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Stanford Design Program
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Type	Academic program in design, specifically on the fine art and engineering of product design
Available	1958–2017
Enrollment	25 graduate students

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The Joint Program in Design (also called the Graduate Design Program or simply the Design Program) was a graduate program jointly offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Art & Art History at Stanford University.^[1] It was discontinued with the last cohort of students graduating in Spring 2017 and is succeeded by the Stanford Design Impact Engineering Master's Degree.^[2] The program offered degrees in Mechanical Engineering and in Fine Arts/Design and was closely connected with the Stanford d.school (The d.school is not one of the seven schools at Stanford and does not grant degrees).^[3]

The program was founded in 1958, and had three full-time faculty. It maintained close links with the design and technology firms of nearby Silicon Valley.

History

Stanford's Design program dates from 1958 when Professor John E. Arnold, formerly of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, first proposed the idea that design engineering should be human-centered. This was a radical concept in the era of Sputnik and the early Cold War. Building on Arnold's work, Bob McKim (Emeritus, Engineering) along with Matt Kahn (Art), created the Product Design major and the graduate-level Joint Program in Design. This curriculum was formalized in the mid-1960s, making the Joint Program in Design (JPD) one of the first inter-departmental programs at Stanford or other nationally prominent Universities. The key texts in those days were McKim's recently published Experiences in Visual Thinking, and Jim Adams', Conceptual Blockbusting, a Guide to Better Ideas. The "loft" was a bootleg attic space in Building 500 that the University didn't know about (and the faculty pretended didn't exist). ME101: Visual Thinking was the introductory class for all product design students and the class included four "voyages" in the Imaginarium, a 16-foot geodesic dome that presented state-of-the art multimedia shows designed to stimulate creativity.

The Loft moved to its current location behind the Old Firehouse. Bob McKim went Emeritus; Matt Kahn, Rolf Faste and David Kelley continued instruction in the tradition of merging art, science and needfinding though the 1980s and 1990s. Today ME101 is still taught, although the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Department of Art no longer continue their historic collaboration with faculty drawn from both schools in its instruction.

References

^ "Graduate". Stanford Design Program. Stanford University. Archived from the original on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
^ "MFA Design". Department of Art & Art History. Stanford University. Archived from the original on 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
^ "Learning experiences". Stanford University Institute of Design. Stanford University. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.

[1] "Graduate". Stanford Design Program. Stanford University. Archived from the original on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2024-04-04.

[2] "MFA Design". Department of Art & Art History. Stanford University. Archived from the original on 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2024-04-04.

[3] "Learning experiences". Stanford University Institute of Design. Stanford University. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.

