Welcome to Design + Business
The Design + Business (D+B) Club is a Ross student organization focused on education, practical application, and career development in design thinking fields. The mission of D+B is to provide a multidisciplinary community for graduate students interested in using design methodologies to lead organizations and facilitate innovation.
Benefits of Membership
- Weekly newsletter highlighting upcoming D+B events, competitions, project opportunities, and design-related events around campus
- Access to the D+B Wiki — the collective knowledge of our club on recommended courses, books, magazines, professors, blogs, conferences, U of M resources, and company information
- Invitation to D+B exclusive programming including speakers, action-based workshops, and treks near and far
- Early access to courses organized by D+B with Michigan’s top design thinking professors
- Network-building interaction with a fun, interesting group of students from Ross and beyond
- Eligibility for leadership opportunities within the club
Who Should Join
Graduate students with career/intellectual interest in any of the following D+B topic areas:
- Red: Product Design and Industrial Design
- Yellow: Organizational Design and Process Design
- Orange: Information Design, Visual Communication, Digital Experiences
- Blue: Urban Design and Spatial Experiences
- Violet: Creativity and Innovation Processes, including design thinking, problem structuring and visual analysis
- Green: Sustainable Design & Systems Thinking