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s 4428 E­ ~no.1 + Location EMERGING SPRING 2013 VOL. 7, NO. 2 We are on the move. John Cary (BA Arch '99). founder of EDITORS PubliclnterestDesign.org. The field of public Jolene Brink and Trevor M iller From Tanzania to Cinque Terre. Italy, from interest design Is at the forefront of our bikes to baby carriers. our alumni and students Jeanne Schacht mission to adhere to socially responsible, are hard to keep up with. We managed to DESIGN ASSISTANT sustainable. and collaborative design track down a few for this issue. and when we A bbey Kleinert thinking. During the conference we'll hold did, we asked why their WEB COORDINATOR discussions with people from around the Theresa Tich, :h matters and where they're heading next. world. including the Shelter Media Project. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Turns out, it's everywhere. i Design Corps, and Enterprise Community Warren Bruland 5 Partners, and hear keynotes by New York PROOFREADER From the Duwamish Waterway in Seattle, ~ Times critic Michael Kimmelman Sharon Grime• WA (see "Out West" pg. 3) to Just down the cf and D-Rev: Design Revolution CEO Krista road in Fridley, MN (see "Design + Local Donaldson. COLLEGE LEADERSHIP Habitat pg. 4) students are learning how to envision and Thomas Fisher. dl•an; Lee Anderson. ossoc,ace dean for academic affa,rs; Brad Hokanson. ossooo1e dean far research and outreach. implement for a more resilient future. During an For more information visit z.umn.edu/pid. Kale Maple. assrstant dean for ~tudent se,v,ces. Trevor Miller. director interdisciplinary studio this fall (see "Up North" pg. 3), of external relatlons: Kathy Wuherow. chief of staff There's no limit to where our design community might turn graduate students studied the northern Minnesota city of DEPARTMENT HEADS up. Whether you're here or there, we·re looking forward to Renee Cheng. School afArch,1ec1ure; Knst,ne M,ller, Depanment of Duluth and made recommendations about how the port what's coming next in 2013. Landscape ArcM.,,-ture: M,ssy Bye, Depanment of Design. Housing, city could thrive in the coming decades. In the summer ondApparel of 2013, members in the student chapter of the American Sincerely, COLLEGE OF DESIGN ADVISORY BOARD Dan Avchen. Ann B,rt. 11.edrel Butler. B, Ch1l1on. Pa: Cummens. Society of will travel to Toronto, Ed Kadel. X1aow,,, Ma. Tom Meyer Linda Mona. David Mo11enson. Tom Fisher Canada, to study how that city is addressing riverfront Richard Murphy. Paul Reyelts, Greg Van Bellinger. Rich Varda revitalization and design tactics for former industrial cold Professor and Dean OUR MISSION College of Design Through a unique comm,tment 10 crea11v11y and advanc ,ng climate sites. 1ech, 101og,es. 1he College of Design a1 1he University of M,nnesota :ead, innovales. and educalt>s in 1he full range of des,gn fields by In Minneapolis, we found Ryan Carlson (8.S. Graphic researching ongoing and emerging issues, exploring new knowledge, and addressing and solving real-world problems. all wl111e adhering 10 Design '01) designing bike jerseys for his local company, soc:1al ly respon•ilble. sustainable, end collaborative de~iign th1nk1ng

