Product Design

Make designs that improve lives.
Learn to identify problems—and create solutions—in our Product Design program. You’ll work closely with your classmates, faculty, and clients like Honda and Nationwide on projects that improve lives. Our designers are inventors, innovators, and game changers who are all about tackling complex challenges and making the world a better place. We help nonprofits design new goods for kids and adults in need, and we re-imagine and improve the design of all sorts of products, from shoes to boats, scooters to water bottles, and so many others.
You’ll graduate with a perspective and understanding that’s in-demand across industries, from helping companies understand their future customers to bringing new ideas to life in consumer electronics, medical devices, retail and trade displays, sporting goods, soft goods, and footwear.
Recent employers
- Aerosport Modeling and Design
- Axium Plastics
- Battelle
- Chemical Abstracts
- Creative Mobile Interiors
- DC Comics
- Dell
- DSW
- First Build
- Fisher-Price
- Garmin
- GE
- Gulfstream Aerospace
- Lextant
- Stanley Black & Decker
Product Design student work

Handles
Zion Casenhiser

Chicken Coop
Mike Groll

Mold kit
Owen Meyers
Wiggles Lunch Box
Steele Clevenger

Stok Creamer
Simon Chaney

Medkit
Mike Groll

Scuba Jet
Josh Miller

Dive Compass
Tymon Burghy

Bike Safety
Levi Allen

Retail Design
Emma Stokey
Handles
Zion Casenhiser
2025
Illustrator

Chicken Coop
Mike Groll
2024
Solidworks/Keyshot

Mold kit
Owen Meyers
2023
Solidworks/Keyshot

Wiggles Lunch Box
Steele Clevenger
2025
Solidworks/Keyshot
Stok Creamer
Simon Chaney
2024
Illustrator

Medkit
Mike Groll
2024
Solidworks/Keyshot

Scuba Jet
Josh Miller
2024
Solidworks/Keyshot

Dive Compass
Tymon Burghy
2023
Solidworks/Keyshot

Bike Safety
Levi Allen
2023
Solidworks/Keyshot

Retail Design
Emma Stokey
2023
Sketch Up/Keyshot

Spaces to Make
Our campus has the tools and the spaces to help you make your vision real.



Faculty
Meet the people who will help you along your creative and professional journey.
Course Spotlight
SHOE DESIGN
Gain real-world experience in shoe design and construction as you work with professionals from Ohio-based Rocky Boots to develop high-end boots/shoes in one of its brand lines. At the end of the course, you’ll see your vision made real as Rocky Boots manufactures your chosen design just for you!
Product Design First Year Experience
Academic Year
Freshman Year - Fall
Course Title |
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2D Creative Practices |
Systems of Drawing |
Collaboration |
Art History |
Writing & the Arts |
Freshman Year - Spring
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Intro to Design |
What Can a Drawing Do |
3D Making with Care |
History of Design & Applied Arts |
Math Quantitative Literacy |
Product Design careers
After earning their BFA in Product Design, our graduates leave ready to take on such roles as:
- Design Researcher
- Product Designer
- Industrial Designer
- Houseware Designer
- Shoe Designer
- Toy Designer