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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Students, Organizations Participate in recruitID 2023

Accenture Song, the City of Chicago, Ford, Northern Trust, Publicis Sapient Among Participating Organizations

November 21, 2023

Students listening at Fall 2023 recruitID celebration

recruitID was born out of a student-identified need more than 10 years ago. As ID students saw the demand for human-centered design and innovation continue to grow, they realized that they required a venue for interaction with hiring organizations.

In the most recent recruitID, in October 2023, ID’s Career Services connected graduate students with more than 20 organizations, including Accenture Song, the City of Chicago, Ford, Myriad Genetics, Northern Trust, Publicis Sapient, and United Airlines.

Organizations participating in recruitID typically seek to hire professionals with titles like Design Strategist, Design Researcher, and UX Designer. These positions are often focused on design- and business-led innovation driven by insights that prioritize context and user needs.

Public Talk

Tracy Brower from Steelcase gave a public talk about happiness at work.

Celebration

Anijo Mathew at Fall 2023 recruitID celebration

Dean Anijo Mathew speaking at the Fall 2023 recruitID celebration

An intense and rewarding Immersion and recruitID week was capped off at a wrap-up celebration hosted by Grainger.

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Do you want to connect with top-notch design talent and partner with the Institute of Design? Learn more about recruitID and hiring highly skilled and innovative ID students and alumni.

Or contact Peter Zapf, Director of Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives at zapf@id.iit.edu.

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