ReDesign.School
The Design School continued its radical approach to examining the future of design education through its ongoing ReDesign.School efforts. The school released a listening report synthesizing data from online surveys, video interviews, conversations and round table discussions with current faculty and students, alumni, national and international design experts and local practitioners and leaders.
Teaching Excellence Award
Milagros Zingoni, assistant professor of interior design, was the 2019 recipient of the Interior Design Educators Council’s Teaching Excellence Award, which recognizes “success in the development and delivery of a specific educational experience that yields exceptional student learning.” The awards committee commented that her “unique teaching approach really highlights the power of design to the students and a broader audience of public users of all ages.”
“Cumulus” at Canal Convergence
Ten interior architecture graduate students and 34 industrial design undergraduates worked together with 120 middle-schoolers from Scottsdale, Arizona, to create “Cumulus,” a collaborative installation showcased in the Canal Convergence public art educational series at downtown Scottsdale’s Waterfront.
November 2018
Exclusive collaboration with Autodesk
Arizona State University has teamed up with Autodesk, the software provider for people who make things, to prepare students with the technological skills necessary to solve the world’s most challenging design and engineering problems. ASU is one of only eight universities in the nation that shares this level of collaboration with the company. Students in The Design School will receive will receive free access to more than 70 software titles and applications to support students, faculty, educational programs, research and various initiatives. The agreement gives access to ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.
Final project presentations
2018-19
Memorializing through architecture
Claudio Vekstein, professor of architecture, received international recognition and a distinguished public practice award from the Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura de Argentin as the lead architect for a monument honoring the centennial of the Alcorta Farmers Revolt in Argentina. Professor Vekstein’s firm recently completed the Memorial Space and Monument of the Alcorta Farmers Revolt, which was highlighted in ArchDaily and The Architect’s Newspaper.
Bottle Biter
A team of four students won $4,000 for their concept of an innovative IKEA recycling truck they designed as part of The Design School’s Interdisciplinary Cluster Competition, an annual competition that allows design students from various design disciplines to work together and explore the intersection of their fields. Teams were tasked with re-envisioning retail experiences at a local and global level. Erika Hannon, Zachary Bursi, Courtney Kane and Rebecca Leonard proposed “Bottle Biter,” an IKEA truck designed to move through local communities and cities and collect items for repurposed use. Each of the four students on the team received $1,000. This year, 180 junior students across The Design School studying architecture, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture and visual communication design participated, and 60 non-design students participated in the competition as well. Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), the lead sponsor for this year’s event, provided $9,500 cash prizes for the winning teams. ASU’s W. P. Carey School of Business also provided over $30,000 of in-kind investments for needed materials and resources and to help hire students to document the event.
Prototyping puppy paws
When dog rescue organization Handover Rover found Chuck, a dog with an amputated leg, they reached out to The Design School for help. Dosun Shin, associate professor of industrial design, who was working on prototypes at the time, designed Chuck a new prosthetic leg.
Numbers reflect 2018-19 and are accurate as of June 30, 2019.