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+{{Short description|Former design program at Stanford University}}
-{{Infobox college
+{{More citations needed|date=April 2024}}
-| name = Stanford Graduate School of Product Design
+{{Infobox
-| motto = A joint design program of Art and Engineering. Focus on innovation, research, & design of new products.
-| parent = [[Stanford University]]
+ | title                  = Stanford Design Program
+ | subheader              = [[Stanford University]]
-| established =  1958
+ | label1                 = Type
-| enrollment = 25 (all graduate)
+ | data1                  = Academic program in [[design]], specifically on the [[fine art]] and [[engineering]] of [[product design]]
+ | label2                 = Available
+ | data2                  = 1958–2017
+ | label3                 = Enrollment
+ | data3                  = 25 [[graduate student]]s
 }}
-The '''Joint Program in Design''' (officially '''Stanford Graduate School of Product Design''', colloquially '''Stanford Design Program''') was a graduate program jointly offered by the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Art Department at [[Stanford University]],<ref>[http://designprogram.stanford.edu/graduate.php designprogram.stanford.edu]</ref> in [[Stanford, California|Stanford]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]]. It was discontinued with the last cohort of students graduating in Spring 2017 and is succeeded by the [[Stanford Design Impact Engineering Master's Degree]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://art.stanford.edu/academics/graduate-programs/mfa-design|title=Stanford Login - Stale Request}}</ref> It is generally considered a leading design program in the United States. The program offered degrees in Mechanical Engineering and in Fine Arts/Design and was closely connected with the Stanford d.school (The d.school is not one of the seven schools at Stanford and does not grant degrees<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dschool.stanford.edu/learning-experiences/#get-a-degree|title = Programs}}</ref>).
+The '''Joint Program in Design''' (also called the '''Graduate Design Program''' or simply the '''Design Program''') was a [[Postgraduate education|graduate]] program jointly offered by the [[Stanford University School of Engineering#Organization and academics|Department of Mechanical Engineering]] and the [[Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences#Humanities and Arts|Department of Art & Art History]] at [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Graduate |url=http://designprogram.stanford.edu/graduate.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911004035/http://designprogram.stanford.edu/graduate.php |archive-date=2016-09-11 |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Stanford Design Program |publisher=[[Stanford University]]}}</ref> It was discontinued with the last cohort of students graduating in Spring 2017 and is succeeded by the [[Stanford Design Impact Engineering Master's Degree]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=MFA Design |url=https://art.stanford.edu/academics/graduate-programs/mfa-design |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611070752/https://art.stanford.edu/academics/graduate-programs/mfa-design |archive-date=2017-06-11 |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Department of Art & Art History |publisher=[[Stanford University]]}}</ref> The program offered degrees in Mechanical Engineering and in Fine Arts/Design and was closely connected with the [[Hasso Plattner Institute of Design|Stanford d.school]] (The d.school is not one of the seven schools at Stanford and does not grant degrees).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Learning experiences |url=http://dschool.stanford.edu/learning-experiences/#get-a-degree |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021620/http://dschool.stanford.edu/learning-experiences/#get-a-degree |archive-date=2016-03-05 |website=Stanford University Institute of Design |publisher=[[Stanford University]]}}</ref>
-==Background==
-[[File:3D Video in Loft.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Students in Design Loft]]
-The program was founded in 1958. It has three full-time faculty. It maintains very close links with the venture capital, finance and technology firms of nearby Silicon Valley. {{citation needed|date= November 2015}}
+The program was founded in 1958, and had three full-time faculty. It maintained close links with the design and technology firms of nearby Silicon Valley.
-==Admissions statistics and student profile==
-[[File:Stanford 32 aerial.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Aerial view of the Main Quad.]]
 ==History==
+[[File:3D Video in Loft.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Students in Design Loft]]
-Stanford's Design program dates from 1958 when Professor [[John E. Arnold]], formerly of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, first proposed the idea that design engineering should be human-centered. This was a radical concept in the era of Sputnik and the early Cold War. Building on Arnold's work, Bob McKim (Emeritus, Engineering) along with Matt Kahn (Art), created the Product Design major and the graduate-level Joint Program in Design. This curriculum formalized in the mid-1960s, making the Joint Program in Design (JPD) one of the first inter-departmental programs at Stanford or other nationally prominent Universities. The texts in those days were McKim's recently published ''Experiences in Visual Thinking'', and Jim Adams', ''Conceptual Blockbusting, a Guide to Better Ideas''. The "loft" was a bootleg attic space in Building 500 that the University didn't know about (and the faculty pretended didn't exist). ME101: Visual Thinking was the introductory class for all product design students and the class included four "voyages" in the Imaginarium, a 16-foot geodesic dome that presented state-of-the art multimedia shows designed to stimulate creativity.
+[[File:Stanford 32 aerial.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Aerial view of the Main Quad.]]
+Stanford's Design program dates from 1958 when Professor [[John E. Arnold]], formerly of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, first proposed the idea that design engineering should be human-centered. This was a radical concept in the era of Sputnik and the early Cold War. Building on Arnold's work, Bob McKim (Emeritus, Engineering) along with Matt Kahn (Art), created the Product Design major and the graduate-level Joint Program in Design. This curriculum was formalized in the mid-1960s, making the Joint Program in Design (JPD) one of the first inter-departmental programs at Stanford or other nationally prominent Universities. The key texts in those days were McKim's recently published ''Experiences in Visual Thinking'', and Jim Adams', ''Conceptual Blockbusting, a Guide to Better Ideas''. The "loft" was a bootleg attic space in Building 500 that the University didn't know about (and the faculty pretended didn't exist). ''ME101: Visual Thinking'' was the introductory class for all product design students and the class included four "voyages" in the Imaginarium, a 16-foot geodesic dome that presented state-of-the art multimedia shows designed to stimulate creativity.
-The Loft moved to its current location behind the Old Firehouse. Bob McKim went Emeritus; Matt Kahn, [[Rolf Faste]] and [[David M. Kelley|David Kelley]] continued instruction in the tradition of merging art, science and needfinding though the 1980s and 1990s. Forty-some years later ME101 is still taught, although the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Department of Art no longer continue their historic collaboration with faculty drawn from both schools for instruction.
+The Loft moved to its current location behind the Old Firehouse. Bob McKim went Emeritus; Matt Kahn, [[Rolf Faste]] and [[David M. Kelley|David Kelley]] continued instruction in the tradition of merging art, science and needfinding though the 1980s and 1990s. Today ME101 is still taught, although the Mechanical Engineering Department and the Department of Art no longer continue their historic collaboration with faculty drawn from both schools in its instruction.
 ==See also==
+* [[Hasso Plattner Institute of Design|Stanford Hasso Plattner Institute of Design ("the d.school")]]
-* [[Silicon Valley]]
+*[[Silicon Valley]]
 * [[Leadership]]
 * [[Entrepreneurship]]
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 ==References==
 <references />
-==External links==
-* [http://www-design.stanford.edu/PD/ Official Web Site]
-* [http://stanfordpd.pbwiki.com/ A wiki of suppliers, classes, designer, and resources for designers]
-* [http://www.fastefoundation.org/ Rolf A. Faste Foundation for Design Creativity]
-{{coord missing|Santa Clara County, California}}
 [[Category:Stanford University|Joint Program in Design]]
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 [[Category:Art schools in California]]
-[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1958]]
+[[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1958]]
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