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Fall 2007 College of Design events

Lectures

Manuel DeLanda, adjunct associate professor,
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University (New York) and professor for contemporary philosophy and science, European Graduate School (Switzerland)
Cities as Historical Actors: Ecological, Linguistic, and Economic Aspects of Urban Life
Cass Gilbert Lecture
Monday, September 17, 5:45 p.m., 100 Rapson Hall

Rob Jongman, landscape ecologist and senior researcher, Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Centre (Netherlands)
From Concepts to the Real Landscapes of the Future: The Role of Landscape Ecology
H.W.S. Cleveland Lecture
Monday, October 8, 5:45 p.m., 100 Rapson Hall

James Timberlake, founding partner, Kieran Timberlake Associates (Philadelphia) and adjunct faculty member, University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Sustaining Architecture
Monday, October 15, 5:45 p.m., 100 Rapson Hall

Eric Jolly, president, Science Museum of Minnesota
The Diversity of Design
Monday, October 22, 5:45 p.m., 100 Rapson Hall

Chris Reed, founding partner, Stoss: Landscape Urbanism (Boston) and lecturer in landscape architecture, University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Performance Practices
Monday, October 29, 5:45 p.m., 100 Rapson Hall

Bill Pedersen (BArch ’61), founding partner, Kohn, Pedersen, Fox (New York)
Architecture of Linkage Rendezvous with the U
Monday, November 5, 5:45 p.m., Bell Museum Auditorium
Reception follows in Rapson Hall
Co-sponsored with AIA Minneapolis

Robert Off, professor and director, Institute for Membrane and Shell Technologies, University of Anhalt (Germany)
New Structural Membrane Developments
Monday, November 12, 5:45 p.m., 100 Rapson Hall

Roger Martin, dean, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
The Design of Business
2007 Shocker Product Development Lecture
Monday, November 26, 3:15–5:00 p.m., 3M Auditorium,
Carlson School of Management
Reception, 5:00-7:15 p.m., Carlson School atrium.
RSVP for lecture and reception to Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship
hce@umn.edu or 612-624-0226
Presented by the Carlson School of Management, College of Design, and the University of Minnesota New Product Design and Business Development Program.

Exhibitions

Products of our Time
Goldstein Museum of Design, McNeal Hall, through September 30
Curated by Daniel Jasper, assistant professor of graphic design, College of Design

Gallery Grooves
The Rake magazine’s monthly art, jazz, and wine event
Thursday, September 20, 7–9 p.m., McNeal Hall atrium

School Buildings -- The State of Affairs: A New Architecture for a New Education
Organized and designed by AIA New York Chapter Committee on Architecture for Education, Umberto Dindo, AIA, chairman, and ETH Zurich/Center for Cultural Studies in Architecture (CSSA), Martin Schneider, scientific associate, dipl. Arch. ETH Zurich
Exhibition underwriters: Credit Suisse, Stadt Zџrich, ETH Darch, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
HGA Gallery, Rapson Hall, through October 7, 2007

School Buildings Symposium and Reception
with Mark Ziegler, portfolio manager for schools at IMMO, city of Zurich; Edith Ackerman, professor of developmental psychology, University of Aix-Marseille 1, France, and currently visiting scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture; and Elizabeth Hebert, author, school design consultant, and former principal, Crow Island School, Winnetka, Illinois
Friday, September 28, Rapson Hall
Presentations 5–6 p.m.
Panel discussion 6–7 p.m.
Gallery reception 7–8 p.m.

Here By Design III: Process And Prototype
Goldstein Museum of Design, McNeal Hall, and HGA Gallery, Rapson Hall
Curated by James Boyd-Brent, associate professor of graphic design, College of Design; and Lin Nelson-Mayson, director, Goldstein Museum of Design
October 20, 2007–January 20, 2008

Rendezvous with the U is cosponsored by American Institute of Architects, Minneapolis

Rapson Hall is located at 89 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis 55455. Parking in Church St. Garage, 80 Church St. S.E.

McNeal Hall is located at 1985 Buford Ave., St. Paul 55108. Parking in Gortner Ave. Ramp, 1395 Gortner Ave.

Bell Museum is located at 10 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis. Parking in Church St. Garage, 80 Church St. S.E. or Fourth Street Ramp, 1625 Fourth St. S.E.

Carlson School of Management is located at 321 19th Ave. S. Minneapolis 55455 (West Bank). Parking in 19th Ave. Ramp, 300 19th Ave. S. or 21st Ave. Ramp, 400 21st Ave.

All lectures and exhibitions are free and open to the public.

612-626-9068 www.cdes.umn.edu

For disability accommodations, please call 612-626-9068.

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

Posted by Michael Fraase on August 31, 2007 11:25 AM |

Comments

Our son is a student in the graphic design program and we would like to start making plans for his graduation in Spring of 2008. Can you tell us when the graduation ceremony will be?
Thanks

Posted by: susan corrado | October 22, 2007 7:09 AM

College of Design graduate commencement is May 17. You can find this sort of information at the University's calendar of events.

Posted by: Michael Fraase | October 24, 2007 7:29 AM

Hey liked the pod cast. Thanks

Posted by: wine manchester | October 28, 2007 9:49 AM

The lecture cast link is listed above for Dean Roger Martin, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto talk on The Design of Business for 2007 Shocker Product Development Lecture.

I recieved the link from the Carlson School of Management.

Posted by: Megan Wannarka | November 27, 2007 2:07 PM

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