Our ultimate goal is to reduce obstacles to both formal and informal learning. We are trying to make it seamless, or at least lower barriers, so that collaborations can take place with relative ease. Industry partners include Herman Miller Inc., DuPont Corporation, Yaffee and Company, and the World Design Foundation. We're trying to expand the relevance of design to other disciplines. And we are giving future professionals more realistic training and preparation for careers as designers.
Companies develop buildings, manufacture products, and create print communications, for example.
Issues of design have come to the forefront in the 1990s, he continues. MIDI will play a critical role in expanding awareness of design's importance to the university and its corporate partners.