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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