Emerging Fall 2018

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from the dean

emerging fall 2018 vol. 13, no. 1 editors

Dear Alumni and Friends

of the College of Design,

As each of us knows, design is everywhere. And designers are uniquely positioned to frame and orchestrate problem-solving as our society grapples with increasingly complex issues.

Our faculty, students, and alumni demonstrate ways in which design and design thinking can generate much-needed solutions.

This issue highlights a few of the research projects currently underway. They range from creating more accessible websites (p. 9) to reimagining coastal landscapes in the era of climate change (p. 15); from apparel design faculty creating safer equipment for female firefighters (p. 9), to our School of Architecture’s lead role in partnerships with the University of Puerto Rico to rebuild post-Hurricane Maria (p. 9). To help showcase more of this work, I am delighted that interior design Professor Abimbola Asojo has accepted the position of associate dean for research, creative scholarship, and engagement. She is already diligently working with college leaders to advance research-related collaborations, support-systems, and outcomes for our college (p. 9).

Our students are also hard at work with their own research and creative projects. For her capstone, Leslie Johnson (M.L.A ’18) joined a team of researchers in Dhamori, India, to help local residents tackle water management issues (p. 6). Students in Professor James Boyd Brent’s Color and Form in Surface Design course learned about the consumer supply chain and created marketing posters to help to promote heirloom bean production in Minnesota (p. 14). Such experiences are formative in our students becoming proficient, communityengaged designers. Our 2018 commencement speakers, the internationally renowned graphic designers Nancy Skolos and Thomas Wedell, spoke to this while elucidating tenets of good design through their duet-like address (p. 16).

College of Design alumni also continue to make waves. I am proud that—for the second year in a row—a college alumnus has received the University of Minnesota Alumni Association’s U40 Award. This year the recipient is Kaamil Haider (B.F.A. ’17), an outstanding member of the contemporary Somali arts and design community (p. 12). In addition, four of our architecture alumni were inducted into the American Institute of Architect’s prestigious College of Fellows. Further updates appear in the Alumni Notes section (p. 13).

Every day, members of the College of Design community are contributing solutions to the problems of our time and equipping the next generation of designers to do the same.

Through Coordinated Action Planning, we are identifying ways to focus our resources and strengthen our concentrated efforts. I look forward to seeing what we can build together in the next academic year.

Amelia Narigon and Trevor Miller

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Calee Cecconi

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Sharon Grimes

college leadership

Carol Strohecker, dean; Marilyn DeLong, associate dean for academic affairs; Abimbola Asojo, associate dean for research, creative scholarship, and engagement; Kate Maple, assistant dean for student services; Trevor Miller, assistant dean

academic unit heads

Missy Bye, Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel; Joe Favour, Department of Landscape Architecture; Marc Swackhamer, School of Architecture

college of design advisory board

Stuart Ackerberg, Michael Alexin, Dan Avchen, Maurice Blanks, Roberta Bonoff, Mark Butler, Emily Callaghan, Pat Cummens, John Cuningham, Jo Davison, Damon Farber, Kelly Gage, Mary McNellis, Tom Meyer, Linda Mona, Sandy Morris, Dave Norback, Paul Reyelts, Susan Sokolowski, Mark Swenson, Gary Tushie, Burt Visnick

our mission

Through a unique commitment to creativity and advancing technologies, the College of Design at the University of Minnesota leads, innovates, and educates in a full range of design fields by researching ongoing and emerging issues, exploring new knowledge, and addressing and solving real-world problems, all while adhering to socially responsible, sustainable principles and collaborative design thinking.

Emerging is published fall and spring semesters by the University of Minnesota College of Design for alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the college. This publication is available in alternative formats upon request. Please call 612-624-9751.

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The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer.

Sincerely,

Carol Strohecker, Ph.D.

Professor and Dean College of Design

On the cover: A close-up of student work from Gayla Lindt's architecture xxxx studio (top) and a peek at the aftermath of a semester's worth of screen printing in our graphic design print studios (bottom).

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exploring universal design

bringing universal design to the Self-Checkout Counter

The self-checkout counter is a common sight in grocery stores across the nation.

But what impact does it have on the design of a store and on people who use it?

Architecture student Ryan Hansen worked with Associate Professor Hye-Young Kim (Retail Merchandising) to answer this question in his honors thesis.

Why did you decide to team up with the retail merchandising program for your thesis?

Working with retail merchandising helped me better understand how a retail space is viewed all the way from top designers to the actual people that are shopping there.

Where did the idea for your honors thesis originate?

My honors thesis started with a question I had on Japanese retail design. This line of questioning evolved into researching what the self-checkout line means for our cities and the people in our cities. Working with my advisor and my classmates, I focused on St. Paul and particularly Lund’s and Byerly’s. I decided to research what a self-checkout counter means for clerks, for space, and, even more specifically, what it means for individuals with disabilities.

Why specifically individuals with disabilities?

In the School of Architecture, they really emphasize recognizing our own biases. I’ve never particularly liked the self-checkout counter and when I talked to my thesis advisor, who is partially blind, I really started to recognize that there are a lot of people who don’t fit into the mold that this machine tells us we should fit into.

