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  • ArchDaily Recognition

    ArchDaily has named architecture Assistant Professor Nick Senske's YouTube channel one of the "Top 12 YouTube Channels for Architects." Two tutorials Senske created specifically for ARCH 230: Design Communications I were cited as among his best. He uses the video tutorials for "flipped classroom" teaching in the recently revised version of this required course for architecture majors. Senske's channel has passed 1 million viewers and 15,000 subscribers.

    July 28, 2016

  • ISU College of Design to honor FunnelWise CEO Matt Ostanik with Design Achievement Award

    AMES, Iowa — Matt Ostanik, founder and chief executive officer of West Des Moines-based FunnelWise, is a recipient of the 2016 Design Achievement Award presented by the Iowa State University College of Design. The award recognizes outstanding creative and professional achievements of alumni in all of the college's disciplines, which include architecture, art and design, community and regional planning, environmental graphic design, graphic design, industrial design, integrated studio arts,…

    July 12, 2016

  • ISU College of Design to honor Kansas City Streetcar Authority executive director Thomas R. Gerend with Design Achievement Award

    AMES, Iowa — Thomas R. Gerend, executive director of the Kansas City Streetcar Authority (KSCA) in Kansas City, Mo., is a recipient of the 2016 Design Achievement Award presented by the Iowa State University College of Design. The award recognizes outstanding creative and professional achievements of alumni in all of the college's disciplines, which include architecture, art and design, community and regional planning, environmental graphic design, graphic design, industrial…

    July 12, 2016

  • ISU College of Design to honor internationally renowned graphic designer Michael Braley with Design Achievement Award

    AMES, Iowa — Michael Braley, creative director of Braley Design in Lexington, Ky., is a recipient of the 2016 Design Achievement Award presented by the Iowa State University College of Design. The award recognizes outstanding creative and professional achievements of alumni in all of the college's disciplines, which include architecture, art and design, community and regional planning, environmental graphic design, graphic design, industrial design, integrated studio arts, integrated visual…

    July 12, 2016

  • Carl Rogers named interim chair of landscape architecture department

    07/07/16 AMES, Iowa — In consultation with the faculty of the Department of Landscape Architecture, the Iowa State University College of Design has appointed Carl Rogers to serve as the interim chair of the department for the coming academic year. Rogers, an associate professor of landscape architecture and co-director of the ISU Community Design Lab, began his appointment July 1. He will continue to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in landscape…

    July 7, 2016

  • 80/35 festival will feature visual-interaction pavilion created by Iowa State students

    July 6, 2016

  • ISU architecture, planning graduate wins Best of Emerging Iowa Artists at Des Moines Arts Festival

    AMES, Iowa — Iowa State University College of Design alumna Kristen Greteman won the $1,000 Leysens Family Award for Best of Emerging Iowa Artists at the 2016 Des Moines Arts Festival. Greteman, of Ames, was one of four recent College of Design graduates among the 11 emerging artists selected to exhibit their work at the festival, June 24-26 in downtown Des Moines. She received a Bachelor of Architecture in 2011 and…

    June 29, 2016

  • 'Dualism' exhibition at ISU Design on Main Gallery through July 1; reception June 24

    AMES, Iowa — An exhibition exploring "the open-ended nature of dualism and how it can be interpreted" is on display through Friday, July 1, at the Iowa State University Design on Main Gallery, 203 Main St. in downtown Ames. "Dualism" features work by six artists—ranging from sound installation and interactive three-dimensional poems to ceramics, furniture, painting and photography—that "explores similarities and differences seen in the world around us," said Glenn Terpstra,…

    June 24, 2016

  • Breathing new life into schoolyards benefits entire communities

    June 23, 2016

  • Video Series Developed by Taylor to Receive National Outreach Award

    "Flooding and the National Flood Insurance Program," a video series developed by Gary Taylor (MCRP 1996 Community & Regional Planning)—associate professor of community and regional planning, ISU Extension and Outreach planning and development specialist and interim director of the ISU Extension and Outreach Community and Economic Development program—with assistance from College of Design students and in collaboration with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, will receive the…

    June 21, 2016