2012 Blockfest and Student Design Competition winners
The graduate and undergraduate students in Assistant Professor of Architecture Dana K. Gulling’s ARC232: Structures and Materials course participated in the NCSU College of Design’s and Carolinas Concrete Masonry Association’s (CCMA) Blockfest and Student Design Competition on Saturday, April 21, 2012. In teams of four, students participated in one of two categories. The teams either [...]
Dubinski explores upcycling through knit graffiti
If you were here this past spring, it would have been hard for you to miss the perfectly draped knitwear that enveloped Roy Gussow’s ellipsoidal sculpture affectionately known as “The Egg” in the courtyard between Brooks and Kamphoefner Hall. Yarn bombing, also known as guerrilla knitting or knit graffiti, isn’t something you see too often [...]
“Handing out the keys to the spaceship”: Changing the Game at NC State University
April 24, 2012 (Raleigh, N.C.)—Though the James B. Hunt Jr. Library is still under construction on North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus, it is already—as promised—giving students pioneering, hands-on experience with technologies that they would not have a chance to work with at any other university in the world. NC State’s Digital Games Research Initiative [...]
CAM Raleigh announces Arthouse 2012
CAM RALEIGH ANNOUNCES ARTHOUSE 2012 ENTERTAINMENT LINE-UP AND HOST COMMITTEE NEW ARTISTS ADDED TO ART+CULTURE AUCTION 1ST ANNIVERSARY PARTY with Honorary Chair Mayor McFarlane May 11, 2012 7:00–8:00 p.m. / Host Committee VIP Hour 8 p.m.–Midnight / All event attendees Raleigh, April 2012—After many years of planning and hard work, CAM Raleigh (Contemporary Art Museum) is [...]
Volume 35 of the Student Publication is in development and wants your voice!
Volume 35 seeks to examine how design thinking and methodologies have transformed and evolved—and might continue to do so—based on advances in technology, connectivity, emergent innovation, and global cultures. Current contributors to the publication explore this theme through various lenses, from learning environments to the form of code. We are excited to have contributions from [...]
WalkRaleigh continues campaign with new goal
If you haven’t heard already about WalkRaleigh, it’s been impossible to miss. Beginning with an urban guerrilla way-finding campaign earlier this year culminating with coverage from BBC News, The Atlantic Cities and the News & Observer, this simple way of encouraging walking around the city through way-finding signs has gotten so popular that it has [...]
Schlosser wins third place in World Traffic Safety Design Competition
Industrial Design student Amy Schlosser won third place in the World Traffic Safety Design Competition for her “Cross Guard” design which addresses the problem of stop signs associated with school buses which are often overlooked by careless drivers. Schlosser’s solution uses holograms that project “behind the existing stop arm of the school bus serving as [...]
Paul Hobgood To Co-Conduct Architecture Skills Workshop at CAM
Raleigh architect to help introduce drawing and modeling techniques to high school students. March 22, 2012 (Raleigh, NC) – Paul Hobgood, a design architect at the award-winning firm Kenneth E. Hobgood Architects in Raleigh, will help teach high school students the basics behind architectural drawing and model building during a special workshop to be held [...]
Johnson Moore repurposes for children’s clothing line
Alumna Jessica Johnson Moore (BEDA 1999, MARCH 2003) was recognized earlier this year by Laura Ashley USA for her custom children’s clothing line, Little Grey Line, which re-purposes men’s dress shirts for children’s dresses and apparel. Born out of an idea of using her husband’s old dress shirts, which initially lost it’s usefulness due to [...]
NC Japan Center presents J. Chris Wilson: An Artist’s Scenic Journey – The Japanese Sojourn
The NC Japan Center is proud to present: J. Chris Wilson: “An Artist’s Scenic Journey – The Japanese Sojourn” J. Chris Wilson is a painter and artist in residence at Barton College in Wilson, NC. He participated in a faculty exchange in 1994-95 that took him to Aichi Shukutoku University in Nagoya. While he and [...]
