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- May 5, 2025
- by Marisa LaFalce
Student designers challenge convention to enhance human thriving
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Self-watering planters that improve air quality and alert users to risk. Fashion that transforms gendered words into powerful symbols of passion. A reimagined classroom designed to foster active learning. These are some of the bold and innovative student projects presented at the Cornell Fashion & Design Expo on April 25, the annual juried exhibition hosted by the Department of Human Centered Design (HCD).
This year’s theme, Challenging Convention in 2025, honors Cornell Human Ecology’s (CHE)
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B.S. Design + Environmental Analysis
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Learn how to design sustainable spaces that can inspire and empower people to work, learn, play and live well.
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M.S. Human Environment Relations
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Use evidence-based design strategies to create spaces that help every user reach their unique and varied goals.
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