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Designing for Warmth

Anijo Mathew

Anijo Mathew Ends Term as Dean

Beyond the 5E Framework

An elderly man with white hair sits at a large table covered with photographic prints in a home workspace. Bookshelves and framed artwork line the walls behind him. Caption reads:

Remembering David Plowden, Photographer and Former Institute of Design Faculty

Portrait of Ana Dasgupta (MDes 2023) at ID in April 2026

Anahita Dasgupta, Employee Experience Researcher, United Airlines

Gary Hustwit’s New Film Honors Former ID Dean Patrick Whitney

Core77 Design Awards 2026 Notable badge, with white decorative lettering on an orange background with a zigzag border.

Core77 Recognizes “Crossing Paths” Project

American Hospital Association Recognizes ID’s Equitable Healthcare Lab for Hospital-at-Home Innovation

Faysal Biobaku at the 2026 Graduate Celebration at Institute of Design at Illinois Tech.

What Is A Hand? Faysal Biobaku’s Five Lessons for ID’s Class of 2026

Brianna Sylver speaking at the 2026 Graduate Celebration at Institute of Design at Illinois Tech.

Brianna Sylver, President, Sylver Consulting

Rhea Shah, Experience Strategist, ZS

ID Faculty and Students Disseminate More Than 20 Papers in 2025–26

Portrait of ID alum Tanvi Waghray

Tanvi Waghray, Experience Designer, Grainger

Three panelists sit in a row facing an audience in a bright event space. The speaker on the left holds a microphone and gestures as he addresses the group; the other two listen. A projected slide behind them identifies one panelist as Andrew Schramm, MD/MBA, Senior Medical Director at UChicago Medicine, alongside branding for the Equitable Healthcare Lab at the Institute of Design.

Healthcare System Designers Convene at ID to Build a National Community of Practice

ID alum Roger Sweet

Roger Sweet, Institute of Design Alum and Creator of He-Man, Dies at 91

Design As Activism 2024: Matriarchal Design Futures: A Collective Work in Progress

Reimagining Futures: Matriarchal Design and the Work of Unlearning

Humans and AI agents working together, at the same table

Your Org Chart Was Not Built for AI

Kevin Yamada, Managing Partner and Strategic Designer, BIOTOPE