Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture
Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture
The Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture is the
primary destination for the multi-disciplinary study of material culture and
design at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the School of Human Ecology. The Center focuses on the study
of textiles, material culture, and design, and is a hub for
innovative programs that engage local, national, and international audiences.
The Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection, the Ruth Davis Design Gallery, and the Lynn
Mecklenburg Textile Galley support the work of the Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture.
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Since 1990, the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection has proudly sponsored the annual Ruth Ketterer Harris Lecture series in honor of Ruth Ketterer Harris, the…
Ruth Ketterer Harris Lecture 2025: Quilting as…
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Jordan Goldstein is Co-CEO of Gensler, the world’s most influential architecture and design firm. An award-winning designer, he has been recognized with dozens of…
Designing the Future: A Personal Journey, the…
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What is it Worth? An experiment in the value of domestic labor and skillDuring her career in NYC’s garment industry, Libby O’Bryan witnessed many sewing jobs…
DS-CDMC Lecture Series: Libby O'Bryan
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The Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture is pleased to host the sixth annual Chipstone-CDMC Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium on…
6th Annual Chipstone-CDMC Summer Undergraduate…
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Afterlives: Material Stories from the Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection explores the many lives of objects and what happens to textiles after they enter the Helen…
Afterlives: Material Stories from the Helen…
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Tom Bassett-Dilley, FAIA CPHC LFA founded TBDA in 2006 to pursue sustainability in architecture. Toward that end, he became a Certified Passive House Consultant in 2010…
Tom Bassett-Dilley: Defining Sustainability in…
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No material is more intimate, immediate, or incendiary than human hair. Materially speaking it is fairly simple: strands of dead cells anchored in living follicles, the…
Hair Symposium
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Understandable Design and Perfect Imperfections with William Kroll of Tender Co. William Kroll is a multi-disciplinary designer whose brand Tender has been produced in…
Phyllis Huffman Fresh Ideas Lecture Series:…
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Video by Javi Morán Toro, translated by Maria Moreno and Carolyn Kallenborn, 2023. Run time 11:56. This video was a part of the Feel the Beat: Felted Textiles…
Meet the Feltmakers of Unay Muchiki
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Video by Anmol Bajracharya, translated by Nija Maharjan, 2023. Runtime 14:59. This video was a part of the Feel the Beat: Felted Textiles exhibition on view in the Lynn…
Meet the Feltmakers of the Association of Craft…
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How can the built environment better support the diverse ways people think, feel, and experience the world? In this lecture, Dr. Kati Peditto, a Senior Design Researcher…
Design in Mind: Creating Neuro-Inclusive Spaces…
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Breaking the Boundaries of Felt Janice Arnold has been redefining the boundaries of handmade Felt for over 25 years. Her work is a confluence of ancient and modern…
Phyllis Huffman Fresh Ideas Lecture Series:…
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The Center for Design and Material Culture is pleased to host the fifth annual Chipstone-CDMC Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium on Friday, September 13…
5th Annual Chipstone-CDMC Undergraduate Research…
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Material Intelligence is a digital magazine that celebrates the human capacity to understand and shape the physical world around us. Each issue takes a deep dive into…
Material Intelligence Workshop I: Animal,…
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Remaking the Renaissance offers a fresh take on this iconic period of textile and fashion history, transforming the way we think about and see the cloth and clothing of…
Remaking the Renaissance
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