“Hey Bobby, Slow Down!” Helicopter Parents Can Impede Child’s Ability to Play

Parental safety concerns may prevent children from getting good exercise, according to a new North Carolina State University study that examined how families use neighborhood parks. Results from the study suggest that children who were monitored too closely by hovering “helicopter” parents were less likely to engage in higher levels of physical activity. “It’s a [...]

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 Research and Methods Journal publishes first issue

The Design Research and Methods Journal (DRMJ) is an open-access journal devoted to the documentation of investigations, methods and solutions developed in design research. By documenting the efforts of the researchers and designer’s at North Carolina State University’s College of Design, the DRMJ improves access to design research and facilitates conversations across disciplines and borders. [...]

NC State’s Park Shops building draws high praise

Park Shops, a building on at NC State University’s North Campus, was selected by Architecture Record Online to be part of a special highlight section on notable adaptive reuse projects. The designer for the project, Don Kranbuehl, AIA, is an adjunct professor of architecture at the College of Design and an associate architect at PBC+L [...]

Schaffer speaks about Chicago’s plan

In November, 2010, Associate Professor Kristen Schaffer spoke at the conference “The Cult of the Grand City Plan around 1910,” held at the Center for Metropolitan Studies at the Technical University of Berlin. Her talk focused on the 2009 Chicago Centennial Celebration and enduring legacy of the Plan of Chicago. Dr. Schaffer also contributed an [...]

Townsend completes feature article for Design and Culture

Associate Professor of Graphic Design Scott Townsend recently finished a cover feature article for “Design and Culture” on past projects, methods and application of frameworks. “Design and Culture” is an academic, peer-reviewed publication. Title: Situated Design: A Space for Interaction and “Reading” Reading is becoming a more diverse activity. While the act of reading engages [...]

Barrie publishes the Wake County Affordable Housing Project: Types – Strategies – Models

Professor Thomas Barrie’s article Symbols of a Sacred Landscape: Tongdo Zen Buddhist Monastery, Korea was recently published in Faith & Form (No. 3, 2010). Professor Thomas Barrie, AIA, presented a lecture at the Department of Architecture and Interior Design, The University of Idaho, as part of their fall lecture series. The event included a book [...]