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The Sertoma Arts Center is currently taking proposals for the 2011 season from artists 18 years of age and up, residing and/or working in Wake County and surrounding areas. As a community exhibition space for the City of Raleigh, the gallery has introduced hundreds of artists to area residents and visitors since the inception of [...]

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Santiago Piedrafita, Head of the Department of Graphic Design and Industrial Design at the NC State University College of Design, will be one of the featured conversationalists for TEDxNCSU, part of the prestigious TEDTallks series, on Oct. 23.
Piedrafita will be engaged in a conversation on the topic of “What Really Matters?” with Dr. John [...]

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Art + Design students from the College of Design, Veronica Tibbitts and Laura Maruzella, will have “re-fashion” clothing design collections featured at the first National Re-Use Conference on Oct. 18 at 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. The conference will be Oct. 18-20 at the Hilton North Raleigh. Learn more at http://reuseconex.org/schedule.

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The amazing story of how alumnus and architect Chris Downey adapted his career after becoming blind is told this month in The Atlantic. Read it here: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/10/design-within-reach/8220/

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College of Design Professor of Architecture Georgia Bizios FAIA was named the 2010 Green Designer of the Year by the US Green Building Council, North Carolina Triangle Chapter. The award was made to Bizios for serving as an exemplary role model in pioneering, sharing and practicing sustainable principles that are saving the planet for the [...]

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Arthur Cogswell FAIA died last night in Chapel Hill from a head injury. One of Chapel Hill’s most prolific architects, Cogswell graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1952 and served in the Air Force during the Korean War. After attending the NC State University School of Design and graduating in 1959, he worked for Don Stewart [...]

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Learning biology may become a little easier for students - and lot more interactive - thanks to a mobile app designed by a College of Design graphic design student who has gotten the attention of Adobe.

Matthew Riley Huston’s mobile application design project, “Outdoor Classroom,” is one of two finalists in the 2010 Adobe Design Achievement [...]

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Matthew Gilbride’s “Elements” provides lighting, heating, and cooling features in a scalable package.

Those with an eye for design know how to spot patterns.

One obvious pattern: yet another industrial design student from the College of Design has placed in a prestigious product design competition.

The Design Lab Competition sponsored by Electrolux asked design students to imagine [...]

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Passing the Test
Four NC State students designed the interiors of Underwriters Laboratories new education and training facility. The result is a jazzy setting with giant, colorful graphic panels, free-flowing glass and historical narrative. Take a video tour and meet the students.
Model Students
There’s a crush of family and friends around Keely Haggar in the hallway of [...]

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It’s not your usual summer camp. Not by a long shot.

In fact, Design Camp, now in its 25th year, has provided more than a diversion. It has given a good many students their careers.

“For many kids, this is their first exposure to, say, landscape architecture,” says Nicole Welch, the program’s facilitator and Curator [...]

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Natural Learning isn’t just for school anymore. The Edible Classroom, an exhibit at the Greensboro Children’s Museum, debuted May 22 as a fun way for children to learn about healthy eating, gardening, botany, and cooking, in a hands-on way. The Edible Classroom is part of the NC State College of Design’s Natural Learning Initiative, a [...]

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This excerpt of an article that recently appeared on the AIGA website is reprinted by permission from its author, KT Meaney, a visiting professor at the NC State College of Design.
Hip Hop Haven in the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, NC) is a nonprofit that reaches out to inner-city youth, providing a home away from [...]

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Over 50 art enthusiasts gathered in Downtown Raleigh on Tuesday, May 11, to celebrate the official ground-breaking of the new site of the Contemporary Art Museum (CAM). Scheduled to open in Spring, 2011, the museum is a “study in persistence,” said the museum’s director, Jay Gates. The building was acquired 13 years ago. Since then, [...]

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Join Landscape Architecture Department Head Gene Bressler, FASLA, and fellow alumni and friends for a reception during the NCASLA 2010 Spring Conference.
The George on the RiverWalk
128 South Water Street
In Downtown Wilmington
(within walking distance from the Hilton Riverside)
Friday, June 11, 2010
5:00 - 6:30 PM
Please RSVP by June 4 to:
919.515.8320 or design.ncsu.edu/rsvp

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Join Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, and fellow alumni and friends for a reception during the AIA 2010 National Convention and Design Exposition.
The Fillmore VIP Lounge
1700 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach (next to the convention center)
Thursday, June 10, 2010
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Please RSVP by June 4 to:
919. 515.8320 or design.ncsu.edu/rsvp
We will honor new alumni AIA Fellows:
G. Edwin [...]

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