Watch DJ Trischler and Hayden Shelby explore what it means to design within neighborhoods through the perspectives of a planner and a designer — where big-picture strategy meets on-the-ground realities, and how collaboration leads to more thoughtful, grounded outcomes.
For artist and assistant professor Wes Modes, rivers are sites of memory, conflict, and survival. Through A Secret History of American River People, he travels the country's waterways collecting stories of communities living and displaced along America's urban edges.
The Peace Corps Coverdell Fellows Program brings returned volunteers' global experience into UC classrooms and local community work. As it marks 20 years at DAAP, professor Johanna Looye reflects on how it reshapes students.
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In 1921, Uruguayan artist Joaquín Torres García attended a Society of Independent Artists costume party at the Waldorf Astoria, wearing a white jumpsuit painted with the New York City skyline — the Times building over his heart, the Bronx running up the back of his neck.
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May 11, 2026
After "Shark Tank" success, University of Cincinnati DAAP alum Megan Pando expands Makers Social — a DIY project bar inspired by her UC co-op experience — to Cincinnati.
May 8, 2026
Right after the University of Cincinnati’s commencement, graduating fashion design students presented a culmination of their student experience: A runway collection uniquely tailored to each artist’s vision. The 43 graduating fashion design students of UC's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) presented nearly 200 creations from graduating seniors that ranged from ready-to-wear knits to avant-garde corsetry in the 73rd annual DAAP fashion show, DAAPFASH26.
May 4, 2026
The College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) came to life with a week of galleries full of student work in an annual exhibition showcasing the next generation’s work across disciplines.