About CMD

The Center for Media Design is a research and development facility focused on the creation, testing and practical application of digital technologies for business, classroom, home, and community. These efforts are being accomplished through the Digital Exchange initiative – a program that explores how digital technology can innovatively and continuously promote the exchange of information in both educational and commercial environments.

The CMD's mission is to engage in multidisciplinary, digital media research and content development projects that explore how digital technology will touch the way we live, learn, work and play. Through collaborations with industry, government and academic partners, the CMD is carrying out this mission by:

Generating a national model for innovative education in the digital media arts and sciences
Establishing a national digital media research and consultation agenda
Stimulating media-related industry growth in the State of Indiana through partnerships geared toward creating new products and business opportunities.

These goals are being implemented through an established Insight and Research unit, new Immersive Learning Institutes, and Tech Transfer and Incubation projects.

The Center for Media Design was originally established through a $20 million Lilly Endowment grant for an initiative called iCommunication. A second $20 million Lilly Endowment award was given to Ball State and the Center for Media Design in December 2005 for the new Digital Exchange initiative.