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Graphic designer Aaron Draplin to share 'the whole story' behind new book March 7 at ISU

02/27/17 AMES, Iowa — Aaron Draplin, founder of Draplin Design Co. (DDC) in Portland, Oregon, will give the inside scoop on his career and the process of publishing a book about it in a lecture at Iowa State University. Draplin will present “Pretty Much Everything: The Whole Story Behind Our Book” at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 0101 College of Design. Co-sponsored by the ISU Department…

February 27, 2017

Architectural historian and critic Irene Cheng to speak about social reform and radical geometries March 8 at ISU

02/24/17 AMES, Iowa — Irene Cheng, founding principal of Cheng+Snyder and an assistant professor of architecture and interior design at the California College of the Arts, will speak at Iowa State University about her current book project, which explores the geometry of architectural projects and their relationship with anarchist, socialist, abolitionist, free love, spiritualist and other radical antebellum movements. Her presentation, “The Shape of Utopia: The Architecture of Radical…

February 26, 2017

'Passing Voices' exhibition features ISU integrated visual arts grad student work

02/24/17 AMES, Iowa — Work by six Iowa State University integrated visual arts graduate students will be on display Feb. 26 through April 22 at the Gallery in the Round, 1015 N. Hyland Ave. in Ames. "Passing Voices" highlights artwork by Xin Chen, Ames; Rachel Deutmeyer, Dubuque; Robert Jinkins, Rewey, Wisconsin; Tina Rice, Ames; Anna Segner, Owatonna, Minnesota; and AJ Zandt, Waukesha, Wisconsin. The show includes drawings, paintings, prints, photographs,…

February 24, 2017

Adams awarded MacDowell Colony Fellowship for book project

Ross Adams, assistant professor of architecture at Iowa State University, has been awarded a MacDowell Colony Fellowship from May 8 through June 15 to work on a new book project, provisionally titled "Nomos of the Body." Adams will use his residency at the artists' colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, "to open a historically grounded exploration of architecture, space and power that can also critically question the status of subjectivity in…

February 24, 2017

Community and regional planning program named a Top 20 Value by College Values Online

College Values Online named Iowa State University's undergraduate community and regional planning program a Top 20 Value — third in the nation — for 2017 based on tuition cost, financial aid opportunities, customization options and "wow" factors. The editors noted that Iowa State's is "one of the best Bachelor's in Urban and Regional Planning degrees in the country." (Please note that the ISU degree name is Bachelor of Science…

February 23, 2017

Architectural historian and theorist Felicity Scott to present Richard F. Hansen Lecture March 3 at ISU

02/22/17 AMES, Iowa — Architectural historian and theorist Felicity Scott, an associate professor of architecture at Columbia University, will present the 2017 Richard F. Hansen Lecture in Architecture Friday, March 3, at Iowa State University. Scott’s lecture, “A Straighter Kind of Hip,” will begin at 5 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, 0101 College of Design. Part of the ISU Department of Architecture’s 2016-17 Public Programs Series, the event is free and open…

February 22, 2017

ISU design students explore global water challenges at a2ru Emerging Creatives Summit

02/21/17 AMES, IA — Three Iowa State University College of Design students joined peers from institutions around the nation recently to address water-related issues from the perspectives of both art and science. Sarah Reagan, Apple Valley, Minnesota; Lauren Roberts, Olathe, Kansas; and Matt Wilson, Chicago, Illinois, attended the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru) Emerging Creatives Student Summit Feb. 8-11 at the University of Florida. The conference on…

February 21, 2017

United Sports Brands Sponsored Studio Awards

Bill Best, vice president of product development with United Sports Brands (USB) — the parent company of Shock Doctor, McDavid, Cutters, XO Athletic and Nathan — and Betsy Barnhart, Iowa State University assistant professor of industrial design, presented student awards Friday, Feb. 17, for projects developed in the fall 2016 USB-sponsored studio INDD . The interdisciplinary class included students majoring in industrial design; apparel, merchanding and design; and kinesiology. Design…

February 17, 2017

Zarecor to speak at Hong Kong architectural design conference in March

Kimberly Zarecor, Iowa State University associate professor of architecture, will present "Stavoprojekt and the Collective Model of Architectural Practice in Communist Czechoslovakia, 1945-1990" Friday, March 10, at "The Design Institute: Building a Transnational History" conference at the University of Hong Kong. The conference is sponsored by the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation as part of the American Council of Learned Societies' Program for Comparative Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society.

February 17, 2017

ISU graduate student exhibition explores ‘Transcendence through Observation’ Feb. 24-April 1 at Octagon Community Gallery

02/16/17 AMES, Iowa — A joint exhibition of artwork by two Iowa State University integrated visual arts graduate students will be on display Feb. 24 through April 1 in the Community Gallery at the Octagon Center for the Arts, 427 Douglas Ave. “Transcendence through Observation” will open with a public reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. The show features digital and medium-format film photographs by Rachel Deutmeyer, Dubuque,…

February 16, 2017