Former Nierenberg Chair Wins Cooper Hewitt National Design Award
Dr. Patricia Moore, the 1996-1997 Nierenberg Chair at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Design, was recently awarded the Design Mind Award from Cooper Hewitt’s National Design Awards. Cooper Hewitt’s National Design Awards brings national recognition to the ways in which design enriches everyday life.
Professor Terry Irwin, after wrapping up her tenure as Head of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Design, recently returned from an extensive international trip where she met with design collaborators to discuss the topic of Transition Design. Not only was the trip crucial to advance Transition Design activities and leverage the interest that continues to grow in northern Europe, but it was the next step in launching Carnegie Mellon University’s Transition Design Institute.
Karen Escarcha, an incoming master’s student (MA ’20) at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Design, was recently awarded a 2019–20 Selected Professions Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW).
Featured Video by Madison Headrick
On the 25th of September 2015, when the 193 Member States of the United Nations approved the 2030 Agenda, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals was also created. Communication Design Juniors in the Designing for Complex Communication Systems class were challenged to create 60-second videos that educate, challenge and inspire people on the importance of these Sustainable Development Goals. Madison Headrick's video explores the justice system and the problems ex-convicts face as they attempt to reenter society.
Please enjoy some of last year's best work from the entire spectrum of projects and research that our grads and undergrads took part in at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Design.
The School of Architecture presents Kathryn Annthony and her lecture "Defined by Design: The Surprising Power of Hidden Gender, Age, and Body Bias in Everyday Products and Places." The lecutre will take place at 5pm in the Kresge Theater.
Benedikt Groß is an antidisciplinary artist and designer. He works at the intersection of people, their data, technology and environments somewhere in the Bermuda triangle of data, speculative and computational design.
