An innovative approach to learning innovation
You have a big idea. We’ll help you bring it to life through our interdisciplinary creative technologies program centered on people, technology and the process of invention.
Combining human-centered design, creative problem solving and new technologies, you’ll learn to identify meaningful problems, explore possibilities and transform ideas into working solutions. You’ll explore technologies including 3D printing and design, laser cutting, electronics and circuit design, woodworking and metalworking, and digital technologies from programming to UX/UI design. You’ll put these tools to work addressing challenges and exploring possibilities in areas such as wearable and assistive technologies, electric and autonomous vehicles, multimedia, and game development. These are not simply skills to master, but tools for imagining, building and shaping what comes next.
You’ll be guided by passionate professors and surrounded by fellow innovators as you experiment, prototype, test and refine your ideas. Through hands-on projects and real-world challenges, you’ll develop the creative and technical confidence to design solutions that make a difference and the entrepreneurial mindset to take your ideas beyond the classroom.
Don’t wait to innovate. Get hands-on experience as a paid lab assistant in HackBerry Lab, Berry’s makerspace and innovation lab, compete in hackathons and pitch competitions, and pursue startup funding opportunities to turn your ideas into real-world innovations and new ventures.
Creative Technologies FACULTY
As a clinical instructor and director of HackBerry Lab, Zane teaches a variety of prototyping and design thinking topics within the creative technologies program at Berry College. His research focuses on maker-oriented learning and embedded electronics in wearable technology, and he actively consults with primary and secondary schools in developing STEM-based makerspaces for their students and faculty. In addition to teaching and research, he actively exhibits his interactive creations in museums, galleries and fashion shows.
Bring your passions to life in HackBerry Lab, Berry’s makerspace and innovation lab. Whether you’re interested in games, robotics, fashion, music, sustainability, product design, or something entirely your own, you’ll have opportunities to explore those interests through hands-on projects in Creative Technologies courses. In your Senior Project Capstone, you’ll spend an entire semester imagining, designing and building a project of your own creation — from the first idea to a working prototype.
Creative Technologies Courses
Explore fundamental skills and basic theoretical concepts in the design process — including product-design-oriented innovation, creativity, human-centered design thinking and prototyping.
An introduction to electronics and microcontroller programming for prototyping physical systems that incorporates sensors, displays, and actuators. Explores techniques for creating richly interactive experiences using computationally enabled devices.
Covers concepts of entrepreneurship and the creation and operation of a small business. Case studies and presentations by entrepreneurs are emphasized. Development of business plans, marketing strategies, finance, personnel practices, and operations in small businesses.
Creative Technologies LIVES
Majoring in creative technologies can lead graduates down a variety of paths. Chaya Jones’ passion for human-centered problem-solving and design became a primary focus. In one directed study, Chaya joined a small team to create a light-up dress made from printed circuit boards.
“We wanted to advance electro textiles and make the work feel accessible for women who are curious about STEM,” she says. “It was an artistic, technically complex and female-driven project.”
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