Nancy Nicholas Hall -
Soccer is the world’s most popular game, but experiences of the game are remarkably different around the world. When children do not have the luxury of affording a mass-produced soccer ball, they take to the …
Events Category: Center for Design & Material Culture
k1, p2: from Handknits to Computational Design
Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery -
k1, p2: from Handknits to Computational Design showcases knits from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection alongside objects made by contemporary artists and designers. All knits begin with two foundational stitches which create a structure …
2026 Summer Fellowship Symposium
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture is pleased to host our 7th annual Summer Fellowship Symposium on Friday, September 18 at 9:00 AM. This year we will have students presenting from …
The Virtual Image: A Media Archaeology Workshop
Amanda Shubert
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
What methods of archival research are required to understand virtual images? How can playing with visual and material culture become a research method, and what forms of knowledge can such play reveal? Virtual images are …
The Science of Human Thriving: Celebrating 100 Years of the Child Development Lab
Ruth Davis Design Gallery -
The Science of Human Thriving: Celebrating 100 Years of the Child Development Lab exhibits the innovative, research-based work of University of Wisconsin–Madison teachers, faculty, scholars, and students in the science of early relational health. Rooted …
Knitted Dimensions: Knit, Technology, and Spatial Practices
Nancy Nicholas Hall -
Through a series of beyond-the-gallery installations of knit-based soft architecture, Knitted Dimensions: Knit, Technology, and Spatial Practices demonstrates how knitting is a method of design capable of reshaping how spaces are made and experienced. The …
Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection Community Day
Nancy Nicholas Hall @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join us for the Fall 2026 Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection Community Day! Once a semester, collection staff host a Community Day where we lead behind-the-scene tours and share information about the Collection. In addition, …
Sweater Weather
Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery -
Every handknit sweater is a story. Stitch by stitch, a sweater embodies its own construction and something about its maker. Sweater Weather follows the threads of meaning in this winter weather staple. The story of …
Spring 2027 Exhibitions Celebration
@ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join us this spring to celebrate the 2026-27 exhibition season! The Design Studies MFA exhibition will be on view in the Ruth Davis Design Gallery, Sweater Weather in the Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery, and Knitted …
