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Campus bicycle design wins Gold Award

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Winners included designs for flat pack furniture and a municipal light standard designed for the City of Salem as part of the Sustainable Cities Year Program.

A University of Oregon student team entry took gold in a national competition among 129 schools and 410 students worldwide for the best innovative designs in the 2012 IDEA awards given by the Industrial Designers Society of America.

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Products for Athletes with Disabilities exhibit opens at UO

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Students collaborated with Nike to create products to help elite, disabled athletes compete at a higher level.

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Products for Athletes with Disabilities exhibit opens at UO

Monday, June 18, 2012

Students collaborated with Nike to create products to help elite, disabled athletes compete at a higher level.

Designs by University of Oregon product design students working with Nike to develop equipment for elite athletes with physical limitations are on display at the Jaqua Center for Student Athletes on the UO campus through July 3.

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Exhibit: Enabling Adaptive Athletes - Products for Athletes with Disabilities

The exhibit can be viewed at the Jaqua Center according to the following schedule:

Sponsoring Organization(s)
Presenting Department, Program or Organization: 
School of Architecture and Allied Arts
Product Design
Basic Information
Event Type: 
Exhibit
Price: 
$0.00
Regional Audience: 
Eugene
Intended Audience: 
Open to the General Public
Date and Time
Date: 
Monday, June 18, 2012   - Tuesday, July 3, 2012  
Contact Information
Name: 
Product Design Department
E-Mail Address: 
pdinfo@uoregon.edu
Location of Event
Place of Event: 
Other/Off-Campus
Building and/or Room Number: 
Jaqua Academic Center
Address: 
1615 East 13th Avenue
City: 
Eugene
State/Province: 
OR
Zip Code: 
97403
Country: 
USA
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Two Product Design faculty named to dwell’s top 27

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Studio Gorm’s John Arndt and Wonhee Jeong Arndt are among a handful from North America.

Two University of Oregon Product Design Program faculty members are among the top twenty-seven designers globally deemed by dwell magazine as “The New Guard.” John Arndt and Wonhee Jeong Arndt – he an assistant professor and she an adjunct instructor – collaborate on projects in Studio Gorm, an independent design studio they began in 2006.

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Designer hopes to launch cottage industry in digital ceramics

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

The UO product design student and independent studio principal seeks $3,200 through Kickstarter.

Making ceramics digitally may seem paradoxical, but for Matt Kennedy, melding craft practices with digital technology is the future of cottage industry ceramics production – and it’s a future he hopes to unleash by summer.

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Green Product Design Network - Lecture and Networking Event

GDPN - The Green Product Design Network

Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 5:30–8:00 p.m.
UO in Portland
White Stag Block Event Room
70 NW Couch Street, Portland OR 97209

Sponsoring Organization(s)
Presenting Department, Program or Organization: 
School of Architecture and Allied Arts
Architecture
Product Design
Other Organization
GPDN - THE GREEN PRODUCT DESIGN NETWORK
Basic Information
Event Type: 
Lecture
Regional Audience: 
Portland
Intended Audience: 
Open to the General Public
Date and Time
Date: 
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Contact Information
Name: 
Erin Moore, UO Architecture or Kiersten Muenchinger, UO Product Design
E-Mail Address: 
moore2@uoregon.edu or kiersten@uoregon.edu
Location of Event
Place of Event: 
Portland - White Stag Building
Building and/or Room Number: 
Event Room
Address: 
70 NW Couch Street
City: 
Eugene
State/Province: 
OR
Zip Code: 
97209
Country: 
USA
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Design Studio Culture Policy: Follow up meeting

Sponsoring Organization(s)
Presenting Department, Program or Organization: 
School of Architecture and Allied Arts
Architecture
Digital Arts
Product Design
Basic Information
Event Type: 
Meeting
Price: 
$0.00
Regional Audience: 
Portland
Intended Audience: 
Open to A&AA Faculty, Staff and Students
Date and Time
Date: 
Friday, February 24, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Contact Information
Name: 
Kirsten Poulsen-House
E-Mail Address: 
kpoulsen@uoregon.edu
Phone Number: 
(503) 412-3718
Location of Event
Place of Event: 
Portland - White Stag Building
Building and/or Room Number: 
Room 555
Address: 
70 NW Couch Street
City: 
Portland
State/Province: 
OR
Zip Code: 
97209
Country: 
USA
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Pro-Connect Wednesday: PORTFOLIOS FOR JOB SEARCH

Make good connections: Join professionals to hear their feedback about running a business, portfolios and job search. Sign up for individual office hours with PODS staff and professionals.

What: Bring your draft portfolios, get feedback on both on-line and book form. Scott Huette, Lead Instructor on Portfolios for PODS, and Professionals from architecture, product design, and digital arts will discuss formats and review your work in small groups.

Sponsoring Organization(s)
Presenting Department, Program or Organization: 
School of Architecture and Allied Arts
Architecture
Digital Arts
Product Design
Basic Information
Event Type: 
Review
Price: 
$0.00
Regional Audience: 
Portland
Intended Audience: 
Open to A&AA Faculty, Staff and Students
Date and Time
Date: 
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Contact Information
Name: 
Kirsten Poulsen-House
E-Mail Address: 
kpoulsen@uoregon.edu
Phone Number: 
(503) 412-3718
Location of Event
Place of Event: 
Portland - White Stag Building
Building and/or Room Number: 
Event Room
Address: 
70 NW Couch Street
City: 
Portland
State/Province: 
OR
Zip Code: 
97209
Country: 
USA
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Rethinking simplicity, sustainability in furniture design from Denmark to Oregon

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Upcoming lectures highlight the process behind research, development and design.

Sometimes a chair is just a chair. But sometimes there’s more to it.

Nils-Ole Zib, an independent furniture designer, educator, and product development consultant based in Denmark, is out to prove just that. His upcoming Gunilla K. Finrow lecture series in Portland and Eugene, entitled “Own Works – The Process,” will address his unique design philosophy.

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