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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Terry Williams-Willcock

Chief Customer Officer at RUSH Digital, New Zealand

Terry Williams-Willcock is the Chief Customer Officer at RUSH, where he helps clients identify tech opportunities to deliver something exceptional. A creative thinker, eternal learner, and empathetic leader, Terry’s 20+ year career spans digital brand advertising and digital product development and has consistently aligned with a passion for purposeful work.

His recent projects include a number of health and well-being platforms, an addiction management experience, and emergency ward interactive spaces designed to calm children and their whānau (their family or extended) in times of distress or uncertainty. He was instrumental in driving the COVID-19 pandemic response programs for New Zealand, the UK, and the Cook Islands.

Terry maintains a strategic focus on client partnerships that align with RUSH’s dedicated problem spaces. He draws on his depth of multi-industry experience to uncover digital product opportunities that will make positive impacts on people’s lives.

Shapeshift Session

Auckland Salon Recap: Culture & Democracy in New Zealand | Thursday, May 29

About the Summit

Shapeshift Summit

Program

Immersion