The UI 3D Design program encourages experimentation with a wide range of materials and approaches, integrating theory and conceptual thinking with hands-on making. Intermediate and advanced courses involve intensive inquiry in furniture, bicycles, objects and interiors. The problems-based curriculum enables investigation of the critical questions facing designers and makers today, and development of the sophisticated skills required by changing technologies and new materials. Studio labs include Computer Modeling, Virtual Reality, diverse CNC equipment, thermoforming and Rapid Prototyping. (less)