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09/21/16 AMES, Iowa — A collaborative exhibition by local fiber artist Catherine Reinhart and Minnesota printmaker and fiber artist Allison Wegren Metzger will be on display Oct. 1-31 at the Iowa State University Design on Main Gallery, 203 Main St., Ames. "Common Threads III" will feature a series of works on paper and an interactive installation inspired by artwork on the Iowa State campus. The show will open with a reception…

September 21, 2016

09/20/16 AMES, Iowa — Peggy Deamer, principal of Deamer Architects and a professor of architecture at Yale University, will speak at Iowa State University Wednesday, Sept. 28. Deamer will talk about her work in a lecture at 5:30 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, room 0101 College of Design. Part of the ISU Department of Architecture's Architecture Advisory Council Lecture Series, "Beyond: Architecture and Its Outsides," her talk is free and open…

September 20, 2016

09/14/16 AMES, Iowa — A team of students from the Iowa State University College of Design and the Technical University of Kenya is among the top three finishers in an international competition that sought creative planning and design ideas for sustainable urban development in Kenya. The International Design Collaboration for Kenya (IDCK) competition was hosted by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) in collaboration with Kenya's Ministry of Transport,…

September 14, 2016

09/13/16 AMES, Iowa — Jillian Walliss and Heike Rahmann, co-authors of "Landscape Architecture and Digital Technologies: Re-Conceptualising Design and Making" (Routledge, 2016), will speak about the book and their work in a lecture at Iowa State University. Their presentation, "Towards a Digital Design Practice of Landscape Architecture," will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, in Kocimski Auditorium, room 0101 College of Design. Part of the ISU Department of Landscape…

September 13, 2016

09/07/16 AMES, Iowa — Architect and urban planner Claudia Yamu will speak about "Energy and Smart Cities: Participatory Models" in a lecture Thursday, Sept. 22, at the Iowa State University College of Design. Yamu's presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, room 0101 Design. Part of the 2016-2017 Contemporary Issues in Planning and Design Lecture Series, her talk is cosponsored by the College of Design, Department of Community and…

September 7, 2016

09/02/16 AMES, Iowa — Simone Capra, a registered architect in Italy and a new architecture instructor for the Iowa State University College of Design Rome Program, will speak about the production of innovation in a lecture Wednesday, Sept. 7, at the ISU College of Design. Capra will present "Looking at the World to Produce Innovation: Every Time Is (Almost) the First Time" at 5:30 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, room 101 College…

September 2, 2016

A College of Design prof's lecture will debut Friday on C-SPAN 3 as part of the network's American History TV back-to-school week. "From Parkways to Freeways: Modern Road Design," a lecture by Landscape Architecture Associate Professor Heidi Hohmann, will debut at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2. It will re-air at 10:45 p.m. More Information

September 2, 2016

08/31/16 AMES, Iowa — An exhibition at Iowa State University's Brunnier Art Museum showcases inspiration and collaboration in the creative process. "Inspired By… Faculty Responses to the Permanent Collection" is on display Aug. 23, 2016, through Jan. 6, 2017. ISU Art and Visual Culture Professor Chris Martin initially proposed the project and worked with University Museums Assistant Curator Adrienne Gennett to bring it to life. Twelve studio faculty members from the…

August 31, 2016

08/30/16 AMES, Iowa — Projects by 40 Iowa State University students who studied in Italy last spring will be exhibited Aug. 30 through Sept. 10 in the ISU College of Design's Gallery 181. "Mura Aureliane/WallWalk" will feature projects created by 31 architecture and nine landscape architecture students who participated in the spring 2016 College of Design Rome Program. The show will include collages, digital renderings, sketches and sketchbooks, maps, photographs, videos…

August 30, 2016

08/26/16 AMES, Iowa — Geneva Gay, an international expert on multicultural education, will speak about "Culturally Responsive Teaching" in a lecture Friday, Sept. 16, at Iowa State University. Part of  a two-day event, Gay's presentation will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, 101 College of Design. The talk is free and open to the public. She will also facilitate "Expanding Diversity Perspectives: A Curriculum Development Workshop" for College of Design…

August 26, 2016