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The concept for this unique motorcycle design was derived from studying birds of prey, which are known for their swiftness, accuracy, glide and aerodynamic beauty. This design approach of using natural forms as models for human-based needs is called Biomimicry. It involves synthesizing knowledge from biology, engineering and design to create products or product systems. There have been many innovative products designed for medical, recreational, military, and transportational needs. The motorcycle was designed by Tim Bennett for Prof. Haig Khachatoorian's ID 202 - Sophomore Industrial Design Studio in Spring Semester 2006.

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2 0 0 6 -2 0 0 7 C A LEND A R September 11 - October 2 Exhibition: Ryan Cummings, Painter September 18 Architecture Lecture: Scott Marble, Marble Fairbanks Joint AIA Triangle and School of Architecture Lecture September 21 Ph.D. Lecture: Dr. Brian Little, Professor of Psychology “Missing Persons and Empty Environments: On Personal Projects and Interactive Design” 7-9 p.m., Brooks 212A September 23 ARE Prep Course: Building Design/Materials & Methods www.design.ncsu.edu/cont-ed September 25 Architecture Lecture: Marc Tsurumaki Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis Architects The MacMillan Family Lecture October 3 - 15 Exhibition: Prague Student Show October 5 Ph.D. Lecture: Dr. Robert Mugerauer “Environmental Well-Being: Organism—Environment Interactions at All Scales” 7:30-9 p.m., Brooks 212A October 6 AIA South Atlantic Region Alumni & Friends Gathering 5-6:30 p.m., Bluewater Grille 224 Broad Street, Chattanooga October 14 ARE Prep Course: General Structures and Lateral Forces www.design.ncsu.edu/cont-ed October 14 - 15 CAM Exposure Time www.camnc.org/exposuretime October 16 Architecture Lecture: Pablo Castro and Jennifer Lee, OBRA Architects Joint AIA Triangle and School of Architecture Lecture October 21 NC State University Open House 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Carmichael Gym and Talley Student Center College of Design will be open during this time as well www.ncsu.edu/openhouse

October 30 Architecture Lecture: John Ochsendorf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Structural Innovations lecture in honor of Eduardo Catalano

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November 4 ARE Prep Course: Graphics Divisions www.design.ncsu.edu/cont-ed

November 4 - 27 Exhibition: Study Abroad Programs

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November 6 Architecture Lecture: Gilles Saucier, Saucier + Perrotte Joint AIA Triangle and School of Architecture Lecture

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November 15 Practitioners’ Convocation Contact Amy Frisz at amy_frisz@ncsu.edu December 9 - 20 Exhibition: Graduation Show December 20 Fall Commencement, 3 p.m. in Talley Student Center College Reception from 12:30-2 p.m. in Brooks Rotunda

January 12 - February 4 Exhibition: Admissions February 9 - March 3 Architecture Exhibition: Jeremy Ficca March 3 (to be confirmed) Design Guild Award Dinner March 4 - 24 Exhibition: Architecture Teaching Fellows March 25 - April 13 Exhibition: Landscape Architecture Alumni/Faculty April 14 - May 6 Exhibition: Graphic Design Senior Show May 7 - 12 Exhibition: Graduation

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November 13 Architecture Lecture: Victoria Ballard Bell, Design Corps, and Pat Rand, NC State University

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All architecture lectures – Due to the renovation of Burns Auditorium in Kamphoefner Hall, the School of Architecture’s lecture series events will be held in Bostian Hall Auditorium, room 3712. www.design.ncsu.edu/bostianmap.html

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EXHIBITIONS are featured in the Brooks Hall Gallery. VISITORS are encouraged to verify time and location of events, which are subject to change. For more information, call 919/515-8313 or sign up for DESIGNlife, an e-newsletter, at www.design.ncsu.edu (link to “news & events” from pull-down menu). OUR THANKS College of Design lectures and exhibitions are sponsored in part by Design Guild Dean’s Circle and Benefactor members. For more details, go to www.design.ncsu.edu/events.

A Commitment to Art and Design in the Community Marks Embraced by Walt Disney Magic Celebrating Change: Rededicating Leazar Hall Zeeso Conceptualizes Future Cars Design Camp in Transition: A Model Outreach Program Williamson Protects Natural Heritage Achieve! The Campaign for NC State

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The Design Guild is an association of alumni, friends, design professionals and industry leaders established in 1996 to promote design education at the NC State University College of Design through private contributions and gifts. The publication of Design Influence is fully supported by Design Guild funds. We welcome your submission of alumni news items in addition to your comments about this publication. To receive our electronic newsletter, DESIGNlife, please send us your e-mail address. design@ncsu.edu or address correspondence to: NC State University College of Design Campus Box 7701 Raleigh, NC 27695-7701 919/515-8313 Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA dean Carla Abramczyk director of development Jean Marie Livaudais director of professional relations Pam Welch development assistant Sherry O’Neal editor; director of communications Craig McDuffie (BEDV 1983) designer COVER On the cover, GoMap 2.0, an interactive touch-screen interface prototype featuring next-generation campus map kiosk, was developed in an Art + Design studio sponsored by the Contemporary Art Museum.

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October 30 Architecture Lecture: John Ochsendorf, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Structural Innovations lecture in honor of Eduardo Catalano

DEAN’S MESSAGE

November 4 ARE Prep Course: Graphics Divisions www.design.ncsu.edu/cont-ed

November 4 - 27 Exhibition: Study Abroad Programs

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November 6 Architecture Lecture: Gilles Saucier, Saucier + Perrotte Joint AIA Triangle and School of Architecture Lecture

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November 13 Architecture Lecture: Victoria Ballard Bell, Design Corps, and Pat Rand, NC State University

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by Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, Dean

erhaps the most satisfying aspect of a life in education is that it is consumed by possibility. Each fall new students arrive full of enthusiasm and driven by ambition. Every commencement is equally charged by what is to come of each graduate as they accept the accolades for their accomplishment with a degree of uncertainty, and yet full of hope for the achievements that will certainly follow. There is a cycle of life within the academy characterized by appreciation for the academic colleagues whose lives have enriched the eager students who have joined them in the classroom. This life is similarly charged by the prospect of the junior colleagues who join the community with the aspirations to make substantial contributions during their life in the academy. There is a quality of forever young about the college existence that inspires even the most cynical spirit. It is a quality that causes reflection on what drives this relentless exploration of new ways and means. It is in the search for the essence of the academy that causes the entire community to accept responsibility for

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the education of the entering fundamentals student while also nurturing the advanced scholarship of the Ph.D. student. Just as the entering student is seeking to expand their understanding of creative urges and learn to put these talents to useful purpose, so too is the most senior member of the faculty in a continual search for the insights gained through research, scholarship, creative activity and professional practice. Both share the need for an agile, open mind and a willing spirit. Both open themselves to criticism by peers for their venturing. Both expand the sphere of influence of the college by what they accomplish in the classroom and in their respective professional disciplines as they mature in the roles they play.

The essence of this forever-young spirit is multiplication. In every way multiplication characterizes the aspirations and

responsibilities of a college invested in professional design education within a public, especially a land-grant, university. This begins with the funding provided to the university by the legislature. Each allocation of funds provided to the university generates as much as three or four times that sum into the economy of the state through invention, economic development, research and sponsored-project funding. Within the College of Design we expect the funding provided for the Center for Universal Design by the State Legislature will result in further sponsored-project work that benefits people of varying capabilities. But, such work is only a subset of projects under way through extension efforts in a number of communities across the state and tangibly in the establishment of the Raleigh Downtown Studio dedicated the projects of the hometown of the university. It is expected that the opportunities of the university will promote intellectual growth among the faculty thereby resulting in scholarship and practice that advance the design domain of knowledge. Most importantly, every student that crosses the well-worn threshold into Brooks Hall is only a small part of what they will become in the presence of and under the guidance of exceptional faculty and staff members. When the faculty and staff understand and employ their talents as multiplying factors in concert with the raw talent and energy of students, wonderful things result. It is a mystery of creation every bit as magical as the most distinguished work of the faculty.

The multiplication of the human spirit is realized through teaching, and our understanding of the design domain of knowledge through scholarship and research. The enhancement of the quality of life of the citizens who look to the university for assistance is accomplished through the multiplication of the experiences of the physical and natural world for individuals of all capabilities. This commitment by the college is the reason for the importance of the college to contemporary society. Multiplication requires much of the college. At the core of this responsibility is engagement. This must be the first inclination of the college community. It is critical that the needs of students are engaged from the first moment they indicate an interest in coming to the college. This sense of engagement is further reflected as students are taught as individuals, not as groups. Engagement with the design professions is essential for professional education to be relevant. Engagement with society gives meaning and purpose to a life in design. To realize this spirit a broad perspective of the special talents of the faculty and staff must evolve. Each individual brings a unique contribution. The faculty and staff as a valued investment portfolio to be engaged with the complexity of student, university, society and professional interests is an essential aspect of the ability of the community to act as the multiplier of human potential. Diversity and intellectual agility are essential components of this investment portfolio. Diversity is the characteristic that makes the community strong in turbulent times. An academic

community that aspires to be influential must begin by recognizing it cannot do so when it is drawn inward by seeking to replicate attitudes already well represented among its members. Multiplication demands reaching beyond the simple addition of more of the same. It is therefore an imperative of an academic community that faculty and staff of varying perspectives abilities be embraced. Through the act of multiplication the college will influence the quality of life for the citizens who support the university. The College of Design will become a respected partner with the design professions by preparing the emerging leaders who will transform practice to meet the demands of a new era. Through the act of multiplication, research and scholarship will emerge from the college that will provide leadership among academic peers. By accepting the mantle of multiplication, the college community makes a commitment to the continuing growth and maturation of every student and member of the faculty and staff. The vitality of this community will ensure that no talent is left buried. Rather, each will be invested for the benefit of all. Each will be put to work multiplying all of the others. We, as a college community, can aspire to no greater sense of influence than the multiplication of talents. This is the commitment we must make to foster an exceptional design community, a true center of influence. This is the message of this issue of Design Influence. Dean's MESSAGE

