Department of Design
Facilities
Design Technology Studio
The Design Technology Studio is a computer lab available to all Design students. The studio specializes in design software used in the textiles and fashion industry, plus software for graphic design, image editing, page layout and CAD.
The studio offers digital-to-fabric direct printing, heat transfer dye and silk screen positive output, and pattern/form plotting.
Studio hours vary quarterly and are subject to reservation.
530.754.8256
Design Technology Studio Offerings
EQUIPMENT
- 17 Macintosh G5 Workstations
- 2 Flatbed Scanners (8.5 x 14 Inches)
- Pattern Digitizer
- Laser Printer
- Digital-to-Fabric Printer
- Heat Transfer Disperse Dye Printer
- Silk Screen Photo Positive Printer
- Form/Pattern Pen Plotter
SOFTWARE
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- PAD Systems Master Pattern Design
- Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint
- Nemetschek VectorWorks
TB-112
TB-112 is a multimedia computer lab operated by the Design Department. TB-112 is NOT an IT campus lab and does not have the capacity to serve the multimedia computer needs of the entire campus.
Its primary purpose is to provide the department's students, faculty, and staff with a high end multimedia computing facility. The lab provides a computing environment for desktop publishing, photo scanning and editing, computer graphic design, video dumping and editing, computer multimedia productions, and web page develpment.
Studio hours vary quarterly and are subject to reservation.
530.752.0173
TB-112 Lab Offerings
EQUIPMENT
- Multimedia Macintosh G5/G4 classroom
- 1200 dpi apple laser printers
- up to 36 inch wide Epson color inkjet plotters
- 1200 dpi 12X18 inch color laser printer
- color flatbed and 35MM slide scanners
- Zip Drives and CD/DVD Burners
SOFTWARE
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Quark Xpress
- Adobe Flash
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint
- Nemetschek VectorWorks
Toolroom
150 Walker Hall 530.752.8665
- The Toolroom, located in 150 Walker Hall, consists of one staff person and four student assistants who provide various functions and resources to the Design Department. Providing supplies and equipment to Design Program students, staff and faculty is high on the list. Toolroom staff can also assist in the proper use of the materials available. See the list of items available.
- Monday-Friday 8:00 - noon | Closed at 5:00 on Friday | Closed for lunch 1:00 - 5:30
List of Supplies and Tools
Design Collection
http://design.ucdavis.edu/collection/index.html
The Design Collection is used to support and enhance teaching and research in Design as it relates to the major curriculum. While the majority of the holdings are textile and costume items from western as well as developing countries, basketry, porcelain and glass objects, turn-of-the century architectural renderings, and a limited number of furniture and architecture-related pieces have been acquired.
The Collection’s holdings offer students, faculty, and the community special opportunities for design inspiration and research, and for developing, designing, and installing interpretive exhibitions. Objects are frequently displayed and brought to the classroom for student examination. They serve to illustrate various techniques, styles, forms, media, and design concepts that are being discussed, as well as documenting the evolution of technical and stylistic trends. Faculty and students benefit from having the opportunity to examine, in detail, an object's texture, dimensionality, and workmanship.
The department’s Design Museum has mounted major exhibitions of Collection holdings in 1982, 1986, and 1992, with one planned for spring 2005. Items have also been exhibited at the California Crafts Museum in San Francisco, the San Francisco International Airport Museums, the Los Angeles Theater Center, the Pence Gallery, Davis, the Sacramento Public Library, The Oakland Museum of California, and The New Jersey State Museum.
Adele Zhang:
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Curator, Design Collection
