Lisa Fontaine Associate Professor  Graphic Design

Degrees
BFA, Boston University, 1980
MFA, Boston University, 1983

Research Interests
Ecological issues in graphic design education and practice; interactive exhibition design

Chapters in books
"Symbol Design", in Design for Communication: Conceptual Graphic
Design Basics, Elizabeth Resnick. Wiley, 2003.

"Exhibition Design", in Teaching Graphic Design, Steven Heller. Allsworth Press, 2003.

Papers Presented
"Partnering with University Design Programs", at the National Main Street Conference, Albuquerque, May 2004.

"Environmental Graphic Design as Service Learning", at Design: Refining our Knowledge: Minneapolis, MN: October 2003.

"Confronting Visual Blight in the Commercial Streetscape", Liberal Arts and the Education of Artists: New York, NY: October 2003.

"Wayfinding Design: A Prototype Course". SEGD Teleconference on Wayfinding, July 2003.

"Wayfinding Design: A Prototype Course". SEGD: Return to Cranbrook: Chicago, IL: August 2003.

"Establishing University Partnerships for Exhibit Design", Association of Science and Technology Centers   (national conference) Charlotte, NC, Oct. 2002.

"Graphic Design at Iowa State", co-presented with Sunghyun Kang, at AIGA Design Education Summit (regional conference), Minneapolis, MN, April 2002.

Visiting Lecturer
Kent State University, June 2004, "Wayfinding Analysis and Development"

Exhibitions - national
"Bleed Lead Kern": University of Wisconsin at Stout, Jan 2003.

Funded Research
Summer Fellowship:The Design of Symbolic Forms

Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities, 2005

Wayfinding Design Course Prototype
Society of Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD), 2003; $5000.00 awarded for the development of course curriculum in wayfinding (Roger Baer, co-investigator).

Foundations Instructional Resource:
Miller Faculty Fellow, along with a group of departmental colleagues. $22,000. Funding for the design and development of an online instructional resource for the foundations program to enhance instruction and ensure continuity across the many sections. 2001
 

Contact Information
Art and Design
fontaine@iastate.edu
287 Design
294-3652
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