The Graphic Universe of Vojtěch Preissig

The Graphic Universe of Vojtěch Preissig exhibit announcment

CEIS Showcase Exhibit – November 5, 2020 – August 31, 2021 Vojtěch Preissig was an important figure in the early years of Wentworth Institute of Technology. Director of the School of Printing and Graphic Arts at Wentworth 100 years ago, from 1916 to 1924, he was an influential typographer, printmaker, designer, illustrator, painter and teacher. […]

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Looking Up: Armstrong Ceiling Design Competition

Promotional Slide of Looking Up

A new exhibition at the Schumann Library features the top finishers from the Armstrong Ceiling Student Design Competition. The exhibition displays five Interior Design student designs selected from the competition. Students designed for a month in their senior-level studio, using an iterative process that moved through prototyping, evaluation, and execution. The goal of the competition […]

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Innovation by Design: 10 Years of Graduate Architecture at Wentworth – CEIS Showcase Exhibit

MArch promotional slide with dates of exhibit

“Innovation by Design,” the  new exhibit in the Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences (CEIS)’ Showcase, coincides with the 10th anniversary celebration of the M.Arch program, the first graduate program at the Institute.  The M.Arch program paved the way for subsequent graduate programs, which in turn contributed to Wentworth’s achievement of University status. The exhibit […]

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Innovative Dwellings: Case Studies in Multi-Unit Housing – Sophomore Architecture Exhibit

Innovative Dwellings exhibit dates

Visitors to the Guarracino Family Gallery are peeking through the windows and doorways of models — and gently leafing through hand-crafted books — in the current exhibit which showcases precedent studies completed by sophomore architecture students in their Fall 2019 Arch 2000 studio course, led by studio faculty Ignacio Cardona, Daniel Daou, Meliti Dikeos, Luis Flores, […]

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#TBTwenties: Student Memorabilia and Tools from Wentworth in the 1920s – Schumann Library & Archives Exhibit

The Schumann Library exhibit “TBTwenties: Student Memorabilia and Tools in the 1920s” is our first installation to focus on the 1920s — a decade of boundless discovery in art, literature, science and politics. The display includes books, mementos and tools belonging to Joseph W. Odlum, once a student in the Steam and Electrical Power Plant […]

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PDDC + Accelerate: An EPIC Collaboration

PDDC + Accelerate: “An Epic Collaboration” June 25 – August 12, 2019

The Schumann Library is pleased to welcome to the Guarracino Family Gallery the Product Design & Development Collaborative (PDDC), a multidisciplinary team of Wentworth students whose goal is to solve real-world community and industry problems through a customer-centric approach. The installation “PDCC + Accelerate: An EPIC Innovation” introduces the design process used for the AccuRxY […]

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1,000 Words of WIT: Industrial Design Sculpture Exhibit

Promotional image for 1,000 Words of WIT exhibit

The new visual art installation in the Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences’ (CEIS) Showcase features 1,000 words of significance that describe Wentworth from all community stakeholders. This project was envisioned for President Zorica Pantić’s farewell celebration on May 9, 2019. The installation demonstrates what a truly special place Wentworth is and the unique experience […]

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Utzon Unbuilt – Architecture Student Exhibit

Title Slide for Jørn Utzon Unbuilt: April 22-June 20, 2019 at Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons

Architectural competitions offer opportunities to see one’s ideas realized and to see and study the world. This exhibition, “Utzon Unbuilt” focuses on two unbuilt works, Schauspielhaus in Zurich and the Madrid National Opera House, by Danish Architect Jørn Utzon, famously known as the architect of the Sydney Opera House. On display are student entries entered […]

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Kid Bots: Industrial Design Students and Boston Children’s Museum Collaboration

The “Kid Bots” exhibit features 3D-printed robots which take inspiration from drawings by young children during visits to the Boston Children’s Museum. These visits were part of an EPIC (externally collaborative, project-based, interdisciplinary, culture) experience — a collaboration with Wentworth’s Department of Industrial Design and the Boston Children’s Museum. Using the ideas of young children […]

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