College of Design Student News

Tuesday, December 4, 2007 06:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Room 274 McNeal Hall

6:00 p.m. exhibit
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. lecture
8:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Q&A and refreshments

Design professor Steven McCarthy will give an illustrated presentation on works from the Goldstein Museum's graphic design collection. Centered around the concept of design authorship—where designers' roles are expanded from professional service providers to socially, culturally and politically engaged communication initiators—the collection spans 70 years of innovation.

Among the notable publications are early 20th century journal PM (eventually A-D), the complete set of Émigré Magazine from the late 20th century, and issues of Push Pin Graphic, Octavo: A Journal of Typography, Portfolio, Fuse, News of the Whirled and others. Artifacts from the collection will be on display.

AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) members, free; nonmembers, $10; nonmember students, $5.

Register on-line by December 3.

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Lab Hours through December 19
Mondays 12:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Wednesdays 10:00am - 2:00p.m.

The Imaging Lab has recently opened up a small photography studio in McNeal Hall, room 244. The studio is equipped with photography lights, backgrounds and a digital camera for use in the studio. The studio operates on a first come, first served basis and is open to current DHA majors. Faculty are invited to stop by the lab during open hours on Wednesdays to consult with a photographer on any photography related questions or to make arrangements for groups of students to use the lab. The Imaging Lab at Rapson Hall is also available to DHA students and operates on the same first come, first served basis. The Rapson Hall facility is larger and may be a better choice for photographing large projects. For more information check our web page or email Warren Bruland.

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Essays due midnight, GMT, December 10, 2007
500 word essay on a topic important to the understanding of the interaction of people and the build world. The topic for 2008: Competing to Serve.

The Berkeley Undergraduate Prize for Design Excellence endowment was established in the Department of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley to promote architecture as a social art through research, writing, and criticism: traditionally under-represented aspects of the architecture curriculum. Each year, the Prize Committee selects a topic important to the understanding of the interaction of people and the built world that becomes the focus of the Essay Competition. This year the topic is: Competing to Serve.

Visit the Berkeley Prize website for additional application information and guidelines.

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The Student Project for Amity among Nations (SPAN), Minnesota’s oldest study abroad program, will offer its unique independent research and study abroad programs in Argentina, Bulgaria and Senegal during the summer of 2008.

Interested? Stop by the following open house for more information.

Thursday, November 29, 2007
1:00pm-5:00pm
658 Heller Hall

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DESI 4120: Topics in Interdisciplinary Design: Information Design in Complex Systems
Tuesday, Thursday: 3:30 - 4:45 p.m.
Instructor: Kathleen Harder, Senior Research Associate, Center for Human Factors Systems Research and Design

Are you interested in designing successful products or systems?
Are you a future manager, designer or engineer?

In this course you will be introduced to a design philosophy centered on designing for human capabilities. The course will help you better understand the complexities underlying design for human use. As a result, you will be better able to design a product or system that works well for the people who use it.

More information available through One Stop.

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The School of Architecture has a long history of providing study-away opportunities for its students. The intent of these programs is to immerse students in the cultural environment in which they are studying and to enable them to work with local practitioners on projects that address current design issues. Learn more about upcoming opportunities:

Athens, Greece (May 27 - June 13, 2008)
Baku, Azerbaijan (May Term)
Istanbul, Turkey (May Term)
Netherlands (May 17–June 9, 2008)
Orkney, Scotland (May 24-June 14, 2008)
New Orleans (May Term)

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Has there been a teacher this past semester that has made a positive difference for you? Perhaps the teacher's engaging strategies in the classroom has inspired a new area of interest for you or you may have received some valuable advice or encouragement-- or maybe the teacher simply made you feel welcome and comfortable at the U of MN.

If so, in the spirit of the season as the semester draws to a close, consider spending a few minutes to send a "thank you.” Complete a simple online form and the Center for Teaching and Learning will issue a special certificate to the teacher. Recipients of these certificates have always expressed to us how meaningful it is to receive this tangible display of student appreciation for their work as teachers.

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Allan D. Shocker Lecture on Product Development
Monday, November 26, 3:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
3M Auditorium, Carlson School of Management
Reception follows

Roger L. Martin, Dean of the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto will speak on the relationship between design and business. The purpose of this presentation is to give both designers and business people advice for working more productively with each other.

