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Welcomeid a Handbook for Students, by Students Welcome to the Institute of Design welcomeID a handbook for students, by students Welcome to the Institute of Design. You’ve made a great decision in attending CONTENTS IIT, Institute of Design. ID is in the forefront of a new way of thinking about user- Sound advice centered design and how design can influence business and social policy. ID is a › Ask someone 3 small, intensive program with outstanding › Immerse yourself 3 professors who are leaders in the design › welcomeID community 4 community. The student body is tightly knit, providing a healthy social balance to the The program academic rigors of the program. › Orientation 5 › Foundation year 6 How to use this document › First year 6 Students at ID created this guide for you › Materials and printing 7 because we know how daunting it can › Equipment 8 be to move to a new area and start a › Think design 9 new school. You probably have a lot of questions, concerns, and thoughts. Use Chicago life this document and the links contained within as a starting point for your research. › Chicago resources 10 This document is passed on from year to › Apartment hunting 11 year, and it evolves with the student body, › Chicago neighborhoods 14 ID, and the City of Chicago. › Student recommended 17 › Our neighborhood 19 welcomeID Handbook | IIT Institute of Design 2 Sound Advice You will quickly realize that we do things a little differently at ID. We have our own unique culture that takes a little getting used to. Here are a few pieces of advice to help get you started. Ask someone If there is only one thing that you retain So, before the immersion begins, be sure to from this entire document, it needs to be take full advantage of your summer. Spend that: there is no one that can answer your quality time with your friends and family. If questions better than your classmates. Ask you want to prep for school, start learning questions, share answers, and you will be new software or brush up on your design rewarded with a richer ID experience. reading. Don’t be shy. Everyone around you has ID is one of the most challenging and one been in a similar position, and we are a of the most rewarding experiences of your friendly bunch (even if we look really busy). life. Be ready to take it all in. Immerse yourself Be prepared to immerse yourself completely at ID. Many students say that this is the most intense academic experience they have had. This is a good thing—it means you are getting your money’s worth. welcomeID Handbook | IIT Institute of Design 3 wecomeID Community The welcomeID community was created to Alumni provide new and prospective students a direct line to our student body. Asmina Shaikh MDes ‘17 Feel free to reach out to any of the students [email protected] listed for any and all inquiries that you have. Shilpa Matthew Current Students MDM ‘17 [email protected] Jessica Lee Foundation + MDes ‘18 [email protected] Part-time MDM John Pew Michael Sauer Foundation + MDes + MBA ‘18 MDM ‘18 [email protected] [email protected] Ketshi Bavishi Raina Russ MDes ‘18 MDM ‘19 [email protected] [email protected] Megan Gordon Mcclendon MDes ‘19 [email protected] ID Student Activities Board Co-chairs Renee Albrecht-Mallinger Foundation + MDes ‘18 Melissa Cadet [email protected] Foundation + MDes ‘19 [email protected] Theresa Lafranchise Foundation + MDes ‘19 David Pollack [email protected] Foundation + MDes + MBA ‘19 [email protected] Wanying (Wan) Zhu MDes ‘18 [email protected] welcomeID Handbook | IIT Institute of Design 4 The Program Orientation Orientation is an excellent opportunity to glean information and meet other students, faculty, and administration. Orientation Main orientation is a week-long event that It is critical in getting your feet wet and introduces ID methods and their origins, preparing you for the first week of class. advising and registration, and all other You will be very busy during this week, but administrative details. It’s also a chance try to attend as much of the orientation as to meet faculty and hear about upcoming you can. courses and workshops. welcomeID Handbook | IIT Institute of Design 5 What to Expect A day in the life of an ID student can be demanding and stressful, but it’s always rewarding. You live and breathe class projects week after week, fill your head with design knowledge, and engage with your schoolmates in and outside of class. Below is an overview of foundation year and first year, from the student perspective. Foundation First year From the Foundation students From the MDes students “Our foundation class was 22 people. We “As a first year student, your life will go from spent all of our classes together, in the zero to sixty in a day... ... students take same classroom. When we started the between four and seven classes a week per program we were told ‘by the end of the six weeks, and classes are between two year, these people will be your closest and four hours long. The pace is intense but friends.’ This is definitely true. It’s an very rewarding. Most students have said amazing way to learn design 101. We that it takes a good three to four weeks to critique each other’s work, help each other get into the swing of things.” with projects, bitch about the workload, and celebrate each other’s successes and “The curriculum is structured in such a project completions.” way that students take many of the same classes. The classes provide exposure to “The typical week consists of three days of a battery of user-centered methods, and studio, one and a half days off, and half a the focus is on process. How you do things day for Intro to Design. Don’t be fooled by becomes as, if not more, important as ‘time off,’ though. In between studio classes, what you make. There are also workshop you are busy with class projects. Every hour classes, which allow students to explore of your week is accounted for.” a design problem in depth. Team projects are a big component of many of the “Every week you produce something new classes. Learning to work together can be for each of your studio classes. This could hard work, but the teams allow students result in a bunch of photos, a logo design, to gain insight into multiple perspectives a foam core model of a product design, and approaches to the design process. several ideation sketches... ... a 30-second Many of the students at ID come from film or animation, or an eight-page brochure. varied backgrounds such as anthropology, You learn all the methods behind the design, psychology, and engineering, and close to the process goes from analysis to synthesis half the student body are from countries to ideation, and the techniques to create outside of the US. The faculty, students, these things by computer and by hand.” and rich academic offerings at the Institute of Design foster a truly unique learning “Foundation provides you with all the environment and perspective. During your design knowledge you’ll need for the main first year at ID, you will learn an enormous program. You get to know the school, the amount about yourself and human-centered students, the classes, faculty, and staff all design methods.” before you are inundated with the even more intense workload of the main program.” “An exhilarating and exhausting introduction to the world of design.” welcomeID Handbook | IIT Institute of Design 6 Materials + Printing Materials Printing You will need materials to prototype and You will need to print posters, booklets, and make things! Wait until you get to school to brochures. Here are some tried and trusted purchase things, as you’ll get a complete places from ID students: list from your professors. ID Here are some of the popular places that ID has printing services on the 6th floor students go for supplies: for medium to large format prints. Large volume print jobs are usually better taken Amazon care of at external print shops. Students can sign up for free Amazon Prime for free 2 business day shipping. FedEx Office amazon.com/student FedEx is the closest print shop to school. They can be slow. If possible, it’s best to Blick Art Materials send them your layouts overnight and pick The largest art supply store near school. them up in the morning. There are two Sign up for their membership card and get locations; the 24-hour shop is on Jackson. discounts! 127 S Clinton St, (312) 559-1324 42 South State, 312-920-0300 200 W Jackson Blvd, (312) 341-2925 dickblick.com Concord U-trecht Another option downtown. 2 Prudential Plaza, 180 N. Stetson Ave (130 E. Ran- Art supply store, a little further from school. dolph), Lobby Level CL-10, 312-552-3006 332 South Michigan, 312-922-7565 Artist & Craftsman Supply ABC Imaging Located in the South Loop. Good option for Locally-owned art supply store. quick binding. 828 South Wabash, 312-583-9990 161 West Harrison, Suite C101, 312-253-0040 Ace Hardware Indigo Digital Printing Tools and supplies for projects. Super friendly, family-owned print shop in 440 North Orleans, 312-527-4200 the South Loop. 900 South Wabash, 312-753-3025 Clark and Barlow Hardware Co. Giant, old-school hardware store with lots Lazare Printing of specialty items. 225 W Hubbard St #2, 312-321-5900 Efficient, professional boutique print shop located in Lincoln Park.
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