Art2Wear 2012 transforms and inspires
Art2Wear 2012 included 17 designers with a vision to inspire and encourage audience members to think about clothing in a different way. This year’s MC included Kornelius Bascombe who invigorated the crowd as DJ Tim Gunter laid down some beats during the pre-show and throughout the show. The pre-show started with a selection of work [...]
Animation Fest and Game Development Showcase set for April 27
Animation Fest Set for April 27 Art + Design students will be showcasing their final projects during Animation Fest set for April 27, 2012 beginning at 7 p.m. in Burns Auditorium. Please come out and support our new media & animation students during this spectacular event. Refreshments will be served so plan to stay after [...]
End of semester events for spring 2012
Mark your calendars for some updated events. Additional information will be added when it becomes available. April 20-27 – Process Photo exhibition for Art2Wear in the Allred Gallery April 21 – Design Guild Award Dinner honoring Philip G. Freelon, FAIA at the Raleigh Convention Center beginning at 6 p.m. April 21 – Studio Collective ‘Drafted’ [...]
Art2Wear 2012 sneak preview: show set for April 24
Art2Wear is fast approaching with student designers furiously working day and night transforming everyday objects and traditional fabrics to extraordinary works of art. Seventeen designers will be featured in this year’s show on Tuesday, April 24, at Reynolds Coliseum. The show begins at 7 p.m. with doors opening at 6 p.m. A special photo exhibition [...]
Faculty and Student Updates for April 2012
Scotford awarded two research grants Professor of Graphic Design Martha Scotford has recently been awarded two research grants for her work on Ernst Reichl, an award-winning German-born American book designer in the 1930s to 1970s. From the Bibliographic Society of America she received the Reese Fellowship for American Bibliography and the History of the Book [...]
Facebook, Twitter, DesignLife background and cover image collection
Calling all students, faculty and alumni! Do you want to showcase your work on the college’s social media /web presence through the background image for our Twitter feed, cover image for our Facebook page and background image for DesignLife? Send in submissions and you might be featured! Requirements: every month we will rotate out the [...]
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 [...]
Food systems and design brings students together at the Downtown Design Studio
The Downtown Design Studio hosted The Student Ideas Exchange in Food Systems and Design on March 29, 2012. The ideas exchange is the first in a series of exchanges to be hosted by the Downtown Design Studio to bring a diverse group together to hear presentations of student work and to foster a conversation with [...]
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 [...]
Plume to exhibit at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
Associate Professor of Art + Design Vita Plume is exhibiting four pieces in the North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship Awards Exhibition. The exhibition features the work of 16 visual artists who received grants in 2010-2011 from the North Carolina Arts Council. The exhibition will feature works in categories of choreography, craft, film and video [...]