This lecture is free, but a reservation is required. Please R.S.V.P to hce@umn.edu

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Thursday, November 29, 2007
12:45 – 1:45 p.m.
Mississippi Room, Coffman Union

This lecture will feature landscape architecture professor Lance Neckar, Center for Sustainable Building Research director John Carmody, and geography and urban studies professor and Golden Valley City Council member Paula Pentel. As of May 2007, the majority of the global population lives in urban areas; the panel will explore implications. See the Conversations on Sustainability series schedule for upcoming lectures.

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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
4:45-5:45 p.m.
202 Eddy Hall

Do end-of-semester demands have you feeling more stressed than you'd like to be? Want to learn how to manage stress (or even prevent it) for finals? Join us for a 1-hour experiential workshop that will give you tips & techniques to help identify, work through, and even prevent some of the harmful effects of stress.

Seating is limited and students will be enrolled on a first-come-first-served basis. To register call Student Academic Success Services (SASS) at 612-624-3323.

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Monday, February 25, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Minneapolis Convention Center

Come to the biggest student career fair in Minnesota! Nearly 200 organizations will be there recruiting for hundreds of jobs and internships. The Job and Internship Fair is free and open to all U of M undergraduates, graduate students, and recent alumni.

!If you register for the Fair and attend, you'll automatically be eligible to win some great prizes.

Register on-line today!

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Tuesday, November 11, 2007
4:30 pm to 6:00 p.m.
Minneapolis Convention Center Exhibit Hall, CDes display area

The University of Minnesota College of Design will host a reception for alumni and friends at the AIA-MN Convention. Reconnect! Catch up with classmates! See work by CDes students, research units, and recent graduates, and learn about services for alumni.

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Tuesday November 13, 2007
7:00 p.m.
Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey Center
A reception will follow

The Ada Comstock Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture for fall 2007 will be given by Joanne Eicher, Regents Professor Emerita of Design, Housing, and Apparel and renowned researcher of cultural aspects of dress, with special interest and expertise in Africa and Asia. Eicher is the editor of a forthcoming 10-volume encyclopedia of dress and fashion.

Register by contacting women@umn.edu or 612-625-9837. More event information available at the Office of University Women.

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The 2008 Spring Jam Committee is looking for energetic people who are willing to work hard as a team to make Spring Jam 2008 a success! Selections will favor those who demonstrate effective communication skills, dependability, positive attitudes, and attention to detail.

Applications are due November 19th, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. and you can apply on-line.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Room 146 McNeal Hall
6-7:30 p.m.
No need to register - just show up

Please join the Northland Chapter of IIDA (International Interior Design Association) for a virtual tour of the Cobalt Lofts by Pope Associates. They will cover concepts and design process for designing multi-family/mixed-use buildings and interiors.

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"New Structural Membrane Developments," by Robert Off, PhD., Institute
for Membrane and Shell Technologies I.M.S. in Bobingen, Germany

Monday, November 12 at 5:45 p.m.
Rapson Lecture Hall 100

Dr. Off is a founding member and Director of the Institute for Membrane
and Shell Technologies in Bobingen, Germany, and has taught at
Universities around the world on subjects that include Architecture
Theory, Seminars on the works of Buckminster Fuller (University of
Hannover, Germany), and workshop on “Textile Building” (University in
Dhaka, Bangladesh). He is also a Professor for Real Estate Development
at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences and in 2004 he was made
Professor in-charge for developing the first ever International Master
Course on Membranes Structures at the Anhalt University of Applied
Sciences. In addition to his teaching, Professor Off has several patents
pending on designs for membrane and skin structure systems and components.

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Scholarship deadline: Friday, February 15, 2008

For students in pre-clothing design, clothing design, pre-graphic design, graphic design, housing studies, pre-interior design, interior design and retail merchandising.

Applications available outside 12 McNeal Hall or on the DHA Scholarships web site.

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Friday, November 16, 2007

Join us as we visit ESG, Collaborative, and MS&R, three interior design and architecture firms. We will hear from several designers at each firm, get a tour of their work space, and see samples of different projects. Students will also get a chance for a question and answer time.

Schedule for Friday November 16:
10:00 a.m. – Meet in McNeal Atrium
10:05 a.m. – Board the bus
10:30-11:30 a.m. – ESG
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. – Lunch (provided for you)
12:30-1:30 p.m. - Collaborative Design Group
1:30-2:30 p.m. - MS&R
3:00 p.m. - Return to McNeal

Sign up on GoldPASS and click on Career Events
Students will need to ride the bus to participate in the tour.

