Hampshire College

Donna Cohn, visiting assistant professor of applied design, received a B.S. from the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, and a Master of Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design.

She has worked with assistive technology and universal design over the past 25 years, first designing customized devices with the Boston Center for Independent Living, and later working as a product designer for AliMed, a medical product manufacturing and distribution company. Professor Cohn's course offerings at Hampshire present applied design topics in the context of social and environmental issues.

Her other interests include appropriate technology, kinetic sculpture, gardening, and collecting useful things from dumpsters. She lives and works on urgent design problems at Rocky Hill Co-housing in Northampton, MA.

Affiliations
Hampshire College Lemelson Center (HCLC)
School for Interdisciplinary Arts

Recent Courses
IA-0180/LM-0180: Design Fundamentals (Spring 2012)
IA-0237/LM-0237: Appropriate Technology in the World (Spring 2012)
JTW-0209: WORKSHOP: Digital Modeling: Using Solidworks for Design and Project Development (January 2012)
CS-0261/LM-0261/IA-0261: Animals, Robots, and Applied Design (Fall 2011)