Berkeley Master of Design 2023 Graduate Exhibition
December 16, 2023
Join us for an exclusive showing of capstone work by the Berkeley Master of Design (MDes) 2023 cohort. Experience the creations of our talented graduates as they demonstrate thoughtful new approaches, cut across disciplinary boundaries, …
Jacobs Winter Design Showcase 2023
December 7, 2023
Join the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and our Berkeley Master of Design (MDes) program for the Winter 2023 Design Showcase—a two-day rotating installation of projects, prototypes and research, highlighting the work and accompli…
Jacobs Winter Design Showcase 2023
December 6, 2023
Join the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and our Berkeley Master of Design (MDes) program for the Winter 2023 Design Showcase—a two-day rotating installation of projects, prototypes and research, highlighting the work and accompli…
Design Field Notes: Technology as Vocabulary / Discursive Machines // Jurg Lenhi
November 16, 2023
As part of the Jacobs Institute’s ongoing course DES INV 95, the Design Field Notes speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and …
Design Field Notes: What If There Were Billions of Designers? // Koraldo Kajanaku
November 9, 2023
As part of the Jacobs Institute’s ongoing course DES INV 95, the Design Field Notes speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and …
Meet the Fall 2023 Innovation Catalyst Grantees
November 9, 2023
Apply Now to Show Your Stuff @ the Jacobs Winter Design Showcase
November 7, 2023
Career Conversation: Future Tech Show + Tell with Accenture Labs
November 2, 2023
Berkeley students: Join us on Thursday for this enlightening session with Andreea Danielescu and Rosalie Lin from the Future Technologies R&D group at Accenture Labs.
Design Field Notes: Zero Waste System Design // Danielle Elsener
November 2, 2023
As part of the Jacobs Institute’s ongoing course DES INV 95, the Design Field Notes speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and …
Design Field Notes: Utharaa Zacharias & Palaash Chaudhary of Soft-Geometry
October 26, 2023
As part of the Jacobs Institute’s ongoing course DES INV 95, the Design Field Notes speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and …
Design Field Notes: Clare Brass, Chief Product Officer at Moree
October 19, 2023
As part of the Jacobs Institute’s ongoing course DES INV 95, the Design Field Notes speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and …
The New AI Frontier: A Career Conversation with Sara Ortloff, Senior Director of User Experience Design at Google
October 16, 2023
Join us for an exclusive Jacobs Institute Career Conversation with Sara Ortloff, design leader and Senior Director of User Experience at Google. Sara currently leads the UX teams responsible for Google’s developer productivity research, pro…
Design Field Notes: Data Visualization for Experience Design // Tanyoung Kim of Airbnb
October 12, 2023
As part of the Jacobs Institute’s ongoing course DES INV 95, the Design Field Notes speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and …
Join Jacobs Institute at Maker Faire!
October 9, 2023
Design Field Notes: Designing Identity // Jenny Ha of Lucid Motors
October 5, 2023
As part of the Jacobs Institute’s ongoing course DES INV 95, the Design Field Notes speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and …
Design for Automotive: A Career Conversation with Nissan’s Head of Global Design Alfonso Albaisa
October 4, 2023
Join this special talk to hear from Nissan’s Senior Vice President for Global Design, Alfonso Albaisa, on the evolution of automotive design and innovation as well as the influence of Japanese cultural DNA on Nissan’s design.
Design Field Notes: Vidhi Mehta, Product Designer at LinkedIn
September 28, 2023
As part of the Jacobs Institute’s ongoing course DES INV 95, the Design Field Notes speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and …
Learn about the Berkeley Master of Design at an Upcoming Info Session
September 22, 2023
Design Field Notes: The Art of Trusting Robots
September 21, 2023
As part of the Jacobs Institute’s ongoing course DES INV 95, the Design Field Notes speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and …
Campus Makerspace Crawl
September 14, 2023
Discover six of the largest student-accessible makerspace / shop / lab spaces on the UC Berkeley campus on this 2-hour tour.
