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The Center for Innovation and Design (CID) is a place for collaboration, for creativity, and for the discovery of new capacities within students and faculty alike.

T h e C I D i n A c t i o n

Students in Matt Martino’s Human Scale class unveiled three pieces of full-sized cardboard furniture that they created in the CID for the Beard Hall reception area. The project was the students' response to a prompt to create custom seating that brings people together.

As part of their visit to campus, the Leonieke Jazz Trio recorded a version of “Summertime” in the CID featuring senior vocalist Maya Bhide ’23. The music was recorded and mixed by MBS students in Dr. John Girvin’s Studio Recording class.

Kevin Chen '25 was hard at work over the summer planning and filming a drone fly-through of our Math & Science Center. Keep an eye out for a cameo by Kevin later in the video!

W h e r e W e W o r k

Located in the middle of campus, the CID is central to the School’s vision for what education can be: the cultivation of essential skills in critical reasoning, teamwork, and problem-solving through hands-on, authentic creative experiences.

Equipping students and faculty with cutting-edge technology and dedicated studio spaces, the CID invites all members of the community to immerse themselves in the design process: defining a problem, iterating prototypes, collaborating and critiquing, and refining a product. Whether working in digital media, audio, film, cardboard, wood, or metal, students in the CID learn what it means to follow a process, to embrace the insights gained through experimentation and failure, and to see design problems, and possibilities, wherever they go in the world.

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H o w W e W o r k A c r o s s D i s c i p l i n e s

In addition to sustaining a unique suite of curricular electives, the CID supports faculty across disciplines who see design a vehicle for student learning. The CID was founded on the view that the central challenge of design—relating form, fit, and function—is the fundamental challenge in any classroom, in any subject matter.