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The essence of this forever-young spirit is multiplication. In every way multiplication characterizes the aspirations and

D e s i g n Gu i l d D i n n e r

A Commi t men t t o A r t and De sig n in t he Communi t y

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Far right: Retiring Professor of Landscape Architecture Angelo Abbate Center: Overhead view of attendees at Exporis viewing “Design Q&A” with Charles Eames Bottom right: Wings on Wings Award recipients Linda Noble and Craig McDuffie

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Photo by Lee Moore

Event photos by K. Malinofski/NCMA

Below: 2006 Design Guild Award recipient Larry Wheeler

According to Dean Marvin J. Malecha, “This is a meshing of sympathetic missions. Both entities encourage creativity and community engagement through art and design. This affiliation combines the powerful exhibitions presented by CAM with the educational expertise of the university to create a transformational museum experience. There also exists the potential for new academic programs in museum management; for students and faculty to significantly enhance resources for the community; and for interaction with faculty, staff and students with the mission of the museum as well,” says Malecha. “This effort will be a venue to trumpet the value of design—the process, the methods and the artifacts. This is our version of a teaching hospital. This affiliation also supports the college’s land-grant mission to serve the citizens and communities of North Carolina.” CAM will be able to draw on the skills and creativity of the students and faculty of the College of Design in offering visitors innovative ways of engaging with and appreciating contemporary art and design. The result will be a museum filled with energy and imagination and an education and outreach program that promotes a greater understanding of the role of creativity in our Students from Moore Square Museums Magnet Middle School participating in CAM’s after-school program everyday lives. exploring the past, present and future of downtown Raleigh. Nicole Welch, curator of education for CAM, views the affiliation as a powerful tool for the entire community. range of new creative and learning possibilities. It also positions the “Education and audience engagement will be at the very heart of College of Design among an elite few schools with museum affiliations, everything that CAM does. CAM will serve as a forum for the interaction while providing CAM with the organizational infrastructure required between its audiences and the artists, designers and creative thinkers for sustainability. CAM will be a distinct entity within the College of of our time. Through its collaboration with the College of Design and Design and will raise all the funds necessary to run the museum. n exciting relationship was established in February 2006, when the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh (CAM) joined the College of Design at NC State University, becoming a component of the College’s Art + Design in the Community Initiative. The merger expands the College’s K-12 outreach and introduces students and faculty to an enormous

Right: Charles and Lorinzo Joyner, Bill O'Brien (center), with Phil and Nnenna Freelon

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Below: 2006 Design Guild Award recipient Larry Wheeler

Right: Charles and Lorinzo Joyner, Bill O'Brien (center), with Phil and Nnenna Freelon

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Ilana Marks Embraced by Walt Disney Magic

Above: Members of CAM Studio Below: Students brainstorming “What is CAM?”

CAM’s first step in establishing what this relationship means for the community has been to engage in a sponsored studio with the Art + Design and Graphic Design departments at the College of Design. During the spring 2006 semester, CAM sponsored a collaborative studio between constituents of CAM, faculty and students of Art + Design and Graphic Design. The twopronged studio investigated and developed visualizations that communicated “what CAM is” through the dual lenses of ‘art + design’ and ‘graphic design.’ The final projects from the studios were presented on May 9, 2006, in the Belk Rotunda in Brooks Hall. The studio was funded by a generous grant from the Goodnight Education Foundation. An additional sponsored studio has been scheduled for fall 2006 to further develop CAM’s Web presence.

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n June, Senior Ilana Marks, an Anni Albers Scholar, was granted the wish she had dreamed on a star long ago. Her idea was selected as one of six finalists in the yearly Walt Disney ImagiNations competition offered by Walt Disney Imagineering. Marks has always wanted to work for Disney. She said, “I used to dream of being in animation, but last August when I started researching the ImagiNations competition, I knew I would love to be an Imagineer.” At first Marks kept her commitment to the competition quiet. She had thought of entering as a team, but got concerned that she would not be able to find other students who would make the investment in time or who shared her enthusiasm for Disney, so she opted to enter the contest solo. In March she was notified that she was one of six finalists—three were individual contestants and three were teams. Three college winners were selected after presentations in front of 20-25 judges at the Glendale, Calif., Walt Disney Imagineering Headquarters. Her idea for a Magic Kingdom Mary Poppins-themed restaurant called “Step in Time,” tied for third place overall. “This experience ranks as one of the best I’ve ever had,” says Marks. “The competition was secondary to all we got to do and learn and all the people we got to meet and know.” Marks added that she had been concerned about bonding with her competitors since they were all up for the same prize, but everyone was very friendly and they had all designed different models at different Ilana Marks introduces herself to fellow finalists Disney parks, so it felt less during the 2006 Walt Disney Imagineering conflicted. ImagiNations competition.

other cultural institutions, CAM will bring forth new learning opportunities by reframing the way art is interpreted.” Malecha adds, “In the context of the college’s recent opening of the Prague Institute and the Downtown Design Studio in Raleigh, this merger makes sense for the college. It is a further expansion of our ability to get beyond the boundaries of the traditional university.” CAM will be a non-collecting museum. Its programming will include a variety of media, techniques, sights and subject matters with themes that reflect trends in the Triangle community and beyond. Currently without a home, CAM will eventually move to a new facility at the core of a mixed-use development incorporating residential and commercial space at 409 West Martin Street in downtown Raleigh. The Contemporary Art Foundation, a private, nonprofit entity, separate and distinct from CAM and NC State University, was established in early 2006 to raise the capital required to transform the site. Grubb Properties, with offices in Charlotte and Cary, is the development partner for the project. While awaiting the move to the new facility, CAM programming will be presented at varied venues. CAM’s popular Exposure Time fund raising event will take place October 14-15, 2006. Check out CAM’s Web site at www.camnc.org for more information. Additional programming planned for the 2006-07 fiscal year includes an off-site exhibition featuring artworks exploring the theme of growth and expansion.

NC State College of Design student Ilana Marks shows the storyboards she developed for her design "Step In Time: A Dining Room to a Place of Enchantment" at this year's Walt Disney Imagineering ImagiNations competition. Marks was one of only six finalists in the national scholarship and design competition.

During the whole process of getting ready for California, Marks says she “got to learn a lot about people in both the colleges [Design and Textiles] and that was one of [her] favorite parts.” She learned more about utilizing the vast resources at both colleges in which she will earn a degree, as well as from the university. Putting in thousands of hours of work on this competition in addition to regular studio work was a challenge that found many people in both colleges willing to collaborate and provide support. “I found the support that I received indicative of the character of both colleges. The people are very personable and genuinely interested in the students,” she adds. Marks comments that she realized how much more personal her NC State education was after connecting with the other finalists. “Disney treated us like royalty. They had already learned so much about our project ideas that when we got to California, they made it about us,” Marks said. “They really treated us with respect and recognized the time the students had devoted to their projects.” Marks sums it all up, “It was such a good experience.” FEATURE ARTICLE

Ilana Marks Embraced by Walt Disney Magic

Above: Members of CAM Studio Below: Students brainstorming “What is CAM?”

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Celebr a t ing Chang e : Rededica t ing L ea z ar H all he university joined the design community to “Celebrate Change” on Friday, Aug. 25 at the rededication ceremony for Leazar Hall. Speakers included Marvin Malecha, dean of the College of Design (1), Chancellor James L. Oblinger (2), Design Guild President Michael Cole (3), and Art + Design Senior Diana Fakhoury (4). Building tours took place after the ceremony, followed by the college's annual back-to-school barbecue. Riley Contracting Group sponsored the event, along with Knoll and Carolina Business Interiors. The newly renovated Leazar houses the College of Design’s materials lab, loom, design basics studios, painting and sculpture studios, seminar spaces and faculty offices. The $8.3 million renovation project was funded by the North Carolina Higher Education Bond Referendum passed in 2000. Leazar Hall was built in 1912, and has been renovated twice prior to the current renovation, in 1922 and 1983. During its 96-year history, Leazar has served as a dining hall, student store, print shop, housing rental office, and payroll benefits office. Most recently, Leazar was shared by the College of Design, university mail services, and the computer science department. “This building represents a case for treasuring important landmarks while giving them new uses,” Malecha says. “Since Leazar houses design education and has dedicated space for research and extension efforts, it also signifies the university’s commitment to promoting extension and research within the College of Design—it’s a tangible investment in the study of the arts on campus.” In addition to the ceremony, Design Guild members were invited to participate in a studio project with Design Fundamentals students. Results of their collaborations were pinned up for review by visitors touring the building. The theme was “Then and Now.”

Photos by Roger Winstead and College of Design Staff

Leazar Hall Design Fundamentals Scholarship Endowment – Donations of any amount are appreciated to help fund this important new scholarship for new students to the college. Donors of $1,000 or more will receive (while supplies last) a commemorative original brick from Leazar Hall that has been engraved by the College’s laser cutter.

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Zee s o Concep t ualize s Fu t ur e Car s

rom the time Karl Zeeso (BID 1997) was 5 years old, he was in love with cars. Growing up in Charlotte, N.C., with a father who had a small British sports car collection and a motorcycle instilled in him a great appreciation for anything with a motor on wheels. When he learned that someone actually got paid to create these vehicles, he knew that was the job for him. While his desire to become a designer started early, Zeeso says he didn’t have a good understanding of what car design involved until his first year in design school.

friends worked at IBM and told him he should at least interview with them since they were there. Zeeso ended up detouring from his plan to drive to California and start knocking on doors. He accepted an IBM offer of a five-week contract project, then continued working there as a product designer. After five years, Zeeso decided he really wanted to pursue his dream of being a car

“Percy Hooper brought someone in to give an automotive techniques and sketching workshop,” he adds, “and I asked him how to become a car designer. The speaker replied ‘just do it’.” Zeeso made the most of opportunities to meet professionals in the field, including going to eat with a designer from Ford who spoke to the class. Even after asking those designers “all kinds of car design questions,” Zeeso says he “still wasn’t sure how it was going to happen.” One thing that he was sure of was his determination to pursue car design in California, which he was attracted to by the lifestyle, the weather and the opportunity to design. During one of the interview/portfolio review days held at the college, Zeeso went with his portfolio in hand because he heard Mercedes was going to be there. One of his design

designer. He had been drawing cars after work and looking at the way other designers rendered cars to improve his technique. He mentions cardesignnews.com is probably the single best source for students interested in car design to learn and it is a great resource for learning about colleges with car design programs. He chose to study in London for two years at the Royal College of Art (RCA). “What is great about the RCA is that their focus is on the philosophy of design, very conceptual, not on technical skills. Also, it is a completely international school, with students from all over the world and this helps widen your design perspective. I was really influenced by the work being done in fashion, jewelry design, glass + ceramics and the fine art programs there. And I was getting a graduate degree in automobile design” says Zeeso. It was also good to be in one of the world's greatest art and design hubs, being right in the middle of emerging trends. The exposure to so many European cars we never

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see in the States is terrific, too,” he adds. So with his degree in hand, Zeeso once again tried to make the move to California. Although he had an offer waiting at Volkswagen in Germany, he still wanted to try his luck interviewing with several satellite design studios for major car makers. He interviewed with Honda, Mitsubishi, Nissan and Ford in California. Although he got a project offer from one of the studios, Ford was really interested in him, but had no positions available in California. One of Zeeso’s mantras had been that he didn’t want to go to Detroit. However, when Ford called and made him an offer at the headquarters, he accepted. Now, nearly a year later, Zeeso is a car designer in the Advanced Studio and is actively working on distant future vehicles and concept cars. The first possible time any of his designs would be built, unless one is selected for the concept car preview, is 2010. “The most important thing is to make something beautiful,” he affirms. Zeeso credits several people at the College of Design for instilling him with the necessary tools to be successful. His list of most important experiences include his mentor Vince Foote, who always made him dig deeper, questioned his ideas and tried to get to the soul of the project. He adds, “taking drawing classes with Bryan Laffitte and Percy Hooper, doing a sketch every day for Susan Toplikar in Design Fundamentals, painting with Lope Max Díaz and sculpture with Dana Raymond” were extremely important, too. He completed a summer course in auto design with Bong-il Jin about four years ago. “Bong-Il Jin is another terrific professor, and the lessons that he taught me were extremely important to my

development and understanding of car design. He really pushed my vehicle design to a whole new level,” he adds. Zeeso has already returned to campus to discuss automotive design with students and encourages more women to go into the field, although it was once male dominated, there are more women becoming car designers. Although there are many schools of thought on design, he suggests that students who want to go into car design should make sure sculpture or three-dimensional forms are fluid and to focus on the beautiful. He believes cars have a soul and should come alive through their design. He uses principles of psychology, which he minored in at NC State, in his designs. Figure drawing is also important, looking at the flow of skin over muscle. “Basically what exterior car designers are doing is putting a sheetmetal skin over technical and mechanical muscle,” he adds. According to Zeeso, the bottom line for those who want to be car designers is their ability to come up with great ideas and shapes and communicate them visually with drawings. “The ability to sketch very well is crucial to automobile design,” he insists. Without his graduate degree and the extra time involved in honing his craft, Zeeso isn’t sure he would be where he is now. He took the advice of the guest speaker from Hooper’s class and just did what he wanted to do, even though the road to California has detoured through London and Detroit. Zeeso worked diligently to make his dream of being a car designer come true. Surely, he will live in California one day. FEATURE ARTICLE

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De sig n Camp in Tr an si t ion : A Model Ou t r each P r og r am by Marva Motley, Assistant Director for Student Affairs

he College of Design at North Carolina State University has hosted Design Camp, a summer enrichment program for high school students, for more than 20 years. The college has built a very successful signature program that has exposed more than 1,000 students to the five design disciplines to date. It has become a model program for other colleges that now offer similar outreach initiatives, including the UNC at Charlotte Department of Architecture and the Appalachian State University Industrial Design Department. Particularly over the last 10 years, the Design Camp has experienced multiple revisions and has become increasingly popular throughout North Carolina. What began as a minority outreach program has expanded to include participants from the general public and now reaches all corners of

One of the banners produced by the SeeSaw Youth Designers during Joyner’s residency at SeeSaw. The banner is painted and screen printed on nylon canvas.

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North Carolina, multiple other states, Africa and the Bahamas. Under the direction of Professor Charles Joyner, Design Camp was established in the 1980s to address the lack of minority representation in the design professions. Graduate students and faculty traveled to targeted North Carolina counties to expose under-represented high school students to design—at no cost to the students. The program was held during spring break and was funded primarily by company donations. As Design Camp grew, a decision was made to host the program on the campus of NC State to allow maximum exposure for the College of Design and

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to promote the university. The immersion program allowed students to experience studio culture and encouraged interaction with faculty and guest designers. However, the new tuition-based, institutionalized format of Design Camp impacted the target group, making it more difficult to recruit minority and disadvantaged students. Since that time, donor contributions and camp revenues have provided financial assistance for needy students. Beginning in 1996, Marva Motley, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, assumed responsibility for Design Camp. Under the direction of Motley, it has evolved to its current format and has experienced phenomenal growth, with sessions increasing from one week-long camp to three camps spanning one week each and enrollment increasing from 40 students to 260 students per summer. Even with this expansion, the past six years has seen the number of interested students far exceed the capacity of the program. Due to the demands placed on Student Affairs staff, a program coordinator has been hired for the past three summers to manage logistics, delivery of the curriculum and employees. Currently, the camp hires approximately 18 design students and five faculty to deliver each one-week session. Employee salaries have been paid by camp tuition ($600 Residential Program, $350 Day Camp). Scholarships have been funded by university grants and private donors. Design Camp has been well publicized in high schools, community centers, newspapers and major enrichment publications. It has received outstanding reviews and tracking statistics indicate that it has been an extremely effective recruitment tool for the College of Design. Currently about 30 percent of enrolled design students have been camp participants.

However, minority recruitment remains an issue that requires extra effort. In recent years, the success of Design Camp has spawned interest in rural communities for on-site programs. Contacts have been made in the Native American and Hispanic communities and opportunities for outreach programs await us. Surveys from previous campers and camp staff indicate that new initiatives can be supported and are only limited by manpower and funds. Because of ever increasing popularity and the need to address design education for pre-college students, the 2007 Design Camp will become an outreach program of the college’s Contemporary Art Museum K-12 Education Initiative. Design Camp has a long, rich history and we anticipate continued success and growth under the direction of Nicole Welch, Curator of Education for CAM. The college has worked hard to raise awareness about design and it is our duty to share this dynamic “third domain” of education with future designers.

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De sig n Camp in Tr an si t ion : A Model Ou t r each P r og r am by Marva Motley, Assistant Director for Student Affairs

One of the banners produced by the SeeSaw Youth Designers during Joyner’s residency at SeeSaw. The banner is painted and screen printed on nylon canvas.

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or Peter Williamson (MLAR 88), his undergraduate degree in biology meshed perfectly with his professional landscape architecture training when he answered a 1989 advertisement in LA Digest—they wanted landscape architects who could be instructed in land conservation. Now, Williamson is the Vice President for Conservation Services at Natural Lands Trust, one of the oldest and largest land trust organizations in the country. (www.natlands.org) After finishing his course work in 1986 and beginning his career at a small landscape architecture firm in Raleigh, Williamson became increasingly distressed by his projects on the coastal barrier islands north of Wilmington, where resort and second home developments were converting mature forests to roads, lawns and homes in bosques of remnants live oaks. At the time, he was glad to have the job, but over time, it disturbed him that the coastland was changing so rapidly, and he was on what he felt was the wrong side of the change. When Williamson enrolled in the Landscape Architecture department at NC State, he found “the professors emphasized a mindset that you should learn about ecology, politics, land-use law, and develop the ability to take complex problems and sort through the issues to figure out a way to solve, present and talk about the solutions.” “State didn’t focus entirely on design. They offered an extremely wide view of the discipline,” he adds. “In landscape architecture you are taught to take a site—a physical problem—and analyze it so you can best apply the program for the property. It was usually a satisfying intellectual challenge,” he notes. “To protect a piece of land, you need to apply a whole different set of knowledge—funding sources, real estate law, how the charitable aspects of tax code work, etc.,” says Williamson. “I didn’t know what I was getting into, but I found it just as challenging, and much more satisfying,” he laughs. The Natural Land Trust continues to hire landscape architects.

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In fact, the Conservation Services area headed by Williamson boasts seven out of 12 employees who were educated as landscape architects. According to Williamson, the area of land conservation has boomed in the last 15 years. He believes the popularity of the field has “grown as a direct result of the suburban growth into former farm and ranch lands. The folks who live in these rapidly changing communities have discovered that land trusts can directly address many of the issues that concern them, in a way that fits directly into the long history of civic engagement that Americans pride themselves on.” Williamson claims the reason he got the initial job at NLT is because Michael Clark, his first boss, had Dick Wilkinson {former LAR faculty member at NC State} as a professor 20 years prior when Wilkinson taught at the University of Michigan. He’s happy for the coincidence. Sadsbury Woods (background image), in western Chester County, Pa., is a 500-acre preserve that Peter Williamson (below) was instrumental in purchasing in 17 separate transactions over five years.

