Appreciation and Adaptation: Homage to
Global Textiles
January 23 – April 18, 2020
The exhibition features traditional textiles from Africa, Asia
and South America collected by Paul J. Smith, Director Emeritus
of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.
Eldy S. Lázaro Vásquez
received the Savageau Award at the Arts & Humanities 2020
Graduate Exhibition Virtual Opening Celebration. Eldy, whose work
and research are at the intersection of bio-design,
Human-Computer Interaction, and wearable technology, is the
second recipient of the Savageau Award which is granted to a
graduating MFA candidate.
Over 40 students and Department of Design lecturers Rose Kelly
and Christine Knobel from DES70: Introduction to Textile
Structures are participating in The 25
Million Stitches Project, a response to the global
refugee crisis.
Places features
DES 40B in its coverage of how design and architectural education
is being delivered during the COVID-19 crisis. In “Field
Notes on Pandemic Teaching: 2″, Professor Simon Sadler
discusses how he addresses the challenge of remote teaching,
applying ”shock doctrine” to his pedagogy, in his
course DES 40B.
