News
Big Red Adaptive Play and Design Re-Wires Toys for Accessibility
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The Big Red Adaptive Play and Design Initiative re-engineers toys and devices to boost their accessibility throughout Ithaca.
Design and Health
Designing a Healthier Future with Architecture
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Prof. Mardelle Shepley, health centered design, and Prof. Anna Dietzsch, architecture, explain ways in which the built environment can be utilized to promote healthy living.
collegetown
Sheri Guo ’22 Designs Banners Installed Around Collegetown
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Banners designed by Sheri Guo ’22 have been installed around Collegetown adding some color to the local community.
Columns
BETTEZ | Forget the Public Policy School, Give Us a Design School
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Here’s a scenario that has totally never happened to me before: you’ve had a long day of classes and you’re ready to finally head home to your apartment in Collegetown, when you find yourself pulling on a push door as you exit, say, Upson Hall. You feel like an idiot; you’re a junior and here you are, looking like a prospective student visiting campus for the first time. But what if I told you that’s not your fault? That, instead, you’ve fallen prey to one of the most common design errors: the Norman door. First coined in the 1988 novel The Design of Everyday Things, the Norman Door is the result of poor and conflicting design decisions that make it difficult to determine how to operate the door, often resulting in a reliance on signage, or allowing its users to feel like idiots every day.
Architecture Library
University Addresses Fine Arts Library Complaints
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In an email to The Sun, J. Meejin Yoon, the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning replied to student concerns regarding the library’s disability access and general comfort.
AAP
Design Over People? New Fine Arts Library Critiqued for See-Through, Grated Floors
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The newly renovated Mui Ho Fine Arts Library houses over 100,000 books suspended from the ceiling. The steel grate floors between the three levels of stacks are permeable by air and light — and are see-through.
college of public policy
Human Ecology Students Question Proposal to Rebrand as College of Public Policy at Feedback Forum
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“There are not designers moving forward that are going to identify with ‘policy.’ That is not our focus, and it has nothing to do with us,” said design and environmental analysis major Brandon Hoak ’21. “This is my college experience and you can drastically change it forever.”
CFC
From Sketch to Showcase, A Look Behind the Annual Cornell Fashion Collective Runway Show
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Cornell Fashion Collective’s annual fashion show is the club’s signature event, celebrating fashion, creativity and design. But behind the scenes, the fashion show represents the culmination of months of labor, from initial planning over the summer to last-minute finishes this week.
Cornell Fashion Collective
Modeling at Cornell is All About ‘Confidence’ and ‘Letting Go’
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Besides being a student, some Cornellians also model on the side for the Cornell Store and the Cornell Fashion Collective.
Arts and Sciences
Milstein Program Welcomes Cohort of 14 Students in Its Inaugural Year
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The Milstein Program is halfway through its inaugural year. The program seeks to establish an interdisciplinary approach to research within the College of Arts and Sciences.