JUDY THEODORSON EXPLORATIONS IN LIGHT | LIGHTING FOOD FOR THOUGHT

FOOD FOR THOUGHT
JUDY THEODORSON
EXPLORATIONS IN LIGHT | LIGHTING
Judy Theodorson is on the faculty of Interior Design in Washington State
University’s newly formed School of Design + Construction. She seeks
to facilitate conceptual and strategic linkages between building science
and design -- always mindful of the human condition and informed by
paradigms for sustaining futures. Her teaching and creative scholarship
explores multiple dimensions of light | lighting with emphasis on
experimental observations and modeling. She has been honored by IDEC
in 2013 with a Creative Scholarship Award and in 2012 with a Teaching
Excellence Award. Her students’ design work has achieved national
recognition for sustainability, lighting, retail design, humanitarian design,
and housing design.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26
N O O N | C E N T R E S PA C E
JOHN A. RUSSELL BUILDING
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
LUNCH SERVED $5
From 2004-2009, Theodorson served as clinical assistant professor at the
WSU Spokane Interdisciplinary Design Institute, founding and directing
the Betterbricks Daylighting and Integrated Design Lab (IDL). With the
mission of market transformation, the IDL bridged the academy and
practice to promote daylighting and high performance building design. In
collaboration with labs at University of Oregon, University of Washington,
University of Idaho, and Montana State University, the IDL engaged in
consulting, applied research, and project based education. Theodorson’s
research in the area of daylit interiors has earned distinction through
national and international refereed publications and presentations.
Light is elemental to design. As a substance, light fills space, rendering
visible the material world. As concept, light | lighting extends a message
and offers an experience. As function, lighting provides for necessary
visual activities. As biology, light impacts health and wellness. This
lecture presents a organizing framework that contextualizes these
multiple dimensions of light | lighting within design perspectives.
Narrative, observation, and exploratory modeling offers methods to
advance pedagogy and promote creative ideation.
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