4th Annual Celebration of Excellence Highlights Innovation and Outstanding Achievements Dec 11, 2025
Appalachian State University’s College of Fine and Applied Arts gathered this fall for its 4th Annual Celebration of Excellence, a tradition that honors the creativity, scholarship, and serv
Fine and Applied Arts, Art, Applied Design, Communication, Military Science and Leadership, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, Theatre and Dance
Interior Design Students Shine, Claim Top Honors at IIDA Carolinas Designworks Dec 11, 2025
The Interior Design Program, part of the Applied Design Department within the College of Fine and Applied Arts, is celebrating a major achievement after its students claimed top honors at the rece... Applied Design, Fine and Applied Arts
Appalachian State University Professor Richard Elaver Receives Prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Advance AI Design Research in Belgium Oct 8, 2025
BOONE, N.C. — Richard Elaver, a Professor of Industrial Design at Appalachian State University, has been honored with a Fulbright U.S.
Applied Design, Fine and Applied Arts
Industrial Design Program celebrates 10 years Apr 6, 2016
On Saturday, April 2, the Industrial Design faculty welcomed more than 100 guests, including 50 program alumni, to celebrate the 10 year... Applied Design
Associate Dean Kern Maass shares more on AppLab Mar 9, 2016
Dave Blanks spoke with Kern Maass to learn more about the purpose of AppLab and how the campus community can get involved.
Fine and Applied Arts, Applied Design
App State students compete in first Apparel Design Challenge [Blowing Rock News] Mar 1, 2016
Sophomores Sarah Bischoff and Sydney Surro teamed up to transform a set of scrubs into a vintage sundress in just five hours, beating out fo
Applied Design
Interior Design professor studies hospital design and fear response Feb 29, 2016
Hessam Ghamari's findings were recently published in Health Environments Research & Design (HERD), a prestigious h
Applied Design
Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University Presents Andy Warhol: Musing Nov 5, 2015
Andy Warhol: Musing
Applied Design, Art, Communication, Fine and Applied Arts
Prisco Appointed Interim Chair of Applied Design Jul 15, 2015
Professor Richard Prisco has been appointed interim chair of the newly created Department of Applied Design at Appalachian State University.
Applied Design, Fine and Applied Arts
IDEXlab Students Rethink Design Projects To Respond To COVID-19 Aug 31, 2010
A global pandemic changes everything.
Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, Applied Design