This one-week workshop serves as a research and development laboratory for industry and community partners. Experts from a range of fields are brought in as guests. Each workshop features two to three unique projects developed by faculty, external partners, or visiting designers. The process to create the project differs significantly from the workshop process: teams are smaller, the scope of the project is more narrow and focused, and external sponsors work more directly with students. Each student participates and completes only one project per workshop in a pre-assigned team. The workshop demonstrates how the Transdisciplinary Design program serves as a hybrid of the research culture of the university and the innovative practices of industry.