ADM Students Impress Renowned Designer in HMA Design Challenge Oct 13, 2026
Students in Appalachian State University’s Apparel Design & Merchandising (ADM) program recently presented their initial concepts for the Hickory Museum of Art/Charles Harbison Design Ch
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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.
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App State Furniture Design Students Revitalize Broyhill Walking Park with Custom Artistic Benches Sep 25, 2026
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Innovation, surprise win students a place on the runway Jan 9, 2018
You won’t find “Red Rocks at Sunset” and “Paris City Lights” listed on Amazon Books or as new Netflix series.
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‘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
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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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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
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