Design

In anticipation of the uncertainty of travel and other possible matters, also to serve the students who cannot travel outside of the country for any reasons in a long run, the campus Global Learning Hub and Career Center developed “Global Virtual Internships” parallel to traditional summer abroad programs. 

This CALL TO ACTION aims to transform everyday places into sites of engagement by unleashing the skills of museum practitioners into the world around us.

Alumnus J.R. Campbell (B.S., environmental design, ‘94; M.F.A, textile arts and costume design, ‘96) is the executive director of the Design Innovation Initiative at Kent State University in Ohio. In his role, Campbell will oversee the online launch of the university’s new Design Innovation Hub on Nov. 12 at 11 a.m. (EST). 

Alumna Jenna Nelson (Pyörälä) (MFA, design, ‘19) has created Luova Flow with a mission to inspire people worldwide with ornamental prints, beautiful illustrations and quality products. The brand’s visual style is influenced by delicate natural elements and colorful urban and rural landscapes.

Alumnus Adam Flint Taylor (MFA 2019) will lecture on “US Elections Design: A Primer And A Manifesto” as part of Design Week Sacramento on Oct. 14 at 9 a.m. (PDT).

Professors Glenda Drew, Department of Design, and Jesse Drew, Department of Cinema and Digital Media, have created new works using innovative technology that are featured in “Memories of a New Future,” an exhibition at the Barn Gallery in Woodland. The installation also includes work by Melissa Chandon, lecturer in Design, and Chris Daubert, MFA Art Studio (2018).

Alum Adriana Arriaga (MFA 2019) was recently featured in the Santa Barbara Independent. In ”La Artista Adriana Arriaga: Next-Generation Chicanx Art in Santa Barbara,” Adriana Arriaga discusses her use of traditional Mexican-American iconography and the role social activism plays in her work and that of a new generation of artists.

Professor Christina Cogdell has recently published an article on the value of low-tech design in the digital journal Biodesigned. In her article, “Why I Prefer Low-Tech Biodesign,”  she discusses living architecture and collaborating with adobe and a redwood tree.

The De3ign Girls, a team consisting of Fiona Micoleau (B.A. communications ’20), Alexandria Reyes (B.A. communications and design ’20), and Isabella Shmelev (B.A. design ’20), took first place in the Brand X Challenge, a national experience design competition for undergraduate design, architecture and marketing students. The trio was awarded $5,000 and internships for their submission, (em)POWERED by Beauty, a Sephora Pop-Up.  

Professors Glenda Drew, design, and Jesse Drew, cinema and digital media, are members of Class Conscious Photographers, who recently installed “A WORKING LENS (A.W.L.)” in front of the John Natsoulas Gallery in Davis. The installation examines the lives of “essential” workers during the pandemic.