From traditional textiles to contemporary wearable art, this exhibition highlights significant artifacts that have inspired some of the teaching and research activities of the Design Program. The UC Davis Design Collection has grown in tandem with design, and demonstrates the evolving attitudes toward conserving, researching, and interpreting material culture in today’s multifaceted world.
Speakers
Design Collection Curator, Adele Zhang
Design Professor & Program Chair, Victoria Rivers
Professor Emeritus, JoAnn Stabb
An exploration of sustainable fashion and how it relates to the clothes we buy, from the ecological impact of eco-friendly textiles to the re-evaluation of industrial manufacturing.
This annual installation, timed to coincide with University Picnic Day, is a lively survey of student talent and creativity that reflects the multi-disciplinary breadth of the Design Program’s course work.
Highlights from an international competition to select a design for a self-sustainable and “off the grid” roadside rest stop along Route 99 in Tulare County, San Joaquin.
As part of the past year’s 2007-08 season, Year of Eco-exhibitions, the Design Museum presented the on-going exhibition, Sustainable Practice: A Model for Museum Design. Supported by the Campus Sustainability Grant Program, Design Museum Director, Professor Timothy McNeil leads the way in changing museum practices to incorporate new materials and methods to reduce the eco-foot print that presentation environments create. Read about these methods here.
