The Design Lab

The Design Lab Creating new ideas that solve problems. Learn more by clicking our website link above! Let TOM define our approach. It is the science and practice of making.

We are a design organization located on the University of California, San Diego campus. We propose a novel mix of practice and theory, of Thinking, Observing, and Making: TOM. We want to produce major works that advance the state of knowledge and leave a lasting heritage. Thinking and Making, but always for the benefit of people, hence the importance of Observing. The goal of design is to produce

products, services, and systems. The Design Lab is located within our new Design & Innovation Building, which gives us freedom to move seamlessly across all the departments, schools, and divisions of the university. Our advisory board includes people from Management, Engineering, Visual Arts, Theater, and the Social Sciences.

One week left to apply!Applications for the Design Lab Academic Internship Program (AIP 97/197) close June 19 — that’s j...
06/17/2026

One week left to apply!

Applications for the Design Lab Academic Internship Program (AIP 97/197) close June 19 — that’s just around the corner.

If you’ve been thinking about it, this is your sign: a year-long, credit-bearing internship where you’ll work through the full Double Diamond process on real, community-driven design challenges. You’ll leave with a genuine portfolio, mentorship from practitioners and faculty, and a foothold in community-driven design.

📌 Deadline: June 19, 2026
📌 4 units of academic credit per quarter
📌 Open to all UCSD undergrads — all majors welcome

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This winter, the UC San Diego Design Lab is launching Design@Large: Design to Action – Building Innovation and Impact, a...
12/17/2025

This winter, the UC San Diego Design Lab is launching Design@Large: Design to Action – Building Innovation and Impact, a six-part public series focused on what it actually takes to turn ideas into lasting work.

Across six Wednesdays, we will explore how design shows up in real contexts. How early ideas find direction. How momentum is built with partners and communities. And how meaningful work becomes embedded in systems that endure.

Design@Large brings together students, researchers, civic partners, business leaders, and community practitioners to look closely at the real work behind innovation. Not just the outcomes, but the decisions, relationships, and practices that make impact possible.

📍 Design and Innovation Building, UC San Diego
🗓 January 14 to February 25, 2026
🕓 Wednesdays at 4 PM

The series features leaders working across design, architecture, culture, equity, and entrepreneurship, with more speakers to be announced.

At the Design Lab, we advance humanity-centered AI to design just futures. Design@Large is one way that mission comes to life through conversation, collaboration, and shared learning.

Register here with Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/g8JH6fJf

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9500 Gilman Drive, Design & Innovation Building, MC0425
La Jolla, CA
92093

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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