Other News:

17.March.10 Arlene Birt a finalist for the Bush Fellowship.

29.Dec.09 Arlene Birt named Artist in Residence at MEDEA in Malmo, Sweden for Fall 2010.

22.Dec.09 Arlene Birt selected for the 2010 Art(ists) on the Verge fellowship for a project on Visualizing Grocery Impacts.

22.Oct.09 short presentation for Packaging Sustainability: Tools, Systems and Strategies for Innovative Package Design lauch party at MCAD.

07.Oct.09 "Water Cycle for Life" design selected for production by Felissimo and Design 21.

22.July.09 presenting at Give & Take.

Arlene presented 18 - 20 June.09 at Data Designed for Decisions. A joint OECD and International Institute for Information Design conference in Paris.

Arlene presented 'Background Stories' at New Media Meeting 4 in Norrköping, Sweden May.09.

Arlene collaborating with the Interactive Intitute (Sweden).

On shelves now: Arlene contributed to Packaging Sustainability: Tools, Systems and Strategies for Innovative Package Design.

Dec.08 - May.09 Background Stories on view in the exhibit, Tourism: Spaces of Fiction, at the Barcelona Design Museum.

Arlene presented 'Designing for Sustainabilty' on Earth Day, April.09 at AIGA Minnesota's Sustainability Retreat.

Exhibition
''Tourism: Spaces of Fiction', inaugural exhibition of the new Barcelona Design Museum . 2009
T-shirt that tells its own story' exhibited in Milan by Wallpaper magazine . 2007
'Percentage Chocolate Bar' touring European cities as part of Addict (BE) exhibit . 2006-07
'Background Stories: Building Context Connection' thesis exhibit in Eindhoven, NL . 2006
'Kutch meet Dutch' designs exhibited in Eindhoven, NL . 2005
'Kutch meet Dutch' fashion designs exhibited in New Delhi, India . 2005
'The Big Picture'project exhibited in Venice, Italy . 2003

Press
Arlene's work has been covered in:
U.S. News and World Report . 2008
SEED magazine . 2008
NPR . 2007
Creative Review (UK) . 2007
BusinessWeek.com . 2007
Background Stories' highlighted by WorldChanging . 2007

Publication
Arlene has contributed to Packaging Design Magazine, Indian Design Interiors, Morf (NL), and several upcoming sustainability design books.

Content editor, Morf . 2005-2007

‘Traditional Crafts Create Connections: Adding Gezelligheid to Design in an Era of Globalization.’ third place winner, published in Morf, a Dutch Design bi-annual publication . November 2005

‘Changed perceptions of handicraft through design collaboration: The Dutch meet Kutch project.’ IDI (Indian Design and Interiors) . July 2005

Presentation
'Design Directions for Sustainability' Webinar, Packaging Design Magazine . 2008
Judged Artist-Designed Mini Golf at the Walker Art Center . 2008
Interactive Institute (SE) . 2008
Solutions Twin Cities . 2007
Walker Art Center, curated by Solutions Twin Cities . 2007
Northland Bioneers . 2007
'Design for Sustainability' Webinar, Packaging Design Magazine . 2007
'Background Stories' presented at Doors of Perception conference, New Delhi, India . 2006

Awards
Minnesota State Artist's Grant . 2009
Chocolate bar selected for collaborative project by Addict (BE) . 2006
Second place in T-shirt competition, Droog Design . 2005
Third place, essay competition of Morf magazine . 2005
Fulbright Grant to the Netherlands . 2004-05
VanDerlip Award, Upon Graduation MCAD . 2002
Team awarded American Institute of Graphic Art’s (AIGA) 365 Selections . 2002
Team awarded Adobe by Design . 2002
Athwin Foundation Full Tuition Merit Scholarship BS: Visualization MCAD . 2001
Alliss Foundation Merit Scholarship BS: Visualization MCAD . 2000
Gene Bratton Memorial Advertising Scholarship ISU . 1999

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