Calling all UCD Design students 📣
We’re looking for volunteers for the UC Davis Design Alumni Networking Day on May 16 at Cruess Hall.
Help support the event, connect with alumni, and meet members of the design community.
Sign up through the link in the poster or here: https://bit.ly/4u7wObX
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Celebrate spring with the Let's Draw Davis Sketch Crawl on Saturday, May 16. This time we will sketch in the old downtown area next to campus. We will meet at the corner of 3rd St and A St, and sketch around the area for a couple of hours before meeting up again at 3rd and A to look at each others' sketchbooks. START: 12:30pm, FINISH: 2:30pm. Just bring your sketching materials.
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The results of the 16th annual Luminaire Design Competition are officially in, featuring a partnership with Maltani Lighting and the work of Professor Jae Yong Suk’s students. After three rounds of deliberation by the jury—comprising the Maltani design team, Neha Sivaprasad of Sol Light Studio, and Karen Park from UC Davis—the winners are Olivia McCutcheon, Mara Alagon, and Gian Ayson. For details visit arts.ucdavis.edu/design
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MFA graduate student Wonjin Kim will present three papers at upcoming international conferences: EDRA57, DTRS’15, and ISEA2026. “Productive Misalignment” (EDRA57 - May 27-30) examines how residual urban spaces can be reactivated through micro-scale interventions and participatory governance. “Carrier Bag Thinking” (DTRS’15 - June 17-19) proposes a design epistemology centered on re-assemblability and exit-point design, while “Hybrid Media Eco-Bag” (ISEA2026 - Nov. 2026) presents a research-through-design artifact that operationalizes this approach via a carrier-based hybrid media interface. Selected papers will also be included in subsequent conference publications.
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Nidhi Mittal, a second-year MFA Design Graduate student, presented her project, "The Invisible Data: Mapping the Perimenopausal Data Gap in Women's Health" at ACM CHI (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems) in Barcelona and won second place in the Student Research Competition (SRC) for her paper.
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Jae Yong Suk, professor of design and director of the California Lighting Technology Center, has been named the Arthur H. Rosenfeld Chair in Energy Efficiency at UC Davis. The endowment helps the chair holder promote the mission to develop and commercialize energy-efficient technologies, teach future leaders in energy efficiency, and conduct critical policy-supporting research. The position honors the legacy of Arthur H. Rosenfeld, considered the “father of energy efficiency.” The late Rosenfeld was a founding advisory board member of the UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute, a professor emeritus of physics at UC Berkeley, co-founder and former director of the Center for Building Science at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a former California Energy Commissioner.
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Building off the momentum from the “Village Homes: A Radical Plan” exhibition, UC Davis is hosting a half-day symposium, “Building Communities that Work: What Village Homes Can Teach Us Today,” this Saturday, May 2. The event will feature conversations with scholars and practitioners from a variety of disciplines. 9:30am until 2 pm. Free but advance registration is required. Visit arts.ucdavis.edu/design
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Please join us this Friday:
Climate Action Architecture | Author Roundtable | 1 May 2026, 12-1 pst (on Zoom) Join us for a conversation with Tatjana Schneider, co-author of Architecture Is Climate, and Brett Snyder, author of California Changing: 50 Sites of Climate Change in Augmented Reality. They will share insights from their recent publications and be joined by Karolina Karlic (UC Santa Cruz) and Jadzia Pho (UC Davis) for a moderated discussion.
The University of California Climate Action Arts Network (UC CAAN) mobilizes the arts as a vital partner in climate research, public scholarship, and community engagement across the UC system. This event is part of the UC CAAN initiative, led at UC Davis by glenda Drew and Brett Snyder.
To attend via Zoom: /3v6bd9uf
The Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio Program presents a public lecture by Dyani White Hawk on Thursday, April 30 at 4:30 in the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art.
A multidisciplinary artist, White Hawk's practice, strongly rooted in painting and beadwork, extends into sculpture, installation, video, and performance, reflects upon cross-cultural experiences through the amalgamation of influences from Lakota and Euro/American abstraction. A mid-career survey "Dyani White Hawk: Love Language," co-organized by the Walker Art Center and Remai Modern, opened at Remai Modern on April 25, 2026. Free and open to all. Doors open at 4pm.
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Join us for a special talk with Beth Esponnette, cofounder of unspun, as she shares how cutting edge 3D weaving technologies are enabling zero waste garment design and production.
Wednesday, April 29th
4:30-5:30pm
1105 Cruess Hall
The Maria Manetti Shrem Institute for Sustainable Design, Fashion and Textiles Industry Seminar Series @ucd.sustainabledesigninstitute .
Today, Thursday, April 23 at 6:30 pm, Professors Beth Ferguson and Brett Snyder as well as UC Davis alumni Cameron Gillern will be presenting their work as part of After Dark: Climate Journeys at the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Climate change is a complex problem that requires imaginative solutions. Join artists, designers, advocates, and community members to strengthen your response to our changing environment. Information: exploratorium.edu
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The Visiting Artist Lecture Series presents photographer Mimi Plumb who will give a talk on Thursday, April 23 at 5:30 p.m. in Cruess Hall 1003. Plumb is part of a long tradition of socially engaged photographers whose work explores the landscapes and communities of California and the American West. In 2022, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to support her ongoing project, "The Reservoir." Free and open to all.
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