Design Field Notes: Multi-Modal Design Systems
September 14, 2023
As part of the Jacobs Institute’s ongoing course DES INV 95, the Design Field Notes speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and …
Jacobs Institute Makerspace Open House
September 8, 2023
Discover UC Berkeley’s largest cross-campus makerspace, the Jacobs Hall Makerspace! Meet the Makerspace staff and other members of the Jacobs community at our Makerspace open house. We will have equipment demos, takeaways, project displays,…
Design Field Notes: Iris Koser, Sr. UX Designer, BMW Group
August 31, 2023
As part of the Jacobs Institute’s ongoing course DES INV 95, the Design Field Notes speaker series invites a dynamic group of designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and …
Jacobs Back to School Events, Fall 2023
August 29, 2023
We look forward to welcoming both new and returning members of the campus design community to Jacobs Hall for the start of the 2023-2024 school year. You are cordially invited to join us at the back to school events. All events are held in-person!
We’re Hiring Creative Catalysts!
August 17, 2023
Jacobs Hall Courses, Fall 2023
May 17, 2023
Interested in gaining new design skills or diving into a hands-on learning experience? Explore the Jacobs-affiliated courses for the Fall 2023 semester here.
Design for a Better World: A Conversation with Don Norman
April 10, 2023
Design Career Chat with Leon Zhang: UX Design at Google
January 1, 1970
What does it take to get hired at Google for UX? What is it like working there?
Design Field Notes Spring 2023
January 23, 2023
Design Field Notes is back for the Spring semester! This speaker series invites designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and public.
Jacobs and Masters of Design Winter Design Showcase, Dec 7-9
January 1, 1970
Join the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and our Berkeley Master of Design (MDes) program for the Winter 2022 Design Showcase—a three-day exhibition of student research, prototypes and presentations. Enjoy one on one exchange with students, and …
Jacobs and Masters of Design Winter Design Showcase, Dec 7-9
December 9, 2022
Join the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and our Berkeley Master of Design (MDes) program for the Winter 2022 Design Showcase—a three-day exhibition of student research, prototypes and presentations. Enjoy one on one exchange with students, and …
Jacobs and Masters of Design Winter Design Showcase, Dec 7-9
December 8, 2022
Join the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and our Berkeley Master of Design (MDes) program for the Winter 2022 Design Showcase—a three-day exhibition of student research, prototypes and presentations. Enjoy one on one exchange with students, and …
We’re Hiring! Seeking Student Engagement Manager For The Jacobs Community
December 1, 2022
The Jacobs Institute is hiring a new full-time Student Engagement Manager (Student Services Advisor 3 job code).
Jacobs Winter 2022 Design Showcase
November 22, 2022
Experience student projects, prototypes, and research from Fall 2022 classes @Jacobs Hall
Design Field Notes: “Evaluating Tech Companies as a New Grad” – Simon Yee / Director of Product Design, Rippling
November 17, 2022
Simon Yee designs digital products, systems, and experiences. These days though, Yee mostly designs teams. A huge proponent of advocating design partnership across entire organizations, Yee builds scalable design systems, operationalizes design processes, and empowers designers to build amazing things.
THE FALL 22 INNOVATION CATALYSTS GRANTEES
September 30, 2022
Congratulations to our Fall 22 Innovation Catalysts grant recipients! The Jacobs Institute Innovation Catalysts is a grant program that helps Berkeley’s student innovators unlock potential in their projects. This fall, ten projects were selected to be part of the grant program. This semester’s cohort includes undergraduates, masters, and PhdD students, as well as students from the Berkeley Master of Design (MDes) program.
Jacobs Hall Workshops Fall 2022
September 6, 2022
Looking to sharpen your prototyping and design skills in the Jacobs Hall Makerspace? Join us for a workshop! Check our listing here for more information.
Design Field Notes Fall 2022
September 5, 2022
Design Field Notes is back for the fall! This speaker series invites designers, artists, and academics in design-related fields to share their work and practice with our students and public.
Jacobs Back to School Events, Fall 2022
August 16, 2022
New and returning members of the campus design community, you are cordially invited to join us at the Jacobs Institute’s back to school events.
Jacobs 2022 Summer Design Showcase
August 2, 2022
Join the Jacobs Institute for our Summer Design Showcase, August 12 @ Jacobs Hall!
We’re Hiring! Join Our Creative Team at the Jacobs Institute
June 21, 2022
The Jacobs Institute is looking for two creative, passionate, and experienced individuals to fill two new leadership roles at Jacobs Hall: Senior Director of External Affairs, and Director of Academic Affairs.
The MDes 2022 Spring Design Showcase, May 6
May 6, 2022
Join the Jacobs Institute and the Berkeley Master of Design (MDes) for our three-day Spring Design Showcase.
Friday, May 6, will feature MDes Student Presentations & Projects, and conclude with a reception from 4–5 PM.
The Spring Design Showcase…