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Behind the Seams: Four Seniors Bring Vision and Voice to Showcase 2026 Apr 24, 2026

Every spring, a fashion runway is built inside the Holmes Convocation Center and it transforms into a place where Apparel Design & Merchandising seniors reveal the work that has consumed their... Fine and Applied Arts, Applied Design

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Senior Spotlight: Applied Design Graduate, Carlos Velasquez, Completes Dual Major in Apparel Design and Industrial Design Apr 17, 2026

First-generation college student weaves cultural heritage, entrepreneurship, and design innovation into his SIXO brand.

Applied Design, Fine and Applied Arts
Interior Design Students created stunning concepts for the new Hickory campus

Interior Design Students Submit Designs for New Hickory Campus Sep 2, 2022

Interior design students from INT 2110 submitted their design ideas for the new Appalachian State Hickory campus, which were reviewed by key... Applied Design, Fine and Applied Arts

App State students Emily Broyles and Isaac Wood

App State students share 7 tips for success — inside and outside the classroom Jan 10, 2022

Student success shows up both inside — and outside — the classroom at Appalachian State University.

Applied Design, Communication
Photo of App State Mace
Sam Somerville works on his tea cabinet
Console made by Furniture Design student
D. Jason Miller, associate dean of Appalachian’s College of Fine and Applied Arts and associate professor in the college’s Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment (STBE), in his classroom. Miller was the recipient of the 2019 UNC Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award. Photo submitted

‘Holding space’ in synchronous studio meetings Q&A with D. Jason Miller Jun 30, 2020

“This atmosphere of shared learning and shared ideas relies on proximity and access to a shared space.

Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, Applied Design, Art, Theatre and Dance

Welcome home — first App Builds a Home project is dedicated Jun 1, 2020

The welcome mat is on the porch and the first completed home built through a partnership between Appalachian State University’s <

Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, Applied Design
Chancellors Innovation Scholars
Interior Design student Isaac Wood