Stanford's Design program dates from 1958 when Professor John Arnold, formerly of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, first proposed the radical concept that design engineering should be human-centered. The Joint Program in Design (JPD) carries this concept forward and is a collaborative offering of the Design Group of the Mechanical Engineering Department in the School of Engineering and the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Humanities and Sciences. Over the years, it has graduated many creative designers, engineers, and others who have gone on to practice this unique perspective on design and design thinking. Design at Stanford concerns itself with conceiving and designing products, services and experiences for the benefit of society. This process requires the balanced resolution of constraints arising from aesthetic, human, technical, and business concerns. A designer uses his or her creativity, imagination, and technical knowledge to satisfy these requirements and create products that satisfy human needs.