Teaching Professor, Design ART 242dmuren@uw.eduFields of Interest Biological Art Design History Industrial Design Social Practice Sustainability Background and ExperienceSummaryEducationMID, Industrial Design, The University of the Arts (Philadelphia), 2007BS, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh), 2003Dominic Muren has worked as a toy inventor at Meyer/Glass Design, architectural systems researcher at Kieran Timberlake Associates, and, most recently, as product designer at Michael Graves Design Group. He has also written extensively on design and how it relates to society, both online as a writer for Treehugger.com, and on the weblog IDFuel.com, which he founded. Muren’s research interests are in the role of play and games in motivating user action, appropriate manufacturing technologies for distributed production, and systems and methodologies for enabling inter-disciplinary collaboration. His book entitled Green’s Not Black & White: The Balanced Guide to Making Eco Decisions was published in 2009. Featured Media Dominic Muren | Promotion Lecture | 2015 TEDxRainier | Dominic Muren | 2010 Research + Creative Work Research Advised: Graduate Masters Theses Min Jung Koo. "Heartfelt homes: Bridging Communication and Emotional Connections." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2024. Read more Wyatt Olson. "Between Lines: Critically Speculating Futures with Location-Based Recommendation Systems." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2024. Read more Kelsey Aschenbeck. "Mourning Small Spaces." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2019. Read more Angela Piccolo. "Through Our Eyes: Inclusive Design as Visually Impaired Users." MDes Thesis, University of Washington, 2019. Read more Courses Taught Spring 2025 DESIGN 208 A: Survey of Design History Winter 2025 DESIGN 166 AG: Design Foundations DESIGN 166 AH: Design Foundations DESIGN 324 A: Materials and Manufacturing DESIGN 499 A: Individual Projects-Design Autumn 2024 DESIGN 325 A: Physical Computing DESIGN 365 A: Developing Solutions in Design Spring 2024 DESIGN 208 A: Survey of Design History Winter 2024 DESIGN 166 AC: Design Foundations DESIGN 166 AD: Design Foundations DESIGN 324 A: Materials and Manufacturing Autumn 2023 DESIGN 325 A: Physical Computing DESIGN 365 A: Developing Solutions in Design Spring 2023 DESIGN 208 A: Survey of Design History Winter 2023 DESIGN 166 AC: Design Foundations DESIGN 166 AD: Design Foundations DESIGN 324 A: Materials and Manufacturing DESIGN 499 A: Individual Projects-Design Autumn 2022 DESIGN 325 A: Physical Computing DESIGN 499 A: Individual Projects-Design DESIGN 600 B: Independent Study or Research Spring 2022 DESIGN 208 A: Survey of Design History Winter 2022 DESIGN 265 A: Topics in Design DESIGN 324 A: Materials and Manufacturing Autumn 2021 DESIGN 325 A: Physical Computing Spring 2021 DESIGN 208 A: Survey of Design History DESIGN 582 B: Design Graduate Studio Winter 2021 DESIGN 265 A: Topics In Design: Design and Context DESIGN 324 A: Materials and Manufacturing Autumn 2020 DESIGN 325 A: Physical Computing Spring 2020 DESIGN 325 A: Physical Computing Winter 2020 DESIGN 324 A: Materials and Manufacturing DESIGN 385 A: Design Innovation and Society Autumn 2019 DESIGN 325 A: Physical Computing Spring 2019 DESIGN 166 A: Design Foundations DESIGN 166 AA: Design Foundations DESIGN 166 AB: Design Foundations DESIGN 166 AC: Design Foundations DESIGN 166 AD: Design Foundations DESIGN 166 AE: Design Foundations DESIGN 166 AF: Design Foundations DESIGN 325 A: Physical Computing Winter 2019 DESIGN 324 A: Materials and Manufacturing DESIGN 385 A: Design Innovation and Society Autumn 2018 DESIGN 325 A: Physical Computing Summer 2018 Full-term DESIGN 265 B: Topics in Design Spring 2018 DESIGN 324 A: Materials and Manufacturing DESIGN 325 A: Physical Computing Winter 2018 DESIGN 373 A: Case Studies in Design DESIGN 582 A: Design Graduate Studio Winter 2017 DESIGN 582 A: Design Graduate Studio Autumn 2016 DESIGN 443 A: Materials and Manufacture in Industrial Engineering Spring 2016 DESIGN 323 A: Presentation For Industrial Design DESIGN 387 A: Physical Interaction Design Winter 2016 DESIGN 211 A: 3-D Foundation DESIGN 211 AA: 3-D Foundation DESIGN 211 AB: 3-D Foundation DESIGN 265 A: Topics In Design Autumn 2015 DESIGN 165 A: Introduction To Industrial Design DESIGN 165 AA: Introduction To Industrial Design DESIGN 165 AB: Introduction To Industrial Design DESIGN 165 B: Introduction To Industrial Design DESIGN 165 BA: Introduction To Industrial Design DESIGN 165 BB: Introduction To Industrial Design DESIGN 443 A: Materials And Manufacture In Industrial Engineering Related News Related News Support for Faculty Projects Apr 9, 2020 Exhibit – Toward a Democracy of Making Nov 16, 2015 Design: 1 Exhibition + 2 Lectures Sep 1, 2015 Our Man at TED Oct 15, 2010
