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Iowa State students win Disney Imagineering contest

February 13, 2017

ISU College of Design students sweep awards in Art Inspired exhibition

02/08/17 AMES, IA — Six Iowa State University College of Design students took home awards in the 2017 Art Inspired juried student exhibition on display through Monday, March 20, in the Iowa State Memorial Union Pioneer Room. The show features 29 artworks by 25 students majoring in integrated studio arts, integrated visual arts, architecture, art and design, graphic design, interdisciplinary design, interior design, landscape architecture and agricultural education and studies.…

February 8, 2017

Yost Publishes Article on Risk in Play Environments and Standards

"Making Room for Risk in Play Environments and Play Standards," an article by Bambi Yost, Iowa State University assistant professor of landscape architecture, with Daniel Jost, Shannon Miko Mikus and Mohsen Ghiasi Ghorveh, was published in Landscape Research Record No. 5 and on ResearchGate.

February 7, 2017

Monica Haddad publishes article in Journal of Planning Education and Research

"Decent Work and Social Protection in Belo Horizonte, Brazil," an article by Monica A. Haddad and Joshua Hellyer, was published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research online. Haddad is an Iowa State University associate professor of community and regional planning. Hellyer received a Bachelor of Science in Community and Regional Planning and a Bachelor of Arts in World Languages and Cultures from Iowa State in 2013. He…

February 6, 2017

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