From Dean Fisher

From Dean Thomas Fisher

The most recent communications from and about Dean Fisher are available on the CDes MEMO Web site.

"Signs and Symbols: St. Croix Lutheran High School Chapel," and "True North: University of Alaska Museum of the North," Architecture MN, March/April 2007.
"Practice with a Larger Purpose," Architecture Minnesota, Jan./Feb. 2007
"Dean Fisher on Emergence," Emerging, Fall 2006.
"Design in your future," M, Winter 2007.
"Innovation in Higher Education," Design Intelligence, December 13, 2006
"Divine Plan Book," Faith and Form, Vol. 39, No. 4
"Design Futures," Design Intelligence, November 2006. He also wrote the catalog introduction
"Reconciling Art and Design," for the Praxis/Practice faculty/student exhibition, Nash Gallery

State of the College -- October 19, 2007
University of Minnesota Alumni Association -- January 2007
College of Design meeting -- October 31, 2006 (PowerPoint; 1Mb)
Chronicle of Higher Education "The Sustainable University," panel discussion, Boston, MA
Chronicle of Higher Education, "Technology and Higher Education Facilities" symposium, Las Vegas, NV
Build Boston, "BSA Research Awards, Iconic Buildings in Boston," panel discussions, Boston, MA
AIA California Desert Practice Conf. "Architectural Practice and the Paradigm Shift," keynote address, Palm Springs, CA
American Society of Landscape Architects, "F. L. Olmsted and Public Health" lecture, ASLA convention, Minneapolis
Fall 2006 CDes retreat -- August 30, 2006 (PowerPoint; 21.7Mb)

"Intelligent design" -- By Steve Berg, Star Tribune, March 4, 2007
On the heels of the information age, which seems to have just arrived, come suggestions that we've entered a new era, one in which creativity, design, aesthetics, and the ability to forge emotional links will drive the American economy.
The College of Design and Dean Fisher factor heavily in Minnesota Public Radio's feature package, "Life by design," February 2, 2007