Twin Six. Read our interview with Ryan (see "Design + THE Emerging is publ,5hed rail and spnng semesters by the University of Wheels" pg. 5) to learn where his dream bike tour would M•nnesota ColleQe of Design ro, alumni. raculty, staff, and friends or the HUFFINGTON college. This publication ls ava 1labte In alternative formats upon request take him and wl1at patterns are on-trend in the cycling Ptease call 612-626-6385. community. We also chatted with Karin Frost (M.A. DHA POST Send address changes to deslgn!'umn edu '88), who Is pictured with her son Keala on pg. 14. about design.umn.edu her invention of the widely popular Ergobaby carrier and The Untversity of M1nneso1a ls an equal opportunity educator and employer what she thinks about life in Hawaii. TED Where we choose to live and work matters, whether .... MIX A ) ,~~ 1/J, P•P«K" from we're thinking about interiors, exteriors, or landscapes. In Dean Fisher was recently featured twice on rHpontlbletourc.t L,.,...) s1,<1,:,q~s '~...,, _.,,,. FSC a November 2012 Huffing/on Post article. I admit that I've TED Weekends, a collaboration between TED FSC- C103525 stopped lecturing in class (instead. everything is taped and the Huffing/on Post that showcases a -- and available for students to watch on their own time) and powerful "idea worth spreading" paired with an started assigning team projects around the Twin Cities. In exceptional TEDTalk. COLLEGE OF DESIGN our increasingly collaborative work world, these reality­ based exercises have a tangible impact on the student You can read all of his posts, including "The UNIVERSITY OF M INNESOTA experience and the communities involved. You can see Rigor of Creativity" and "Teach to Each Child's examples of our growing engagement around the world in Intelligence," at an online interactive map at z.umn.edu/designmap. z.umn.edu/tedweekends. On the cover: (Top) An interd,sciplmory design studio visits the shore ofLa ke Supenor. Read about their ideas That's one of the reasons why we're looking forward You can also follow Dean Fisher on Twitter for the city of Duluth. MN on pg. 3. {Bottom) From Arusha, Tanzania to Cinque Terre. Italy our alumni and students are to hosting the first ever week @MNDesignDean. on campus March 19-24. which will be chaired by putting design on the map. Read more on pg. 9 Up North In What does a resilient Duluth look like7 ideas about Duluth's future," sa id Cynthia In the spring of 2012, assistant professor To find out, architecture and landscape Lapp, an adjunct assistant professor in the Lucy Dunne's Studio IV apparel design architecture graduate students conducted landscape architecture department who course partnered with NASA to develop field research for an interdisciplinary helped colead the class. wearable technology prototypes, and they studio project in the northern Minnesota were invited to NASA's Johnson Space Students gave their final presentations­ town, starting with a three-day visit to the Center in Houston, TX to present their final ranging from a study of the proposed port city last September. They met with designs. The partnership spurred unique 1-35 Energy Corridor to the reclamation of the mayor, toured infrastructure along Watch Amber Hill's video a t z.umn.edu/water1. opportunities for students like Kaila Bibeau, Steel Creek and Miller Creek wetlands-at with waterfront, and talked with water who spent the summer of 2012 at NASA as Clyde Iron Works in December. During the specialists and senior city planners. a Wearable Technology Engineer. two-hour event, over 100 people stopped "This studio allowed students to connect by to view the projects. To learn more visit Out West This fall. Susan Vue, Jennifer Voth, and with people in Duluth and generate new z.umn.edu/ spr13rs. Graduate students in a Melissa Mello learned that their prototype landscape architecture for a better space boot placed first in the studio traveled to the 2012 Safety Products Student Design Lower Duwamish Waterway Challenge sponsored by Safety+ Technical in Seattle, WA, to study Products and Narrow Fabrics Institute. They a 19-mile stretch of river traveled to Boston. MA to receive their reduced by heavy industry award at the beginning of November. to a polluted. 7-mile "This project is a great example of how channel. combining two components of design that "We went to the Duwamish rarely meet creates innovative solutions," River particularly because explained Voth, a senior in the apparel there are a host of design program. problems to consider with A grant from the Minnesota Space Grant the site regarding ecology Consortium means the partnership with and the relationship NASA will continue with an opportunity for between industry and the students to develop more prototypes this city," said MLA student semester. Amber Hill. Students met with community stakeholders, including the EPA and the city o f Seattle, and documented the ephemeral qualities of the damaged river through video. • View their videos at z.umn.edu/duwamish.

