Capture Your Flag: Design and Make Your Own Pride Flag Workshop

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Thursday, May 12, 2022 6-8pm   Ruth Davis Design Gallery |Nancy Nicholas Hall |1300 Linden Dr This event has passed. The first version of a rainbow Pride flag was designed in 1978 by Gilbert Baker. Over …

graphic with a green flannel background with the the words "camp camp" in the center foreground

Friendship Bracelet Making Workshop

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Saturday, May 7, 2022, 2-5pm  Ruth Davis Design Gallery |Nancy Nicholas Hall |1300 Linden Dr When did we stop making our friends gifts just to show how much we care about them? There was a …

graphic with a green flannel background with the the words "camp camp" in the center foreground

Public Presentations by Design Studies 527: Global Artisan Students

Nancy Nicholas Hall
@ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Tuesday, May 3 at 5:30pm Wisconsin Idea Room, Rm 1199 | 1st Floor, Nancy Nicholas Hall | UW–Madison This event is planned to be virtual and in-person. To attend online, Register Here. This semester, students in the …

Photo of ten people sitting at tables placed in a square with an opening for center table covered in textiles. A figure kneels near textiles pointing out details.

Coming Together: Culturally Inspired Creation Trunk Show

The Link
@ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

April 30, 2022 at 1pm The Link | 1st Floor, Nancy Nicholas Hall | UW–Madison Co-design teams comprising the UW–Madison students and traditional artisans from Kutch, India have worked together this semester to present a public …

View from behind a masked person using a stamp pattern with ink on a textile. In background two figures watch the demonstration.

Coming Together: Culturally Inspired Creation Exhibition Reception

The Link
@ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

April 30, 2022 at 1pm The Link | 1st Floor, Nancy Nicholas Hall | UW–Madison Join us in celebration of the exhibition Coming Together: Culturally Inspired Creation. Meet with the Design Studies 527: Global Artisans students who …

Group of eleven people wearing masks examine a table with three textiles, one red and two predominantly black.

Coming Out Campfire Stories

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Thursday, April 28, 2022, 6-8pm   Ruth Davis Design Gallery |Nancy Nicholas Hall |1300 Linden Dr What’s more iconic of a summer camp experience than sitting around the campfire telling scary stories? Well, coming out as …

graphic with a green flannel background with the the words "camp camp" in the center foreground

Master of Fine Arts Opening Reception

Ruth Davis Design Gallery
@ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Thursday, April 28, 2022,  4-6pm   Ruth Davis Design Gallery |Nancy Nicholas Hall |1300 Linden Dr Join us April 28th from 4-6pm in the Ruth Davis Design Gallery to celebrate the Design Studies Master of Fine …

image of two graphics side by side, one with brown flannel and reen leaves that reads "camp camp" and the other with a pink background and green, white, and black handwriting in the foreground

WE EXIST: Master of Fine Arts Exhibition by Henry Obeng

Center for Design & Material Culture
@ 10:00 am - @ 4:00 pm

April 27- May 27, 2022 | Ruth Davis Design Gallery Third year Design Studies graduate student Henry Obeng presents WE EXIST a Master of Fine Arts Exhibit taking place April 27-MAY 27, 2022 in the …

Cream colored square image with the text "we exist" placed to the right of a greyed-out photo of a black man staring at the camera with a neutral expression.

Crafting New Futures Using “Ideas Arrangements Effects”

Center for Design & Material Culture
@ 4:00 pm

Monday, April 25 @ 4pm This event has passed. Watch the recording HERE. Join Kenneth Bailey co founder of Design Studio for Social Intervention as he shares key concepts behind the Studio’s recent book, Ideas …

image of several wooden stools in different stages of assembly on the floor with text over top reading "Ideas, Arrangements, Effects"

Designers are Critical to Equity & Inclusion

Center for Design & Material Culture
@ 10:00 am

Wednesday, April 20th @ 10am CT This event has passed. Watch the recording HERE. Design is a social art.  Designers create the environments for human life – from our physical spaces to the products we …

image of a doorway with a concrete column to the left and glass doors in the center looking into a room