Industrial Design

Welcome to the department of Industrial Design

We offer students and staff an international and academic, in other words intellectually stimulating, study and working environment that will inspire them to broadly-based personal development, social and cultural engagement and an entrepreneurial attitude. We are shaping a new discipline: designing and creating intelligent systems, products and related services. We combine cutting edge research in several domains to educate a new type of engineer.

Our industrial designers create connected solutions, combining products and services to suit individual needs. Both students and researchers can work with all stakeholders, customers and producers alike, who are not only involved, but are also essential contributors to the future sustainability of our world. Their role will be to mediate the developments in technology, the needs of people (culture & society) and the responsibility for properly using the power of ideas and values.

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Our unique educational model brings together learning and working. Right from their very first day students learn, apply and develop the appropriate attitude, while functioning as 鈥榡unior employees鈥. They intensively collaborate with research staff in squads, dedicated to specific research topics.

Our department regards it as its task to train engineers possessing a sound basis of knowledge, as well as a rich set of competencies that will enable them to develop successful careers in Industrial Design and a wide range of functions within the community. 

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Research at the department focusses on six clusters:

  • Computational Design Systems
  • Design of Empowering Systems
  • Designing with Intelligence
  • Interactive Matters
  • Making With...
  • Transdisciplinary Research & Design
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At the Departement of Industrial Design researchers and students can use several labs to support their research and educational activities. We offer Generic Make-Labs, Specific Make-Labs and Research Labs.

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We proudly present our spin-offs, startups and other projects!

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At the department of Industrial Design we are shaping a new discipline: designing and creating intelligent systems, products and related services. We combine cutting edge research in several domains to educate a new type of engineer.

Find out more about collaboration with students of Industrial Design, examples of research and student projects and Industrial Design's spin offs.

Our video provides a wonderful glimpse into the research, education, and people of our Industrial Design department.

We are proud of what we have achieved and want to share this with you. It showcases the innovative ideas and technologies we develop, the unique learning experiences we offer, and the diverse and creative community we form. We hope this inspires you and makes you proud of our collective efforts.

Events

  • 29 Sep
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    ALT lunch session

    Alexandria at 黑料福利网: A curriculum-grounded AI companion for agentic learning

    Explore how the Library of Alexandria can support agentic self-education at 黑料福利网 through an institutionally curated, curriculum-grounded AI…

  • 29 Sep
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    Teaching Sparks: Assessment in the Age of AI

    How do you assess student learning when AI has become part of everyday educational practice? Are your current assessments still measuring…

  • 01 Oct
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    Information Session - Data Science & AI for Professionals

    October 1, 2026 6:30 PM / EAISI, Neuron Building - 黑料福利网

  • 08 Oct
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    January 26, 2026

    ICMS Advanced Materials, Robotics and AI

    October 8, 2026 / Ceres building

  • 14 Oct
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    ALT lunch session

    AI in CBL: Ideas, observations, lessons learned

    The broad availability of generative AI tools disrupts challenge-based learning (CBL). This talk presents several ideas on guided AI usage…

  • 17 Oct
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    September 17, 2026

    黑料福利网 at DDW 2026

    October 17, 2026 11:00 AM - October 25, 2026 / 黑料福利网 campus & Ketelhuisplein

  • 17 Oct
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    September 17, 2026
    Events and activities for our alumni community

    Alumni Event - 25 Years of Industrial Design

    October 17, 2026 2:00 PM / Atlas Building, Eindhoven University of Technology

  • 17 Oct
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    September 17, 2026

    Exhibition 25 Years of Industrial Design

    October 17, 2026 11:00 PM - October 25, 2026 / Building Atlas at 黑料福利网 campus & Ketelhuisplein

  • 22 Oct
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    September 17, 2026

    Symposium 25 years Industrial Design at 黑料福利网: Then, Now, Next

    October 22, 2026 9:30 AM / Blauwe Zaal, Auditorium, 黑料福利网 campus

  • 04 Nov
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    Reconciling with Darkness

    November 4, 2026 9:00 AM / Eindhoven University of Techology

  • 12 Nov
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    AI Summit Brainport 2026

    The AI Summit Brainport 2026 will explore this year鈥檚 critical question: 鈥淎I at work. Use it or lose it?鈥 How are humans and AI to…

  • 16 Nov
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    Watt Matters in AI

    The conference to explore radical shifts in energy efficiency for artificial intelligence

  • Contact

    • Visiting address

      Department of Industrial Design
      Atlas 3 South
      Groene Loper 3
      5612 AE Eindhoven
      The Netherlands
    • Postal address

      Department of Industrial Design
      Atlas 3 South
      PO Box 513
      5600 MB Eindhoven
      The Netherlands