College of Design-ISU Design West

ISU Design West is a satellite program of the Iowa State University College of Design aimed at expanding regional educational opportunities in the design disciplines of architecture, landscape architecture, urban and regional planning, graphic design and interior design. The program is a partnership of the College of Design, ISU Extension, Siouxland Chamber of Commerce, and the City of Sioux City, Iowa, and supported in part by an Iowa Great Places grant.

ISU Design West is headquartered in the Fourth Street Historic District of Sioux City, in a studio facility that provides space for Iowa State design students and faculty to engage in both short- and long-term projects with the community.

About the ISU Design West Studio Facility

The renovated studio space is housed in one of the oldest remaining buildings in Sioux City, an 1890s-era former steam-boiler plant with a four-story smokestack. Students, faculty and community partners will draw on this setting and the distinctive late-19th-century architecture of the city as their inspiration for developing regional design projects.

The building also houses Reddy Kilowatt, a piece of pop art from Sioux City's history. This large neon figure used to accompany the "Welcome to Sioux City" sign on the city's old power company. It was actually constructed in the old boiler building and now resides there on the wall.

Do you have a project idea?

We know that many people have great ideas for our students! If you have a project idea for ISU Design West, please fill out a PLaCE application found at this link: http://www.design.iastate.edu/place.php

Questions? Contact ISU Design West Program Coordinator Susan Fey, susanfey@iastate.edu, for more information!