Graduate students tour Duluth, MN for an interdisp/inary studio.

design.umn.edu a UofMOesign facebook.com/UofMDesign COLLEGE OF DESIGN Design + Local Food Students in PDES 3701 started the semester by reinventing There will be more edibles in the fall of 2013 when a new workspace design, and the the cookie. The course. taught by assistant professor Barry design and food course, cotaught by Kudrowitz with local construction of a few select Kudrowitz, emphasizes creativity, idea generation. and chefs, will introduce students to design principles through dishes. innovation. Students were required to document their process food. While researching the course, Kudrowitz, landscape Watch for their interview at of experimentation, discovery, and failure, while developing architecture student Em ily Stover, and architecture student z.umn.edu/damn. an edible product. Recipes for student inventions like the Matt Munson interviewed local chefs. including Steven ::: Norwegian Coconut Chai Mocha Banana Lid cookie (pictured Brown of Tilia, Stewart and Heidi Woodman of Heidi's, and § right). are on our blog: z.umn.edu/spr13rt. Diane Yang of La Belle Vie, about current trends in food,

Design + Local Art Students in assistant professor Juanjuan Onheiber, WAM shop manager and buyer. Wu's class worked "Through this ongoing collaboration, more with the Guthrie Theater and Weisman students enter our doors and engage with Art Museum (WAM) to create window the collection for the first time." displays for their shop windows. "I was impressed with this group's sensitivity to the Guthrie architecture," said Kay McGuire, Guthrie Theater shop director of retail and merchandising. "Their design seeks to complement the colors and shapes of the building and play off the winter season." The winning display for the Guthrie. Modern Holiday, was designed by Elizabeth Huber. Carissa Prieve, Lindsey DeWitt. Crystal Design + Local Habitat Compton. and Kora Gleason. Thanks to the support of generous and feasibility of affordable, Students working with WAM were asked to donors. our onllne Gift of Shelter zero-energy single family homes. use "files," the current WAM exhibit about campaign raised funds to support In 2013 housing studies and the history of the museum and its collection. college initiatives with Habitat for architecture students will work to influence their work. The winning Humanity. The money will provide with Habitat to design multifamily design, Exhibition, was created by Mary hands-on, real-world experience housing units in Frid ley. MN. Ford, Brittany Judy, Emily Showers, Ashley for students and further the For information about giving Trevick, and Katlyn Tarras. college's mission to address and opportunities, contact Mark Hintz. solve real-world problems through "Working with students in Dr. Wu's Retail director of development. at 612- . Merchandising class directly supports 624-7808, or visit z.umn.edu/ our mission to serve as a teaching forum Students work on displays at the Weisman In 2012 students spent five designgiving. Art Museum (top) and the Guthrie Theater months researching the nature and spark critical thinking." said Marissa (bottom).

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Design + Wheels

Ryan Carlson (S.S. What's your favorite jersey design from How do you know when a jersey design What course at the College of Design Q Q Qimpacted you the most? '01) 2012? is finished? I think it was called GD 2. Maybe GD owns eight bikes, That's tough. I'm going to have to It's much like a logo, I guess. When I Asay it's a tie between a pattern jersey Acan't add anything or remove anything A3? We had to create an entire drinks a lot of chai, and a graphic jersey for me. The Ride the to make it better, it's done. The entire from scratch. Essentially, (it was] what Lightning, and the Boneshaker. The high­ collection comes together in a very chaotic I ended up doing in real life six years and has the personal viz yellow used on the Ride the Lightning mess of decisions. There are many designs later. Being forced to think strategically motto of "Spiral out, is very on-trend right now in the cycling left behind, never to see the light of day. about everything (concept, name, identity, world. The lightning bolt pattern and color Those that make it through are usually positioning, customer base. price points, keep going." He's blocking create a pretty powerful jersey. seen as 90percent done the first time we production, etc.) made me wrap my head the co-owner of Twin The Boneshaker graphic-which is actually step back and look at everything together. around how it all had to work together, and one graphic layered over another-turned From there, colors get shifted around a lot nothing could be done Just for the sake of Six, a Minneapolis­ out exactly how I envisioned it. making sure we don't have 15 red jerseys something looking cool. I remember going based company or something like that. Occasionally, we'll through a transition around this time, from If you could bike across any country, have too many jerseys with checkers. or the trying to make things look cool to trying to that designs Q which would it be? same size stripes, or other similarities. But in create things that solved a problem and the end. the basic designs are done when designing with a purpose. It happened later graphics for cycling Easy one. the US of A. I've been they "feel" done. for me. but when It did everything clicked. I daydreaming about that ride for a long jerseys. Twin Six A remember this class being very lmpactful. lime. Thousands of people do 1t every products have been year- mostly riding, some racing. I would What is one thing a non-graphic love to load up a touring bike and take Qdesigner would be surprised to learn featured in Bicycle four weeks to enjoy the back roads of this about your profession? Times, Momentum country by bike. That It's a lot less calculated than you Magazine, Twin A might think. When you think about it, Cities Metro Mag, we're a profession of people who j ust make stuff up. and many more.