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exploring culturally sensitive Interior Design

Rendering by Rachael Springman

Interior design juniors explored the ins and outs of universal and culturally sensitive design when they were assigned to research the Hmong culture and design a house that combined Hmong and American lifestyles. “We were asked to think about designing so that other cultures can adapt the same space for their own needs,” explained Rachael Springman. Through readings, the students became familiar with Hmong history and cultural practices, which they then incorporated into individual housing designs for a vacant plot of land in St. Paul.

The students had four different hypothetical clients they could choose to design for.

“Most of us picked the family with eight individuals: two parents, two children at college, three children at home, and an elderly relative,” explained Abi Lundstrom.

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individuals who would be using the space and how we would design for them. I took the approach of making all of my rooms easy to separate or rearrange as needed.”

For his house, Ryan Welters based his entire design on the lotus flower and the water lily. “In Laos, where the Hmong people are originally from, they have the lotus flower. Here in the U.S., we have the water lily, and so I incorporated both flowers into my design.” This is just one of the many overlaps that Welters was surprised to find between the two cultures.

“I found it quite easy to design for multiple communities in one house without overthinking it or overcomplicating it.

It’s interesting to me that designers don’t naturally include these universal design elements when it’s quite easy to do.”

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Looking Back to move Around the world, governments and their citizens are grappling with issues of water availability, cleanliness, and management.

In her graduate capstone, landscape architecture alumna Leslie Johnson (M.L.A. ’18) addressed these issues in the village of Dhamori, India, with the hope that her research will one day be scaled up to help others. “I wanted to work with water issues because they are so vast and multifaceted. I think design is a great way to address some of those issues because I don’t think they can be handled in a set, siloed way,” said Johnson.

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University of Florida Assistant Professor Alpa Nawre at the 2017 Landscape Architecture Foundation Summit. Nawre invited Johnson to join her five-person research team and help create a report on how to improve the water management practices in Dhamori.

“In the village of Dhamori, water is a big issue, not necessarily for drinking but for irrigation availability. The team I was working with explored different water management strategies to try and incorporate those practices into solving this issue. One of the main things we looked at was farm ponds,” explained Johnson. “Farm ponds were used in India

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prior to colonization, not only to hold excess water, but also as gathering places for the village. My capstone work expands upon these ideas, especially related to traditional rainwater harvesting techniques.”

Many farm ponds in the region surrounding Dhamori are now defunct or unable to hold water. Johnson helped conduct public workshops and canvas local community members to devise a set of strategies that would encourage use of farm ponds. “It was very important to us that we provide strategies that were not reliant on outsiders.

We wanted to make sure that we had local stakeholders taking part and getting interested in the work, to ensure that these

practices aligned to what Dhamori residents wanted and become selfsustaining,” said Johnson.

Upon its completion, the report was given to a member of India’s parliament, which has sparked interest from other members of parliament and led to an invitation for Nawre and her team to conduct more research. “I think it would be exciting if the research I’ve developed throughout my capstone could be taken and applied as a general framework for other groups to use to address their own water issues,” said Johnson.

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Our Faculty are Driven.

Puerto Rico photos (missing)research, engage in College of Design faculty conduct groundbreaking creative scholarship, and share their expertise with a wide variety of communities. Learn more about some of their recent work.

Improving Function, Improving Fit Female firefighters are often overlooked when it comes to providing safe and secure work equipment. Assistant Professor Linsey Griffin (Apparel Design) is working to change that.

Why is your research focused specifically on female firefighters?

Male-dominant career fields, such as construction and firefighting, have seen an increase in the diversity of their workers.

However, there are major inadequacies in the fit and function of protective products for female workers, leaving them more prone to injury as a result. In a recent survey of 675 male and female firefighters, 80 percent of women reported having ill-fitting gear.

School of Architecture Upgrading Partners with University Health Resources of Puerto Rico with Design The School of Architecture and the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, hosted the 2018 RISE Convergence Workshop in June.

The workshop in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, was organized in part by Assistant Professor Jacob Mans and Adjunct Professor Alex Heid (both Architecture), and brought together collaborators from the National Institute for Island Energy and Sustainability, national academic institutions, local organizational leaders, and local island residents and stakeholders. “Through the workshop we wanted to identify problems, turn them into actionable items, and develop a network to address them. We didn’t just want these to be academic projects, but ones with physical and deployable solutions,” explained Mans.

and outcomes, the tool helps patients understand the

well cannot offer function, Why is it dangerous for emergency professionals to have ill-fitting gear or garments?

Clothing that does not fit well cannot offer function, protection, or safety. One of the most alarming trends that we’re seeing across occupations is that workers will actually forego wearing protective products (despite the dangerous work environments and risk of injury) if that product is uncomfortable or the fit is bad.

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Navigating treatment options and outcomes is an overwhelming prospect for patients in need of a kidney transplant.

An interdisciplinary collaboration among Professor Sauman Chu (Graphic Design), Professor Marilyn Bruin (Housing Studies), and Dr. Allyson Hart (University of Minnesota Medical School) will help patients better understand their options through the launch of a new informational website.

“By communicating options

“Clothing that does not fit protection, or safety.”

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chance of being offered a One such solution is the Solar Oasis.

Based in part on designs created by Arizona State University, the Solar Oasis is a small building that can be sent to Puerto Rico in one crate and easily built from its own shipping container and local materials.

