Axel Thallemer's inflatable architecture.
Crown's award winning hydraulic lift designs.
Spring 2006 Lectures
Jan. 31 Mike Simonian: Founder & Industrial Designer, Mike & Maaike Inc.
"Off the Hook Independent design experience of Mike and Maaike."
Mike Simonian speaks about his studio as a resource for experimental design, progressive ideas and unexpected solutions for products, furniture and environments.
Feb. 21 Richard Clarke: Global Footware Creative Director, NIKE Co.
"Innovation and Environmental Concerns."
Richard Clarke lectures about Nike corporate design philosophy, the Nike materials lab and their turn towards environmental concerns.
Fall 2005 Lectures
Kazuo Kimura, Executive Director of the International Design Center in Nagoya.
"Transportation Design & The Shinkansen Bullet Train"
Spring 2005 Lectures
Jan 29th IDSA Texas Chapter: Co-organizing DESIGN ODYSSEY 2004
The IDSA Texas Chapter presented it's 7th annual Design Odyssey event in Houston at the University of Houston's Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture. This annual design event provided a venue for learning and sharing information among designers. ID students also had the benefit of meeting designers throughout the State of Texas.
Speakers
Bill Dorr, Senior Designer, Uniden Co.
Ethan Wood & Allen Michalik, Designer, Radica Games
Mark Kimbrough, President, Design Edge & Wetnoz
Kate Caterall, Associate Prof. Univ. of Texas at Austin
Fall 2004 Lectures
Sept. 13 Axel Thallemer: Head of Corporate Design, Festo AG & Co.
“Nature as Role Model: What Can We Learn and Apply in the Design Context?”
Sept. 27 Michael Gallagher: Vice President, Crown Design Center
“Designing Moving Products for Moving Markets”
Oct. 4 Christopher C. Deam : Architect/Designer CCD, California
"Tales from the Trailer Park: Airstream, the re-design of an icon"
Christopher D.Deam is a designer negotiating the realm between furniture design, architecture, interiors and product design. He designed two Airstream trailers as a new icon.
Oct. 18 Susan Szenasy: Editor, Metropolis
"Can you stand still while moving fast?"
Nov. 15 Masamichi Udagawa & Sigi Moeslinger: founder, Antenna Design
“Moving People”
Antenna Design was founded in 1997 with the mission to make the experience of technologically enhanced objects and environments more meaningful and exciting. Their projects cover two fleets of subway cars for New York City and various automated ticket vending machines for the Metropolitan Authority of New York. Antenna Design was selected as RAVE Award 2004 by Weired Magazine in the category of Industrial Design.
Nov. 22 Bombardier, Denys Lapointe, VP of Design & Innovation at Bombardier Inc.
“Sea-Doo, Ski-Doo, and More: Innovative Recreational Vehicle Design”
Spring 2004 Lectures
Artjar - Rajan Sedalia
"Drawing & Rendering Skills:"
Rajan Sedalia, President and Founder of Artjar brings his expressive drawing skills to the UH ID Program. Rajan Sedalia studied art and design at The Ohio State University, The Center for Creative Studies (Detroit, MI), and Columbus (OH) College of Art & Design.
