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Bridging Continents: A Shared Design Journey Between Appalachian State University and VSVU Jun 10, 2024

In an inspiring display of international collaboration, students from Appalachian State University's Industrial Design 3711 Product Studio 2 class and the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (VSVU) in... Applied Design

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Appalachian State University Industrial Design Students Shine in Mockett's 38th Annual Design Competition Mar 27, 2024

Doug Mockett & Company, Inc. recently announced the winners of its prestigious 38th Annual Design Competition, highlighting the exceptional talents of three Industrial Design students from App... Applied Design

Luke Southern

App State Alumni, Luke Southern of Fisher Marantz Stone, Named Among Light Collective's International 40 Under 40 in Lighting Design Feb 5, 2024

BOONE, NC [February 6, 2024] — Luke Southern, an App State Alumnus and Senior Designer with FMS in New York City, has been recognized as one of the winners of the prest

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Tori Mellot (Competition Juror and Traditional Home Magazine Contributing Editor), Ben Bridges (2nd Place), John Barton (3rd Place),Jill Waage (Traditional Home Magazine Editor-in-Chief), Brian F. Davies (Applied Design Chair).

Appalachian State University students take home honors in furniture design competition Sep 29, 2017

Two Appalachian students in the College of Fine and Applied Arts’ Department of Applied Design took home honors in the International Fu

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HOW Space Interior

App State's new HOW Space is the university's latest evolution in innovation, interdisciplinary education [WNCMagazine.com] Sep 18, 2017

“Solving difficult problems—what we call ‘wicked problems’—requires multiple perspectives,” says Assistant Pro

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Students outside the IBM Design Studios

AppLab 3.0 kicks off with IBM Design Thinking workshop Sep 11, 2017

This fall, 30 Appalachian State University students enrolled in the first cohort of AppLab 3.0, a multi-disciplinary, six-credit Design Thinking... Applied Design

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Interior design professor awarded Universal Design Grant Aug 11, 2017

Alex Poorman, associate professor of interior design in the Department of Applied Design at Appalachian State University, has been awarded the... Applied Design

Students at the inaugural design camp

Expanding Awareness: Appalachian hosts design camp for area youth Aug 10, 2017

For the first time, Appalachian State University design educators held a summer camp for high school students in North Carol

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Associate Professor Alex Poorman

Interior design faculty member named IIDA-Carolinas 2017 Educator of the Year Jul 14, 2017

Associate Professor of Interior Design Alex Poorman has received the Carolinas Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA

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Student award winners pictured with Eaton representatives

Appalachian students bring home honors in international lighting design competition May 31, 2017

For the fourth year in a row, an Appalachian State University student has won first place in the annual SOURCE awards competition, hosted by... Applied Design, Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment

John Barton

Appalachian student receives coveted Celia Moh Scholarship May 2, 2017

John Barton, a junior industrial design major at Appalachian State University, was awarded the Celia Moh Scholarship for the 2017-18 academic... Applied Design

Jessica Lancaster's design from "The Still Movement"

Applied Design hosts “Showcase 2017” on April 23 Apr 12, 2017

The Department of Applied Design’s Apparel Design and Merchandising program will present “Showcase 2017” at Holmes Convocation C

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