Once built, the pop-up provides basic charging capacity for a small community’s phones, computers, and other equipment.

It also acts as a community gathering point. Mans and his team have refined the design for the Solar Oasis and are building prototypes to ship to Puerto Rico. Read the full story at z.umn.edu/emgf18d.

transplant while waiting on the list…”

“We created this online decision aid to estimate a patient’s likely outcomes on the waitlist for a kidney transplant based on their wait region. By communicating options and outcomes, the tool helps patients understand the chance of being offered a transplant while waiting on the list for three, five, and seven years,” explained Chu. Read the full story at z.umn.edu/emgf18e.

“I hope to increase the visibility of research, creative scholarship, and engagement…”

Formerly the head of the Interior Design Program, Professor Abimbola Asojo is now the associate dean for research, creative scholarship, and engagement at the College of Design. In this role, Asojo will work closely with Dean Carol Strohecker and other college leaders to advance research and outreach goals for faculty, centers, and the college.

“I hope to increase the visibility of research, creative scholarship, and engagement with faculty in order to better highlight how our work relates to the University mission, Minnesota, and the national and global community,” said Asojo. By focusing on collaborating with faculty, Asojo also hopes to identify support systems across the University to help develop, mentor, support, and promote these same initiatives.

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Apparel Design Celebrates

50th annual

fashion show

50TH ANNIVERSARY APPAREL DESIGN FASHION SHOW 2/10/2018 5:30pm & 8pm The Courtyard at Rapson Hall 89 Church St SE Minneapolis, MN 55455

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The Apparel Design Fashion Show celebrated its 50th anniversary this year.

Planned by the senior class, the annual fashion show is a rite of passage for its participants and gives apparel design seniors the opportunity to create their own clothing lines from the ground up.

To honor the 50th anniversary this year’s show, entitled “This is Now,” featured a number of new additions to highlight past fashion shows and apparel design alumni.

The video can now be viewed on the College of Design YouTube channel.

In addition to the video, the Goldstein Museum of Design created a retrospective exhibition, Then and Now: Fashion Show @ 50. “The exhibition was put together to highlight all of the incredible things our alumni are doing in their careers since graduation,” explained Assistant Professor Linsey Griffin, curator of the exhibit.

“The exhibition provides an opportunity Among the new additions was a retrospective to learn about the inner workings of video about the history of the fashion show, developing a collection for the runway, shown for the first time on the night of the and demonstrates how the show provides event. Created by members of the Apparel a launching point for exceptional careers Design Program, the video showcases in design,” she said. Watch the video photos and video from past fashion shows, retrospective at z.umn.edu/emgf18f displaying the changes in both fashion and view photos of alumni work featured and the show itself over the course of the in the show at z.umn.edu/emgf18g. event’s long history.

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alumnus receives U40 award For the second year in a row, an alumnus from the College of Design will receive the University of Minnesota Alumni Association’s U40 Award. The award is given to an exceptional alumnus age 40 or younger who has excelled in his or her career. Last year’s recipient was Ben VandenWymelenberg (B.S. ’12, Architecture), founder of Woodchuck,Inc. This year’s recipient is Kaamil A. Haider (B.F.A. ’17, Graphic Design). Born in Somalia and now based in Minneapolis, Haider is involved in the contemporary Somali arts and design community. He is the cofounder of Soomaal 12 EMERGING FALL 2018

House of Art and was the graphic designer for the recent collaboration between the Somali Museum of Minnesota and the Minnesota History Center that resulted in the exhibition “Somalis + Minnesota.” “I am honored and humbled to receive the U40 Award and grateful to be sharing this award with the U’s leaders and our community.

Getting to this stage has not been easy but it has been the most rewarding path I have taken thus far. I am looking forward to continuing the work and mentorship,” said Haider.

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alumni notes 1966

Joel H. Goodman’s (B.Arch ’66) article “The Building Interior Evacuated Tubes and Reflectors (bietr) Long-Span Study: Atrium Hotel” was published in the spring 2018 issue of Solar Today Magazine.

He also presented “bietr etc.,” an exhibition of 58 framed works at the Iowa County Courthouse.

1969

Ed Kodet’s (M.Arch ’69) firm, Kodet Architectural Group, Ltd., was awarded aia Minnesota’s 2017 Firm of the Year Award.

1976

Christopher Shears (B.Arch ’76) was elevated to the AIA’s College of Fellows.

1979

Michael Bjornberg (B.Arch ’88, R.Y. ’79) was awarded an International Study Travel Grant to travel to the Havana International Design Charrette. Bjornberg was also named the 2018 chair of the aia Historic Resource Committee.

1980

Eric Odor (M.Arch ’80) was named aia Minnesota’s 2018 Architect of Distinction.

1981

R. David Frum (B.A. ’81, Architecture; M.Arch ’90) was elevated to the AIA’s College of Fellows.

1984

Mary Mortenson (M.A. ’84, Home Economics) has two pieces juried into the 2018 Handweavers Guild of America runway show.

1989

Alchemy Architects, founded

by Geoffrey Warner (B.Arch ’89), received one of aia’s 2018 Small Project Awards for their Sonoma weeHouse.

1993

Tamara Eagle Bull (M.Arch ’93) was elevated to the AIA’s College of Fellows.

