"I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore," Dorothy says to her dog in 1939's 'The Wizard of Oz' as she walks around, discovering a fantasy set in which, without realizing it, we find ourselves ...

Marc Corfmat was a teenager when he began to compete for Lego’s ultimate prize: the chance to design an official set. He and his brother Nick had been building custom Lego creations ever since they ...

Robert Mark Morgan is a St. Louis-based multidisciplinary artist teaching stage design at Washington University in St. Louis. He’s also a frequent lecturer on the value of creativity at conferences ...

If you’ve attended a professional show or musical recently, chances are you’ve seen virtual set design in action. This approach to stage production has gained so much traction it’s now a staple in the ...

Building performance is a hallmark of architecture in the 21st century. With buildings and the construction industry being significant contributors to carbon emissions, designers must do everything to ...

The Engineering Design Process is a set of steps that engineers use to find a solution to a problem. The problems they solve can be very complex, like sending people to the Moon, or very simple, like ...

If you’ve seen “Footloose,” did you get a sense for the claustrophobic small-town feel while watching? Or get a taste of the surreal with the spinning hallway in “Inception”? Or wondered about the ...

To overcome resource scarcity, meet emissions targets and exceed customer expectations, manufacturers are steadily increasing their environmental consciousness. Those set to succeed are doing so ...

The environmental products of design major creates design leaders prepared to take on challenges facing humanity and our environment(s) through the rigorous development of design solutions. Students ...