Products of Public Space
| Date/Time: | Wednesday, 12 Feb 2014 from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm |
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| Location: | Morrill Hall Auditorium |
| Cost: | Free |
| Contact: | Kevin Owens |
| Phone: | 515-294-5676 |
| Channel: | College of Design |
| Categories: | Lectures |
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The DSN S 546: Products of Public Space studio will host this lecture by landscape architect Brian Clark, principal of Confluence Design, a comprehensive landscape architecture and planning firm with five offices across the Midwest. Clark will speak about the firm's work in retail streetscapes and other urban public spaces.
Taught by Kevin Owens, lecturer in industrial design, Products of Public Space is an interdisciplinary, experimental learning studio that exposes upper-level students to a range of real-world issues of public space in the Greater Des Moines region and beyond. Students then use their expertise to propose creative interventions for Des Moines that focus on entertainment and tourism; economic development; recreation and quality of life; vibrant urban experience; technology development; reversing the "brain drain"; sustainable energy; sustainable watershed; creation of new business models; and lifestyle choices for all generations.