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 [...]
2012 Urban Design Conference videos available for viewing
If you missed the 2012 Urban Design Conference at the Raleigh Convention Center this past March, you can still get a chance to view it online. NC State University College of Design in conjunction with the Department of City Planning, Urban Design Center and NC State Foundation presents: Urban Reset: Green. Smart. Just In the [...]
Barrie delivers fall 2011 commencement address focusing on prescient guides to navigate the in-between
Professor Thomas Barrie, AIA, is a professor of architecture at the College of Design specializing in the history and theory of architecture, housing and urban design and the interrelationship of a culture’s architecture and its cultural/religious beliefs and communal rituals. Barrie is also a scholar of sacred architecture and the author of The Sacred In-Between: [...]
Dr. Liz Sanders of MakeTools visits campus for hands on workshop
By DR. SHARON JOINES, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design Dr. Elizabeth Sanders, founder of MakeTools, a company that explores new spaces in the emerging design landscape visited the College of Design on November 11 for morning workshops and a public lecture. An Associate Professor of Industrial Design at the Ohio State University, Dr. Sanders is [...]
Upcoming First Friday Events December 2, 2011
Graphic Design Senior Show Please join us this First Friday, NCSU Graphic Design Senior Exhibition Design for Relief + Aid December 2, 6pm – 10pm 131 ½ South Wilmington Street at downtown Raleigh Featuring work by: Chelsea Amato; deforestation prevention Ronlee Ben-Gal; finding affordable housing solutions Dan Cox; mountain top removal activism Zack Davenport; an [...]
Standing on Le Corbusier
By HERNÁN MARCHANT, Associate Dean of Undergraduate and Interdisciplinary Studies The recent renovation of the Allred Gallery includes a new floor in terrazzo, which was donated by the David Allen Company. Anyone who visits will be walking on the traces of Le Corbusier’s principles for color and proportions. Charles Edouard Jeanneret (1887-1965), commonly known as [...]
Alumni and Student Notes for September 2011
Alumni Todd Childers (BEDVD 1986) and Shelly Gruendler (BEDG 1994) presented at the Typo Berlin: Shift Conference. For more information about the conference visit: http://www.typoberlin.de/2011/ Ph.D. of Design candidate George Hallowell has co-written a children’s picture book called “Wagon’s Ho!” with prolific author Joan Holub. Charlotte Guice (BAD 2009) sets designs on Saturdays This past summer [...]
“The Artists’ Backyard” Takes Shape on NC State’s Central Campus
By SCOTT BRASWELL, Publication Communication Specialist, University Housing Innovative project illustrates the impact of a successful partnership Mud-caked boots, a flurry of shovels and hammers – and no shortage of sweat-streaked brows. For nearly a month now, that has been the bustling scene on a sliver of real estate nestled between Owen and Turlington Halls. [...]
Facebook inquiry leads to design match
Jessica McRackan didn’t know what to expect when she sent out a post on Facebook updating friends on the status of her fourteen-month old daughter Rosie, who was born without her entire right leg and left forearm. McRackan found out about her daughter’s condition while 22 weeks pregnant. She and her husband were shocked but [...]
Architecture students creating modernist structure and stage for Durham Central Park
Students from the School of Architecture at the College of Design are working on a major project under the guidance of Randy Lanou, BuildSense, and Ellen Cassilly, Ellen Cassilly Architect, to create a modernist shade structure and alternative stage for Durham Central Park in Durham, NC. The leaf-shaped structure will have a duo-purpose serving as [...]
