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
‘Selfies with Santa’ yields holiday donation to High Country United Way [Watauga Democrat] Dec 18, 2017
Students, faculty and administration of Appalachian State University’s Department of Applied Design worked off some end-of-semester nervous
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Department of Applied Design hosts 2017 Interior Design Educators Council Conference Oct 30, 2017
Interior Design graduate students and educators from across the southern region visited Boone for three days of networking, professional... Applied Design, Fine and Applied Arts
Interior Design professor participates in SAI Faculty Fellowship Oct 17, 2017
Jeanne Mercer-Ballard, associate professor of Interior Design at Appalachian State University, was selected as a faculty fellow through the SAI... Applied Design, Art, Fine and Applied Arts
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
Applied Design, Fine and Applied Arts
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
Applied Design
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
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
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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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
Applied Design
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