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App State Interior Design wins 5th place at Fashion Bash 2026 Sep 28, 2026

A team of Appalachian State University interior design students and faculty competed for their first time in the annual Fashion Bash, held in Charlotte on September 17.

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
Photo Garner Dewey Phd

15 countries, 6 continents — go globe-trotting with ‘Mountaineers Abroad’ Dec 2, 2019

From the Sahara Desert of Morocco to the rooftops of Venice, Italy, photos from “Mountaineers Abroad” — the theme of Appal

Fine and Applied Arts, Art, Applied Design, Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment