Illustration of someone singing and vacuuming while a surveillance camera in one them.

You Discover You're on Camera. Now What?

A growing number of people use surveillance cameras inside their homes. Associate Professor of Interaction Design James Pierce explores how others spending time in the home are affected.

February 5, 2025
Jason Germany

Jason Germany’s collaborations result in NSF and CoMotion grants

Industrial Design associate professor, Jason Germany is co-principal investigator for the two research projects awarded

February 3, 2025
“Nena” Server. Image by Mark A. Hernandez Motaghy

Soft Data and Common Wares Artists-in-Residence

The two visiting artists who will spend one month each at the DXARTS Softlab and Studio Tilt at the School of Art + Art History + Design are Xiaowei R. Wang - a California-based artist, writer, organizer and coder, and Mark A. Hernandez Motaghy - a Boston-based artist, cultural worker, and co-founding director of Fortunately Magazine.

March 20, 2024
Screen view of the 2023 Graduate Showcase. Leo Carmona

2023 Graduate Showcase

Explore the online showcase to discover how each graduate student transformed their ideas, passions, and skills into a body of research.

August 10, 2023
Audrey Desjardins

IxD Professor Audrey Desjardins awarded by the National Science Foundation 

Audrey DesjardinsAssociate Professor of Interaction Design (IxDat the University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design, was awarded the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award in February 2023. 

March 6, 2023
People viewing MDes research posters

2023 MDes Work in Progress

Four Master of Design students are working towards graduation in June 2023. On December 8, they shared their current thesis research at an in-person poster show, and they now want to share that research more widely.

December 20, 2022
James Pierce

Pierce Receives NSF CAREER Award

This is the NSF's "most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization."

September 28, 2022
2022 Graduate Showcase wordmark

2022 Graduate Showcase

We are pleased to announce publication of the 2022 Graduate Showcase. This website presents the work of 19 recently graduated students who received Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Master of Arts (MA), or Master of Design (MDes) degrees.

July 18, 2022
Jamie Walker

Director's Notes – June 2022

“We made it!”, or some more colorful sentiment, was a common refrain that I heard from students, staff, and faculty as the academic year came to a close and we eased into summer...

June 28, 2022
The word "Funding" spelled from Scrabble tiles

Simpson Center Support for Art History

Two Art History faculty — Adair Rounthwaite and Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse — and two Art History graduate students — Nicole Block and Ananya Sikand — have received 2022–2023 funding from the UW Simpson Center for the Humanities.

June 26, 2022
Four students holding prize check standing with adviser

ID Student Recognition

Two Industrial Design students have received recognition for projects over the last few months: BDes student Jerred Mace with OneCourt and MDes student Zerong Yang with Customouse.

June 3, 2022
Book covers with Queer Night Life at center

Celebrating Pride Month

Celebrate Pride Month and the history, progress, and power of the LGBTQIA+ community through a collection of works by College of Arts & Sciences faculty, students, and alumni.

May 31, 2022
2018 Undergraduate Research Symposium

2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium

Several students from the School participated in this year’s symposium on Friday, May 20. There was a virtual lightning talk, two in-person oral presentations, a poster presentation, and the Visual Arts & Design Showcase.

May 23, 2022
Jokull designed by Wilson Reavley

Partnering with University of Washington students to innovate on the future of robotics

In the fall of 2021, Fresh partnered with the senior class of Industrial Design students at the University of Washington to innovate on the future of robotics.

May 13, 2022
Cartoon of grid of 8 figures and the text "Poster Show" in the center of the grid

2022 MDes Work in Progress

Eight Master of Design students are working towards graduation in June 2022. In mid-December, they shared their current thesis work in an online session, and they are now ready to share that further.

January 11, 2022
WorldVent ventilator

Rethinking the Ventilator

Industrial Design Associate Professor Jason O. Germany is the primary designer involved in developing WorldVent, a new ventilator, which has already won design awards.

September 21, 2021
Hands with device on wall

Audrey Desjardins: Data Imaginaries

The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is pleased to present Audrey Desjardins: Data Imaginaries, featuring the work of Audrey Desjardins, Assistant Professor of Interaction Design. The exhibition runs from September 21 through October 9.

September 13, 2021
Children and men on a street in San Francisco's Chinatown

Seeing myself in a 125-year-old photograph

Elizabeth Xiong says: "I'm a computer science major, but it was an art history class that shaped how I understand our complex and broken world, and also allowed me to better know myself as an Asian American."

July 6, 2021
Jamie Walker

Director's Notes – June 2021

What a year it has been.

And suddenly the end of the academic year was in sight, heralding graduation time for over 200 of our students who persevered through unimaginable circumstances…

June 23, 2021
Tiffany-Ashton Gatsby and Han Eckelberg

Two in 2021 Husky 100

Each year, the University of Washington recognizes 100 students from across all three campuses. Tiffany-Ashton Gatsby (Interdisciplinary Visual Art) and Han Eckelberg (Photo/Media) were both selected for 2021.

June 19, 2021
2021 Graduate Showcase spelled out in image

2021 Graduate Showcase

The School is pleased to announce the website documenting the work of our graduating graduate students. We are proud of their research and accomplishments. Nine MFA, one MA, one PhD, and four MDes graduates are included.

June 18, 2021
Montage of book cover images related to racial justice

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and expand your understanding of AAPI history and culture through a collection of works by College of Arts & Sciences faculty, students, and alumni.