In the Spring 2006 magazine we announced the public phase of ACHIEVE! Campaign for NC State University. Thanks to the generosity of our alumni, friends, and the allied industries that support the design professions the past academic year was very successful for the College of Design. During the 2005-06 fiscal year more than $1.17 million was donated to the College of Design for its students and programs. This brings the college to more than 65 percent toward our $9 million goal for the ACHIEVE! campaign.

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$16,000 from Doug Westmoreland and his firm Moseley Architects for the Robert Burns Memorial endowment, the Design Guild, and the Moseley Architects Fellowship. $15,000 from the firm of O’Brien/Atkins Associates, PA, in response to the PBC+L challenge for the Robert Burns Memorial endowment plus additional gifts totaling more than $5,000 to support the Design Guild and the O’Brien/Atkins Fellowship.

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Significant Gifts The following are some highlights of significant gifts made to the college during the 2005/2006 academic year: • $216,000 gift from Brian Dodge in memory of his wife, an alumnus of the College of Design, to fund the Wendy L. Olson Fellowship Enhancement Endowment for Public Service in Landscape Architecture. • $200,000 from Eduardo Catalano in memory of Robert Burns to establish the Robert P. Burns Lectures and Seminars on Structural Innovations Endowment. • $103,000+ from many alumni and friends to establish the Robert Burns Memorial Fund for Architecture including significant pledges and contributions from members of the School of Architecture Advisory Board and the Design Guild Board. • $75,000 from Curt Fentress to establish the School of Architecture Publications Endowment. • $40,000 pledge from Adams Products in support of the design phase of the Concrete Masonry House that is part of The American Home project with the College of Natural Resources. • $25,000 pledge from the firm of Pearce, Brinkley, Cease + Lee to spearhead the Robert Burns Memorial endowment fund campaign.

Gifts and Pledges In addition, the college received gifts and pledges to establish new annual scholarships and a lecture series: • $15,000 pledge to fund the MacMillan Family Lectureship Endowment from Julia MacMillan in honor of her father, Dan MacMillan, and uncle, Frank MacMillan, who practiced architecture together for more than 50 years. The gift also includes an outright gift to fund a lecture for this fall. • $3,000 award from Smith Sinnett Associates, PA, for a scholarship in their firm’s name to be awarded to a fourth-year architecture student. • $600 award from Ryan Harrison for the Etta Bea Scholarship for an industrial design student who shows community leadership within the Industrial Design department.

Opportunities to Make a Difference Gifts of all sizes are important to the College of Design. As we move toward the completion of the ACHIEVE! campaign in the next two years every single donation is counted toward our goal. There are many funds to which you can donate any amount of money that is comfortable for you and your family, but which will have a great impact overall. FEATURE ARTICLE

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Opportunities to make a difference at the College of Design: Design Guild – Become a member of the Design Guild. A volunteer association of alumni, friends, design professionals and industry leaders established in 1996, Design Guild promotes design education at the College of Design through private contributions and gifts. You can use the envelope in this magazine to send in your membership contribution.

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thousand dollars away from reaching the level needed for full funding of this endowment that will provide stipends for undergraduate students traveling to Berlin or Stuttgart. CAM (Contemporary Art Museum) – Support the exciting new merger of CAM and the College of Design as we plan new programs and exhibitions for the greater Triangle community. These are just a few of the many funds that support the students and programs at the college to which your gift can make a difference. Please contact us if you have any questions about other giving opportunities at the college.

Donations are being accepted for a new scholarship established in memory of Landscape Architecture Student Claudia Gabaldón-Cotrim

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Leazar Hall Design Fundamentals Scholarship Endowment – Donations of any amount are appreciated to help fund this important scholarship for new students to the college. Donors of $1,000 or more will receive (while supplies last) a commemorative original brick from Leazar Hall that has been engraved by the College’s laser cutter. John Reuer Memorial Travel Endowment – We are just a few

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The family and friends of Claudia Gabaldón-Cotrim, a promising student pursuing her master’s degree in Landscape Architecture when she passed away in July 2006, have established a fund in her memory to provide a scholarship for international students who have been accepted to study in the master’s degree program in Landscape Architecture at the NC State University. When the fund reaches the minimum endowment level of $25,000, it will generate income to provide one or more annual scholarship awards for international graduate students enrolled in the Department of Landscape Architecture, or its equivalent, at the College of Design. The Scholarship will be known as the Claudia Gabaldón-Cotrim Landscape Architecture Endowment Fund for Foreign Students. Scholarship recipients will be limited to international students working toward a master’s level degree in the Department of Landscape Architecture who have the greatest financial need or are at the most disadvantaged of foreign students accepted into the program.

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 It took nearly a decade, but Congress has finally enacted legislation as part of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA 2006), which offers charitably minded individuals a golden opportunity to make gifts from their IRAs and exclude the amount of their gifts from gross income. To qualify: • The donor must be 70 _ years of age or older; • The transfers must go directly from the IRA to qualified charities; • Gifts cannot exceed $100,000 per taxpayer per year; and • Gifts must be outright. (Transfers to donor advised funds, supporting organizations, and charitable remainder trusts and for charitable gift annuities do not qualify.) This opportunity is available only for 2006 and 2007, and no charitable income-tax deduction is allowed. Please call for further details on who can benefit from this special legislation or if we can assist you in any way with your charitable gift planning.

How you can support the college Carla Abramczyk, Director of Development for the College of Design, can be contacted by phone at 919513-4310 or E-mail at carla_abramczyk@ncsu.edu.

Doug Brinkley Plans for the Future – His and the College of Design’s Doug Brinkley (BEDA 1974) a principal of the architecture firm Pearce, Brinkley, Cease + Lee, has made a significant gift to the School of Architecture through his estate plan. Using a bequest in his will, Brinkley established an endowment “for the promotion and study of sustainability in architecture.” When asked the reason he made this gift Brinkley replied, “I have bequeathed the sustainability endowment as a responsibility of stewardship, not only to the built environment, but also to the future of the College of Design. Each of us has a responsibility to give back to the community and to those generations that proceed after us. It is my belief that the key to the success of the future is through responsible education. It is my hope that this endowment will one day be a resource that will allow a student or staff member the opportunity to seek new and innovative designs in the field of sustainability.” While the college will not receive a direct benefit from Brinkley’s gift for quite some time, he is actively involved with the college in many ways. He served as co-chair, along with Michael Cole (BEDL 1979), for the college’s conference “Designing Sustainable Cities,” held on February 18, 2006. As the college looks to the future, planned gifts like Brinkley’s are important because they provide the resources that create extraordinary opportunities and ensure the future strength of NC State and the students we serve.

Providing a Legacy Have you ever considered a will bequest to benefit the College of Design? A bequest is an easy and cost-efficient way to provide significant support for the college and the students it serves. Since the gift does not take place until after your passing, you maintain control of the assets during your lifetime. You can fully designate how you would like the funds used—scholarships, fellowships, support for faculty or research. Perhaps you would like to fund a permanent endowment for your former department. Since the principle of your gift is never spent, an endowment is a gift that will keep on giving forever. What a legacy to provide for future generations of students! All gifts should be designated to the North Carolina State University Foundation, Inc., for the College of Design. For further information, call Steve Watt, Senior Director of Gift Planning, at 919.515.2846 or Carla Abramczyk in the College of Design Development Office at 919.513.4310. FEATURE ARTICLE

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How you can support the college Carla Abramczyk, Director of Development for the College of Design, can be contacted by phone at 919513-4310 or E-mail at carla_abramczyk@ncsu.edu.

C o mm e n c e m e n t Commencement Address by John L. Atkins, III, FAIA NC State University College of Design May 13, 2006

ongratulations. What an exciting day! You are to be congratulated on this significant accomplishment. Until today you could not refer to yourself— nor could you state on a resume—that you are a graduate of the College of Design at North Carolina State University. From this day forward you carry with you a significant “Badge of Honor” declaring your educational achievements from this renowned institution and its College of Design. This is your special day and you deserve to relish it. While it is your name on the diploma let me state the obvious—you did not do this by yourself. Many assisted and supported you in the journey of the past several years. You navigated the curriculum with the help, guidance, compassion, nurturing and exceptional teaching by a distinguished faculty. As an example, in 2005 your faculty in the School of Architecture was ranked number one in the country among architectural schools that have the most faculty members recognized with national teaching awards. Six of your professors have been honored by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture with coveted Distinguish Professor Awards. The College of Design has six; Penn has three; Harvard, MIT and Yale each have only one.

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As well as having received the TOPAZ Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education your dean has been ranked number 2 in the country by the publisher of Design Intelligence among the most respected educators who are notable in bridging the practice with higher education. Your faculty has also garnered teaching recognition with a Governors Award and a medal from AIGA, the professional association for graphic design. I belabor the above because you have significantly benefited from these gifted teachers and their influence will last a lifetime. And we cannot forget your parents. Without them you would not have initially gotten to the University. They might not have understood those weird drawings and models you brought home. They might have even given you perplexing looks and had doubts of what you were really doing. But, regardless of whether they understood your budding creativity, they stood by you and kept their faith in you that this day would come. Reflections: Forty years ago I sat where you now sit. There were 20 graduates receiving their bachelor degrees as that was the only degree conferred at that time. Of the 20 only five of us had fulfilled our degree requirements within the allocated five year curriculum. I must confess to you I do not remember who our commencement speaker was or what wise advice we were given. I reflect on this so you know I have a clear understanding of the significance of my remarks today. The opportunity to address you invokes parental instincts as there is much I would like to tell and share with you. An analogy would be: I feel like the parent of a teenager who just got their driver’s license and I need

to give them all the advice and guidance I know to ensure their safety on the road. However, today I will be brief and focus on a few traits that I believe if adhered to will enhance your design future.

architect as designer holds the baton; but no music can be made without the orchestra. Working collaboratively will enhance you as a designer.

Listen: While you are extremely well versed in design skills there is much more to learn. It is important you do not become a design introvert, turning inward and denying yourself what you can learn from others. To properly define the design problem and to properly solve that problem; it is imperative you hear—that is listen—to what your patron is trying to accomplish. You need to listen to what is driving their request of you. Do not misunderstand me; this does not mean you let your client design. But you will learn a lot about the appropriate design outcome that you need to achieve if you listen to your patron’s logic, thinking and objectives as opposed to imposing your biases. Listening to learn is an art form. Master it. It requires patience and respect for the other party. It requires your being quiet and attentive. It requires practice. No one learned anything by talking. Once mastered it has big payoffs and will allow you to overcome obstacles and hindrances in the design process because you will be fully informed of all factors affecting and influencing a successful design outcome. An inquisitive mind listens to learn. Good listening skills will enhance you as a designer.

Leadership: Leadership can be learned—learn it and employ it. Leadership is undervalued both in the design curriculum and the profession. If this void is not remedied we will continue to see our voices as designers diminish to a seriously detrimental point which will affect society and your future. If you are not leading, others without design skills or design sensitivity will be. Most major universities including this one through its continuing education courses offer classes on leadership. At NC State there is the College of Management and the Hugh Shelton Leadership Initiative to which you could avail yourself. Professional societies and community organizations offer opportunities of involvement and leadership. Avail yourself of these. Seek opportunities where you can exercise your problem-solving skills in a leadership role. In Jim Collins business management book Good to Great, he talks about what he calls the Level 5 leader as one who builds enduring greatness through a blend of personal humility and professional will. He says these top leaders are incredibly ambitious; but their ambition is first and foremost for the institution (that is the organization, in our case the design team), not themselves. Strive to be a Level 5 leader.

Collaboration: We do nothing in this world by ourselves. You sit here today as an example of that axiom. James Cramer in Design Intelligence’s recent publication “Fifteen New Directions Sweeping the Design Professions” cites first— collaboration. He says, “…firms will be delivering genuinely integrated and more overtly collaborative professional practices….” I can tell you from first hand experience that is the case. At O’Brien/Atkins today we are involved with three sizable projects which in the aggregate represent approximately a billion dollars of construction work. Each of these three projects has three architectural firms performing as a collaborative team. In addition there are graphic designers, landscape architects, and a host of engineering specialties, acoustical consultants, lighting designers, audio visual specialists, cost estimators and more. The average number of consultants working for our collaborative team of architects for each of these projects is 14. Good teamwork and exceptional collaboration are essential to a successful outcome. The

Broaden Your Horizons: Our designs are reflective of the world we live in. Art history, the history of gardens and landscape architecture as well as the history of architecture confirm this. Take every opportunity to expose yourself to the influences of our times. Read. One might say reading is a silent way of listening. I encourage you to voraciously read. Stay current on design trends; keep yourself informed about current affairs as they are influencers of design. Read business publications to learn about management and business organizational strategies—it will help you; but just as importantly it will help you understand what is driving your client’s thinking. When I say read I mean it in the fullest sense—books, newspapers, periodicals, the Internet, books-on-tape etc. Travel. This does not necessarily mean you need to head off to Europe or the Yucatan peninsula. Not bad trips if you can get Dad to pay for them. Visit accessible museums enjoying art, sculpture, photography, history, the COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

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architect as designer holds the baton; but no music can be made without the orchestra. Working collaboratively will enhance you as a designer.

Conclusion: In all of the above it is not either/or. It is not do I listen, or do I do good design; it is not do I collaborate, or do I do good design; it is not do I lead, or do I do good design; it is not do I broaden my thinking to take in facets of culture, politics, economics and other social influencers, or do I do good design. My colleagues of the design community, it is not either/ or; today we—you and I —are held to a higher standard. We are expected to incorporate all of the above in our design thinking and solutions. Designing with a full body of knowledge—not just the knowledge you walk away with today—will result in exciting dynamic opportunities for you. To all who are here today who have supported these graduates I join you in your excitement for their potential. They are bright and creative with a keen ability to solve the design problems of tomorrow. Folks, get ready and get prepared; for this group of designers is going to knock our socks off. Thank you for your indulgence. Congratulations and best wishes as you embark on your exciting careers.

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n occasion, there are individuals who stand out among the graduating class for outstanding citizenship in the college community and academic excellence. For this reason I have established the Dean’s Award known as Wings on Wings. It is inspired by the constructivist painting of Natalia Goncherova depicting the Archangel Michael, the good citizen angel, astride Pegasus the ancient symbol for opportunity. It is a fitting symbol to recognize individuals who have taken advantage of the opportunity that the college presents and acted as a good citizen. This year our graduating class has a very special person among them. Britt Hayes is a member of the graduating class of Graphic Design. She is an excellent student who has continually offered her services to the college and university community. She has provided graphic design consultation including issues related to print production on The Student Publication of the College of Design. She was a member of the student team that provided a graphic identity for the Chancellor’s installation ceremony in April 2005. She has provided a voice on student committees specifically related to college and departmental matters and she is serving on the Board of the Contemporary Art Museum as a student member. In her service to the university she has served as editor-in-chief for the Windover Literary Arts Magazine and she is a member of the Student Media Authority Board. She has been inducted into the NC State University Chapter of the Society for Collegiate Journalists. Britt, it is a pleasure to present you with this special recognition.”

Graphic Design Senior Britt Hayes received the Dean’s Award at the spring commencement ceremony.

At the May 13 commencement exercises, Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, fulfilled a request from Ed Thurman to award him his Bachelor of Architecture degree from NC State University. WRAL TV 5 and The News & Observer both reported on Mr. Thurman’s accomplishment.

From Dean Malecha’s remarks at the College of Design’s commencement ceremony held Saturday, May 13, 2006, in Stewart Theatre:

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am pleased to present on behalf of the University to Edward Blair Thurman, RA, the Bachelor of Architecture Degree. Mr. Thurman attended NC State University from 1941 until Christmas 1942, and from Christmas 1945-1951. His education was interrupted first by military service and then by life’s pressing commitments. Although completing a significant number of academic units beyond that required of a degree at the time, he was unable to complete all the requirements to graduate with an architecture degree. Mr. Thurman’s career during a period of national emergency and a time of incredible national transformation addresses with distinction the few units that are missing from his transcript of the time. After he left NC State, he entered architectural practice as an apprentice and became licensed through his work experience and having passed the state architectural examination in California. Over a long career Dean Marvin Malecha presents Ed Thurman his Bachelor of Architecture Degree. he has established himself as an exceptionally skilled individual. It is because of a career in which Mr. Thurman trajectory of his career continued with the architectural firms of SOM and has distinguished himself in his life’s calling that he now deserves the DMJM on projects in Morocco, Vietnam, Thailand, Qatar and Taiwan. recognition and personal satisfaction that the Bachelor of Architecture Later in his career, he provided construction management services will bring. to firms under contract with the General Services Administration of the In 1951 Thurman accepted a position with the architectural firm U.S. Government. Among the projects with which he was involved are of Skidmore Owings and Merrill in their Casablanca office. In 1953 he The National Building Museum in the old Pension Building, the Federal accepted a position working for A. Quincy Jones (an AIA Gold Medalist) Triangle Complex, the FBI Field Office, and the renovation of the original in Los Angeles. During this period he worked with individuals such as U.S. State Department building. Although circumstances interrupted Joseph Eichler on what is now regarded internationally as among the most his formal education, it is now time to complete the circle and award Mr. significant single-family residential projects of the modern movement. Thurman the Bachelor of Architecture. Eventually, he moved on to work with the Pereria-Luckman Partnership Mr. Thurman, please come forward so that I may present this wellon important projects at the Los Angeles airport and the LA Zoo. The earned diploma to you.” COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

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natural sciences and special exhibits. You owe it to yourself to experience parks, arboreta, plazas and significant outdoor spaces. Meander through significant buildings experiencing their design logic. Also, I strongly encourage you to broaden your understanding of globalization. Its impact is here and its realities are to be reckoned with. Globalization requires us to think differently and to have a keener awareness of other cultures and ways of bettering all lives on this planet. At O’Brien/Atkins we know this because of our six year relationship with an architectural office in India. If you have not read Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat I encourage you to do so. It is an exceptional primer for preparing for the century we are just starting. Gain an understanding of the basic mechanics of the free enterprise system. If you don’t, you could bring your design career to an early end denying us your creative talents. The system is not against you—in fact, if understood, it can enhance your design efforts and opportunities by providing you with the financial capability to expand your services. I am not advocating you worship the system or its byproduct—money. Rather I am saying broaden your horizons to understand it and respect it for how it can benefit you.

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Graphic Design Senior Britt Hayes received the Dean’s Award at the spring commencement ceremony.

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C O L L EGE College of Design Names Two New Department Chairs, New Coordinator Two faculty members have recently been named chairs of departments in the College of Design. Gene Bressler has been named chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Santiago Piedrafita has been named chair of the Department of Graphic Design. Both appointments became effective on August 1. Prior to joining the College of Design, Gene Bressler served from 1997-2006 as chair of the landscape architecture department at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center. Of his new appointment, Bressler said, “NCSU’s College of Design provides an unusually supportive environment that will enable a senior faculty person to engage higher levels of scholarship and learning, as we should.” From 2004-06, Santiago Piedrafita served as chair of the design department at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD). Prior to joining the MCAD faculty, Piedrafita was senior designer at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and worked in the Museum of Modern Art's in-house design department in New York.