For more information e-mail Lucy Reile or call 612-624-1245

Co-sponsored by CDes Student Services, ASID, and the Design Student and Alumni Board

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Thursday, November 15, 2007
6:30 pm, presentations begin at 7:00 p.m.
Northrop Memorial Auditorium Gold Room
This event is free and refreshments will be provided.

Dirty Laundry: 1. Personal affairs that would cause embarrassment or distress if made public. 2. sixth annual event hosted by the Design Institute Student Board wherein design professionals reveal anecdotes about their best and worst work experiences. FEATURING screenprinters Aesthetic Apparatus.
Contact: E-mail the Design Institute Student Board

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November 11 through November 17 is International Education Week. Visit the Office of International Programs for a calendar of events happening around campus.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007
12:15 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
31 Rapson Hall

Come to an undergraduate study abroad panel discussion hosted by architecture and environmental design students who have studied abroad.

Some of the topics that will be addressed include initial hesitations about studying abroad, skills learned and advice for other students considering an experience abroad. Open to students, staff and faculty. Free pizza! First come, first served!

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Market Your Study Abroad Experience
Minnesota Commons, St. Paul Student Center
11/12/2007
12:00 pm to 1:00 p.m.

If you have recently returned from an overseas experience attend this workshop to:
* Define your experience abroad for employers
* Identify skills learned abroad
* Articulate your experience in your resume and in interviews

Find out more at the Learning Abroad Center.

To hold your spot, RSVP to Jinous at 612/625-9370 by Friday, November 9.

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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Reception at 6:30 p.m, HGA Gallery, Rapson Hall
Presentation at 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 225 Rapson Hall

The Goldstein Museum of Design and the HGA Gallery will host a design presentation and panel discussion exploring digital fabrication methods. The panel includes:

Rob Tickle: Industrial Art & Design: digital and non-digital fabrication.
Dianne Goodwin: BlueSky Designs: product design.
Merick Reed: Carbon Collaborative, Inc.: installation design.
Karl Frankowski: Worrell,Inc.: product design/graphic design.

All four designers will talk about their work, followed by a panel discussion on the topic of digital fabrication, prototyping, and design process. It will be a great opportunity for faculty and students to engage in a discussion with these four innovative designers, on topics such as the effects of digital fabrication on the design process, digital fabrication resources in the Twin Cities, and more.

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Forte Foundation: 2007 Career Lab
November 13, 2007
Coffman Memorial Union
Registration deadline: November 9, 2007
Sessions start at 4:30 p.m. View complete list of sessions

Come explore how business knowledge can enhance your academic background, professional ambitions, and social or service interests, and help you segue into an exciting and opportunity-rich career. Through Career Lab’s industry panels, networking sessions, and interactive workshops, accomplished women from Forté Foundation sponsor companies and schools reveal the new world of business and help you envision your role in it. All undergraduate women with an interest in business, regardless of major, will benefit from their insights.

View the scheduled presenters and register on-line.

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Monday November 19, 2007
Rapson Hall Auditorium
Meet & Mingle: 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Guest Presentation: 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Discussion/Q&A: 7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Women in Architecture is bringing together four of Minnesota’s progressive and innovative designers to discuss their work and the issues and processes that comprise these projects.

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If you are interested in studying abroad this summer to Argentina, Bulgaria or Senegal, get your application in today!

SPAN, the Student Project for Amity among Nations, is continuing to look for students interested in performing research abroad during the summer of 2008! The application deadline is November 9, 2007, however extensions will be granted on an individual basis.

If you would like to find out more about research and study abroad opportunities available through SPAN, make an appointment with either Jamie Larson, or Shama Chopp by emailing the SPAN office or calling 612-626-1083.

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The SMART Learning Commons offers free academic support in a variety of subjects in three on-campus locations.

Peer Learning Consultants offer one-on-one assistance as well as group support for help in gateway courses and skills such as mathematics, sciences, statistics, economics, writing, and library research. Additional courses may be supported, based on the backgrounds of our Peer Learning Consultant staff in any given semester.

Learn more about upcoming workshops.

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Art and architecture merge with miniature golf in this open call to create holes for the next Walker in the Rough–" a new, temporary mini-golf course at the Walker Art Center.

Walker in the Rough returns in 2008 to the grass that will house the Walker’s future park, on the western edge of the museum. Your job, as a potential designer, is creating one of the 10 workable, playable holes that will dot the course. A panel of curators, artists, architects and one golf pro will judge the entries. Deadline for submissions is Jan. 14, 2008.

