Design Influence

To 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…

For 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…

For 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…

In 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…

There’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…