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Piedrafita called joining the College of Design a unique opportunity. “The Department of Graphic Design is a jewel: a top program nested within a vibrant college and university culture; accomplished and celebrated colleagues in every office, every classroom; and, most importantly, wonderfully talented students.” The college has also named Nilda Cosco, Ph.D., the new coordinator of the Initiative for Inclusive Design and director of the Center for Universal Design. The Initiative for Inclusive Design has under its umbrella the Center for Universal Design, the Home Environments Design Initiative and the Natural Learning Initiative. Cosco’s experience includes serving as an educational psychologist and many years of working with children with disabilities. She has a strong interest in “the impact of designed environments on the behavior of all people, indoors and outdoors, including the spaces that support intergenerational and the aging population use.”

Design Tech The National Science Foundation (NSF) has provided funding for Design Tech, an NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site on the North Carolina State University campus. A joint project of the Department of Computer Science and the College of Design at NC State University, Design Tech is an interactive visual design hothouse that will conduct

NE W S research that combines computer science and design. Patrick FitzGerald, art + design, is leading this collaborative project with principal investigator Dr. Ben Watson, associate professor of computer science, who will serve as director of Design Tech. Research areas include artificial intelligence, visualization, graphics and computer games, as well as graphic, visual and interaction design. Projects include cinematic camera control for games, automated tours through scientific data, swarmbased visualizations of news feeds and intelligence telemetries, and PDA-based navigation tools. The $268,000 grant will support 10 undergraduate students during a 12-week research program to be held each summer for three years. For more information about Design Tech, visit http://designtech.ncsu.edu.

Kinston Waterfront NOW! During Spring 2006, the Downtown Design Studio accommodated 15 landscape architecture students, under the guidance of Kofi Boone, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, and Dr. Celen Pasalar, Director of the Downtown Design Studio. The Kinston Waterfront Now! project focused on the redevelopment of waterfront areas along the Neuse River in Kinston. The project was sponsored by the University Extension, Engagement and Economic Development Grant, which was awarded in October 2005. The Kinston Waterfront NOW! project and the Downtown Design Studio’s partnership with the non-profit downtown revitalization organization, Pride of Kinston, Inc. also received the Local Government Engagement Award during the Celebrating the Engaged University Awards Banquet on April 28, 2006.

Nominations Open for Design Guild Award The Design Guild, a membership and advisory organization of the College of Design, is soliciting nominations for the 2007 Design Guild Award which recognizes significant contributions of an individual or group to design in the Southeast. The award brings awareness to the importance of design in the community—and the practice of good design as a sign of good citizenship. Award nominees must meet the following criteria: Nominees must reside in the Southeast, either currently or at one time, or produce or influence design that has enhanced this region. The social context of the work, as well as the public service of the recipient will be considered.

The nominee must be living and be able to attend the 10th annual Design Guild Award Dinner on Saturday, March 3, 2007. Included are all categories of design such as, but not limited to, architecture, arts, graphic design, landscape architecture, art and design, and industrial design. The recipient need not have attended the College of Design at NC State University. Submissions may be in any appropriate form to demonstrate qualifications. Nominations will be accepted until October 15, 2006. For more information, contact Jean Marie Livaudais at 919.515.8320 or jm_livaudais@ncsu.edu.

Past Design Guild Award recipients: 2006: Lawrence J. Wheeler 2005: Gail A. Lindsey 2004: Richard Curtis 2003: J. Myrick Howard / Preservation NC 2002: Thomas Sayre 2001: Betty Ray McCain 2000: Mary Ann and Samuel Scherr 1999: Harvey Gantt 1998: George Matsumoto and Duncan Stuart

Mail nominations to: External Relations Office • NC State University College of Design • Campus Box 7701 • Raleigh, NC 27695-7701

First Lumbee Home During a March 15, 2006, visit to Pembroke, North Carolina, Dean Marvin Malecha, Professor Georgia Bizios, and Architectural Intern Katie Wakeford toured the prototype home, the first built product of the College of Design’s collaboration with the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina. The project is a part of the college’s Home Environments Design Initiative. During the first phase of the partnership with the Tribe, graduate students, under the direction on Professor Bizios, developed Lumbee home design guidelines and designed three prototype houses to be built for Lumbee Tribe members. The project now enters phases two and three that will focus on the design of a small house to be built by panelized construction and a set of neighborhood design guidelines. More coming soon!

Professor Bizios (left) Lumbee Tribal administrators, Dean Malecha and college alumni Ché and Michael Clark visit the first Lumbee Home Design site. College NEWS

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Mail nominations to: External Relations Office • NC State University College of Design • Campus Box 7701 • Raleigh, NC 27695-7701

Professor Bizios (left) Lumbee Tribal administrators, Dean Malecha and college alumni Ché and Michael Clark visit the first Lumbee Home Design site. College NEWS

60 TH 60th Anniversary is just around the corner!

Plans are under way for the College of Design’s 60th Anniversary Celebration in 2008. We would love to have input from our alumni and friends on what you would like to see happen during the college’s 60th Anniversary celebration. If you would like to volunteer to serve on a planning committee we would love to hear from you. Please contact the External Relations office at 919-515-8313 or E-mail design@ncsu.edu.

Laffitte and College of Design Receive Top Honors

Associate Professor of Industrial Design Bryan Laffitte has been named an Alumni Distinguished Professor, an honor bestowed by NC State’s Alumni Association. The Alumni Distinguished Professorship, which recognizes excellence in instruction, includes a $3,000 stipend for two years, and Alumni Distinguished Professors retain their titles while at NC State. To qualify for the award faculty must have at least seven years of NC State teaching experience and must have been inducted into the university’s Academy of Outstanding Teachers. In addition to the Alumni Distinguished Professorship, Laffitte is one of three College of Design faculty to be included in the Design Intelligence Top 40 list of best industrial design educators. Associate Professor Bong-il Jin and Professor Emeritus Vince Foote were also included in this ranking. Design Intelligence is a publication that asks employers across the country to rank industrial design, architecture and landscape architecture schools. The College of Design’s graduate program earned a number one ranking in the Southeast region, and a top 10 national ranking from Design Intelligence.

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Graphic Design Students Make Impression The Vandercook Club began in 2001 as a student-run effort to resurrect the college’s letterpress, which is a Vandercook proofing press. About two years ago, when Tyler Galloway was president, the Vandercook Club started generating greeting cards for Valentine’s Day as a fundraising event. With the success of sales the first year, greeting cards were made again. “Students made printing blocks on the laser cutter and printed on the letterpress, a surprising marriage of technologies which likely occurred because they were housed in the same space for a time.” according to Denise Gonzales Crisp, associate professor in graphic design. The students combined both the digital and the hand technologies to inventive effect. The letterpress is utilized in type classes and students use the press for studio projects on their own. “The aim for the print lab now is to have a fully operational letterpress,” she adds. Gonzales Crisp says “We need a photopolymer plate maker in the print lab to promote the interplay between digital and mechanical technologies. I have big hopes for the print lab, and eventually a College of Design press, to become both a teaching lab and the soul of academic publication and design experimentation. We would like to begin collecting old wood types, too, and even build out what is now an incomplete and dusty collection of metal type. The print lab will also house silkscreening equipment for large-scale posters, a facility the college sorely lacks currently.” With the renovation of Leazar Hall, the Materials Laboratory (aka “The Shop”) is now located in Leazar and the letterpress will be in one of the sections of the old shop in the basement of Brooks Hall.

Fashion Show The Colleges of Textiles and Design presented their annual fashion show “Collection: Art to Wear 2006” April 7. This is the first year the show has been juried. Twenty-four students submitted three garments each to the jury. Fourteen designers, representing

both the College of Textiles and the College of Design were selected to showcase their creative fashion designs. Some of the student designers are members of the Anni Albers program—a dualdegree program in design and textile and apparel technology. This year’s student directors were Ryan Wayne, art + design, and Jonathan Gatlin, textile techonology. The faculty advisors were Vita Plume, assistant professor of art and design, Dr. Cynthia Istook, associate professor of textile and apparel technology and management, and Dr. Collection: Traci May, assistant Art to Wear 2006 professor of textile and apparel technology and management.

Natural environments for play offer many benefits for children's development.

In addition to presentations and a design workshop led by conference organizers Professor Robin Moore and Dr. Nilda Cosco, participants learned from speakers such as David Kahn, executive director of the National Montessori Teachers Association and Jim Greenman, Sr. VP for Education of Bright Horizons Family Solutions. Here’s what one participant had to say about the Institute: “Yes, it was worth attending the Design Institute speaking for myself, absolutely! The presenters and field trips were instructive and inspiring and the networking opportunities with my fellow attendees were just as important.” Halcyon Reese-Learned, Nature Playscapes, Houston. Many thanks to conference sponsors Kompan and Landscape Structures, as well as Kaplan.

2007 Home of the Month Submissions The College of Design's Home Environment Design Initiative is seeking submissions for the 2007 Home of the Month competition, a collaboration with The News & Observer Home and Garden Section now in its second year. The registration deadline for the competition is October 2, 2006. For entry forms and more information, visit www.design.ncsu.edu and click on the Home of the Month icon or E-mail homeofthemonth@ncsu.edu.

Design for Children IN Nature More than 75 child educators, designers and students from across the country participated in the Natural Learning Initiative’s 4th annual Childhood Design Institute, Design for Children IN Nature.

