The University of Oregon’s Product Design department is set to host the Industrial Designers Society of America’s West District conference for the second year in a row.
A grant from the Presidential Fund for Excellence will allow Urbanism Next to establish a new center with faculty and staff from the College of Design's Portland and Eugene campuses. The center will expand on the work Urbanism Next is doing to examine the changes that could come with the growth of such technologies as autonomous vehicles, ecommerce and the sharing economy.
Explore ways to help cities prepare for advances in technology, such as the advent of autonomous vehicles, the rise of e-commerce, and the proliferation of the sharing economy.
UO historic preservation students are working with journalism students to capture and preserve oral histories from survivors of the 1948 flood that destroyed Vanport, the second largest city in Oregon during WWII. Historic Preservation Program chair and professor Jim Buckley found the opportunity a rich exchange between the programs. “Our students said ‘we don’t know how to interview’ and the J-school students said ‘we don’t know much about the neighborhood history,’ ” he says. “They learned from each other in doing the project.
Two designs by UO teams were among the Top Ten products and installations at WantedDesign 2017 in New York as selected by Dezeen. Studio Gorm—the design office of Assistant Professor Wonhee Jeong-Arndt and Associate Professor John Arndt of the UO’s Department of Product Design—won the 2017 American Design Honors earlier this year.
Applications for the University of Oregon's 2017 Pacific Northwest Preservation Field School close June 1.
Christoph Lindner, Dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts (A&AA), has announced leaders for each new school in the College of Design that launches July 1.
Above (left to right): Associate Professor Liska Chan, Associate Professor Laura Vandenburgh, Professor Rich Margerum, and Associate Professor Kate Mondloch
Department of Landscape Architecture Professor Bart Johnson is leading the steering committee for the new Association of Pacific Rim Universities Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Hub (APRU SCL), which UO has been selected to host. UO landscape architecture Assistant Professor Yekang Ko will direct the hub, a clearinghouse for collaborative research and innovative solutions in urban development with a focus on city-landscape interaction.
