Detours in Design Community

Whether he’s sitting under the trees of Norlin’s Quad, skating down one of Boulder’s better hills, or gazing through the lens of his accordion style camera APSG’s newest president is one of a laid-back relaxing nature.  There are a number of ways to describe Andrew Navarro, but among the many embodied characteristics, pragmatic, restless, and [...]

The first time I met Thomas Quaas was our freshmen year in Sam Grabowska’s Introduction to Environmental Design’s Section.  Like all first years, the battles with all-nighters, crazy projects, unending trips to the library,  and late-night a.k.a. “early morning” snooze fests on the uber hard carpet garden (a haphazard mountain of jagged shaped carpet that’s [...]

Honest. Natural. Strong.  Julee Herdt, a professor and licensed Architect at the University of Colorado at Boulder, sits back in one of the lime green chairs at the Center of Innovation and Creativity, otherwise known as the CINC.    She smiles as she recalls her graduate student days working in the office of Frank Gehry and [...]

I remember the very first time I met Matt Jelacic. John Barbour’s media class had just finished pin up and Matt was strolling up the studio spaces, coffee in hand, silently glancing at the pieced together projects of the section 11 class. I managed to receive the honor of interviewing Matt Jelacic this semester, a [...]

Written by Ryan A. Wakat The second floor studio in the Environmental Design Building will serve almost every Architecture, Planning and Design Studies student on the CU Boulder campus at least 4 times during their time spent here at CU Boulder. However, whereas the third floor studio is more private and efficient for the upper [...]

As a comic, Fasil’s jokes and laughter are present throughout our conversation. Adaptable, observant, and imaginative, Fasil’s look at life is comical. Fasil’s sense of humor and his interest in drawing comics sprouted from young age of 3 and 4 years old as he sat in front of the television and watched with excitement the [...]

Brett Wagner is a photographer.  Brett Wagner is an artist.  Brett Wagner is an architecture student.   Brett Wagner is a kaleidoscope of all these titles, but the story behind the titles that Brett carries with him is more about the journey he first embarked on during his high school years.  At that time he had [...]

Sitting down with Valerie Eric, you automatically smile. Valerie’s outlook at life is joyful and you can see the beauty with which she views the world through a conversation with the master artist, or through the black and white charcoal and graphite drawings. She calls her style hyper-realism, but reminds us that she has yet [...]

Chatting with Ian Wilson, you realize that the designer is much like their designs. Using three words to describe Ian’s chair, words like simplistic, clean, and intricately modern spring to mind. As a senior within the College of Architecture and Planning, and an architecture emphasis, Ian’s plans for graduation this coming December are geared toward [...]

Determined. Driven. Eager. Curious. Spontaneous. Involved. These are just a few words to describe the President and VP of AIAS Boulder: a student group chapter of the American Institute of Architecture.  After interviewing Richard Mapes and Colin Hinman, President and Vice President respectively, the enthusiasm and drive I witnessed from both was something to be [...]

Anna is a 4th year student in the CU Boulder School of Architecture & Planning with emphasis is architecture. After she graduates, she plans on pursuing her masters in either architecture or civil engineering. In terms of her style, it incorporates elements from drawings and paintings she has done outside of her architecture classes. In [...]

                The idea of studying abroad often has students thinking of a long extended vacation over in Europe, South America, Asia, Australia or sometimes Africa.  However, the reality of study abroad is a much richer experience and while the idea of an extended vacation, sitting on a beach in Mexico or surfing in Sydney,  is [...]

Whether you’re biting your nails, hitting the gym, or spending countless hours tailoring your portfolio to make the cut; chances are you’re stressing about getting into the Grad School you want to attend.  I thought this was a helpful reference from the beloose workshop, and eventhough designportfolioprep.com is no longer online,  Evangelos P. Limpantoudis has provided some [...]

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