Designing Sustainable Cities Conference Last February’s conference attracted a record number of participants—more than two hundred architects, landscape architects, planners, city officials and design students across the state—to learn about designing green and sustainable communities. College alumni Douglas Brinkley (BEDA 1974) and Michael Cole (BEDL 1979) co-chaired the event. Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker and architect Jyoti Sharma representing the conference’s lead sponsor, the Triangle Chapter of the US Green Building Council, opened the conference. Randolph Croxton, FAIA, (B.Arch. 1968) of Croxton Collaborative gave the opening address with his presentation “Sustainable Imperatives: Moving Beyond Green

Models + Existing Boundaries.” Ignacio BunsterOssa of Wallace Roberts Todd offered a timely luncheon address of his firm’s work with the Bring Back New Orleans Commission, “Sustainability in the Face of Passion.” Throughout the day designers and planners offered thoughtful green design solutions to issues such as sites and buildings, regional planning, transportation and policy. “The Greening of Chicago” presented by that city’s environment commissioner Sadhu Johnston proved to be one of the most popular break-out sessions. The day’s events closed with a speaker Q & A panel and a reception at the City of Raleigh Urban Design Center, co-organizer of the conference. Stay tuned for information about the upcoming

conference in February 2007.

Chicago's City Hall green roof, one of many sustainable strategies presented in the college conference.

School of Architecture Accreditation

The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) Team Visit was conducted for the School of Architecture from February 18-21. The bachelor's of architecture and master's of architecture programs were being reviewed for re-accreditation. Word was received this summer that the School of Architecture has been granted a six-year term of accreditation. The Graduate Program Review Committee was going on simultaneously. Pictured left, are Kendra Schank Smith, PhD, (observer) Department of Architecture, University of Hartford; Team Chair Frank Guilliot, AIA, G-V-V Architects, Inc.; Linda Kiisk, AIA, LEED, AP; W. Mike Martin, PhD, FAIA, Architecture Department, College of Environmental Design, University of California at Berkeley; Edwin "Ted" Cavanagh, PhD, MRAIC, Dalhousie University architecture faculty; Jacob Day, architecture student, University of Maryland; Charles Boney, AIA, (observer) LS3P/Boney Architects, BEDA 1978; Associate Director of the School of Architecture Wendy Redfield, Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, and School Director Thomas Barrie, AIA.

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Harriet Bellerjeau (MLA 1984) is an artist and a designer with more than 20 years experience in residential landscape and community design in the Raleigh area. She is a member of ASLA and is a registered Horticultural Therapist/Master’s (HTM).

(ASLA) in 2003, and will receive the ASLA’s Jot Carpenter Medal “for sustained and significant contributions to landscape architectural education” at the ASLA’s National Conference in Minneapolis in early October.

Gov. Mike Easley has reappointed Charles Boney Jr. (BEDA 1978) of Wilmington to the N.C. Board of Architecture. Boney is vice president and managing principal of Wilmington operations of LS3P BONEY architectural firm. He is a member of the National Council of Architect Registration Boards Architects’ Registration Exam committee, immediate pastpresident of the Design Guild at NC State University College of Design and vice president of the N.C. Board of Architecture.

For the second consecutive year, a Croxton Collaborative project has received an AIA National COTE Top Ten award. Randolph Croxton (B.Arch 1968), principal, teamed with Cecil Baker & Associates to design a state-of-the-art forensics laboratory facility in the Police Department’s Forensic Science Center and the first Green Building in the City of Philadelphia.

Carole Cameron (BEDA 1980) has retired and has spent time painting in Colorado and Ecuador. Victor Chu (BID 1994) writes that he studied under Percy Hooper, Charles Joyner, Lope Max Díaz and Vince Foote at NC State. He now works as a fashion technologist and recently has been included in an exhibition for the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum. His solar powered, fiber optic/lycra illuminated cashmere luxury picnic blanket is part of the museum’s Entry2006 Second Skin II. The exhibition, curated by Ellen Lupton, runs from August 25 through December 3, 2006, before traveling. Donald L. Collins (BLA 1968) retired from the faculty of Clemson University’s School of Design and Building in 2005. He was elevated to Fellow of American Society of Landscape Architects

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LandDesign, an urban planning, civil engineering and landscape architecture company, recently promoted Regina Czerr (BID 1998) to brand development designer in its Charlotte office. Czerr joined LandDesign two years ago. She describes her work in branding as creating identities for places. “A brand is a symbolic embodiment of all the information connected with a space, product or service,” Czerr said. Jenny DeMarco (MLA 2006) is an entry-level landscape architect with the Paul Hogarth Company (www.paulhogarth.com). The company’s home office is in Edinborough, Scotland, which is known for its strong art culture. DeMarco says that she will be working on some of the company’s new public projects in Belfast, Ireland, where there is much investment in reconstruction and revitalization. She will also be involved in some of the additional work the company does throughout the UK and Europe.

Brad Demby (M.Arch 2002) is one of three NC State graduates working at Boora, a Portland, Oregon design firm. In addition, Demby and a friend won a grant from the City of Portland to design and build the Vision Vessel, a multi-media recording booth where citizens can voice their ideas about the City of Portland as it grows and changes in the 21st century. Visit http://www. visionvessel.org/ for more information. Thom Gaines (BED 1996) is working as a freelance art director for Lark Books in Asheville, N.C. After two years as an in-house art director in the Lark Books custom publishing department, he and his wife Cattleya Burapavong Gaines (BED 1994) relocated to Bangkok, Thailand, for three years, where he taught secondary level digital media classes and she taught K-12 Art at the International Community School of Bangkok. Most recently, Thom has written and designed Digital Photo Madness: 50 Weird and Wacky Things to Do with Your Digital Camera, a book on digital photography techniques and projects for techsavvy, fun-loving preteens and teenagers. Distributed through Sterling Publishing Co., NY, and published by Lark Books, in Asheville, N.C., Digital Photo Madness teaches digital camera basics, explains photography do’s and don’ts, explores design elements and encourages creative photo-manipulations using the latest software. Thom and Cattleya have three children—Luke (10), Oliver (6) and Thalia (1). Rodney Lane Holland (BED-VD 1990) is an actor, writer and producer living in Los Angeles.

He has been an actor after training at The Studio Theatre Acting Conservatory in Washington, D.C., several years after graduating from NC State. He worked Off-Off Broadway for several years and acted in independent films as well. Since moving to LA, Holland continues to work in independent film and has worked in network television. This year he has co-starred in “Bones” (Fox), which airs this fall, and “The Shield” (FX), which airs in January ’07. Holland also has appeared in “Cold Case” (CBS) and a guest starring role on “Homicide: Life on the Street” (NBC). He has written two feature-length screenplays and is working to produce his first feature which is a suspense/horror script titled “Light.” Barrett L. Kays, Ph.D., (MLA 1973), a landscape architect in Raleigh, N.C., has recently completed teaching a series of Phase II Stormwater seminars across North Carolina with Craig A. Bromby, Environmental Attorney with Hunton & Williams in Raleigh, N.C. Kays’ sessions focused on new technologies for treatment of stormwater quality, while Bromby’s sessions dealt with the unusual legislative and rule-making process that produced the stormwater regulatory framework and requirements in North Carolina. A technology article titled “Problem Solving in Stormwater Bioretention Systems: Pitfalls in BIoretention Systems and How to Avoid Them,” written by Kays was published in the June 2005 issue of Landscape Architecture magazine. Greg Lindquist (BAD, LAN 2003) has been attending Pratt Institute pursing a dual masters’ degree in fine arts in painting and art history. His MFA thesis show titled “Memorials” was held February 13-17, 2006 at Pratt Institute. Lindquist completed

Luke Perry (BEDA 2000, BID 2000) and Jack Sawyer (BID 1999) (M. Arch 2005 Georgia Tech) worked on a number of projects with the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless to develop design-build solutions for its PeachtreePine Homeless Shelter in downtown Atlanta. Tasks ranging in scale from site assessment to furniture development were explored. The highlight of the design-build exercise was an overhaul of the shelter’s resident and volunteer sleeping area. The intent of the re-design was to improve the space using affordable materials and volunteer labor. Meetings were held with shelter residents and staff to refine the program for the sleeping space. A design charette was held with shelter residents, local architecture students and members of the Atlanta AIA. Perry and Sawyer guided the charette scheme through design development with further input from shelter residents. The final design involved modifying and redistributing the 40 existing steel bunk beds in the room. The top section of each bunk was removed to increase ventilation and each bottom bunk was altered to accommodate a wider mattress. Sliding translucent fiberglass screens and plywood panels enclose the sleeping area. A separate storage unit consisting of a half bunk and plywood “shear wall” and

shelving was designed and built as well. The construction of the project was managed by Perry and Sawyer and involved using homeless shelter residents and community volunteers as labor. Construction of each component of the design was carefully planned and involved multiple jigs, guides and templates. An Atlanta architecture firm, Cooper Carry Associates, donated additional volunteers and a materials budget of $8,500. The Atlanta Tool Bank donated drills, saws and a paint sprayer. Work weekends were held throughout the month of June and the project was completed in July 2005. Perry completed his job as Design Coordinator for the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless when he began his graduate studies in architecture at the University of California-Berkeley in August. Sawyer is employed with the New Orleans architecture firm of Eskew + Dumez + Ripple.

