The Maria Manetti Shrem Institute for Sustainable Design, Fashion
and Textiles hosts its first speaker in the Industry Seminar
Series: Federico Marchetti, who is the technology entrepreneur
and creator of YOOX Net-a-Porter Group, which transformed global
e-commerce, and who currently chairs King Charles III’s
Sustainable Markets Initiatives (SMI) Fashion Task Force.
Lining Yao, an Assistant Professor at the Mechanical Engineering
Department, UC Berkeley, directs the university’s Morphing Matter Lab and
has courtesy appointments in CMU’s Human-Computer Interaction
Institute. Yao will give a talk. “Morphing Matter,” for
the UC Davis Department of Design’s Alberini Family Speaker
Series in Design on Feb. 5 at 4:30 p.m.
The presentation is at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem
Museum of Art. Free and open to the public, a light reception
follows the talk.
Javier Arbona-Homar, associate professor of American Studies and
Design, discusses his new
book Explosivity on Feb. 17 at 5:30 p.m.
at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. The event
is part of Covered: Spotlighting Faculty Authors in Letters and
Science series.
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 runs
Jan. 20 through April 26 in the UC Davis Design Museum.
Janette Kim is an architectural designer, researcher, and
educator whose work focuses on the intersection between ecology,
social equity and the built environment. Kim will give a
presentation as part of the Department of Design’s Research in
Design Speaker Series. Her talk is Friday, April 10, 12-
p.m. in Cruess Hall Room 1105. The event is free and open to the
public.
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.
