Professor Martin Linder and DAI graduate Chris Morlock of MSL Design introduce a new collection of health care seating for a Herman Miller Company.

Florabella, the new healthcare line from Brandrud (a Herman Miller Company), has redefined performance in the healthcare environment.

Healthcare furniture has created many new challenges for furniture design. Long waits, tense situations, and a sense of vulnerability pervade the experience. Hospital acquired infections are a major issue facing healthcare providers.

Florabella is next generation of healthcare furniture that addresses this infection control issue. Materials such as food, liquids, to hair can easily be trapped in traditional designs, cannot easily be cleaned, and becomes a breeding ground for pathogens.

Professor Hsiao-Yun Chu in DAI Department publishes book on R. Buckminster Fuller "New Views on R. Buckminster Fuller" (Stanford University Press, 2009) edited by Hsiao-Yun Chu, Roberto Trujillo

A serious scholarly look at the work of R. Buckminster Fuller is long overdue. This volume takes a broad historical view, discussing Fuller and his work in the context of larger social and cultural patterns. Fuller is a common thread in a critical cultural history that shows him to be both a participant in and a product of his times. By placing Fuller and his work in a historical framework, we arrive at a much richer understanding of both this self-made polymath and his times.

The 2008-2009 iDo Thurgood Community Bench project demonstrates excellence in community education that fosters creativity and builds self confidence in high school and college students. iDo is greatly appreciate to the Miranda Lux Foundation, Fear Not Foundation, individual donors and the teaching mentors for their generous support of the project.

The bench will be displayed permanently at the San Francisco Mayors Reception Room At City Hall.

Asst. Prof. Hsiao-Yun Chu has been awarded a Faculty Curriculum Internationalization Grant from the Office of International Programs. The purpose of the grant is to help infuse a cultural perspective on product design within the DAI 410, Product Design II class. The grant supports professional development as well as materials for class delivery.

Asst. Prof. Hsiao-Yun Chu announces the publication of "New Views on R. Buckminster Fuller," a scholarly volume which puts the work of R. Buckminster Fuller in historical context. Prof. Chu was both the principal editor and a contributor to this volume, which is published by Stanford University Press. The book features articles by leading art and architectural historians and presents a significant critical contribution to the field. For more information, see http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=9084

2009 Young at Art
Industrial Design Outreach @ the 2009 Young at Art Festival

Come help the Industrial Design Outreach program and the students of Thurgood Marshall Academic High School celebrate their work and the work of other young artists throughout San Francisco Unified School District at the 2009 Young at Art Festival. This 23-year tradition will showcase the inspiration and creativity inherent in our youngest San Franciscans.

May 22, 2009 - 5:00-8:45pm
The DeYoung Museum - Golden Gate Park
Kimball Education Gallery, Koret Audiotorium

Greetings DAI Graduating Students,

In honor and celebration of our AY 2008-2009 Graduates, we are very pleased to announce the DAI Annual "Pre-Commencement" Reception and Ceremony, Sat, May 23rd, 2008, 9:30 - 11:45 AM

The "Pre-Commencement" Reception will take place from 9:30 - 10:50 am in the Creative Arts Building, CA 153, across from Knuth Hall.

The "Pre-Commencement" Ceremony will take place in Knuth Hall, from 11:00 am -11:45 AM.

Hiroki Takeshita is the SF State winner of the AIGA SF Enrichment Scholarship Award.

The Enrichment Scholarship was created by AIGA San Francisco to enhance the quality and diversity of design education. Winners receive a scholarship worth $500 which may be used to underwrite the cost of their design education or to pay for a supplemental program, such as attending a design conference or participating in a class or workshop.

Michelle Steed has proven her leadership in the community through her roles as the Industrial Design Society of America Officer: Vice President 2004-05 & Secretary 2005-2006. and Student Director of the Industrial Design Outreach Program (iDo) and is currently the Director of iDo's Alumni Association.

FREEWAVES is offering 2 paid Multicultural Undergraduate Summer Internships through The Getty Grant Program for

a Web/Archive Intern and an Administrative Intern,

both for 10-weeks, full-time, $3,500 gross salary in Hollywood.

Freewaves is dedicated to the creative exhibition of innovative and culturally relevant independent new media from around the world. Freewaves facilitates cross-cultural dialogues by inventing dynamic new media exhibition forms at experimental and established venues.

Candidates must be: