Welcome to the UW-Madison
Design Studies Department 

Faculty, staff, researchers, and students in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Design Studies Department consider and produce designed artifacts, and study the process of designing. Through scholarship, analysis, curriculum, and outreach, we advocate design as an encompassing discipline central to every aspect of life.  We emphasize and promote a unified, multi-disciplinary, global approach to design, and we value connections, nationally and internationally with other campus, community and professional programs. 

Undergraduate Programs  

Two undergraduate majors prepare students to take leadership positions in the fields of:
            Interior Design
            Textile and Apparel Design 

Graduate Program

One unified Design Studies Graduate Program allows for a holistic approach to design that considers both theory and practice.
            The Human Ecology-Design Studies Graduate Program