The Product Design Program is deeply committed to addressing global and local environmental issues. Our Materials and Product Studies and Product Design curricula are constructed around courses, studios and internships that aim to grapple with broad social and political issues, addressing questions of sustainability, green design, excess, waste and pollution.
Our students investigate and evaluate forms, material application and production methods. Through creative innovation and exploration, choices will emerge and salient issues will be addressed. Our students are immersed in an intellectual environment in which asking questions is a critical issue. Any investigation of product will consider what is best for the environment, how and why those decisions can be made, and what the life of the material or design will be. Whether a material is from near or far, new or post-consumer hybrid, recycled or salvaged, or biodegradable is an element of every inquiry.
Look to the University of Oregon Product Design Program for important inquiries, discoveries and decisions about product design and use. We want to challenge you, too.
