IN THE NEWS Emerging Terrain Founder Anne Trumble to Speak about Public-Interest Design April 18 at ISU
Anne Trumble, the founder and director of Omaha, Neb.-based nonprofit Emerging Terrain, will speak about the organization’s public art and public space-related work today, April 18, at Iowa State University. Trumble’s presentation, “Emerging Terrain: Burgeoning Public Interest Design,” will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Kocimski Auditorium, 101 Design. It is free and open to the public. [Read more]
Seven Senior Students Honored in College of Design’s Annual BFA Exhibition
Seven Iowa State University students majoring in integrated studio arts took top honors in “Primed,” the 2012 BFA Juried Senior Student Exhibition, on view through Thursday, April 19, in Gallery 181, College of Design. The show features 90 artworks by 45 seniors who will receive Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in integrated studio arts (ISA) in May, August or December this year. Media represented include ceramics, drawing, digital media, fiber, metal, mixed media, painting, photography and printmaking. The exhibition also features a large mural painted directly on the gallery’s east wall to honor the graduating class. [Read more]
Interior Design Student Team Places Second in International Video Competition
A team of two Iowa State University interior design students took second place out of a field of 30 in the 2011 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Interior Design Education Video Competition. Winners were announced during the IDEC 2012 Annual Conference in Baltimore in March. Seniors Emily Erbes and Anya Robson, both of Ames, were recognized for “Economic Impacts of a Qualified Interior Designer,” a video they created to describe the worldwide economic contributions of interior design and its practitioners. [Read more]
Graphic Design Grad Student Michele Rosenboom Still Excelling in Fabric Design Competition
Graphic design graduate student Michele Rosenboom (BFA 2000 Interior Design) won the Reader’s Choice Award in the second round of The Printed Bolt’s “Repeat” fabric design competition. And she only missed winning the entire Industrial Revolution challenge by one point with the judges! The third design challenge will be revealed Friday. Watch for your chance to vote on Michele’s next set of designs!
CRP Senior Amanda Jacobson is College of Design Student Marshal
Amanda Jacobson, St. Charles, will represent the Iowa State University College of Design as its student marshal at the university’s public commencement exercises May 5 in Hilton Coliseum. Her faculty escort will be Douglas M. Johnston, professor and chair of the department of community and regional planning. Jacobson will graduate magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in community and regional planning and a double major in environmental studies from Iowa State. She is completing her undergraduate degree in just three years. [Read more]