{"id":208831,"date":"2026-04-14T12:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/?p=208831"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:30:10","slug":"spring-2026-product-design-thesis-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/2026\/04\/14\/spring-2026-product-design-thesis-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2026 Product Design Thesis Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ÌÇÐÄvlog\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\">Department of Art and Design<\/a> invites the community to the Spring 2026 Product Design Thesis Showcase, a celebration of creativity, innovation, and the culmination of months of research, prototyping, and design development by graduating seniors in the Product Design program.<\/p>\n<p>The showcase represents the final milestone of the undergraduate experience, where students present fully developed design theses grounded in human-centered, design-thinking approaches. Projects address real-world challenges across areas such as usability, sustainability, and product innovation, offering a glimpse into the next generation of design thinking.<\/p>\n<p>For more than 20 years, the Product Design program has prepared students for professional practice through a curriculum focused on user-centered research, hands-on making, and industry engagement. Students regularly gain recognition in national competitions and benefit from strong professional preparation that supports successful careers in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Graduates of the program have gone on to work at more than 80 major companies across the United States and internationally, reflecting the program\u2019s long-standing commitment to excellence and industry relevance.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Art and Design invites students, faculty, alumni, industry partners, and the public to attend and celebrate the work of these emerging designers as they launch into their professional careers.<\/p>\n<span class=\"prpl-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfq4v3_AmHQg9cr-jNl5FIJWjvD8fwUFT3Q9-BeIJv3btXUTA\/viewform\">RSVP<\/a><\/span>\n<p><strong>Product Design Senior Thesis Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April 29, 2026, 6:00 pm<\/li>\n<li>Presentation Hall, School of Communication and Media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ÌÇÐÄvlog\u2019s Department of Art and Design invites the community to the Spring 2026 Product Design Thesis Showcase, a celebration of creativity, innovation, and the culmination of months of research, prototyping, and design development by graduating seniors in the Product Design program. The showcase represents the final milestone of the undergraduate experience, where students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":208832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-208831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-19_announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208833,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208831\/revisions\/208833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/art-and-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}