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10/08/19 AMES, Iowa — It was hot. The kind of heat that clung like a blanket, and made even the breeze blowing across the fields feel like steam from a shower. Cicadas provided their vibrating soundtrack as the four interns began planting. Despite the summer heatwave hitting Iowa, Brooklyn Vaske, Abigail Schlotfeldt, Jordyn Kloss and Sydney Ziesman were looking forward to their day of work in the sun. For the…

October 8, 2019

September 19, 2019

09/06/19 AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University College of Design students won first place in the National Concrete Masonry Association (NCMA) Education and Research Foundation’s Unit Design Competition, which asks students to design a new concrete masonry or hardscape unit that could be mass produced easily and have a variety of uses. Selected from a regional competition to advance to the national competition, Iowa State's team was one…

September 6, 2019

07/16/19 AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University College of Design student has been awarded a nationally competitive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State. Jeffrey Gutierrez, a senior in industrial design from Perry, received a $3,500 Gilman Scholarship to study drafting and design technology at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, this fall semester. “Creativity and innovation are among my biggest values,…

July 16, 2019

07/08/19 AMES, Iowa — Two Iowa State University industrial design students are finalists in the “Design for Production” category of the 2019 AWFS Fresh Wood student furniture competition. Hosted by the Association of Woodworking and Furnishings Suppliers, the biennial competition highlights outstanding construction and design achievements by students in high school and postsecondary woodworking or related programs in North America. Industrial design seniors Samuel Christianson, Mason City, and Nathan Miklo,…

July 8, 2019

07/02/19

AMES, Iowa — Students in an interdisciplinary Iowa State University studio are rethinking ways to improve community resiliency and strengthen infrastructure in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the wake of devastating hurricanes and ongoing economic hardship.

Ten undergraduate and graduate students in the Urban Design Global Studio on Home and Infrastructure Resilience in San Juan, Puerto Rico are piloting a design competition for resilient housing and decentralized infrastructure in…

July 2, 2019

June 25, 2019

06/25/19 AMES, Iowa — Samantha Kragel, an Iowa State University senior in interior design, has won second place in the residential category of the ninth Sherwin-Williams Student Design Challenge. More than 750 students entered the annual juried competition, which asked students to select a minimum of three Sherwin-Williams paint colors and use them as the inspiration for a conceptual residential or commercial interior space. For her winning project, “Wanderer,”…

June 25, 2019

06/24/19 AMES, Iowa — An Iowa State University College of Design student and three recent graduates have been selected as Emerging Iowa Artists at the 2019 Des Moines Arts Festival, June 28-30 in downtown Des Moines' Western Gateway Park. In its 17th year, the emerging artists program provides an opportunity for young visual artists to showcase their talent at one of the nation’s top arts festivals, which annually attracts…

June 24, 2019

05/15/19 AMES, Iowa — Printfest 2019, a celebration of the work of April Katz and her impact on the local, national and international printmaking community, will kick off Thursday, May 30, at the Octagon Center for the Arts. Katz, a Morrill Professor of art and visual culture at Iowa State University, will retire this month after 20 years teaching printmaking in the College of Design. She joined the faculty as an…

May 15, 2019