Check out this dedicated, student-empowered space for our Human Centered Design students:

Meet e-MoBo, the playful robot that helps kids express emotions. Designed by a multidisciplinary team from Cornell Human Ecology, the researchers are presenting this week RO-MAN 2025: bit.ly/3ACw8F5

Thanks to restoration work by Cornell Human Centered Design students, this 1920s fashion exhibit displays influencers’ power news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/0…

Tiny houses that adapt to your needs. Screening media on your fingernails. These are some of the possible technologies we may see in the next century according to Keith Green and Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao 高新綠: technologyreview.com/2024/08/15/109…

A multidisciplinary team of HCD faculty and students are collaborating with community partners to turn invasive weeds and biowaste into natural dyes that could improve health for people and the planet:

We are proud of Prof. Juan Hinestroza's trailblazing leadership in the lab, in the classroom and in advancing Latine student representation in chemical and fiber sciences: cen.acs.org/materials/Juan… via C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News)

Designing peace: A collection of essays, “Peace by Design,” by Cornell Human Centered Design Prof Mardelle Shepley and others is intended for students, academics and practitioners in all design fields to inspire societal contribution and celebrate collaboration. mardelle Shepley news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/0…

Black women must navigate when, where to express style according to research by Jaleesa Reed, Cornell Human Centered Design assistant professor:

“I’m very impressed with the new teenagers that are asking questions about how things are being made, and that’s the first step to comprehend the problem that we have,” said Juan Hinestroza, Cornell Human Centered Design interim chair. thehill.com/homenews/educa…

Our scientists offer sustainable solutions in lieu of harmful forever chemicals:

Entrepreneur Saira Patel from NYC is working with Cornell Human Centered Design assistant professor Fatma Baytar and researchers to create a new swim cap for Black hair. Computer models from 3D scans will be used to engineer a swim cap prototype for long and curly hair.spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny…

Bringing sustainable e-textiles to the NYC design community: Cornell Human Centered Design's Hybrid Body Lab led an EcoThreads workshop in Manhattan last month for current and retired faculty from design schools, individual textile artists and multidisciplinary designers. bit.ly/3NqNw2G

New research from Cornell Grad School Pin-sung Ku and the Hybrid Body Lab offers sophisticated on-skin modular toolkits with intricate circuitry for health monitoring, biometric sensing or creative expression:

Students and faculty from Cornell Human Centered Design are blending fashion, film studies and a spark of fun, in collaboration with Cornell Cinema, to celebrate Academy Award winning costume designer Edith Head. bit.ly/40g9dtO

An exhibit in Mann Library @ Cornell highlights the contributions of the first Haudenosaunee women in Cornell Human Ecology, who benefited from home economics programs but were constrained by limited financial support, cultural stereotypes and gender bias. Cornell_Library news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/1…

Two birds, one stone: A research team led by Larissa Shepherd of Cornell Human Ecology has developed an elegant and #sustainable way to clean up waterways: reusing one waste product (silk) to remove another. Cornell Human Centered Design MDPI news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/1…

This fall our students gained experience in branding, space design, and product design, including user-interviews and prototyping, in this project to improve user experience at Bike Walk Tompkins:

Diving into the world of surface design and color theory, students in FSAD 3250: Color and Surface Design of Textiles explore techniques such as natural dyes, block printing, silk painting, shibori, silk screen printing, and embroidery, all while developing a design portfolio.

Calling all artists:

Jung-hye Shin, a design researcher and academic leader, has been named professor and chair of the Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) Department of Human Centered Design (HCD). bit.ly/4faRSYR