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Design for the Common Good International Exhibition

Excited to share news of the Design for the Common Good International Exhibition hosted at MSU Denver’s Center for Visual Art January 14, 2022 through March 19, 2022. Opening Events: Friday, January 14, 2022 • 4:30 – 5 pm: Exhibition Preview for CVA Members and Special Guests • 5 – 6 pm: Exhibition Introduction and […]

Public Interest Design Guidebooks

Support your public interest design work with books co-edited and co-authored by SEED Network co-founders Lisa M. Abendroth and Bryan Bell. With each book catering to the specific needs of either practitioners or educators and their students, this set from Routledge’s Public Interest Design Guidebooks series provides a rich compliment of resources, case studies, and […]

CANCELLED: Contemporary Design in Denmark, Spring 2021 Study Abroad

This Spring 2021 study abroad offering through the Communication Design program at MSU Denver will be rescheduled for a later date. Stay tuned for updates on offering status relative to COVID-19.

Abendroth Named 2019 AIGA Fellow

Lisa M. Abendroth has been named a 2019 recipient of the AIGA Fellows award by AIGA Colorado. Award corecipients, Charles Carpenter, creative director at Wigwam Creative, and Abendroth will be honored together at a gala event held on June 21 at Grid Collaborative in Denver. According to AIGA, the AIGA Fellow award program is “a means […]

Public Interest Design Education Guidebook, 2018

Public Interest Design Education Guidebook: Curricula, Strategies, and SEED Academic Case Studies presents the work and ideas of over 60 thought-leaders that together are shaping a broad curriculum of public interest design. Written in a guidebook format that includes projects from across design disciplines, this book describes the learning critical to pursuing an inclusive, informed […]

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"This is a moment whose time has come, Abendroth says. “There’s a desire for a re-evaluation of what design means to people and how we are improving the world through our contributions."
-- Residential Architect 04/06/2010
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Lisa M. Abendroth is a Professor in the Communication Design program at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. Seeking a balance between design research and classroom pedagogy, Lisa works across disciplines in order to embrace a public interest design practice focused on issues of social equity towards marginalized audiences and communities. Lisa promotes projects for culture and collaboration through her design firm culture language dialogue.

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