"I remember going through a transition around this time, from trying to make things look cool to trying to create things that solved a problem and designing with a purpose"- RyanCarlson(B.S.GraphicDesign'01) Architecture Launches MS-RP Degree Earns A+

Starting this spring, the School of Board's Intern Development Program and After extensive review, the Accreditation program's accomplishments." said will offer a new concentration Architect Registration Examination. and Commission of the Council for Interior Design design professor Denise Guerin and chair of in research practices within their master leverages the historically strong connection Accreditation (CIDA) renewed the interior the CIDA accreditation review. "most certainly of science in architecture degree (MS-RP) between practice and academy in the design program's accreditation for the next six our students and faculty who have given their for students starting the fall of 2013. The Minneapolis/St Paul community. years. In their analysis, the CIDA commission best, and the administration who has given us program aims at halving the amount of time reported that during their on-site review the significant support over the last six years." To learn more, visit rp.design.umn.eclu. visiting team did not identify any weaknesses. from high school to licensure for architects­ Learn more about the interior design from an average of14.5 years to 7. "We have many people to thank for the program at interior.design.umn.edu. By offering this model, the School of Architecture nudges the profession toward true culture change. one that expects all students to be licensed upon graduation. regardless of their final career choices. It also takes advantage of recent changes to the National Council of Architectural Registration

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EMERGING '.~:p ',1: aUofMDesign facebook.com/UofMOesign design.um n.edu A Peek at Minnesota Suite Public Interest Design Week March 19-24, 2013 Philip Rickey, who was a student in the landscape architecture program from 1993-2001. completed a 13< ~ The college is partnering with PubliclnterestDesign.org permanent public art installation for the U of M's new Bio­ to host the first-ever Public Interest Design Week on the Medical Discovery District (BDD). The 500 foot installation Ci- PUBLIC·INTE University of Minnesota campus this spring. "This will be integrates 45 pieces of columnar basalt into a street and one of the largest gatherings of people involved in the landscape designed by the project landscape architects public interest design movement and will feature some of of Damon Farber Associates. the best work going on locally, nationally, and internationally in this field," said College of Design dean Thomas Fisher. "I know that my work as a public artist falls between "Our college has played a leadership role in this emerging disciplines," said Rickey, "but the tools I acquired In the discipline, and this week-long series of events demonstrates landscape architecture program were crucial to this and all ~r 1C that commitment." John Cary (BA Arch '99). founder of of my work." ~- ~a~~ Publiclnterest Design.erg, will chair the event, which includes OROANtZERS Architectural Alliance and Zimmer Gunsul Frasca are keynotes by New York Times architecture critic Michael the project architects for BOD which will provide labs ~•~ Kimmelman and D-Rev CEO Krista Donaldson. and other spaces to support cancer and cardiovascular ~ Registration information will be available early spring at research. Its expected completion date is summer 2013. Minnesota Suite by Philip z.umn.edu/ pidweek. To read more alumni stories visit, z.umn.edu/damn. Rickey

