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Saving Lives, by Design
Five UW graduate students recently developed The Pivot Project, aimed at combating human trafficking. Their weapon of choice? Design. The project won the 2013 Design Ignites Change Idea Award and is a finalist in the Industrial Designers Society of America’s Ideas competition.
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2010 A&S Dean's Medalists Do Double Duty
How much can an A&S undergrad accomplish at the UW? If the College’s 2010 Dean’s Medalists are any indication, the possibilities are nearly limitless. Learn how these top students have made the most of their time as Huskies.
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Students Design Prosthetic Arms, Seek Innovative Solutions
Working closely with a Seattle artist with a prosthetic left arm, undergraduates majoring in industrial design tackled an unusual challenge in class last quarter, developing innovative designs for prosthetics.
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Mixing Art and Nature at Willapa Bay
The Willapa National Wildlife Refuge includes artworks created by UW students enrolled in a UW public art course.
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Timely Art for Montlake Library
Photography professor Rebecca Cummins’ artwork at the Montlake branch of the Seattle Public Library is an aperture sundial that beams colorful circles of light into the building.
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Students, Clients, and Dozens of Rugs
Through a new course, School of Art students designed rugs for clients and had them woven in Nepal.
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Where Art Meets Technology
With recent advances in technology, artists are able to create works that once lived only in their imagination.