Professor Timothy J. McNeil was among the winners at the
2024 SEGD Global Design Awards Ceremony recently held in Dallas.
McNeil received a Merit Award for his book The
Exhibition and Experience Design Handbook.
UC Davis Design Professor Gozde Goncu-Berk, director of WearLab,
in collaboration with Professor Houman
Homayoun and PhD Candidate Ruoyu Zhang from
the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
have been honored with the International Achievement Award
(IAA) in the category of Protective & Functional
Apparel by the Advanced Textiles Association (ATA).
Associate Professor Beth Ferguson and alumni Eldy Lazaro
(MFA, design, ‘20) and Emma Smith (Design student alum) won the
Best Paper Award for their project “Eco Materials Library” at
the International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces. The
symposium was hosted by University of Sheffield in the
United Kingdom.
Adele Zhang, senior continuing lecturer and design collection
curator and manager, is the co-author of a new bilingual
book, “Encountering the Global Textile Motifs” (China Textile
Press Co., Ltd, 2024). Written with Kunyuan Li, a Ph.D in design
studies from Jiangnan University, China, the book illustrates a
colorful survey of ethno-textile designs from the UC Davis Jo Ann
C. Stabb Design Collection and Han Costume Collection by Jiangnan
University.
Join PBS KVIE for a
screening of Leonardo
da Vinci, a new film by Ken Burns, followed by a
conversation with art studio alum Julia Couzens (M.F.A. ‘90) and
design Professor James Housefield as they discuss
the towering achievements of Leonardo da Vinci.
Recently gifted works to the Manetti Shrem
Museum from dedicated art lovers and philanthropists Jan
Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem are the focus on a new exhibition
curated and designed by UC Davis students.
“Guardians: Spirits of Protection,” a poignant exploration of the
creative relationship between tragedy and design created by
design professor emerita Ann Savageau, was first premiered
at the UC Davis Design Museum in fall 2021. In fall 2024
“Guardians” will be presented by the University of
Michigan Residential College Art Gallery Aug. 26 through Nov. 2.
Residents and firefighters from the town of Tomales, CA, came
together on June 8 to play a community safety-inspired board
game created by Associate Professor Thomas Maiorana. In
the game board, “Tomales Resilience,” an experimental
game that simulates a real-life wildfire evacuation, the
community members play as themselves as a disaster situation
arises around them.
Professor Timothy McNeil is co-chairing the
next Exhibition
+ Experience Design conference organized by the Society
of Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) held in Washington, D.C.
June 20-21, 2024.
“The
Great Botanic Panic” took place on June 1st and engaged 28
teams of riders from the Davis, Sacramento, and Bay Area
communities.
UC Davis design students in DES187 Narrative Environments taught
by Professor Tim McNeil conceptualized, planned, designed,
and implemented 9 activity stations around the city. Each station
was one of the clues on the hunt and celebrated plants that
existed in the Mesozoic Era.
Gozde Goncu-Berk, associate professor, is among UC Davis’
newest class of Chancellor’s Fellows, a title given to early
career academics doing exemplary work.
Filmmakers and professors Glenda
Drew (of Design) and Jesse
Drew (of Cinema and Digital Media) have completed a project
decades in the making — a documentary about the roots of American
Country Music titled Open Country.
Associate Professor Beth Ferguson will give two upcoming talks
centering on her recent work on climate adaptation and
sustainable mobility at the UC Santa Cruz and a WTS Advancing
Women Advancing Transportation event in Sacramento.
The California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) at UC Davis and
the Smart City Research Center at the Korea Advanced Institute of
Science and Technology (KAIST) recently established a formal
research partnership. Harnessing the combined expertise and
resources of the CLTC and KAIST Smart City Research Center,
this partnership will accelerate efforts towards energy
efficiency and decarbonization in cities. To inaugurate this
partnership the CLTC hosted distinguished visiting professors
from KAIST on January 23, 2024, for
a research seminar covering several topics related to the
understanding and development of ’smart cities.’
Congratulations to MycoTextile
Futures for their 3rd place award (in the research
category) in the Future is Fungi global competition hosted by a
European consortium aiming to promote research and start-ups
using fungi to solve major environmental challenges.
UC Davis faculty members Glenda Drew, professor of design,
and Jesse Drew, professor of cinema and digital
media, in collaboration with Melissa Chandon, continuing
lecturer in design, and the International Class Conscious
Photographers Collective, created “WE ARE
ESSENTIAL,” a site-specific media arts installation
specially crafted for the “Salute to Labor Awards Gala.”
Professor Emeritus Gyöngy
Laky published a book in 2022 titled Gyöngy Laky:
Screwing with Order. Assembled Art, Actions and Creative
Practice, which provides insight into her sustainable
art, philosophy and innovations. Published by Arnoldsche in
Germany, the book provides insight into her studio practice,
activism and teaching philosophy, which champions sustainable art
and design, original thinking, and the value of the unexpected.
Professors Jae Yong
Suk and Michael
Siminovitch—through the California Lighting Technology Center
and the Center for Mind and Brain at UC Davis have—received $200k
jointly from Toyota Boshoku America and Seoul Semiconductor to
investigate the potential mitigating effects of discrete color in
light on human mood and stress. The research is now in its second
phase.
Professors Jae Yong
Suk and Michael Siminovitch at
the California Lighting Technology Center received $100K in
funding from Seoul Semiconductor—one of the largest LED
manufacturers in the world—to support the research of
full-spectrum LEDs for human-centric lighting. Full-spectrum LEDs
provide a visible light spectrum similar to natural light. The
research investigates the potential benefits of superior color
rendition quality in full-spectrum LEDs.
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.
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