The Future of Design and Health

What do $16 million and a blue hospital gown have in When Patient Z joins the 39 million Americans hospitalized into production (complete with a pocket to store your cell common? every year-8 percent of t11e total population-she'll spend phone). approximately 4.9 days there. To help hospitals build better A new $16 million grant awarded to the College of Design's At the 2013 Mayo Transform Symposium, Dean Fisher spaces. the college offers virtual reality technology so Center for Design in Health in collaboration with three other described how ongoing research at the College of Design clients can walk through and tweak the organizations will study how to improve critical care for impacts and improves the health care experience, from hospital before construction begins. Watch the Virtual Reality Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in intensive care units. waiting rooms to systems used by doctors to prevent infection. Design Lab space in action at vr.design.umn.edu. To demonstrate, he introduced the audience to Patient Z. "Just as we look holistically at the patient experience," Patient Z will also wear a better hospital gown thanks to explained Fisher, "we have to look holistically at what We're using design to Ph.D. apparel studies student Linsey Gordon and Silvia is the nature of the environment's we're in and what is "recreate rather than vegetate.'' Guttmann (M.A. DHA '12). In 2011, the students placed causing Ill health." Fisher explained to his diverse first in the Park Nicollet Foundation's Project Better audience of engineers, Gown competition. Their design is currently being put Watch Fisher's full presentation at z.umn.edu/spr13s. doctors. and CEOs. Before Patient Z ever visits a hospital, she lives in an environment where 17 percent of all deaths result from poor diet and lack of physical activity. Knowing this, she bikes to work, unaware that her mixed-use neighborhood might be a livable community designed by our Metropolitan Design Center or Center for Changing Landscapes. .. ,l -- l'f ' 0 ,·_ - \ .., .I ' ~ •

• Just a few places we are studying abroad in 2013 ...

DESIGN + LOCATION 11 I OI ldYt:I I t:!>µUI l!>IUllli::: IUI I CV!I.CIIILll 1'::, "The most exciting part of the Southside Family Nurturing this project is the potential Center playground. to improve the lives of the See before and after Images at children." z.umn.edu/spr13v. -Charles Colvin HOW DO YOU REDESIGN THE WORLD? It starts with an idea, a conversation, a vision; it takes College of Design alumni and students across continents and into communities; it goes beyond cubicles and classrooms. When we asked our design community what they were up to, this is what we found.

CINQUE TERRE, ITALY WASHINGTON, D.C. NEW YORK, NY ARUSHA, TANZANIA "I wanted to do so mething to "I learned how a small "Living in New York gave "Every conversation seemed help the towns, the people, nonprofit can not only get me access to the fast-paced by, but make meaningful world of publish ing. to land on a reflection of and the territory of this place I HOUSTON, TX what we did that day and, had grown to love so much." contri butions to the livelihoods I could not have asked for a "It was the most fulfilling more importantly, of what -Yono Pietras of Americans." better experience." and exciting experience our place is as des igners Yana Pietras (B.F.A. Graphic Design) - Kevin Reza - Rose Curry I have had up until this in this very complex and launched Students for Cinque Terre Kevin Reza (B.S. Housing Studies) Rose Curry (S.S. Retail to raise money for Cinque Terre point in my life ." interned with the Housing Assistance Merchandising and Mass dynamic world." villages damaged in a 2011 flood. - Kaila Bibeau Council in Washington, D.C. Communication) was a l -Claire Ante/man fashion and accessories intern Watch her interview on KSTP-TV at Kaila Bibeau (S.S. for Marie Claire. M.Arch students Claire Antelman z.umn.edu/pietras. Apparel Design, Rretail (8.S. Arch '10). Daniel Aversa, Merchandising minor) was Sangyong Hahn. and Jessica a wearable technology Horstkotte, and associate engineer intern at NASA's professor John Comazzi Johnson Space Center. partnered with Lavego to design a new primary school for AIDS orphans. are highly recyclable. Like all Humanscale products, it was ergonomically designed. "What would "A lot of lay people don't understand what goes into making a good design look easy," you do," he continued. But he wasn't talking to a classroom full of lay people. Jon Strassner The interior design program teaches asked, students how to design in ways that protect people's health and sa fety and improve "if you knew you human well-being. They graduate knowing how to design holistically and create could not fail?" environments that support and improve people's quality of life 1n the settings in which they lead their lives.

