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January 6 - February 5, 2011 - Assistant Professor of Art + Design Jan-Ru Wan has a solo exhibition at UNC-Wilmington’s Boseman gallery. Re Materialization will run till February 5. http://appserv02.uncw.edu/news/atuncw/annview.aspx?id=6330 The Boseman gallery is located on the second floor of the Fisher University Union on the UNC Wilmington campus.
January 31, 2011 - Landscape Architecture lecture [...]

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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 [...]

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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 a [...]

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Professor Emeritus of Architecture Henry Sanoff was invited to lecture on School Design at Drexel University in Philadelphia on October 29.
Sanoff’s book, “Democratic Design: Participation Case Studies in Urban and Small Town Environments” was published by VDM.
Architecture Teaching Fellow Katrina Stoll’s book and project from the Venice Biennale was noted in the November 2010 issue [...]

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

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The College of Design has a new advisory body to help inform its progress.
The Leaders Council, made up of over 30 distinguished alumni from around the country, convened for the first time on campus Nov. 5 and 6 to discuss issues that impact how the college moves forward in the 21st century.
The council is a [...]

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Each year, the Design Guild - a body of alumni and friends in the design community - hosts a reception honoring College of Design scholarship recipients and their sponsors. This year’s gathering held Nov. 5 in the Belk Rotunda in Brooks Hall involved a record turnout and featured a visit by NC State University Chancellor [...]

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Three design professors from the NC State University College of Design participated as panelists in the artist selection for the All-America Park Public Art Project on October 29th.
Assistant Professor Kofi Boone, Associate Professor Fernando Magallanes of the Landscape Architecture Department and Assistant Art + Design Professor McArthur Freeman all took part. Boone and [...]

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A graphic design project to preserve the cultural heritage and history of a Raleigh neighborhood is being recognized by the city’s Central Citizens Advisory Council.
Kermit Bailey, an associate professor of graphic design at the NC State University College of Design, began working with the organization over a year ago through a City-funded contract to [...]

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Associate Professor of Art + Design Vita Plume was one of 18 artists in North Carolina to receive the 2010-2011 North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship Awards. Artists receive a $10,000 fellowship to “deepen their work and explore new ground.”

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Professor of Graphic Design Denise Gonzales Crisp has been invited to lead a three-day workshop with Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Graphic Design MFA students September 3-5, which will launch a project spanning several weeks.

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The Product Innovation Lab - a graduate-level course co-founded by Professor of Industrial Design Haig Khachatoorian was - was recently chosen by Forbes Magazine as one of the Top 10 innovative business school courses in the United States.
Khachatoorian founded the course 15 years ago with colleagues Dr. Mitzi Montoya, formerly of the College of [...]

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Assistant Professor of Architecture David Hill spent several weeks in London this past summer participating in the Architectural Association’s (AA) Visiting Teachers’ Programme. The program invites a dozen professors from around the world to discuss the future of architectural education through a series of seminars, lectures, and reviews of students’ design projects at the AA.

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Architecture Teaching Fellow Katrina Stoll launched a book “Infrastructure as Architecture” in Venice, Italy on August 28, 2010.
Infrastructure has played a key role in dramatically reformatting the built fabric and spatial reserves within the past one hundred years, and will continue to do so in the future. The involvement of architects is necessary to shape [...]

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