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1998

Melanie Baumhover (B.A. ’98, Architecture; M.Arch ’02) was promoted to principal at bwbr.

Matthew Kreilich (B.A. ’95, Architecture; M.Arch ’98) was elevated to the AIA’s College of Fellows.

Malini Srivastava (M.Arch ’98) was awarded a 2018 aia Young Architects Award.

1999

John Cary (B.A. ’99, Architecture) presented the ted talk “How Architecture Can Create Dignity for All.”

2000

Meg Arnosti’s (M.L.A. ’00) Renn Backyard Project was featured in the MNLA Summer Landscape Design Tour.

Beth Miller (B.S. ’00, Design Communications) was included on Minneapolis Business Magazine’s Power 50 of 2018. She is the chief management officer for Magid.

Ana Nelson (M.L.A. ’00) started a new position as senior landscape architect and urban design lead at Cuningham Group.

2001

Frank Fitzgerald’s (M.L.A. ’01), Bergum Residence was featured in the MNLA Summer Landscape Design Tour.

Geri Huibregtse (B.S. ’01 Design Communications, M.ED ’13) joined Aeritae Consulting Group as a solutions consultant in its customer success practice.

Ariane Laxo (B.S. ’01, Interior Design) was promoted to associate vice president at hga and elected to the iida Northland Chapter Board.

David Motzenbecker’s (M.L.A. ’01) Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden Wetland Boardwalk was featured in the MNLA Summer Landscape Design Tour.

2004

Kris Layon (M.F.A ’04, dha) presented at the 2018 Niagara Summit in New Orleans. He spoke about user experience design for Internet of Things products.

Terri Ulrick (M.Arch ’04) was promoted to the position of principal at bwbr.

2005

Adam Jarvi, AIA, (B.S. Arch ’05, M.Arch ’09) was promoted to associate principal at NewStudio Architecture.

Michael Keenan’s (B.E.D. ’08, M.L.A. ’10) Garden Isle was featured in the MNLA Summer Landscape Design Tour.

Katie O’Neil (B.S. ’08, Housing Studies) has been accepted into the University College London Masters in Urban Design and City Planning Program beginning September 2018.

Kira Elizabeth Schlepp (B.S. ’08, Apparel Design) and her line Kira Elizabeth Designs were featured in the February 2018 issue of She Magazine.

Jeong-Ju (Jay) Yoo (Ph.D. ’05, dha) has been selected to receive the 2018 American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences-Texas Affiliate Leader Award.

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2006

Heba Y. Amin (M.F.A. ’09) was curated into the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art.

Tracey Kinney (M.L.A. ’06, M.U.R.P ’07) has joined the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities as a parks planner.

Megan Wannarka (B.S. ’06, Apparel Design) cofounded the Minnesota-based nonprofit bee.otany, which supports education, research, and charitable programming that promotes pollinator habitat and sustainability.

2007

Rebecca Noran (M.F.A. ’07, dha) joined Ameriprise Financial’s user experience area, creating microcopy that makes its websites and applications easier to use.

Alana Zbaren (B.S. ’07, Interior Design) joined the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center as a grants specialist.

2008

Beth Bowman (Post Bach.

Certificate ’08, Housing Studies) was selected to participate in the Creative Center at University Settlement’s Training Institute for Artists and Administrators.

Carrie Christensen (M.L.A. ’08) and Anna Claussen (M.L.A. ’07) presented at the asla–mn Education Conference.

Ben Alpert (B.S. ’09, Graphic Design) is now a senior designer at Ultra Creative.

Jackie Millea (B.A. ’98, Architecture; M.Arch ’09) was named aia Minnesota’s 2018 Emerging Talent.

Edward Wolf (B.Arch ’09) was promoted to assistant project manager of development for Life Time Healthy Way of Life.

2010 Lauren DePoint (B.S. ’10, Interior Design) was promoted to interior designer II at Ryan a&e.

Stefnee Trzpuc (M.S. ’10, Design) was promoted to the position of associate principal at bwbr.

2011 Shida Du (M.Arch ’11, Metropolitan Design Certificate ’11) was awarded the 2018 Ralph Rapson Traveling Study Fellowship.

2012

Brita Hauser (M.Arch ’12) was promoted to associate at NewStudio Architecture.

Lizzie Hillmann (B.S. ’12, Apparel Design) has launched a workout and lifestyle apparel line, mai Movement.

Kari Kachelmacher (B.S. ’12, Apparel Design) has joined Jillson & Roberts as a graphic artist.

Ahti Westphal’s (M.S. ’12, Architecture) office, Studio atlas, was chosen to exhibit at the 2018 Biennale Architettura—La Biennale di Venezia.

2013

2017 Sandy Meirovitz’s (B.F.A. ’17, Graphic Design) posters for Gluek Beer won gold at AdFed’s 2018 The Show.

Abby Schumacher (B.S. ’17, Apparel Design) was a featured designer in the Northern Vogue runway fashion show.

Shanice Williams (B.S. ’17, Retail Merchandising) took a new position within Target. She is now an associate sourcing manager for beauty and essentials.

2018

Christopher Brenny (M.Arch ’13) was promoted to associate at NewStudio Architecture.

Miranda Meier (B.S. ’18, Product Design) is now working as a technical design engineer for furniture at Target.

