College of Fine and Applied Arts

A motorcylce built by industrial design student Hugh Owings has been featured in XS650chopper.com.

The motorcycle also will appear in Cycle Source magazine in January.

“Avon, NC” by John Scarlata

“Living In The Light,” a 35-year retrospective of John Scarlata’s work, will be on exhibit at the Wellington B. Gray Gallery at East Carolina University from Jan. 11 to Feb. 20.

“Over the past 35 years, I have exhibited photographic images in juried and individual museum and gallery exhibits throughout the world, including New Zealand, Cuba, China, and in the United States,” said Scarlata. “Unlike these more focused exhibits, this retrospective will allow me to exhibit a lifetime of creative work as a cohesive exhibition…from landscapes as metaphor, self-portraits delving into Jungian psychology, a historically based series of images of luminous surfaces, to the political and commercialization of the landscape. The exhibit will include vintage images from graduate school to images from recent years. It will also feature reinterpretations of work from different periods of my artistic career and images that have never previously been printed or displayed.”

Appalachian State University Department of Technology graduates, Adam Sacora, Andy Fulton and Alan Watts, are recognized in the latest edition of the FLS Energy newsletter.

Sacora and Fulton are recognized for their work on the company’s Canton Solar Farm.

According to FLS, at the Evergreen Landfill site in Canton, NC, the first phase of FLS Energy’s solar photovoltaic farm is ready to be turned on. So far, 15 FLS Energy designed units have been installed as part of the first of six phases. Each solar unit has 12 panels, and a panel can generate 240 watts of electricity. There will be 90 units once the project is complete by the end of February 2010.

A crew of five led by Adam Sacora and Andy Fulton has been working with Progress Energy and Evergreen for the past five weeks to plan, design and build a system that can adapt to the potential settling of the old landfill.

“It’s been a fun challenge trying to figure out how to build on a landfill site with restrictions on the ground,” Sacora said. “There is a two-foot cap over the debris and we cannot penetrate the cap, so everything has to start at the ground level. That makes it unique for any type of construction.”

To provide a base for the solar units, FLS Energy constructed concrete pads on top of the soil. Sacora said the pads will provide counterweight against high winds to the solar units, as well as support on the ground.

For more information about the project, visit http://firstlightsolar.com/blog/?p=28.

In addition, Fulton, Sacora and Watts passed the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) Certification Exam for Photovoltaic. They are now certified NABCEP installers for Photovoltaic systems. Sacora also is certified in Solar Thermal.

The NABCEP provides a voluntary certification process that offers the public a high degree of protection because practitioners have to meet standards or qualifications and pass an exam.

A solar energy company near Asheville, FLS Energy specializes in Solar Hot Water (Solar Thermal) and Solar Electricity (Photovoltaic) Systems. The company’s Solar Energy Systems provide clients a hedge against rising energy costs and a clean, renewable source of energy.

Students from Appalachian’s Thomas W. Reese Center for Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology thank the 10th Annual C-GAIT Golf Classic sponsor, NAPCO. The students are (left to right) Jack Hand, Carl Parker, Andrew Boehm, Emily Vidovich and Elizabeth Bond.

Appalachian State University’s Thomas W. Reese Center for Graphic Arts and Imaging Technology (C-GAIT) held its 10th annual Thomas W. Reese C-GAIT Golf Classic Thursday, Oct. 22, at Lake Hickory Country Club in Hickory.

NAPCO served as the sponsor of the event, and Harper Corporation sponsored lunch for the players.

Winning the Joe Seaman Spirit Award for low gross score was Appalachian’s Department of Technology team of Kevin Howell, Steve Jesseph, John Krumrine and Jeff Tiller. Winning The Colonel’s Cup for low net score was the Appalachian College of Fine and Applied Arts team of Greg Langdon, Richard McDevitt, Doug Rice and Glenda Treadaway. This is the second year that the team won the cup.

In the individual awards for men and women, Phil Garrison of the Printing Industry of the Carolinas, Inc., (PICA) team won the Longest Drive competition for the men, and Maggie Whitman of the Winston Packaging team won for the women.

In the Longest Putt competition, Rod Ambrose of the Fuji team won for the men, and Maggie Whitman won for the women. In the Closest to the Pin competition, John Krumrine won for the men, and Glenda Treadaway won for the women.

Funds raised from the tournament will benefit the GAIT program.

Michael Hendrix, Boston director and associate partner at IDEO, a world leader in human-centered and design-led innovation, is the keynote lecturer for Appalachian State University’s Third Annual “Power of Design” event, “Little d, big D,” held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the Helen A. Powers Grand Hall at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center in Boone.

The Power of Design brings together students, faculty and members of the professional community in all design disciplines such as architectural design, graphic design, interior design, industrial design and theater design. The lecture is open to all design professionals and the public and is free of charge.

“IDEO is a design powerhouse,” said Jeanne Mercer-Ballard, program coordinator and professor of Appalachian’s interior design program. “They are a global leader in innovation and human-centered design and are leading the market in the connection of design and business. We are honored to have Michael Hendrix of IDEO come share his experiences with our students.”

Hendrix will share his personal journey into design thinking with examples from his career and the IDEO portfolio. Some of IDEO’s clients include Procter & Gamble, Nokia, Intel, Converse, Lilly, Del Monte and Vodafone. Nominated by business leaders globally as one of the world¹s most innovative companies, IDEO employs over 500 staff in eight locations worldwide.

In addition to leading the Boston location, Hendrix provides guidance for brand strategy on projects ranging from counter-culture apparel to over-the-counter drugs to luxury home goods. Prior to IDEO he served for six years as chief brand officer and creative director of Tricycle, Inc., a sustainable design company he co-founded to reduce petroleum use and landfill waste in the commercial flooring industry. Under his direction Tricycle received multiple recognitions for sustainable design and thought leadership from Business Week, the Smithsonian Institute, the Prince of Denmark and the British House of Commons, as well as the professional design associations of AIGA, IIDA, AIA, ASID and IDSA.

Hendrix’s creativity has merited awards from all of the major American graphic design associations and publications including the One Show, Type Directors Club, Print, How and Communication Arts. Hendrix now gets to return the favor by serving as a juror for these competitions.

In 2008 Hendrix was selected as a Marshall Memorial Fellow, a trans-Atlantic fellowship of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, established to enrich Euro-American relations. In 2008 he was also named an AIGA Fellow, an honor acknowledging designers who have made a significant contribution to raising the standards of excellence in the practice and conduct of graphic design within their local or regional design community and local AIGA chapter.

A native of Upper East Tennessee, he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design from the University of Tennessee. If he’s not designing he’s playing his vintage guitars and exploring New England with his wife and three children.

In addition to the lecture, Hendrix will lead a multidisciplinary workshop for design students. The cost for the workshop is $7. Those wishing to attend may contact Mercer-Ballard at 262-7832 or Marilyn Smith at 262-2220.

For more information about Hendrix, visit http://www.michaelhendrix.com/. For more information about Appalachian’s Power of Design visit http://www.faa.appstate.edu/powerofdesign/ or contact Mercer-Ballard at mercerja@appstate.edu.