Ruth Davis Design Gallery | January 18 – March 26, 2023 How can we understand the relationships among place, history, nation, and identity? Design for Civil Society: Fostering Dialogue for Completely Human Agents is an ongoing …
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Student Spotlight: Alternative Fashions by Addison Nace
What is fashion? This question is one of the guiding inquiries that inspired Uncut Attire. Since entering grad school, I have begun to consider ways in which the definition of fashion may be broadened to …
Student Spotlight: Experiencing “Questioning Things” by Sarah Egan
Experiencing “Questioning Things” on my first day back as a gallery assistant in the Center for Design and Material Culture was daunting. Having been gone for the summer, the exhibit was a surprise to me, …
Workshop + Conversation with Sustainable Furniture Designer & Entrepreneur Jerri Hobdy
Thursday, November 10 | 5-6:30pm Dorothy O’Brien Innovation Lab | Nancy Nicholas Hall | Forward Facing: The story of a chair through the lens of future materials, manufacture and market. Waste reduction, climate friendly materials and lower …
Uncut Attire: How Weaving Informs Wearables
Lynn Mecklenburg Textile Gallery – September 14 – December 4, 2022 How has weaving influenced clothing design, particularly in cultures where handweaving is strongly embedded into communities? This exhibition, completely drawn from the Helen Louise …
Textile Tuesday: Red Edition: July
Join us once a month during 2022 on the CDMC Stories blog for Textile Tuesdays: Red Edition! Students in the UW-Madison Design Studies class “History of Textiles” (Fall 2021) wrote these posts, choosing the color …
Textile Tuesday: Red Edition: June
Join us once a month during 2022 on the CDMC Stories blog for Textile Tuesdays: Red Edition! Students in the UW-Madison Design Studies class “History of Textiles” (Fall 2021) wrote these posts, choosing the color …
Capture Your Flag: Design and Make Your Own Pride Flag Workshop
Thursday, May 12, 2022 6-8pm Ruth Davis Design Gallery |Nancy Nicholas Hall |1300 Linden Dr Please follow the link to RSVP. The first version of a rainbow Pride flag was designed in 1978 by Gilbert …
Friendship Bracelet Making Workshop
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 …
Coming Together: Culturally Inspired Creation Trunk Show
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 …