Faculty and Staff Celebrate New Book Releases

Join the college community in the Architecture and Landscape Architecture Library at 5:30 PM for the opportunity to meet the authors, learn more about their books, and ask them questions about their research. Authors in attendance include:

Professor Mike Christenson (Architecture)
Theories and Practices of Architectural Representation – Routledge

Architectural knowledge systems continue to shift away from traditional means, such as books and photographs, into modes dominated by digital technologies. This shift parallels earlier ones developed by craftspeople into the knowledge of painters and writers, or shifts from manually produced knowledge into the mode of photography and film. These historical shifts caused profound disruptions to established patterns, and in general the shift currently underway is no different. Theories and Practices of Architectural Representation proposes that historical theories and practices of architectural representation remain distinct, robust, and uniquely viable within the context of rapidly changing technologies.

Regents Professor Emerita Joanne B Eicher (Apparel Design) (Co-Ed)
The Anthropology of Dress and Fashion: A Reader – Bloomsbury

Anthropologists have examined how diverse human populations modify and dress their bodies since the earliest days of the discipline. The Anthropology of Dress and Fashion: A Reader is the first authoritative anthology of the seminal writings of anthropologists studying clothing and fashion. From classic ethnographies of dress to cutting-edge contemporary research tracing the global circulation of clothing today, this comprehensive volume maps out this vibrant field of study’s shifting preoccupations, theoretical innovations, and traditional and experimental methodologies.

Professor Tom Fisher (Minnesota Design Center)
The Architecture of Ethics – Routledge

Ethics is one of the most important and least understood aspects of design practice. In his latest book, Thomas Fisher shows how ethics are inherent to the making of architecture – and how architecture offers an unusual and useful way of looking at ethics. The Architecture of Ethics helps students in architecture and other design disciplines to understand the major approaches to ethics and to apply them to the daily challenges they face in their work. The book covers each of the four dominant approaches to ethics: virtue ethics, social contract ethics, duty ethics, and utilitarian ethics.

Professor Mary Guzowski (Architecture)
Art of Architectural Daylighting – Laurence King

During the past decade, there has been tremendous growth in daylighting analysis methods, allowing designers to meet ever-higher standards. But in relying too heavily on these methods, there is a risk of reducing daylighting design to a quantitative exercise, overlooking the qualitative, aesthetic, and experiential aspects of design. The Art of Architectural Daylighting reveals how architects have bridged the poetic and practical potential of daylighting to create exquisitely illuminated spaces.

Professor Tasoulla Hadjiyanni (Interior Design)
The Right to Home: Exploring How Space, Culture, and Identity Intersect with Disparities
– Palgrave Macmillan

Using stories from Hmong, Somali, Mexicans, Ojibwe, and African Americans in Minnesota, this book explores how the design characteristics of homes can support or suppress individuals’ attempts to create meaning in their lives, which in turn, impacts well-being and delineates the production of health, income, and educational disparities within homes and communities. The physical realities of living space have a salient connection to the beliefs, culture, and happiness of the individuals in the space. The book’s purpose is to examine the human capacity to create meaning and to rally home mediators (scholars, educators, design practitioners, policymakers, and advocates) to work toward Culturally Enriched Communities in which everyone can thrive.

Professor Brad Hokanson (Graphic Design) (Co-Ed)
Educational Technology and Narrative: Story and Instructional Design – Springer

This volume is the result of a 2016 research symposium sponsored by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology and is focused on the growing theoretical areas of integrating story and narrative into educational design. Narrative, or storytelling, is often used as a means for understanding, conveying, and remembering the events of our lives. Our lives become a series of stories as we use narrative to structure our thinking; stories that teach, train, socialize, and create value. The contributions in this volume examine stories and narrative in instructional design and offer a diverse exploration of instructional design and learning environments.

Professor Emerita Karen LaBat (Apparel Design) (Co-author)
Human Body: A Wearable Product Designer’s Guide – CRC Press

Unlike other anatomy books, Human Body: A Wearable Product Designer’s Guide is divided into sections pertinent to wearable product designers. Two introductory chapters include many definitions, an introduction to anatomical terminology, and brief discussions of the body’s systems, setting the stage for the remaining chapters. The book is extensively referenced and has a large glossary with both anatomical and design terms making it maximally useful for interdisciplinary collaborative work.

Professor Steven McCarthy (Graphic Design)
Design at Stanford

Design at Stanford reveals the fascinating story of how, in 1958, Stanford University’s departments of art and mechanical engineering collaborated on a joint graduate degree in design. Since 2005, Stanford’s “d.school” (the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design) has become legendary for propagating “design thinking” as a methodology, enabled in large part by alumnus and professor David Kelley. Apple Computer’s early product designs, the founding of global design company IDEO, the design of the Google and Twitter logos, numerous typefaces for Adobe, the patented Koosh ball toy – Stanford-educated designers have influenced the world around us.

Professor Kristine Miller (Landscape Architecture)
Introduction to Design Equity

Why do affluent, liberal, and design-rich cities like Minneapolis have some of the biggest racial disparities in the country? How can designers help to create more equitable communities? Introduction to Design Equity, an open access book for students and professionals, maps design processes and products against equity research to highlight the pitfalls and potentials of design as a tool for building social justice.

Assistant Director Heather Nagle (Career and Internship Services) (Co-author)
Love at First Interview: 8 Steps to Land a Job

Love at First Interview was inspired by over 20 years of working as career counselors with university students. Many people get anxious going on a job interview or a first date and that can be a good thing. When you get butterflies in your stomach it is often because you are interested in something or someone and you may be at a stage where you don’t have a lot of information to help your confidence.

Professor Julia Robinson (Architecture)
Complex Housing: Designing for Density – Routledge

Complex Housing introduces an architectural type called complex housing, common to the Netherlands and found in other Northern European countries. Eight fully illustrated case studies show successful approaches to designing for density, which reflect values such as long-term planning, a right to housing, and access to light and air. The case studies demonstrate a wide range of applications including a mixture of urban and suburban sites, various numbers of dwelling units, low- to high-density approaches, different architectural styles, and organizational strategies that can be adopted in projects elsewhere.