Beau Sinchai (B.D.A. ’13) joined Target as a product insight researcher.

Sarah Prescott (B.S. ’18, Product Design) is now a ux designer and programmer at Avanade.

Matthew Traucht (M.L.A. ’13) was promoted from landscape designer to associate at Oculus.

Interior design alumni Abigail Carlson (’16), Bethany DeLine (’15), Cara Haberman (’16), Allison Johnson (’15), Brittney Just (’14), Mary Kennedy (’15), Julie Masterson (’15), Ashley Ochiagha (’15), Natalie Rethlake (’16), and Claire Rozman (’16) passed the National Council for Interior Design Qualification exam.

2015 Alissa Foley (B.S. ’15, Retail Merchandising) is now a merchandise analyst for juniors activewear at Kohl’s.

Angelita Scott (B.S. ’99, Interior Design; M.S. ’14, Design; Ph.D ’15, Design) took on a new role as program coordinator and assistant professor of interior design at Georgia Southern University.

2016 Jesse Campos (M.Arch ’16) started a new position as a senior architect at GGLO Design.

Mari Ansera (B.S. ’12, Interior Design) was elected to the iida Northland Chapter Board. She is a senior associate at hga.

Evgenia Hutson (B.S. ’16, Retail Merchandising) joined Sears Holdings Corporation as an online merchandiser.

Gabby Goetz (B.S. ’12, Apparel Design) joined Creative Partners Group as an account manager.

Lee Tran (B.S. ’16, Apparel Design) joined Kleinfeld Manhattan as a fitter for bridal gowns.

In Memoriam Mary Ellen McFarland (B.S. ’43, Home Economics Ed) passed away on January 28, 2018.

Dolores “Dolly” Thornes (B.S. ’49, Home Economics) passed away June 11, 2018.

Cynthia Grossman (B.S. ’68, Home Economics) passed away on April 9, 2018.

Carol Rexion Anderson (B.S. ’47, M.Ed ’78, Home Economics Ed) passed away on February 2, 2018.

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for the love of bean

apparel design students imagine eco-friendly fashion industry

empire state of mind

The global fashion industry is one of the most resourceintensive in the world. Apparel design students illuminated the industry's environmental impact at the Weisman Art Museum’s (RE)generation showcase. By considering all stages of production—from the material, construction, consumer use, and eventual disposal—student designers worked to create garments out of recycled and reused materials. The event’s goal was to encourage industry changes to create a healthier planet. z.umn.edu/emgf18h

Home to some of the largest and most important clothing designers and retailers in the world, New York City looms large in the imagination of any design student. This year, 17 students had the chance to spend their spring break in the city that never sleeps and get a behind-the-scenes look at the retail world. “This experience was so incredible and gave me really great insight into the fashion world,” said Abbie Meschke (Retail Merchandising). z.umn.edu/emgf18i

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Students in Color and Form in Surface Design acted as an important part of the consumer supply chain this spring when they made screen-printed promotional posters for heirloom bean production in Minnesota. A partnership between Riverbend Farm and Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems asked students to create handmade screen prints in limited editions of 10 prints, each print consisting of four screen layers. The finished posters were used to help stimulate discussion about possible future directions for promoting heirloom bean production and consumption. facebook.com/uofmdesign

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making connections with idsa Interior design students have a new way to connect with one another and the design community in the revamped Interior Design Student Association (idsa). The 2018 senior class expanded the student group by creating larger scale events and focusing on forging connections between students and the local design community. “We strive to create a positive learning environment that provides opportunities to network while strengthening the bond among our cohort,” said student group leader Abi Lundstrom. z.umn.edu/emgf18l

architecture in the floating world Architecture students spent three weeks this May traveling in Japan as part of the course Architecture in the Floating World. Participants worked with students and faculty from Kansai University and generated critical design proposals in Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, and beyond. They were also joined by alumnus Burt Visnick (M.Arch ’85) who has generously supported the program for many years. See pictures from the trip at z.umn.edu/emgf18j. design.umn.edu

reimagining landscapes in finding community the age of climate change with product design Our changing climate will radically transform not only our landscapes but also the industries that have developed around them. In her recent capstone, Rachel Valenziano (M.L.A ’18) explored how to redevelop areas of the Louisiana coastline that are currently used by the oil and gas industry. “I’m exploring the potential for this site to become a place for cultural and ecological learning, where people who are, or were, from a vulnerable coast can reconnect with a cultural heritage.” Read more about Valenziano’s work z.umn.edu/emgf18k.

Former president of the student group Product Design Minnesota and alumna Sarah Prescott (B.S. ’18, Product Design) reflected on the product design community in a special guest post. “When I came to college I was initially planning to major in chemical engineering, but didn’t really feel like I had found my niche. I liked the people in my major, but I didn’t feel like I belonged. Now that I am in product design, I have found my passion.” Read more about her experiences at z.umn.edu/emgf18m.

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student achievements Caroline Albers (Apparel Design), Walter Lee (Human Factors and Ergonomics), and Stephanie Wang (Apparel Design) won first place in the 2018 Industrial Fabrics Association International student competition for their electromyography garment.

Graphic design students Jessie Austin, Katelyn Bremer, Alex Colburn, Madison DeMeuse, and Emily Nihart were selected to design a mural for the St. Paul Student Union by the Student Union Association.