May 14, 2021
Still from video prototype of PaintAR

Digital Health Futures

In a ten-week project during winter quarter 2021, students in Professor Axel Roesler’s DESIGN 483/582 (Advanced Projects in Interaction Design) explored the future of digital health, sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company Design Labs.

April 10, 2021
Alexis Calma in Rome

Art History + English

Alexis Calma is a senior majoring in both Art History and English. She has taken advantage of study abroad in Italy, and she is pursuing the honors option in Art History.

March 11, 2021
Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

As I sat down to write these quarterly notes, I struggled to find the concentration to focus. Given the current state of our world, which has at times been all consuming, it has been a challenge…

January 12, 2021
MDes work in progress graphic

2021 MDes Work in Progress

Four Master of Design students are working towards graduation in June 2021. In mid-December, they shared their current thesis work in an online session, and they are now ready to share that further.

December 28, 2020
Code chit chat

Voices+Voids: Reclaiming and Transcoding Our Data as Performance

A November 20 event launched a project website featuring research by Assistant Professors Audrey Desjardins (Interaction Design), Afroditi Psarra (DXARTS), and Bonnie Whiting (Percussion Studies). Discussion was moderated by Emily Zimmerman. Video is available.

November 3, 2020
Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

It was a summer like no other. A reduced schedule of classes was all taught online and most staff worked remotely. Only a handful of faculty, staff, and graduate students were to be found in our buildings…

October 6, 2020
Designing Type second edition by Karen Cheng

Designing Type – 2nd Edition

Fourteen years after the first edition was published, Professor Karen Cheng is releasing the fully revised second edition of her widely known book Designing Type. The American publisher of both books is Yale University Press.

September 29, 2020
Lux Aeterna banner

Lux Aeterna

This year-long online research platform and exhibition traces and troubles the currents of technical migration and image circulation. It is curated by Jacob Lawrence Gallery Director + Curator Emily Zimmerman and produced in partnership with Northwest Film Forum.

August 21, 2020
Luminaire Jar

Design Student Projects Recognized

Several projects by undergraduate Design students received recognition in the last month: as an Editor's Pick on Bestfolios, in an article on the SEGD website, and as winner of Core77 and EPDA awards.

June 20, 2020
Marek Wieczorek

Wieczorek at NIAS

Art History Associate Professor Marek Wieczorek was in Amsterdam from February to mid-June as a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences where he did research and writing for a new book.

June 18, 2020
Data Epics by Jack Sinclair

Grant-Funded Research by Desjardins

Interaction Design Assistant Professor Audrey Desjardins has been busy with two research projects since 2019. She recently received a National Science Foundation grant that allows her to begin a third project.

June 16, 2020
2020 Graduate Showcase banner

2020 Graduate Showcase

The School is pleased to announce the website that documents the work of our graduating graduate students. We are proud of their research and accomplishments. Eight MFA, five MA, and six MDes graduates are included.

June 12, 2020
Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

Although the return to campus following spring break typically means maneuvering through the crowds of visitors admiring the cherry trees, the anticipation of graduation, and laughter in the Quad, this year…

April 14, 2020
Designing Type by Karen Cheng

Support for Faculty Projects

Several faculty have received funding in the last few months for exciting research and teaching projects. This is from the largest amount of support ever directed to the Arts Division of the College of Arts & Sciences.

April 9, 2020
Sarah Strickler

A Love of Research — and Design

Sarah Strickler had every intention of pursuing a STEM degree when she arrived at the UW as a freshman. That changed after taking a color theory class in the School of Art + Art History + Design.

March 2, 2020
Omak Lake 2 by Joe Feddersen

Alumni News – January 2020

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of January 2020. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

January 11, 2020
Northwest Coast Art Gallery at Burke Museum

Presenting Art History

Faculty from the Division of Art History regularly present their research at venues around the country and beyond. Several are doing so during this academic year.

January 7, 2020
White Noise exhibition by Kerry Skarbakka

Alumni News – December 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of December 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

January 2, 2020
Prepi case and pen

Students Win GRAY Award

Industrial Design students Jack Johnston and Lulu McRoberts won a 2019 GRAY Award for PREPI, a new epinephrine delivery system and accompanying app for people with severe allergies.

December 9, 2019
Video by Gala and Zack Bent

Alumni News – November 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of November 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

December 2, 2019
Presentation by Tom Child and Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse

Anne Gould Hauberg Artist Images Series

Since 1990, the UW Libraries has hosted the Anne Gould Hauberg Artist Images Series. The 2019 lecture was given by Art History Assistant Professor Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse and her Kwagu’ł colleague Tom Child, Namsgamk'ala.

November 5, 2019
Jamie Walker

Director's Notes

It is a beautiful, sunny afternoon with the irrefutable signs of autumn accompanying the recent return of students and faculty to campus. The meetings and gatherings in preparation for the new academic year…

October 1, 2019
Flow by Kristen Ramirez

Alumni News – October 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of October 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

October 1, 2019
SITSA 2019 participants

Art History Grad Student Activities

Graduate students in the Division of Art History are often busy with projects outside the traditional classroom. Here are a few examples from 2019.

September 30, 2019
Log book with computer bug

RRF Scholar Award for Swaine

3D4M Assistant Professor Michael Swaine is working on a project titled "Debugging" that received support from a UW Royalty Research Fund Scholar Award.

September 30, 2019
Work by Ellen Lesperance

Alumni News – September 2019

This is a listing of alumni news as posted to our social media outlets during the month of September 2019. Most news like this goes onto our Twitter feed; you can receive it in real-time by following us there.

September 27, 2019