Illinois Design Consulting
Illinois Design Consulting
The design consulting arm of Siebel Center for Design, where projects from campus and external clients are sourced to create experiential learning and research opportunities for students and SCD affiliates.
Our Offerings and Expertise
Research & Insights
We provide comprehensive research services such as Field Research, User Interviews, Qualitative & Quantitative Research, Ethnography, Usability Testing, Competitor Audits, Secondary Research, and Literature Reviews to deeply understand your users and market landscape, enabling informed decision-making.
Data Analysis & Strategy
Our team helps you turn data into actionable strategies through Data Analysis, Thematic Analysis, Insights Development, and Information Architecture, ensuring that your business decisions are supported by in-depth research and structured insights.
Concept Development & Prototyping
We bring ideas to life and refine them through Wireframing, Lo-Fi & Hi-Fi Prototyping, Service Design, and a range of prototype formats including Digital, Physical, and Experience Prototypes, ensuring your concepts are tested and optimized before launch.
Implementation & Iteration
We support your business's growth and sustainability through services like Action Planning, Ensuring Sustainability, Ongoing Support, and Feedback Collection & Iteration, ensuring continuous improvement and long-term success.
Let IDC Design Solutions for You
To get started, please fill out the form below. We can then meet to discuss your project, develop a proposal and offer deliverables and ways to get connected with our teams.
How to Join or Collaborate with IDC
SCD Student Teams
We require all IDC interns to have an understanding of Human-Centered Design, and have experience collaborating on interdisciplinary project teams. IDC interns are selected from members of the SCD Student Teams who have developed their HCD skills and shown their ability to work with others through experience and training. Opportunities to join the SCD Student Teams are posted to our Job Openings page when they become available.
Affiliates & Campus Partners
We seek out subject matter experts and research specialists from our cohorts of SCD Affiliates and campus partners. Our projects often intersect with research interests and these roles can be integrated with existing research projects, coursework, or workflows to benefit both the clients and our own teams.