Faculty Profiles

Housing Design

BARBARA E. MARTINSON
Associate Professor, Graphic Design Program

Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel
240 McNeal Hall

1985 Buford Ave.

St. Paul, MN 55108-6136
(612) 624-4239
bmartins@umn.edu

Specialties & Expertise:

  • Design Education
  • Human Factors in Graphic Design
  • Color

Course Titles (resident and outreach teaching):

  • DHA 1328 Design Process: Color
  • DHA 2385 Design and Factors of Human Perception
  • DHA 3312 Color and Form in Surface Design
  • DHA 4131 History of Visual Communication
  • DHA 4330 Surface Design Workshop
  • DHA 5388 Design Planning, Analysis and Evaluation
  • DHA 8361 Color, Design and Human Perception
          Selected Scholarship:
  • Martinson, B., Zollinger, S., & Gardner, C. (2009). The influence of learning styles on design students’ academic progress. FATE in Review 30, 29-35.
  • Martinson B., & Chu, S. (2008). Impact of learning style on achievement when using course content delivered via a game-based learning object. In R. E. Ferdig (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Effective Electronic Gaming in Education. Pennsylvania: IGI Global. 478-488.
  • Martinson, B., & Chu, S. (2006). Cross-cultural comparison on attributing meaning to corporate logos. In Frascara, J. (Ed.), Designing Effective Communication. Allworth Press. 201-215.
  • Gardner, C., & Martinson, B. (2005). Exploring binding in color and object memory. Journal of Visual Literacy 25 (2), 249-257.
  • Martinson, B. (2005). The journey to school. In K. Murlock Jackson, (Ed.), Childhood Rituals. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 93-99.
  • Martinson, B., & Chu, S. (2003). Graphic assimilation: New immigrants and social identity. Visible Language 37 (2), 222-233.
  • Chu, S., &  Martinson, B. (2003). Cross cultural comparison of the perception of symbols.  Journal of Visual Literacy 23 (1), 69-80.
  • Martinson, B. (2002). Human factors for graphic designers. In R.E. Griffin, V.S. Williams, & J. Lee (Eds.). Selected Readings of the International Visual Literacy Association. Received Editor’s Choice Award. 121-124.
  • Martinson, B. (2001) Portfolio reviews: Empty ritual or rite of passage? Report: AIGA Minnesota Design Education Summit. College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota, 15-18.
  • Chu, S., Martinson, B., McNaughton, M., & Lawton, D. (2000). Designing multilingual communication.  Journal of Applied Communication, 84 (2), 7-28.
  • Martinson, B. (1999). Alternative personae: An irreverent look at the role of the instructor in critique sessions. FATE in Review 21, 42-45.

 

Exhibitions

  • Martinson, B. (2007). Hilma’s Huset.  Stencil on fabric.

    2007:    Sum of the Parts. Surface Design Association Juried Members Exhibition (traveling exhibition).

  • Martinson, B. (2007). Built on Economic Sand. Screenprint on fabric, quilted.

    2007:    Tactile Architecture Exhibition. International Quilt Festival. October 27 – November 4, 2007.

  • Martinson, B. (2006). Greenspace=Bluespace. Screenprint on fabric, quilted.

    2007:    28th Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition. Mesa Contemporary Art, Mesa Arts Center. January 26-March 30. Work is published in the exhibition catalogue.

    2007:    Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition. St. Paul, Minnesota. August 24 – September 4.

    2006:    Art=Quilts=Art, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center. Auburn, New York. November 4 – January 6.

  • Martinson, B. (2006). Where Do you Live? Screenprint on fabric, quilted.

    2007:    Tactile Architecture Exhibition. International Quilt Festival. October 27 – November 4, 2007.

    2006:    Art=Quilts=Art, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center. Auburn, New York. November 1 – January 7.

  • Martinson, B. (2006). East Bank/West Bank. Screenprint on fabric, quilted.

    2007:    Form, Not Function. Carnegie Center for Art and History. New Albany, Indiana. January 12 – March 8.

  • Martinson, B. (2006) Tree of Life. Digital print on fabric, quilted and embroidered.

    2007:    Elemental: Contemporary Quilted Art. Fiber Arts Center, Amherst, Massachusetts. March 3 – May 20.

    2007:    Art Quilts XII: Current. Chandler Art Center, Chandler, Arizona. October 12 – December 1.

  • Martinson, B. (2006). Clandestine Incantations. Digital print on fabric, embroidered.

    2007:    Fiber National. Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. August 4 -September 9.

    2006:    Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition. August 24-Septmber 4. Received first place award in textile division.

  • Martinson, B. (2005). Metallica Four-Square. Aluminum cans, cut and woven.

    2007:    Detritus: Recycled Art. Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey. April 16 – May 30, 2007.

    2003:    Nothing New II: Fiber Art from Recycled Materials. March 29-May 3. Textile Center of Minnesota.

Professional, Institutional, and Community Leadership and Service

  • Board of Directors, Inter-Society Color Council
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Color and Design
  • Conference Co-Chair, Design: Refining our Knowledge.
  • Curator, Electronic Gallery Members Exhibition. National Art Education Association
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Design, Housing and Apparel 2005-2009

Awards 

  • 2008 College of Design Outreach Award

  • 2005 Juror’s Choice Award Design Educators National Exhibition

  • 2004 College of Human Ecology E-learning Award

  • 2003 First Place Award Design Educators National Exhibition