The Innovation Center for Design Excellence (ICDE) is a nonprofit organization that aims to foster opportunities for design students and professionals through scholarships, mentors, internships, competitions, and employment opportunities provided in partnership with corporate sponsors. ICDE hopes to identify talented but underprivileged design students in need of financial resources to continue their education and provide meaningful opportunities to leverage expertise from the design industry, corporations, partners, students, and individuals passionate about design.

2. The Innovation Center for Design Excellence
(ICDE) is a 501 c (3) nonprofit organization
dedicated to fostering opportunities for
design students, organizations, and
professional designers. ICDE will provide
student scholarships, professional mentors,
internships, employment opportunities,
and design competitions in partnership
with our corporate sponsors, including
professionals within the field. Moreover,
ICDE hopes to identify talented design
students that do not have the monetary
resources to continue their education, and
provide meaningful opportunities.

3. ICDE is uniquely position to leverage the
expertise of both the design industry, diverse
corporations in all fields, business partners,
young talent, and individuals who share a
passion and need for design. We are a place
where these diverse fields can come together,
create opportunities, share ideas, experience,
and inspiration to help educate tomorrow’s
leaders. ICDE is committed to providing
scholarships for underprivileged and talented
design students, providing mentors, intern-
ship programs, design competitions, both
educational and professional workshops
online through articles, lectures, tutorials,
and postings.