The course, which opens Memorial Day weekend and closes in early September, will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. Organizers are encouraging designers to create tie-ins to the traveling exhibition Design for the Other 90%, which comes to the Walker in spring 2008. Proposals should also address issues such as water, communication, shelter, transportation, and sustainability. Extra consideration will be given to holes made of recycled materials or materials that can be recycled.

Leran more at the Walker Art Center. For more info, contact Christi Atkinson, associate director of Education and Community Programs, at (612) 375-7572.

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Ever wanted to spend a whole semester or year studying in an exciting place like Hawaii, California, Florida, Alaska, New York, Puerto Rico, or Iowa?

The National Student Exchange (NSE) is a network of about 200 schools across the United States, Canada, and the US territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands. You can study at any of these schools for a semester or a full year. Most U of M students continue to pay U of M tuition while on exchange, and all of your credits should transfer back to the U of M.

For more information about NSE, including a list of NSE schools visit the Career and Community Learning Center. You may also stop by the CCLC-NSE office in 345 Fraser Hall, or call 612-626-2044.

PLEASE NOTE: The application deadline to go on exchange during the 2008/2009 school year is February 8th, 2008. You will need to attend an info session to receive an application.

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November is Non-traditional Student Month on college campuses across the nation. Please join the Non-traditional Student Advisory Committee for one or more of the following events.

Tuesday, November 6: Student Parent Visibility Day, St Paul Student Center, Northstar Ballroom, 11AM to 2PM. Free Pizza

Wednesday, November 7: First Generation College Students, Information Booth, Coffman Memorial Union, Lower Level, 11AM to 1PM

Thursday, November 8: Older Than Average Students, Information Booth, Coffman Memorial Union, Lower Level, 11AM to 1PM

Friday, November 9: Veterans, Information Booth, Coffman Memorial Union, Lower Level, 11AM to 1PM

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
8:30-11:45am
Studio 185, International Market Square, Minneapolis

An Ecological Approach to Daylighting Design
Presented by Mary Guzowski and Loren Abraham, AIA
Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Minnesota

• Learn about 10 critical design issues that support an ecological approach to daylighting.
• Design strategies, processes, and assessment methods that are opportunities and challenges for interior designers.
• A case study of the Brookdale Library, which integrates many dimensions of sustainability and lighting design, will show how these issues contribute to people's health and well being.

Earlybird registration discount has been extended to Monday, Nov. 5th.

Learn more and register at the International Interior Design Association.

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DESIGN 21 is hosting three design competitions for a total of $25,000 in prize money.

Design a logo for Stories from the Field: The United Nations Documentary Film Festival
Starts: September
Deadline: November 26, 2007

This design competition challenges designers to create an official logo for “Stories from the Field: The United Nations Documentary Film Festival,” presented by MCA-I NY, UNDPI and The New School.

Design products and systems that promote bicycling as an everyday lifestyle
Starts: Mid-November
Deadline: March 2008

Create designs that promote the United Nations Millennium Development Goals
Starts: December
Deadline: April 2008

Learn more and enter online

DESIGN 21: Social Design Network’s mission is to inspire social consciousness through design.

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Summer Cultural Programs is assembling a Student Advisory Committee who will oversee programming and funding decisions for summer 2008.

'Summer Cultural Programs' provides support for the various organizations that sponsor cultural arts events on campus. The centerpiece of the program is the noon concert series held almost daily on Northrop Plaza during Summer Term.
The time commitment for committee members is minimal, 4 or 5 one-hour meetings between November 2007 and April 2008. Responsibilities include advising on programming and budgetary decisions for summer 2008, preparing a funding request for summer 2009 and 2010 and presenting it to the Student Services Fees Committee.

Contact Sarah Cook in the Summer Session Office at 612-625-2088 or by email with questions or if you are interested in participating.

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Wednesday, November 7 at 5:00 p.m.
Room 54 Rapson Hall

Orkney, Scotland study abroad information session for College of Design graduate and upper-division undergraduate students

For more information visit the Learning Abroad Center.

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Wednesday, November 14th
9:00-10:00 a.m.
100 Rapson Hall Auditorium
Free coffee & donuts!

Undergraduate students: thinking of applying to an architecture professional graduate program here or elsewhere? Come and hear about program options, application portfolio advice and other insights into the process.

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