In a similar fashion, "Jon and Humanscale He was speaking to a room packed believe in tile importance of research with future interior designers sitting and its contribution to creating better comfortably on new chairs. Strassner, environments for people," explained director of A&D North America at Caren Martin, associate professor of Humanscale, was on campus to discuss interior design, who is the co-creator of trends in the interior design profession lnformeDesign along with interior design with students and faculty. He was also professor Denise Guerin. This makes it a there because his company donated 42 perfect fit for cross-collaboration. of its Diffrient World Chairs this fall when the interior design program added new Starting in 2006, Humanscale provided studio space. funding for lnformeDesign to continue tile program's support of , The all-mesh chairs are built using eight education, and outreach. Martin and Guerin major components, versus the hundreds were subsequently invited to present their typically found in a chair design. "They academic research at the Humanscale don't take a lot of material to build," said headquarters, while Strassner visited Strassner, but the materials that are used campus and facilitated visits by Niels Diffrient, a seminal designer 1n ergonomic furniture, and Alan Hedge, professor in tile department of design and environmental analysis at Cornell University.

"Working with the college was a natural draw because of their focus on human factors," he explained after his in-class presentation this fall. "Caren and Denise are two design professionals who understand and embrace the impact of evidence-based design." His advice to students? Make design drive criteria. A suggestion they can put into practice today in a new workspace with their intuitive seats to inspire them. Alumni are llsted according to of Emigre (1984-2005). She is 2011 2008 DHA) cowrote an article their most recent College of an assistant professor at Kent Julie Kay Boettcher (M.S. Beth Bowman (Housing with Angelina Jones (M.A. Design degree or class year. State University's School of DHA) was awarded her Studies Grad Certificate) DHA '10) titled "Feathered Visual . professional teaching license accepted a new position as a Lingerie: From the Stage to the See Emigre on our website .. ALUMNI from the state of Minnesota. ~~ lease specialist with the state Bedroom" for the online edition 2012 at z.umn.edu/spr13a. of Minnesota Real Estate and of the Berg Encyclopedia of Garments designed by Nicole Construction Services. She's World Dress and Fashion. Peter Atkins. Holly Engle, Kirk Mazzeo (M.Arch) is an English (B.S. Apparel Design) ~ ~ t•,l{ij Beth Koeppel, and Benjamin a member of the Design and architectural designer at Cannon and Hilary Hubanks (S.S. 2007 VandenWymelenberg (all Design's Shanghai studio, Student Alumni Board. Apparel Design) were included Kit Casey (S.S. Graphic Design) B.S. Arch) were finalists in a which recently placed first in in the new anthology, Emerging Jean McElvain (S.S. Costume designed a new mural for competition sponsored by an international competition Fashion Designers 3. Learn Design '94, M.Arch '02. Ph.D. the University of Minnesota Cabin Life magazine to design to build a 1.8 million square more at z.umn.edu/spr13c. rowing team boathouse. Learn their dream cabin. Learn footcancer research hospital more at z.umn.edu/spr13d. more at z.umn.edu/spr13b. in Haikou, Hainan, China. Beth Koch (M.F.A. DHA '06, Ph.D. DHA) presented • ►~.~A~ Matt Frank (B.E.D) is a program Jessica Barness (M.F.A. Design). The University of Minnesota "Perception of Typefaces: ... and research assistant at recipient of the Goldstein Alumni Association named - A Quantitative Visual Design by Hilary Hubanks Dovetail Partners, a non- Museum of Design's Joss Prescott Morrill (MLA/MURP) Methodology" at TypeCon 2012 profit dedicated to providing Internship, created an online its Student Volunteer of the and "Emotions in Typographic information about the impacts interface for archived issues and trade-offs of environmental decisions, including consumption choices, land use, and policy alternatives. Mural by Kit Casey

ASHLEY ELLEN GOETZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP The parents of Ashley Ellen Goetz (Graphic Design '09) have established the Ashley Goetz Memorial Scholarship to honor the memory of their daughter, who was tragically killed In an automobile accident on May 14, 2012. At the time of her death, Goetz was working on her M.F.A. degree in fiction writing while teaching undergraduate English at Student Volunteer of the Year Prescott Morrill, second from left, Design by Nicole English the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The g ift will fund with. left to right, Kent Horsager. College of Design dean Tom scholarships for students in the graphic design program. Fisher. and Regent Linda Cohen For more Information contad Mark Hintz, director of development, at 612-624-7808 or mlhlntz~ umn.edu Year. He is a former Design Design: Gender Differences" on the Board of Directors Student Alumni Board at the 44th Annual Conference for Preserve Minneapolis. student representative. of International Visual Lite racy. Her paper "Emotions in 2009 An article about Tiffani Typographic Design: An Julie Ellen Peterson (B.S. Interior Navratll's (M.L.A.) capstone empirical examination" was Design '92, M.S. DHA '06, project appeared in the published in a recent issue Ph.D. DHA) was promoted from Tasmanian Times. of Visible Language. Assistant Professor to Associate Professor at the University of A group of art educators, In February 2013, Jessica Wisconsin-Stout where she 0 including Josh Sohn (M.L.A.), McClurg (M.Arch '10. M.S. is Program director for the launched Driftwood Community Arch) will join a team of young M.F.A. in Design program. Arts, a community art studio, professionals on a month-long gallery, and educational Rotary Group Study Exchange Emigre magazine space in St. Paul, MN. to India. She currently serves Katherine Gerzlna (B.S. Arch) Nicholas Hofstede (B.Arch Susan Sokolowski (Ph.D. 1993 Kelly Loell Eidell (M.S. "I joined DSGW Architects In '03) will work with Johnston DHA) cowrote an article with Sandra Lee Evenson (B.S. DHA) opened Stitch ' . ·1 ' , I •'r Duluth, MN as an intern architect. Marklee as project manager professor Karen LaBat (DHA) Textile and Clothing '81, M.S. Design and Sewing Studio to help design the Menil titled "Olympic Dress, Uniforms, DHA '92, Ph.D. DHA) returned in Philadelphia, PA. 1-t.. ' '\ ..._ ,__· ·_.~ 3.. '.(1 ---. ; 2006 Drawing Institute in Houston, and Fashion" for the onllne to her faculty position at . . fl , ii- Claire Lacoste Kapsteln (S.S. Texas. Construction Is slated edition of the Berg Encyclopedia the University of Idaho after 1988 . Apparel '01, M.A. DHA '04, to begin In early 2014. of World Dress and Fashion. :z .. :,_~~l!. __ : serving as interim director of Lisa Karen Stauffer (S.S. Applied I~ ft ,, c.,. \ ' Ph.D. DHA) was published the Margaret Ritchie School of Design '81, M.A. DHA) won the • • I in the Financial Times. 2001 1998 Family and Consumer Sciences. Pastel Painters of Cape Cod Aaron Koch (B.S. Arch) Todd Grover (B.A. Arch '95, Award from the Pastel Society Megan Wannarka (S.S. Robert Feyereisen (B.Arch) I ' : ... was appointed deputy M.Arch) received the 2012 of America for her painting Clothing Design) is working in launched Quickscale, a mobile Painting by Lisa Karen commissioner for sustainability AIA-MN Young Architect Award. With Age Beauty. It was one Senegal, West Africa, with the app that helps determine scale Stauffer at the Chicago Department He's a partner at MacDonald of 20 pieces on display at the Peace Corps as a sustainable & Mack Architects, Ltd. when creating architectural of Water Management. Butler Institute of American Art 30 Design Educator for agricultural extension agent. drawings or models. Learn in Youngstown, OH, December 2013 by Designlntelligence. You can follow her blog more at z.umn.edu/spr13f. 2012-January 2013. at z.umn.edu/spr13e. She is interior design The children's book Prmcess department chair at the 2004 Sophia's Gifts, written by 1987 University of Missouri. Sandra Margaret Scott (S.S. A remodaled cabin designed Dianne Lynn Hovey (M.S. DHA), Textiles and Clothing '83, M.A. by Kristine Anderson (M.Arch) received honorable mention 1974 DHA) was e lected to the Auburn was featured in the September/ at the 18th International Self­ The Minneapolis Star Tribune Union School District Board October 2012 issue of Midwest Publishing Book Awards. published an article about of Trustees in Auburn, CA. Home magazine. She is an Thomas Meyer's (B.Arch) 1992 remodel of a Twin Cities associate with Peterssen/ 1980 Keller Architecture and an Jill Krance (B.Arch)j oined home originally designed by Mark Queripel (M.Arch) received adjunct assistant professor at the firm lnSite Architects former University of Minnesota an EcoHome Design Award the University of Minnesota where she'll focus on senior School of Architecture for his work on Phantom School of Architecture. options and multi-family professor Robert Bliss. Read affordable housing. Canyon Ranch with Brian it at z.umn.edu/spr13g. Andrew Sigfrlds (B.A. Arch) is Nelson (B.Arch '92). Learn living in Shanghai, China, where 1990 more at z.umn.edu/spr13p. 1973 he runs ASIG Design, a furniture Patrick Michael Redmond Donald Ganje (B.L.A.) was and interior design company. (M.A. DHA) received a Merit 1978 e levated to the status of Fellow He also runs a Award from the Ruth Tofle (Home Economics by the American Society of company called Direct Dezign. Federation of Minnesota '74, Home Economics Landscape Architects. Learn during the Show 2012. Ph.D.), was named a Top more at z.umn.edu/spr13h. Theresa Winge (B.S. Clothing Design charette organized by Jennifer Swede/I Design '98, Ph.D. DHA) Is assistant professor of and theory in the 2000 1996 INMEMORIUM Department of Art and Art Jennifer Swedell (B.Arch) Raymond Dehn (B.A. Arch (B.Arch worked with students at Arroyo '93, M.Arch ABO) was elected History at Michigan State '59, M.Arch '61) University. Her new book, Paseo Charter High School to the Minnesota House Body Style, is available In San Diego, CA to develop of Representatives. He's a from Berg Publishers. a shed for storing school member of the Design and (Honomry Doctor of bikes and garden supplies. Student Alumni Board. Human Letters '03)

