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 [...]
2012 Cotton Initiative Awards
Funding for the 2012 Cotton Initiative was awarded in whole through a competitive grant presented to the College of Design by the Importer Support Program of the Cotton Board and Cotton Incorporated. The aim of this initiative is to encourage students, enrolled in fibers studios and technical classes at the college to design and create [...]
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 [...]
Anni Albers Scholar Wins December 2011 ITMA Cover Competition
Anni Albers Scholar and Art + Design senior Anna Gatlin garnered first place in the International Textile Market Association Showtime’s cover design competition. Gaitlin’s design will be featured in the upcoming December 2011 issue of the “Showtime Directory & Guide” which is published twice a year and is distributed to nearly 6,500 industry executives around [...]
Morgan Hits Her Stride in Charlotte Fashion Week
Eleanor Morgan (BAD, BSTT 2011) was a featured designer in Charlotte Fashion Week on September 23 showcasing work from her Fall/Winter 2011 collection. In addition to showcasing her work in Charlotte, Morgan co-collaborated with Art + Design alumna Katelyn Sexton (2011) on a knitwear and jewelry collection for fashionSPARK which also took place in September. [...]
Faculty notes for May 2011
Team “Better Net” from the Project Innovation Lab made it to the semi-finalist round of the Dell Social Innovation Competition. The Product Innovation Lab was recently selected as one of the top ten innovated business courses by Forbes Magazine. The Lab combines engineering, business and industrial design professors including Professor of Industrial Design Haig Khachatoorian [...]
Design students end year strong with a multitude of awards
Every academic year, students rack up the accolades and bring prestige to the College of Design and themselves and this year was no exception. Art + Design accolades Art + Design’s Fibers and Surface Design student Leigh Hawkins who also co-directed Art to Wear’s 10th anniversary show this year won first place in the Jacquard [...]
Upcoming Events and Exhibitions in March and April 2011
March 21, 2011 – Architecture Lecture: ”Plain Space.” The Harwell Hamilton Harris Endowed Lecture by John Pawson of John Pawson Ltd., London. beginning at 6 p.m. in Burns Auditorium. For John Pawson, the process of making architecture always comes back to ideas about home. For him, architecture is about how we choose to live and how [...]
CAM (Contemporary Art Museum) announces summer studios for middle school and high school students
CAM Raleigh (Contemporary Art Museum) is pleased to announce the Summer Studios, week-long art and design workshops for middle and high school students. Registration for these programs will begin on Tuesday, March 15, and more information can be found online at cam.ncsu.edu. High school (rising 9th – 12th) studios offered include: Paper, Pixels and Picas: Graphic [...]
Weaving a future through Art to Wear
College of Design student Leigh Hawkins doesn’t consider herself a fashion designer. But her volunteer efforts are helping to bring student fashion – and art – to the stage. Art to Wear is now in its tenth year as a student-run collaboration between the Colleges of Design and Textiles. As co-director of the show, Hawkins [...]
