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BusinessWeek includes the IIT team’s victory at the Rotman School of Management Design Challenge in it’s weekly B-School Highlights on April 20.

April 23, 2012
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Illinois Institute of Technology Wins 2012 Rotman Design Challenge

April 11, 2012
In a competition involving twenty-two teams from the top MBA and graduate design programs from across North America, the team from Illinois Institute of Technology emerged on top of the 2012 Rotman Design Challenge. The competition was held at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School on Management on March 24. The IIT team narrowly edged out a team from OCAD University who won the competition last year.
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ID Student Startup GoKey on KickStarter

April 6, 2012
gokey, a silicone wrist band to hold your key, has just launched on KickStarter. The project is the creation of IIT Institute of Design students Cristina Cook and Francesca Passoni.
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IIT Institute of Design students Zahra Tashakorinia and Derek Tarnow, whose TidyTilt accessory for iPhone saw tremendous startup fundraising success on Kickstarter, are interviewed by Cult of Mac.

March 7, 2012
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ID Student Project TidyTilt Hits 2232% Funding on Kickstarter

February 10, 2012
Zahra Tashakorinia and Derek Tarnow, two students at the IIT Institute of Design designed an accessory for the iPhone called TidyTilt in Prof. Martin Thaler's workshop.
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IIT Institute of Design Open House – Thursday, February 9

February 6, 2012
IIT Institute of Design will host its spring Open House on Thursday, February 9, from 6 - 8 pm at 350 North LaSalle Street in Chicago. Anyone interested in the future of business and design's role in innovation is encouraged to attend. The program includes sessions with students, faculty, and alumni covering the school's graduate programs curriculum, internships and jobs, and community.
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IIT Institute of Design Dean Patrick Whitney delivered the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture at the Harvard School of Public Health on January 17, discussing “Design Public Health Initiatives with Users in Mind.”

January 25, 2012
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In a review of the book, “Next Generation Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid,” Huffington Post’s Tom Murphy discusses IIT Institute of Design Dean Patrick Whitney’s chapter, in which he provides a case of “patient innovation” in Indian manufacturing.

January 24, 2012
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IIT Institute of Design Dean Patrick Whitney sat down with India Times for an interview published on January 4, in which he discusses opportunities for India in “the second wave of design innovation” as well as how ID continues to be a pioneer in marrying design education with understanding of its place in the business world.

January 5, 2012
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IIT Institute of Design 10th Annual Design Research Conference

September 12, 2011
IIT Institute of Design’s 10th Annual Design Research Conference, or DRCx, to be held October 24 – 26 at the Spertus Institute, focuses on the effects of emerging technology on industry practices and the changing role of design research in…
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Institute of Design Archive

BusinessWeek includes the IIT team’s victory at the Rotman School of Management Design Challenge in it’s weekly B-School Highlights on April 20.

Illinois Institute of Technology Wins 2012 Rotman Design Challenge

ID Student Startup GoKey on KickStarter

IIT Institute of Design students Zahra Tashakorinia and Derek Tarnow, whose TidyTilt accessory for iPhone saw tremendous startup fundraising success on Kickstarter, are interviewed by Cult of Mac.

ID Student Project TidyTilt Hits 2232% Funding on Kickstarter

IIT Institute of Design Open House – Thursday, February 9

IIT Institute of Design Dean Patrick Whitney delivered the Dean’s Distinguished Lecture at the Harvard School of Public Health on January 17, discussing “Design Public Health Initiatives with Users in Mind.”

In a review of the book, “Next Generation Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid,” Huffington Post’s Tom Murphy discusses IIT Institute of Design Dean Patrick Whitney’s chapter, in which he provides a case of “patient innovation” in Indian manufacturing.

IIT Institute of Design 10th Annual Design Research Conference

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