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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Joyce Watkins King juried into NC Museum of Art exhibition
Visual artist and alumna Joyce Watkins King (BEDV 1979, MS 1984) had two artworks selected for the exhibition “Honey,” which opened on March 15 at the Greenville Art Museum. The encaustic show is curated by Catherine Coulter Lloyd, curator of the Maria V. Howard Arts Center. Works exhibited in the “Honey” show include “Casting a [...]
Architecture graduate students and alumni participate in Solar Decathlon 2011
By CHAD EVERHART, AIA, (BEDA 1998, MARCH 2003) Assistant Professor of Architecture at App State Zach Hoffman (M.Arch ’14) and Lawrence Lippard (M.Arch ’14), graduate students in the Master of Architecture program, as well as alumni Chad Everhart, AIA (BEDA ’98, M. Arch ’03), Jason Miller, AIA (M. Arch ’04), and Katharine Lea, AIA (B. [...]
Isley on developing a capital campaign and a textbook design solution
Alumnus Alexander Isley sent us an update on some recent projects that his design firm Alexander Isley Inc. has been involved in, including work on a capital campaign for Durham Academy and a recently completed design for a textbook. What We’re Excited About Today We work with a variety of educational institutions, but this one’s [...]
Alumni, students, and faculty in the news
Alumni, Students, and Faculty in the News Philip Freelon, architect of record of the Smithsonian’s African American Museum The Washinton Post AIA NC’s new Center for Architecture and Design The News & Observer An embassy for architecture The News & Observer NCSU team wins Disney attraction design contest The News & Observer Raleigh Denim draws a crowd in [...]
Student and Alumni Notable Mentions for February 2012
Graphic Design Student Wins Design Award Bachelor of Graphic Design student Kirsten Southwell won first place in the Design Ignites Change award for her GD400 (Design for Relief and Aid) class project on Design Thinking in Rural North Carolina. Southwell credits her professor Megan Hall and teaching assistant Rachael Huston to her success saying, “[Megan] [...]
