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Features Archive
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Architecturally Engaged
Posted on March 4, 2011 | No CommentsA community center to honor a Renaissance civil rights leader. Affordable housing on a hard-to-build site. These are just the type of the real-world projects that School of Architecture students... -
William Ivey Long, the 2011 Design Guild Award Recipient
Posted on March 4, 2011 | No CommentsFor his incredible talent and contributions to the world of art and design, as well as his efforts to educate future designers and to give back to North Carolina, the... -
Designing Amid Differences
Posted on March 4, 2011 | No CommentsBrian Gaudio (BEDA 2013) has been traveling to the Dominican Republic every year since 2007 when he was still in high school. The first time he visited, it was easy... -
A Growing Train: 10 Years of Art to Wear
Posted on March 4, 2011 | No CommentsTo listen to Vita Plume reminisce about Art to Wear, one expects that the annual fashion and wearable art show must involve equal parts hard work and magic. There’s a... -
Praying that Art Can Pay the Rent
Posted on March 4, 2011 | No CommentsFor nearly two years, ten hours a day (even some weekends) Jason Carpenter (BAD/BID 1997) applied himself to creating a ten-minute animation that had been brewing in the back of... -
A Whole New Scene
Posted on March 3, 2011 | No CommentsFor nearly 20 years, John Kirtz (BEDV 1978) was a graphic designer in Raleigh with a steady stream of clients. Then, in 1994, when his wife took a job in... -
Honoring Basketball’s Origins
Posted on March 3, 2011 | No CommentsIn Springfield, Massachusetts, a young boy is about to catch a bounce pass. It’s 1891. The immortal scene — cast in bronze — is the design of Michael Tully (MLA... -
Getting to Know a Culture “Que lo que”-ally
Posted on March 1, 2011 | No CommentsIn the Dominican Republic, “Que lo que” (pronounced Ko-lo-KAY) is an informal way to ask a close friend, “How’s it going?” But developing that deep level of familiarity and friendship... -
Handling a Steep Curve: GM’s Independence Project
Posted on February 22, 2011 | No CommentsThere’s a certain car buyer Carl Wellborn (BEDV 1983) wants very badly to meet, and he’s searching the planet to find him. Wellborn, who has worked for General Motors for...