2008–2009 Application Form
2007–2008 Officers
2007–2008 Membership
2007–2008 CDE Forums at PURL
Experience, Philosophy, and Practicex
The Council for Design Excellence is a select group of industry leaders infused with a potent blend of vision and experience, focused on encouraging forward thinking, making good design choices, and advocating for change.
Organizational Structure
Membership on the Council is by invitation to an individual. Each member contributes at least $1,000 annually.
Events include three to four professional forums addressing a variety of design issues and an annual meeting. Through committees, members address a defined challenge and use practical expertise to help shape programs through professional advising and program development.
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Goals
The Council for Design Excellence serves as a liaison between ASU's College of Design and the community. Driven by a special concern for the quality of life in the region, the Council promotes a community agenda to maintain the highest standards of design and planning. These goals are accomplished by participating in the direct involvement in college enterprise building relationships to community leaders identifying and investing financial resources advocating for the college.
Benefits to Members
Council Members enjoy
- Networking opportunities
- Mentoring opportunities
- Access to the college and its dean
- Forums featuring speakers on topics and challenges relevant to the design community
- Invitations to all college lectures, openings, and receptions
Member Participation
Council Members help the college achieve its goals by
- Participating in Council events
- Identifying topics for investigation for the college
- Identifying community, human, and financial resources
- Advocating on behalf of the college to key decision makers
- Providing an annual contribution of $1,000
Membership
To learn more about Council for Design Excellence membership, contact
Trista Dunagan
Development Office
ASU College of Design
PO Box 871905
Tempe, AZ 85287-1905
480.727.8998
480.965.1594 fax
or
Sharon Haugen
Development Office
ASU College of Design
PO Box 871905
Tempe, AZ 85287-1905
480.965.6384
480.965.1594 fax
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Meetings for the Council for Design Excellence take place at PURL, which is an information-rich environment for researchers, decision makers, industry professionals, and students to debate, collaborate, and seek new solutions to the most pressing design problems facing cities today. PURL research serves as a catalyst for progressive urbanism, in Phoenix and beyond.
The agenda and speakers for the 2007–2008 CDE Forums are being formulated now. Please check back for an updated calendar of events for the coming year.
Last year, the membership were treated to an engaging calendar of speakers, capped by the 2007 Design Excellence Dinner with speaker Tom Kelley of IDEO.
For more information on the 2007 Design Excellence Dinner, see the website at
design.asu.edu/news/news2007.shtml.
This event was generously sponsored by major sponsors ULI Arizona—Urban Land Institute, Raza Development Fund, and SRP.
March 1, 2006 Westin Kierland Resort and Spa, 6:30 pm
Henry Cisneros, former Secretary of HUD, four-term mayor of San Antonio, housing innovator
Rebuilding America’s Cities
The CDE Forums were generously sponsored by CMX, DMB, Land Advisors Organization, SRP, and Vestar.
October 14
What is a Great City Plan?
Alex Krieger
Past Chair and current faculty of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Harvard GSD.
November 29
Urban Exemplars
Representative Kay Granger
Congresswoman, 12th District of Texas
Mayor of Fort Worth for five years.
January 30
The Economics of Sustainable Urbanism
Claude and Nina Gruen
Gruen Gruen + Associates, urban economic,
market, and land-use/public policy
analysts.
The forums were scheduled for 8:00–9:30 am and included a continental breakfast. The Phoenix Urban Research Lab, or PURL, is located at 234 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, on the southwest corner of Central Avenue and Van Buren. Parking is available at the northeast corner of Van Buren and Central Avenue (surface lot) and at an adjacent parking garage with entrances on Van Buren Street and 1st Avenue.
Contact Director of Development Trista Dunagan at 480.727.8998 or trista.dunagan@asu.edu or Development Assistant Sharon Haugen at 480.965.6384 or sharon.haugen@asu.edu for more information about joining the Council for Design Excellence.
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