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Environmental Design

The environmental design department offers both a major leading to the BFA and a studio concentration that prepare students to work in a collaborative, interdisciplinary atmosphere to solve complex social issues. Graduates find success in such fields as architecture, interior design, and industrial design and gain entrance to top graduate schools.

  1. How Design Will Save the Future

    How Design Will Save the Future

    Room 415, Fox Building on Tuesday, March 2, noon

  2. MICA’s Center for Design Thinking Publishes Its Fourth Book, 'Exploring Materials: Creative Design for Everyday Objects'

    'Exploring Materials: Creative Design for Everyday Objects' cover, design by Julia Kostreva '10

    MICA’s Center for Design Thinking Publishes Its Fourth Book, 'Exploring Materials: Creative Design for Everyday Objects'

    MICA and Princeton Architectural Press celebrate their new book, 'Exploring Materials,' with a book signing and reception on Thursday, March 11, 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Brown Center's Leidy Atrium. The book, authored by MICA's M.F.A. in Graphic Design program Director Ellen Lupton and environmental design faculty member Inna Alesina, features dozens of MICA students' work in the environmental design program. 'Exploring Materials' is scheduled to be officially released on Thursday, April 1.

  3. Mumbai Project Announcement With Katie O'Meara, Feb. 2

    Please join us at the environmental design department lunch series for an informal talk by faculty member Katie O'Meara on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at noon in Fox room 415. Katie will present her award-winning project Mumbai: Infrastructure as Architecture and share the story behind the drawings.

  4. MICA Class Designs Toys With Safety in Mind, Then Plays at Port Discovery, Dec. 11

    Students play with safe toys at Port Discovery.

    MICA Class Designs Toys With Safety in Mind, Then Plays at Port Discovery, Dec. 11

    Object Design Studio class builds safe, educational toys and tests them with children at Port Discovery Children's Museum.