Faculty | Helge B. Olsen
Sr, Lecturer (SOE) - Emeritus
Teaching:
Studio courses taught:
• Introduction to Interior Architecture
• Advanced Interior Architecture
• Furniture Design
• Scale model construction
• Environmental desig
• Design delineation
• Drafting and perspective
• Directed group studies
• Special study for advanced students
Lecture courses:
• Introduction to Design
• University Extension courses in design
Teaching Award:
"The Magner Ronning Teaching Excellence Award".
Administrative Experience:
Chair Designate and Department Chair - Dept. of Environmental Design.
Principal investigator, CAES - Agricultural Experiment Station Projects.
Adviser, master adviser, and adviser re: Education Abroad (Scandinavia).
Research and Creative Work:
Associate Designer, Experiment Station appointment, CAES.
Furniture for the aging population; Design for people with physical
disabilities. Play environments for blind and visually impaired children.
Play environments for pre-school and school age children.
Alternative class room design - college level: "The Soft Class Room"
Furniture and interior design drawings, scale-and full size models
have been exhibited in design galleries and museums in the
Scandinavian Countries, and the United States.
The projects have been published in design books, catalogs and magazines.
Grants:
UC Regents' Faculty Fellowship in the Creative Arts for the study of:
Wood bending and wood-lamination techniques in Finland.
Additional CAES funding for above listed research projects.
Professional experience:
Creative Director and Principal for Design offices in Sweden and the
United States. Re: Residential & commercial furniture and interior architecture.
Design Delineator for building engineer's office in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Service Awards:
Distinguished Service Award: "Environmental Design" by the Yolo County Mental Health Association.
Two "Outstanding Volunteer Service Awards" by the "Lighthouse for the Blind"- San Francisco, Ca.
Education:
Diploma in Furniture and Interior Architecture from: "The School of Interior Design"
(known as Architect Finn Juhl's School).
(or Denmark's Design School) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Military Officers' School in Ringsted, Denmark: Courses in instructional strategies.
Various courses in Color theory and drawing techniques, Art school in Malmø, Sweden.
Internship at: Monsieur Rienold, Paris, France, Furniture maker.