Danielle Baehm (Architecture) was awarded the University of Minnesota bwbr Prize.

award-winning designers give 2018 commencement speech College of Design graduates had not one, but two, commencement speakers this year: husband and wife team Nancy Skolos and Thomas Wedell. Skolos and Wedell teach graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design and have written two books: Type, Image, Message, and Graphic Design Process.

Their work has received top prizes at design competitions around the world, and they were both awarded the aiga Medal in 2017. Widely published and exhibited, their work is included in the graphic design collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the Library of Congress, and more.

During their speech Skolos and Wedell discussed the sequence of events that brought them to where they are today. They urged graduates to recognize the wide array of experiences that each one of them carries. “Always remember that your story has meaning for yourself as a person to draw strength from and in the bigger story of design and life.”

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Justin Baker and Soo Jin Kang, (both Graphic Design) presented at the Minnesota eLearning Summit in August 2018.

Raquel Ann Benedict (Graphic Design) was awarded the dis Fall 2017 Design Excellence Award for her work in the graphic design studio class.

Vanessa Berglund (Graphic Design) won the 2018 aiga Minnesota Fellows Leadership Scholarship. Her work for Incandescence was also featured on the Dieline.

Pratibha Chauhan, Kyrshanbor Hynniewta, and Joseph Mills (all Architecture) received the 2018 Thomas F. Ellerbe Scholarships.

Angella Dariah (Architecture) presented at the arcc conference on her research on the exploration of acoustical design for children with special needs.

Corinne Deger, Kate Stanger, and Vanessa Walton (Architecture) were nominated for the Resilient Communities Project Outstanding Student Project Award for their work on the city of Ramsey’s historic Ramsey Town Hall.

Rachel Duerksen (Retail Merchandising) received an Ambassador Award from the National Retail Federation Foundation.

Noah Exum (Interior Design) received the Sheryl Smith Memorial Scholarship from the American Society of Interior Designers.

Dana Kingery (Graphic Design) won the 2018 AIGA Smartpress Scholarship.

Mikaila Kopcho (Interior Design) was named a semifinalist in the 2017 next Student Design Competition.

Ben Krause (Product Design) made the top 64 of the 2018 World Sneaker Championship.

Rachael Granberry (Apparel Studies) received the 2017 Award of Excellence Medical and Disaster Relief from the Industrial Fabrics Association. She also earned second place at the 2018 International Conference on Environmental Systems student poster competition for her work on shape changing textiles.

The School of Architecture class of 1967’s Sketchbook Prize was awarded to architecture student Dana Saari.

Ryan Hansen (Architecture) received the 2018 Student Merit Award from the Association of Licensed Architects.

Hana Saifullah (Architecture) received the College of Design’s 2018 Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award.

Retail merchandising students Katelyn Hockert, Alyssa Le, Elizabeth Pagel, and Meriah Peterson had their design selected for the spring 2018 window display of Weisman Art Museum’s in-house gift shop.

Angela Scott (Architecture) was named a 2018 Young Architects Award Recipient by aia National.

Sydney Jacobson (Graphic Design) won the 2018 Global Student Entrepreneurship Award Minnesota with her company Sydopia and was named one of the Top 25 Student Entrepreneurs in the country.

Leslie Johnson (Landscape Architecture) received the National asla Rising Star in Advocacy Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects.

She also received the College of Design’s 2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Award.

Rea Jorgaqi’s (Interior Design) project “Art Sanctuary” was a finalist in the 2018 idec Student Design Competition for the Midwest Region.

Maia Peterson (Architecture) and Roohi Katarya (Product Design) were named 2017–18 University Innovation Fellows.

Yidong Yang (Architecture) received third place in the College Division of the 32nd Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest.

Weican Zuo (Architecture) was awarded the 2018 Student Merit Award by the Association of Licensed Architects.

The student group Design U received the 2018 Tony Diggs Excellence People’s Choice Award for Undergraduate Group.

The landscape architecture student journal Litorum received an Honorable Mention in the 2018 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals competition.

At the 2018 Honors and Awards Ceremony undergraduates, graduates, and student groups received Student Academic Excellence Awards. You can find the full list at z.umn.edu/emgf18n.

Lexi Sosalla’s (Interior Design) project “Reflectera” was a finalist in the 2018 idec Student Design Competition for the Midwest Region.

Quinessa Stibbins (Apparel Design) received the College of Design’s 2018 Committee’s Choice Award.

Emily Walther (Interior Design) joined the lhb Minneapolis office as an interior design intern.

Interior design students Kotono Watanabe and Adrienne Melchiorre placed first and second, respectively, in the 2018 Haworth Third Space Work Cafe Contest.

Kerstin Wetterstrom (Retail Merchandising) was awarded the Rising Star Award by the National Retail Federation Foundation. facebook.com/uofmdesign

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in memoriam: jim dozier In December 2017 the School of Architecture lost Adjunct Teaching Assistant Professor Jim Dozier.

