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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Master of Design Methods Program Preview

April 11, 2018
6:00-7:30pm CST
IIT Institute of Design
565 W Adams St 6th floor studio
Chicago, IL 60661

Master of Design Methods graduates are uniquely positioned to be more effective leaders in our complex, changing world. Learn why from IIT Institute of Design's Dean Denis Weil, current students, and faculty at our program preview April 11. 


Light snacks and beverages will be provided.

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