reDESIGN is e-mailed to alumni bi-monthly throughout the year, to keep our friends connected to news, events and opportunities at the college and University. To join our list, contact Laura Walton.
Current issue: November - December 2009
Explore New Ideas
- U of M Icon Solar House earned 5th place in international Solar Decathlon; 1st place for engineering and lighting. Visit the project website for news, virtual tours, and photos of the finished house.
- "La Dallman: Fabricated Landscapes" lecture by Grace La and James Dallman, November 9
- "Shanties fit for swine in God-forsaken places: How picture-brides made homes in the Pacific Northwest landscape" lecture by Gail Dubrow, November 16
- PODCAST: "Resilience in the (Designed) Environment", featuring Tom Fisher, CDes Dean
- VIDEO: Michelle Obama's fashion impact featuring U of M fashion historian Kathleen Campbell
Featured Events
- H.O.U.S. Alumni Gala: Friday, November 13, 5:30 p.m. R.S.V.P. online by November 9.
- Dirty Laundry: Friday, November 20, 6:30 p.m., Weisman Art Museum
- For more events go to: design.umn.edu/events
Exhibitions
- Travel Sketches: An Architect's Recordings of Natural and Human Landscapes
ALA Library (Rapson Hall), through December 27, 2009
- Noguchi: The Sets for Martha Graham
HGA Gallery (Rapson Hall), November 9-December 20, 2010
Presented in conjunction with Northrop Dance Series' November 12 restaging of Graham's Greek psychodrama Clytemnestra. - Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller
GMD Gallery (McNeal Hall), November 21-January 17, 2010
Opening event, November 20, 6-8 p.m., GMD GalleryRelated Event: Good Design Stories: Thursday, December 3, 6:30 p.m., 144 McNeal Hall
Get Involved
- Alumni Career Profiles
Don't live in the Twin Cities, but still want to help students? Share your career profile on the Career Center website by answering questions about your educational experiences and career path. Please write in complete sentences. Submissions will be vetted by career center staff. To include a professional photo, e-mail Bill Marshall.
Grow Professionally
- Midwest Energy, Economic and Environmental Conference - Solar Decathlon team presenting
Stay Connected
- Network, the Retail Merchandising newsletter, is now available online
- Profiles, the Apparel Design newsletter, is now available online
- CDes Homecoming parade unit photos
- Design social networking on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook
Alumni News
- Kris Layon (MFA DHA, 2004) has developed an iPhone app, "ArtAlphabet," that has been accepted by Apple for the iTunes app store.
- Ashley Wokasch and Luci Kandler (both BS Clothing Design, 2009), owners of the local fashion label Calpurnia Peach, are number 72 on Metro magazine's Metro 100.
- Mark Swenson (BED, 1971; MArch, 1973) won the 2009 Career Achievement Award for historic preservation from the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota.
- Amanda Lange (BS Graphic Design, 2009) received the University Alumni Association's 2009 Student Volunteer of the Year Award.
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