebook, IDEO, Salesforce, IA Collaborative, GE, McKinsey, Lunar, Autodesk, Doblin, Uber, SAP, Method, Steelcase, IBM, Capital One, UnitedHealth Group, and more.


At recruitID, we welcome recruiters from around the world to meet and interview exceptional students and alumni for full-time and internship positions.


After a resume review, each organization pre-selects candidates to interview. We provide facilities and coordinaton over several days while you and your colleagues conduct one-on-one interviews.


Over lunch, your organization has the option to give a short presentation to all the attendees. We also offer a common space for you to network with colleagues or step away from the interview room.


"I love the diversity of people, of backgrounds, of experiences. Last semester I hired an ID student with a sculpting degree as an intern. IIT Institute of Design just has this host of people who are super smart that have been initiated in the process, tools, and methods that ID is known for."

Ryan Schmidt
Director of Business Development
Steelcase


Who are our grads?


Our graduates have titles like:


Design Planner / Design Strategist / Senior Innovation Strategist / Director of Product Development / Director of Innovation Methods / Director of User Research / Brand Strategist / Director of Interaction Design / Senior Information Architect / Director of Strategy and New Business Development / Digital Enterprise Strategist / Director of Experience Design / Senior UX Researcher and Strategist


Where are our grads?


Autodesk / Capital One / Conifer Research / Doblin/Deloitte / Facebook / GE / Gensler / Google / IBM / IA Collaborative / IDEO / Jump Associates / Lunar / MAYA / Mayo Clinic / McKinsey / Method / Moment / McDonald’s / Nestlé Purina / Salesforce / Samsung / SAP / Steelcase / SC Johnson / Teague / UnitedHealth Group / Uber / Whirlpool / Wrigley

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