Dozier started at the School of Architecture in 1994 and quickly became a beloved faculty member. In addition to teaching digital design and representation, Dozier acted as the exhibition coordinator for the hga Gallery in Rapson Hall and worked with the Goldstein Museum of Design where he organized and installed a number of fantastic architecture exhibitions. He was key to expanding the hga Gallery's impact and used the gallery to provide opportunities for faculty to showcase new ideas and research. He will be greatly missed. z.umn.edu/375m design.umn.edu

In May 2018 the Product Design Program graduated its inaugural class. This first class of students is the result of seven years of hard work by College of Design faculty and staff—in particular, Associate Professor Barry Kudrowitz, head of the program. Kudrowitz reflected on the journey the program has taken in a recent interview, which you can read in full at z.umn.edu/emgf18o.

What’s been the best part of shaping the Product Design Program?

The students are the best part of this program and that is why I’m doing it. The state of Minnesota and all of the Twin Cities product companies also benefit from a local industrial design program. It’s been great working closely with industry to craft this degree.

How does it feel to have the first class graduating?

I’m overjoyed for these students. Before this I’d only seen product design minors walk across the stage at commencement and so this was an important moment for me.

steven mccarthy named roman j. witt visiting artist Professor Steven McCarthy (Graphic Design) was recently named a Roman J. Witt Visiting Artist in the Stamps School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan. During the short-term residency, McCarthy participated in workshops and gave presentations to students based on his own bookmaking practice. “I demonstrated how to create three simple book structures: a booklet using a pamphlet stitch, an accordion, and a Japanese-stitched book,” he explained.

McCarthy also visited an Ann Arbor kindergarten class and a Detroit fifth-grade class with University of Michigan students and Professors Nick Tobier and Omar Sosa-Tzec. While at the elementary schools, the group showed the pupils examples of folding paper and binding, “We focused on structures they could easily make with limited time.”

The opportunity to introduce children to design and making is an important one. “It is empowering. They get a deeper sense of satisfaction to write and draw into books they've made by hand,” concluded McCarthy.

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faculty and staff achievements Abimbola Asojo (Interior Design) received the International Interior Design Association’s 2017 Diversity Award. Asojo also received a 2018 Imagine Fund Grant and a grant from the Women and Girls of Color Research and Engagement Initiative.

Abimbola Asojo (Interior Design), Hye-Young Kim (Retail Merchandising), and Tasoulla Hadjiyanni (Interior Design) presented at the University’s Advancing Publicly-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Learning to Address Society’s Grand Challenges Conference.

Abimbola Asojo, Tasoulla Hadjiyanni, Suyeon Bae, Julie Irish, and Hoa Vo (all Interior Design) presented at the 2018 Interior Design Educators Council Conference.

Courtney Miller Bellairs (Architecture) was featured in Southwest Metro.

Jill Bezecny (Finance) received the College of Design’s 2018 Outstanding Civil Service and Labor Represented Award.

Blaine Brownell (Architecture) published a new book, Transmaterial Next.

Marilyn Bruin (Housing Studies) and Sauman Chu (Graphic Design) along with colleagues from the Hennepin County Medical Center and the University Medical School had six abstracts included in the 2018 American Transplant Congress Conference.

Arthur Chen (Architecture) published a monograph related to his Fasil Ghebbi project.

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Renee Cheng (Architecture) received the 2018 Distinguished Professor Award and the 2018 Practice Leadership Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. z.umn.edu/emgf18p Sauman Chu (Graphic Design) received a 2018 Imagine Fund Grant.

Greg Donofrio (Architecture), Gail Dubrow (Architecture), Robert Ferguson (Architecture), Tom Fisher (mdc), Pat Nunnally (Landscape Architecture), Daniela Sandler (Architecture), and Katherine Solomonson (Architecture) participated in the Society of Architectural Historian’s 71st Annual Conference.

Gail Dubrow (Architecture) published an essay in the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s magazine Preservation.

Lucy Dunne (Apparel Design) delivered the keynote at the 2018 ieee Haptics Symposium.

Karl Engebretson (Graphic Design) was awarded the University of Minnesota’s 2018 Outstanding Teaching Award.

Tom Fisher (mdc) presented with a panel of University personnel on advancing spatial science and the workforce of tomorrow at the 2018 esri User Conference. He also wrote the afterword, “A Public Interest Design Platform,” for the recently published Public Interest Design Education Guidebook.

Tom Fisher (mdc), Joseph Hang (mdc), John Koepke (Landscape Architecture), and David Pitt (Landscape Architecture) presented at the 2018 asla-mn Education Conference.

Former Design, Housing, and Apparel visiting scholar KeySook Geum designed the uniforms and dresses for the 2018 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Richard Graves (csbr) was named a finalist for the Latrobe Prize by the American Institute of Architects' College of Fellows.

Hyunjoo Im (Retail Merchandising) received the Best Paper Award from the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles. Im also received a Multicultural Research Award from the Institute for Diversity, Equity, and Advocacy.

Timothy Griffin (mdc) was elevated to aia’s College of Fellows.

Julie Irish (Interior Design) was selected as the winner of the American Society of Interior Designer Foundation’s 2018 Joel Polsky Academic Achievement Award.

Kevin Groenke (Fabrication Shops) is now seated on the board of directors of the Student Shop Managers Consortium.

Hannah Johnson (Graphic Design) and James Wilson (Product Design) received the College of Design’s 2018 Outstanding Teaching Awards.

Mary Guzowski (Architecture) published Art of Architectural Daylighting: Design & Technology.

