The Design Museum exhibitions change each quarter. The museum, in
the Department of Design at UC Davis, also highlights
undergraduate and graduate student work during spring quarter of
each year. Photographs and exhibition statements about earlier
shows are available by clicking on the years to the left.
Associate Professor Beth Ferguson will give two upcoming talks
centering on her recent work on climate adaptation and
sustainable mobility at the UC Santa Cruz and a WTS Advancing
Women Advancing Transportation event in Sacramento.
The California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) at UC Davis and
the Smart City Research Center at the Korea Advanced Institute of
Science and Technology (KAIST) recently established a formal
research partnership. Harnessing the combined expertise and
resources of the CLTC and KAIST Smart City Research Center,
this partnership will accelerate efforts towards energy
efficiency and decarbonization in cities. To inaugurate this
partnership the CLTC hosted distinguished visiting professors
from KAIST on January 23, 2024, for
a research seminar covering several topics related to the
understanding and development of ’smart cities.’
Congratulations to MycoTextile
Futures for their 3rd place award (in the research
category) in the Future is Fungi global competition hosted by a
European consortium aiming to promote research and start-ups
using fungi to solve major environmental challenges.
The UC Davis Design Museum explores racism through cartoons in
the installation “STILL: Racism in America, A Retrospective in
Cartoons.” Showcasing the work of pioneering father/daughter
cartoonists the late Brumsic Brandon, Jr. and Barbara
Brandon-Croft, the exhibition runs Jan. 23 through April 21,
2024.