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Industrial designer Siobhan Gregory to discuss hybrid careers in design Feb. 17 at ISU

02/05/16 AMES, Iowa — Siobhan Gregory, a senior lecturer in design and design research at Wayne State University in Detroit, will speak about the changing roles, responsibilities and expectations of industrial designers working in the private and social sectors in a lecture Friday, Feb. 17, at Iowa State University. Gregory will present “Hybrid Careers in Design: Industrial Design + Design Anthropology” at 5:30 p.m. in room 2245 Coover Hall. Sponsored by…

February 5, 2017

5468796 Architecture founders to speak about 'challenging the status quo in the Midwest' Feb. 15 at ISU

02/05/17 AMES, Iowa — The founders of Winnipeg-based collaborative design studio 5468796 Architecture will discuss the conditions and ambition required to challenge the Midwest status quo in a lecture at Iowa State University. Architects Johanna Hurme and Sasa Radulovic will present “Operating in the Margins” at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Gallery 181, College of Design. Part of the ISU Department of Architecture Spring 2017 Public Program Series,…

February 5, 2017

ISU architecture faculty and student team wins Archasm's Liberty Museum New York design competition

Iowa State University faculty Jungwoo Ji and Bosuk Hur, both lecturers in architecture, and fourth-year architecture student Suk Lee, Seoul, South Korea, have won the "Liberty Museum New York: Freedom to the people" ideas competition with their speculative design for a museum at the site of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in New York City. Inspired by candlelight marches against social injustice in their home country, the team proposed…

February 3, 2017

ISU College of Design faculty, students take top honors in Octagon Center for the Arts' national all-media exhibition

02/01/17 AMES, Iowa — Five artists with ties to the Iowa State University College of Design earned top honors in the 49th Annual Clay, Fiber, Paper, Glass, Metal, Wood exhibition at the Octagon Center for the Arts in Ames. Guest juror Santiago Cal announced awards during the opening reception Friday, Jan. 27. Olivia Valentine, ISU assistant professor of art and visual culture, won the Winifred V. Brown Best of Show…

February 1, 2017

Italian architect, ISU Rome Program interior design instructor Simone Bove to speak at Iowa State Feb. 16

01/31/17 AMES, Iowa — Italian architect Simone Bove, an interior design instructor for the Iowa State University College of Design Rome Program, will speak about “Contemporary Architecture and Local Identity” in a public lecture at Iowa State. In his presentation, Bove will investigate the multiple relationships between a work of architecture and the identity of the place, providing a theoretical introduction to the concept of genius loci along with a selection…

January 31, 2017

Landscape architecture Associate Professor Bambi Yost is featured speaker at US Play Coalition conference

Bambi Yost, Iowa State University associate professor of landscape architecture, will present "The Future of Schoolyards and Strategies to Work with School Communities to Get Things Funded and Built" at the US Play Coalition Conference on the Value of Play April 2-5 at Clemson University. She will share lessons learned from her time as a project manager and researcher on Denver Public Schools' Learning Landscapes schoolyards.

January 30, 2017

Iowa State students compete at Disney Imagineering design contest finals

January 26, 2017

'Earth as Art' exhibition at ISU Design on Main Gallery offers stunning satellite views of the planet

01/25/17 AMES, Iowa — The Iowa State University Design on Main Gallery will host “Earth as Art,” an exhibition of satellite imagery from around the world, Feb. 2-26 in downtown Ames. A fusion of art and science, the exhibition features stunningly beautiful images of the planet that also provide a platform to teach about satellite imagery and geography, said Amy Logan. Logan is a GIS analyst with the ISU Geographic…

January 25, 2017

CANCELED: Interactive design historian and theorist Orit Halpern to speak at ISU College of Design Feb. 10

This lecture has been canceled due to a family health emergency. We hope to reschedule it at a later date. 01/24/17 AMES, Iowa — Interactive design historian and theorist Orit Halpern will speak at Iowa State University in February. Halpern will present “The Smart Mandate: Ubiquitous Computing, Environment and ‘Resilient Hope’” at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 0101 College of Design. Part of the ISU Department…

January 24, 2017

Mixed-media artist Mary Jones to present lecture and workshop Feb. 15-17 at ISU

01/24/17 AMES, Iowa — Mary Jones, a professor of art and design at Grand View University in Des Moines, will present a public lecture and lead a printmaking workshop Feb. 15-17 at the Iowa State University College of Design. Jones will explore how interacting with your environment can unlock creative potential in “Ramble: Walking and Visual Journaling” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 0101 Design.…

January 24, 2017