Tasoulla Hadjiyanni (Interior Design) received an honorable mention for the Council for Interior Design Accreditation Award for Excellence for her submission, “Unraveling Culture through Digital Storytelling.” Hadjiyanni also received the College of Design’s 2018 Outstanding Contributions to Equity and Diversity Award.

Daniel Handeen (csbr) was awarded the University of Minnesota Extension Dean’s 2017 Award for Distinguished Team.

Julie Hillman (dha) received the College of Design’s 2018 Outstanding p&a Award.

Brad Hokanson (Graphic Design) presented and moderated at the Minnesota eLearning Summit.

Brad Holschuh (Apparel Design) presented at the 2018 ieee Haptics Symposium and was awarded 3M’s 2017 Nontenured Faculty Grant Award.

Hye-Young Kim (Retail Merchandising) received a 2018 Imagine Fund Grant. Kim also presented five different papers at the 2018 Global Marketing Conference.

John Koepke (Landscape Architecture) was elevated to the position of Fellow by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture.

Dave Loranger (Retail Merchandising) was awarded the 2018 American Collegiate Retailing Association’s Best Paper Award jointly with Amy Dorie for the paper “Spread the Word: A StageOne Study of Intergenerational Differences in Opinion Leadership and Market Mavenism.”

Jacob Mans (Architecture) was awarded sponsored research projects with the usda Forest Service and Anoka County and is one of the recipients of the 2017 Institute for Diversity, Equity, and Advocacy’s Multicultural Research Awards. Mans also received a 2018 Best Article Award from acra for his piece “Scaling for Non-Expert Production” in the Journal of Architectural Education. z.umn.edu/emgf18p

Caren Martin (Interior Design) was inducted into the Interior Design Educators’ Council of Fellows.

Barbara Martinson (Graphic Design) received the University of Minnesota’s 2017–18 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education.

Marc Swackhamer (Architecture) won Minneapolis’s Creative City Challenge competition with his design collaborative, Minn-Lab. Frances Trice (Graphic Design) presented at the Minnesota eLearning Summit in August 2018.

Lin Nelson Mayson (Goldstein Museum of Design) participated on a panel at the Building Museums Symposium entitled “Resilient Design: Planning for the Unknown.”

Jennifer Newsom (Architecture) was awarded a $10,000 Minnesota State Arts Board grant to develop a new installation titled "Barricade."

Newsom also received a 2018 Faculty Design Award from acra and was named a semi-finalist in the 2017–18 Jerome Foundation Fellowships for Emerging Artist, and the Architect-in-Residence for Art Omi. Newsom’s firm, Dream the Combine, was also awarded the 2018 MoMA ps1 Young Architects Program.

Daniela Sandler (Architecture) received the College of Design’s 2018 Outstanding Research Award.

Sandler also wrote two book chapters, reviewed two books, and published her own book, Counterpreservation: Architectural Decay in Berlin since 1989.

Kate Solomonson (Architecture) cochaired the 2018 Society of Architectural Historians Conference held in St. Paul.

Dean Carol Strohecker was among 50 invitees nationwide selected to participate in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's National Executive Leadership Working Meeting on Integration in Higher Education.

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 Years of Design Graduate Education SYMPOSIUM | September 27–28, 2018 EXHIBITION | September 29, 2018–January 20, 2019 CELEBRATION | September 29, 2018 McNeal Hall design.umn.edu/design100 Join classmates, faculty, visiting scholars, and friends as we celebrate 100 years of graduate design education. Events will include a research symposium titled “Fashion and the Future of Design,” with a keynote, exhibition, tours, and activities in McNeal Hall, including the opportunity to share your design stories in quick, three-minute presentations.

Rapson Hall Studio Crawl and Homecoming Party Friday, October 5 4:30–6:30 pm Rapson Hall z.umn.edu/rhsc Open to all College of Design alumni and friends, this family-friendly event includes studio tours, complimentary tailgate-style food, a cash bar, games, activities for kids, and easy access to the homecoming parade route.

Retail Connect 2018 Tuesday, October 30 6:00 pm registration and reception, 6:45–8:30 pm program McNamara Alumni Center design.umn.edu/retailconnect Listen to H.C. (Hak Cheol) Shin, vice chair and executive vice president at 3M, as he discusses and answers questions about innovation and leadership in an era of disruption. Free to students, retail professionals, and mentors but registration is required.

Dirty Laundry: Delivering the Dirt on Design Wednesday, November 28 6:30 pm doors open, 7:00 pm program Northrop Auditorium design.umn.edu/dirtylaundry Dirty Laundry delivers the dirt on design. Listen in as design professionals reveal their best and worst experiences working in the world of design, and share career tales with a humorous spin. Prepare yourself for one juicy night of design gossip! design.umn.edu

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hide & seek wins 2018 young architect program Now in its 19th edition, the Young Architects Program at the Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 has offered emerging architectural talent the opportunity to design and present innovative projects, challenging each year’s winners to develop creative designs for a temporary, outdoor installation that provides shade, seating, and water. The 2018 winner was Hide & Seek by Assistant Professor Jennifer Newsom (Architecture) and Tom Carruthers of Dream The Combine, in collaboration with Clayton Binkley of arup. The installation was on display from June 28–September 3, 2018.

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