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The cover article of the November/December 2010 issue of Architectural Lighting magazine features experimental light and material installations created by graduate students at the University of Minnesota School of Architecture. The students participated in two catalyst studios taught by Blaine Brownell in collaboration with 3M scientist John Huizinga and materials specialist Margaret Vogel-Martin. These one-week [...]

Tokyo University of Science professor Kaori Ito co-taught a collaborative workshop with Blaine Brownell at the University of Minnesota School of Architecture from August 26 to September 1, 2010. Students from both universities formed five multi-national teams in order to investigate the nature of public space in the Twin Cities. Using the short film as [...]

Director of 3XN materials research Kasper Jørgensen’s interview with Blaine Brownell appears in 3XN’s book Material Behaviour, published by the Danish Architecture Center. Entitled “The Colour of Today—An Interview on Material Behaviour,” the discussion covers topics ranging from sustainability to new material technologies. The publisher offers this description: Mind Your Behaviour invites you into 3XNs [...]

One decade ago, Japan-based architecture magazine SD published a special issue on new materials entitled “Alluring Materiality.” For its ten-year anniversary, the original editorial team reconvened to produce another issue reflecting upon recent material progress, and invited Blaine Brownell to be a co-editor. The anniversary issue was recently published by Kajima Institute Publishing Co. The [...]

“Japan is a test, a challenge to think the unthinkable, a place where meaning is finally banished. Paradise, indeed, for the great student of signs.” – Edmund White Sixteen graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Minnesota School of Architecture set out on May 24, 2009 for Tokyo. The Japan traveling studio—led by Blaine [...]