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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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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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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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The mural in the Free Expression Tunnel isn’t the only design that has gotten a lot of attention lately. NC State University College of Design students are winning awards and finding audiences for their work in a number of ways:

Mack Garrison, a senior in Art + Design, may have the most fans — literally —of [...]

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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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The student run Fish Market will have it’s first open call show of the semester on Friday, October 1, 2010 with doors opening at 6 p.m. As always, this months show will feature fantastic work from all College of Design disciplines. Music will be provided by DJ Chocolate Rice. You won’t want to miss it.
Fish Market [...]

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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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August 2010 Home of the Month Article in The News & Observer http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/08/28/649117/bridge-house-over-troubled-waters.html
College of Design Alums Rob and Beth Mangum featured in the September 2010 issue of Our State Magazine. http://www.ourstate.com/articles/weaverville
Young Inventors Cause A Stir. Six pre-teens worked with industrial design professors and graduate students to conceive, prototype and develop presentations about their new [...]

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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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Welcome Back BBQ will be held on Friday, August 20, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. behind Brooks Hall. All College of Design students, faculty and staff are invited. This event is sponsored by the Design Guild.

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Join Landscape Architecture Head Gene Bressler, FASLA, and fellow alumni and friends for a reception during the 2010 ASLA Annual Meeting & Expo in Washington, D.C.
The Henley Park Hotel
926 Massachuessetts Avenue NW
(one block from the Washington Convention Center)
Friday, September 10, 2010
6:00–7:30 PM
please rsvp by September 3 to:
919.515.8320 or design.ncsu.edu/rsvp
We will honor new alumni fellow:
WHITNEY A. [...]

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Graphic Design alumna Nikki Orellana (’04) won an Emmy award for Outstanding Achievement in Motion Title and Graphic Design. Orellana created the opening graphics for the PBS cooking show Avec Eric. You can view the video at: http://eater.com/archives/2010/06/29/avec-eric-wins-emmy-for-main-title-design.php The show appears on Sundays at 3 p.m. on PBS.
Orellana was also in the Top 50 list for [...]

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Professor of Graphic Design Denise Gonzales Crisp has been invited to make two presentations at TypeCon 2010, in Los Angeles. At the Type and Design Education Forum, Denise will present the Graphic Design department’s typography curriculum, followed by a Q+A with current undergraduate students who will be virtually present via teleconference. The second presentation outlines [...]

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Studio Collective is an annual event in which the College of Design opens its doors for the community and university to visit the studios, see work displayed, and meet students. It is a unique opportunity to see a design exhibition in the very place where the work is done and to gain insight as to [...]

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