In 2026, after nearly 90 years, the Institute of Design was folded into Illinois Tech's School of Design & Society.
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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Orbital Future

By Roger Hong

May 10, 2024

Building trust in public adoption of autonomous vehicles with V2X technology

In the year 2035, the car industry is expected to undergo significant change. It is forecasted that vehicles will operate autonomously and will run on electric power. The advancement of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology will redefine the modes of driving without compromising passenger safety and efficiency. The implementation of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication infrastructure, including vehicle-to-infrastructure, vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-pedestrian, and vehicle-to-network communication will enable seamless interaction between the user and the vehicle.

This prototype provides a vision for the user interface for switching between auto and manual modes, as auto mode becomes the new default mode for vehicles, while still keeping manual mode as an available option.

Project Details

  • Class: Digital Media
  • Instructor: Paolo Tanedo
Roger Hong

Roger Hong

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