DESIGNlife News

Industrial Design students under the direction of Associate Professor of Industrial Design Bong-Il Jin have placed first, second, third and fifth in the New York International Automobile Show. The students will be invited to accept their scholarships and give a brief statement about their projects at the World Traffic Safety Symposium on Friday, April 9, [...]

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A brief history about Art to Wear was featured in the Independently Weekly. To read the article visit: http://www.indyweek.com/artery/archives/2010/03/09/art-to-wear-a-brief-history

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There will be a Ghana Study Abroad 2011 information session on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 in room 316 Leazar Hall from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Students are invited to attend an introductory presentation about Ghana Study Abroad 2011. The course will be a six credit hour interdisciplinary studio occurring in Ghana, West Africa during [...]

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Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Kofi Boone and seven students in LAR 500 Landscape Narratives studio spent three days working with community stakeholders in Idlewild, Michigan. Stakeholders invited Professor Boone’s class to propose revitalization strategies for their historic downtown area and Williams Island; home to an historic performance venue. Idlewild, on the national register of [...]

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Join us for First Friday at the Fish Market for the first ever Masters in Graphic Design Thesis Show at 133 Fayetteville Street from 6 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Two years ago, most of us probably thought we had a pretty good idea of what being a designer entailed.
Things have changed.
Graphic design — [...]

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Graphic Design senior Alexander Wiedemann was recently accepted to present her research paper in April 2010 at the 20th annual Theodore Clevenger, Jr. Undergraduate Honors Conference which will be held in conjunction with the 80th annual convention of the Southern States Communication Association in Memphis, Tennessee.
Wiedemann will be presenting a verbal and visual presentation entitled, [...]

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Reserved seating starting at $15. Visit http://ncsuarttowear.com/shop.html to buy tickets now.
Art to Wear 2010 will take place on Wednesday, April 14 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Reynolds Coliseum.

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Art to Wear merchandise will be on sale Monday through Thursday until April 14 at noon near the Egg or at the College of Textiles.
Some items that are being sold are professionally printed t-shirts for twelve dollars in four beautiful colors with a choice of crew neck and v-neck styles. Scarf and sashes are [...]

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North Carolina State University will launch WolfWheels this coming Monday, March 29, 2010 on the Brickyard.
WolfWheels is a bike rental program originally proposed by students in the fall of 2009. The program is a collaborative planning and funding effort with various campus departments and student groups, including Transportation, Talley Student Center, the University Sustainability [...]

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GREG HATEM IS A SPARK, A CATALYST, A FORCE BEHIND THE RESURGENCE OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. As founder and managing partner of Empire Properties, Greg has guided the company’s portfolio of projects, consisting of more than 40 rehabilitation projects with 550,000 square feet of retail and office space which have truly enhanced not only the [...]

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The College of Design 2010 Intercom Research Exchange will take place on March 1, 2010 at 5:30 -8:00 p.m. in 311 & 312 Leazar Hall. Everyone is welcome. Learn what colleagues, doctoral & graduate candidates are thinking about and making happen. There will be refreshments from Neomonde.

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Six interdisciplinary teams of students from the College of Design (both architecture and landscape architecture departments) and the UNC Chapel Hill Planning Department submitted entries for the ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. While competing on a national level, the six local teams are also competing locally with a jury led by Paul [...]

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“Let There Be Light” — it represented the best of NC State. Joe Cox took the ideas from the physics of light, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering and turned them into art.
An Eye for Design (NCSU Bulletin) A grad student’s class project becomes an award-winning concept car that will be built and displayed at a [...]

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The Raleigh Urban Design Center and the Student ASLA would like to announce the inaugural First Friday at the Raleigh Urban Design Center on Friday, March 5, 2010 beginning at 6 - 9 p.m. located at 133 Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh (right above the Fish Market).
The show is titled, “TANGIBLE DESIGN” and will [...]

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In 2009 a group of former and current College of Design and College of Textiles students with an interest in fibers and textiles came together to form The Common Seam Collective. The group strives to build and maintain their identity as artists, designers, and craftspeople, as well as a connection to the community that nurtured [...]

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