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05/10/21 AMES, Iowa — Ann (Wright) Au and King Au, co-founders of 2AU Limited jewelry design studio and art gallery in West Des Moines’ Historic Valley Junction, are the recipients of the 2020 Christian Petersen Design Award presented by the Iowa State University College of Design. Established in 1980, the award is given annually to alumni, staff and friends of the university for distinguished work that advances the design…

May 10, 2021

05/10/21 AMES, Iowa — Interior designer Susan Hoffman, ASID, is a recipient of the 2020 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, graphic design, industrial design, integrated studio arts, integrated visual arts, interdisciplinary design, interior design, landscape architecture, sustainable…

May 10, 2021

05/10/21 AMES, Iowa — Rod Kruse, FAIA, principal and head of the Des Moines office of BNIM Architects, is a recipient of the 2020 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, graphic design, industrial design, integrated studio arts,…

May 10, 2021

05/10/21 AMES, Iowa — Johnny G. Alcivar, AICP, director of workforce programs at Proteus, Inc., is a recipient of the inaugural Outstanding Young Professional Award presented by the Iowa State University College of Design. Established in 2020, the award recognizes College of Design alumni who received their most recent degree from Iowa State University within the past 10 years and have excelled in their professions early in their careers.…

May 10, 2021

05/10/21 AMES, Iowa — Adrienne Nelson, AIA, an associate with global architecture studio Pickard Chilton, is a recipient of the inaugural Outstanding Young Professional Award presented by the Iowa State University College of Design. Established in 2020, the award recognizes College of Design alumni who received their most recent degree from Iowa State within the past 10 years and have excelled in their professions early in their careers. Nelson, originally…

May 10, 2021

04/29/21 AMES, Iowa — Allison Hellman, an Iowa State University graduating senior in integrated studio arts, is the recipient of the 2021 Janice Peterson Anderson Medallion Award. Established in 1968 in memory of Janice Peterson Anderson, a 1960 ISU graduate in home economics education, this award is presented annually to an outstanding senior in graphic design, interior design or integrated studio arts who “shows the greatest potential for distinguished work…

April 30, 2021

04/22/21 AMES, Iowa — Two Iowa State University interior design students have been named to the inaugural Metropolis Future 100 list of the top architecture and interior design graduates of the class of 2021. Sponsored by Metropolis magazine, the Metropolis Future 100 recognizes 50 interior design and 50 architecture students (undergraduate and graduate) nominated by their instructors and mentors for their outstanding leadership, design and advocacy for equity and inclusion.…

April 22, 2021

03/11/21 AMES, Iowa — Works by three Iowa State University College of Design student, faculty and alumni artists were recognized with top awards in “Octagonal 2021: The All-Media Show” on display at the Octagon Center for the Arts, 427 Douglas Ave. in Ames. Juror Jenie Gao, an interdisciplinary artist, creative director, curator and entrepreneur, announced the awards during a virtual opening reception Friday, March 5. The show will run…

March 11, 2021

03/11/21 AMES, Iowa — Hossein Entezari, a second-year graduate student in landscape architecture at Iowa State University, won the inaugural Confluence, Inc. Landscape Architecture Studio Prize awarded by the ISU Department of Landscape Architecture. Three other individual students and a two-person team won honorable mention awards in the competition. The studio prize was established by Confluence, Inc. — one of the largest and most-decorated landscape architecture, urban design and…

March 11, 2021

02/01/21 AMES, Iowa — The Iowa State University Department of Landscape Architecture will host the inaugural Confluence, Inc. Landscape Architecture Studio Prize juried competition online next week. Event details The public event will be from 3–5 p.m. CST Tuesday, Feb. 9, over Webex. Enter event password 2ksQ2Gc3dm9 if the password does not autofill. About the prize The studio prize was established by Confluence, Inc. — one of the…

February 1, 2021