2003 Marlene Alice Breu (Ph.D. Donald Bradford (B.S. 1999 DHA) received the 2012 R. L. (B Arel, '67) Clothing Design) works for John Cary (B.A. Arch '99) Shep Award from the Textile Calvin Klein Jeans where published an op-ed article Society of America for her book, he's responsible for global about public interest design Splendor and Pageantry: Textile (BS Home Economics in the New York Times. design (Asia, Europe. North Treasure from the Armenian Education '54) America) for all men's denim. Orthodox Churches ofIstanbul . 1970 North Carolina State University's a semi-transparent writing Most Admired Design Educators was elected Hennepin for 2013 by Designlnte/1/gence County soil and water Craig E. Rafferty (8.A. School of Architecture on room made out of paper and charred wood. Learn more magazine. Learn more at supervisor for District 4. Arch, B.Arch) received the the topic of hypermaterlal. at z.umn.edu/spr13j. z.umn.edu/spr13k. AIA MN Gold Medal. Associate professor Sauman Mattew Tucker (Landscape Chu (Graphic Design) co­ Assistant professor Barry Associate professor Caren Architecture) was hired as 1961 authored the article "Interactive Kudrowitz (Product Design Martin (Interior Design director) an assistant professor for the William Pedersen's (8.Arch) Learning for Graphic Design director) was a guest on WTIP received the Louis S. Tregre Department of Landscape firm, Kohn Pedersen Fox. is Foundations," published by radio's "The Roadhouse." Award from the National Architecture. His current leading the design of the new the Journal of E-Learning Listen to his interview at Council for Interior Design research and teaching focuses Coach tower in Manhattan. and Digital Media. z-umn.edu/spr13q. Qualification, Inc. 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