“Silkies of Madagascar” trailer
Alumnus David Evans (BEDV 1984) directs “Silkies of Madgascar.” Read more about the story here at: http://www.ncsu.edu/project/design-projects/dlife/2012/05/24/traditional-folk-art-transforming-lives-through-international-art-market/
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
NCSU celebrates 125th birthday
Chancellor Woodson jams with Old Man Whickutt for the 125th birthday party for North Carolina State University. Chancellor Woodson on guitar for NCSU’s 125th Birthday Party from College of Design @ NCSU on Vimeo.
Virtual Collaboration Blueprint: advice on tools and technologies for collaboration
Leaders Council Annual Meeting Presentations (2011) – Chipp Walters from College of Design at NC State Un on Vimeo. NC State University College of Design presentation to Leaders Council on November 5, 2011, by Chipp Walters, Shafer Walters Group, Inc; Altuit, inc.: ” The 5 Best Tools for Setting Up a Virtual Collaboration Project” Collaboration [...]
“Human Capital” on display at the Digital Arts and Entertainment Lab
Associate Professor of Graphic Design Scott Townsend will have an exhibition, Human Capital, on display at the Digital Arts and Entertainment Lab in downtown Atlanta beginning December 1. Project description: As part of a global economy, we are connected now in ways that change how we live and work. Human Capital is an ongoing project [...]
Landscape on the Edge: A Cooler and Greener Middle East
By BILL TAYLOR, ASLA, Principal at Carol R. Johnson Associates Inc. Landscape architecture, as in the design of cultivated gardens and parks in the Middle East and the greater Arab world, is a far different practice than most consultants in Europe and the West experience today, where conditions are less demanding on materials and the [...]
Innovators Academy Wins First Place in National Awards of Excellence Competition
Raleigh, NC (November 7, 2011) The Middle School Innovators Academy, a unique collaboration between the Department of Graphic and Industrial Design at NC State and the Innovation Design Lab at East Carolina University, won first place for Excellence in Talent Development in the University Economic Development Association’s 2011 Awards of Excellence national competition held in [...]
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 [...]
