The Alberini Family Speaker Series is supported through
an endowment by the Carlos and Andrea Alberini Family Foundation.
It brings renowned innovators and thinkers in design to campus
and in virtual formats to inspire students and encourage
community engagement and learning.
The Maria Manetti Shrem Institute for Sustainable Design, Fashion
and Textiles hosted its first speaker in the Industry
Seminar Series: Federico Marchetti on Feb. 4.
FORBES magazine has honored UC Davis Design
alumna Kausi
Raman (B.S., design and economics, ‘20) by naming her
one of their
“30 under 30” in education for 2026.
In The Abusable Past’s
latest installment of “What We’re Reading,” Associate Professor
of Design and American Studies Javier Arbona-Homar has a
conversation with Emily Mitchell-Eaton to discuss their
recently released books.
Video credit: Promotional video produced by Florie Mankarious
Village Homes: A Radical Plan celebrates the 50th
anniversary of an innovative west Davis community.
Curated by Professor Timothy McNeil and guest curator Adrienne
McGraw, the installation showcases the vision, concepts, and
development behind the project and its goals. The exhibition has
been extended through June 19 in the UC Davis Design
Museum.
The Maria Manetti Shrem Institute for Sustainable Design, Fashion
and Textiles hosts its second speaker in the Industry
Seminar Series: Beth Esponnette, Cofounder, Chief Product
Officer, and Chair of unspun. unspun is a
US-based fashion company with technology in
our veins and their mission is to reduce global human carbon
emissions by 1% through automated, localized, and intentional
manufacturing for apparel.
The talk is Wednesday, April 29 at 4:30 p.m. in 1105 Cruess Hall.
Free and open to all.
Building off the momentum from the “Village Homes: A Radical
Plan” exhibition, UC Davis is hosting a half-day symposium,
“Building Communities that Work: What Village Homes
Can Teach Us Today,” on May 2. The event will feature
conversations with scholars and practitioners from a variety of
disciplines.
