Course General Description

KCAI is offering a new kind of product design program for the 21st century – informed by industry, appealing to a new generation of students and relevant for today’s design-conscious world. Product Design students will imagine, invent and make objects that creatively respond to global challenges. The program will prepare future designers to be agents of change through the objects, systems and businesses they create. At the core of this program is the KCAI Product Design Incubator Hub, which is a launch pad and collaboration space that provides designers with resources to transform ideas into successful products and businesses. Students will learn entrepreneurial skills and business acumen to inform their product ventures. They will have access to courses in entrepreneurship taught by faculty from the Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

School General Description

The Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) is a private, independent, four-year college of fine arts and design founded in 1885 in Kansas City, Missouri. The college is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. It has approximately 75 faculty members and 700 students. KCAI offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, in which students undertake a comprehensive liberal arts program with a studio major in animation, art history, ceramics, creative writing, digital filmmaking, fiber arts, graphic design, illustration, interactive art, painting, photography, printmaking, product design, or sculpture. KCAI offers a minor in Art and Design Entrepreneurship, a collaborative program with University of Missouri – Kansas City Regnier Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.