Luke Perry (left) and Jack Sawyer are pictured in one of Atlanta's homeless shelter projects. ALUMNI/Friends NOTES

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Luke Perry (left) and Jack Sawyer are pictured in one of Atlanta's homeless shelter projects. ALUMNI/Friends NOTES

in Construction, Architectural and Public Contracts Law. Christopher Rhyne (BED GD 1995) is a web developer with L-3 Communications Corporation in Havelock, N.C., and is attending Western Carolina University’s Master of Project Management degree program. Theresa Joan Rosenberg, AIA, Architect and Attorney, (B.Arch. 1970, M.Arch. 1971) of Raleigh, North Carolina, has been appointed to the Building Code Interpretation Committee for the International Building Code. Committee Interpretations represent the official position of the International Code Council. The International Building Code is the basis for most volumes of the North Carolina State Building Code.

his MFA in May and will complete the requirements for his art history masters in Spring 2007. Visit www.greglindquist.com to view his portfolio. Evan Miller (MLA 2005) has joined the design staff at HadenStanziale in Durham, N.C. Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette (BEDN 1994) graduated in July from the Maryland Institute College of Design with a Master of Community Arts. She plans to continue her personal studio work as well as working on intergenerational community arts projects in the Washington, D.C., area. For more, visit http://home.comcast.net/~rugworks/. George Nicholos (BEDA 1982) joined the law firm of Vandeventer Black LLP in Norfolk, Va., as an attorney/architect and concentrates his practice

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Jonathan D. Sanders (BEDA 2003) is a planner in Loudoun County Government. He worked for the Town of Kilmarnock, Va., and helped implement a $4,200,000 streetscape revitalization that was scheduled for completion this summer. He was also involved with the Comprehensive Plan update (www.kilmarnockva.com). Lisa Schicker (MLA 1986) is an environmental manager for the State of California and was elected president of the local government, Los Osos Community Services District. She would love to hear from old friends. She says she lives in a beautiful place on Morro Bay in central Coastal California. Schicker says she has fond memories of design school and doesn’t like losing touch. David J. Segmiller (M.Arch. 1983) has moved back to North Carolina, to join FreemanWhite as a Principal and director of the Senior Living Studio, after 22 years of practice in Baltimore, Md. During his time in Baltimore, he served as 2004 President of AIA Baltimore, and as a Board member of the Maryland Society.

Tom Skolnicki (MLA 1997) has been named the University Landscape Architect at NC State University. Now Duke, UNC-CH and NC State all have our college alumni as university landscape architects. Marla D. Stroupe (BED-VD 1979) relocated to Pawleys Island, S.C., and established Stroupe Communications in October 2005 after 26 years in healthcare corporate communications in Charlotte, N.C. The new venture is designed to assist smalland mid-sized companies with planning their marketing communications strategies, promoting their offerings to the right audiences, and delivering successful business results. Carol A. Wilson, FAIA, (BEDA 1976, M.Arch. 1978) received an Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture from the Maine Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for her Bisharat Residence, Chebeague Island, Maine (http://aiamaine.org/awards2006/). She recently served as a juror on this year’s AIA Austin Design Awards. Wilson is serving as first president of the Portland Society of Architects in Portland, Maine. Wilson was scholar-in-residence at Bowdoin College’s Coastal Studies Center in 2006. Sponsored by both Environmental Studies and Women and Gender Studies Programs, she taught “Investigations in the Maine Landscape” and gave a public lecture “Evolution/Revolution: Architecture, Culture and Maine.” Her Bowdoin student’s documented their work on the Class’s Web site, http://academic. bowdoin.edu/csc/iml/. In the spring semester of 2006, Wilson served as visiting lecturer at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, joining faculty member, architect and COD alumnus J.P. Reuer, who has been teaching there for the past two years. Reuer also has been the Chair of the Tasmeem Doha design conference for two years, setting the conference’s theme and selecting the participants. Tasmeem represents the best

designers working in the world today. The conference is beautifully documented in the publication “Doha Tasmeem Annual Design Conference.” Marsha L. Wyly, ASLA (MLA 1986) has been re-appointed by N.C. Governor Mike Easley to serve on the North Carolina Board of Landscape Architects for her second three-year term. She is also serving on the Nominations Committee for the Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB). Ken Zirkel (MGD 1993) spent a few years living in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Maine before settling into suburban Providence, R.I. Ken bikes to his job at Brown University where he oversees production of the Web site. Ken’s Brown web team worked with Pentagram NYC to create a new home

page that launched in late Spring 2006. In his spare time Ken runs a small stock photography business at istockphoto.com/kickstand. Visit Ken’s parenting blog and drop him a comment at www.zirkel.com. This summer, DaVinci Scholar Susannah Parnin (BAD 2006) was the recipient of the Smithsonian Institution’s Katzenburger Art History Award which placed her in an internship with the Archives of American Art in Washington, D.C. At the Archives, Parnin worked on the Nanette N. Laitman Project for Documentation of American Craft Artists, doing everything from listening to oral history interviews, to audio and transcription edits, to corresponding with the artists and interviewers. She also worked with other interns repairing and preserving old, damaged, oversized documents in storage at the archives. “Perhaps my favorite part of the whole experience was having access to the collections of so many American Artists. There were just endless amounts of boxes containing their sketchbooks, their letters, diaries, just everything. This internship was the most amazing experience both academically and culturally.” said Parnin.

Former classmates Sevilla (Cherie) Granger (BED 1989) and Lou Herring-Webster (BED 1989), recently collaborated professionally. Granger is a textile designer of “fantastically fun and classy cool stuff” for Pottery Barn Teens at their product development headquarters in San Francisco. Herring-Webster is a textile designer of elegantly traditional rugs, with a tastefully inventive twist at Capel Rugs in Troy, N.C., which produces items included in Pottery Barn collections.

In Memoriam Nann Boggs Guthrie Nann Boggs Guthrie (BEDL 1976) passed away unexpectedly in Asheville, N.C., on Sept. 21, 2005. The daughter of Marian M. Boggs of Asheville and the late Walter J. Boggs, Nann had served as western region senior field officer for the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources since 1994. In this role, she represented the department as a liaison with local and regional governments on environmental issues, particularly in the area of air and water quality, as well as providing legislative contact on specific issues related to Western North Carolina. She also served as the state's representative to the World Congress of Botanical Gardens in South Africa in 1999. In her honor, the Nann Guthrie Education Fund has been established by the Clean Air Community Trust of Asheville to support a scholarship fund and educational programs in Western North Carolina public schools. Contributions may be made by checks payable to the Clean Air Community Trust, and by writing "Nann Guthrie Memorial Fund" on the memo line. Contributions are tax-deductible and should be sent to: Nann Guthrie Education Fund, c/o Clean Air Community Trust, P.O. Box 2824, Asheville, NC 28802. See the link to a memorial fund honoring the life of Nann Gutherie, http://www.enr.state.nc.us/upclose/pages/honorNann.html ALUMNI/Friends NOTES

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Wallowa County in Northeast Oregon asked Peter Batchelor, FAIA, FAICP, architecture, to organize a Rural Design Assistance Team (RDAT) for enhancing the economic environment and vitality of Wallowa County while maintaining its quality of life, aesthetic beauty and environmental attributes. The team is chaired by Jane Willeboordse, AIA (B.Arch. 1985), executive director of the Dundalk Renaissance Corporation. Susan Brandeis, art + design, taught a workshop on “Digital Printing and Embellishment on Fabric” for the Split Rock Summer Arts Program at the University of Minnesota (June 25-31). The workshop content concentrated on learning Photoshop tools, approaches for using Epson printers for fabric printing, and combining the images printed with innovative embroidery techniques. Tim Buie, industrial design, was named co-Director for the NCSU Center for Digital Entertainment (http:// cde.ncsu.edu/). “Oops” an exhibition of recent paintings in small format by Lope Max Díaz, art + design, was on display at Lee Hansley Gallery, in Raleigh, NC. The exhibition was on view from April 6-May 20, 2006. Dick Duncan and Leslie Young from the College's Center for Universal Design spoke at the 2006 Beijing International Symposium on

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Universal Design held in Beijing, China, August 3-6, 2006. The conference, “Harmonious Society and Universal Design,” was sponsored by the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the Beijing Institute of Technology. Duncan and Young spoke to an audience of 200 experts, designers and planners from around the world who are helping Beijing prepare for the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic games, assuring that Beijing's sports venues, public rights of way, transportation and other accommodations will provide appropriate levels of accessibility and design integration. Jeremy Ficca, architecture, passed his last section of the Architectural Record Examination. Denise Gonzales Crisp, graphic design, lectured at The New School of Design, Parsons, on April 11 for the lecture series “Design and Culture.” More than 800 professional architects from across the nation attended the seminar “Architects Discuss America's New Regionalism,” created and moderated by Frank Harmon, FAIA, architecture, during the AIA’s 2006 National Convention held in June in Los Angeles, Calif. The seminar also has been selected to be part of the AIA’s “eClassroom”

online educational program. An award-winning Bahamas vacation house Harmon designed was featured “The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture” at Washington, D.C.’s National Building Museum. The exhibit will travel to other venues, and has a companion book. Harmon received three of the nine awards presented during the 2006 Triangle AIA Awards program, including Honor Awards for the N.C. Museum of Natural Science’s Open-Air Classroom at Prairie Ridge Environmental Education Center and the Strickland-Ferris Residence. His firm received a Merit Award for the design and construction of a completely “green” doghouse, which was donated to Triangle Beagle Rescue for a fund-raising auction. Professor of Industrial Design Professor Haig Khachatoorian received the College of Design’s award as part of the NC State University Outstanding Extension Service Awards dinner on April 18. Tracy Krumm, art + design, has accepted a two-year visiting assistant professor position working with textiles. She taught on the faculty of the Kansas City Art Institute from 20032006 in the Fiber Department and has taught numerous workshops at venues such as Haystack,

the Penland School and Anderson Ranch. She completed her BFA with High Distinction at the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1987 and received her MFA in Visual Arts from Vermont College in 1995. Her work has been featured in numerous publications including Metalsmith, Sculpture, and American Craft magazines and resides in many private and corporate collections including the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the Denver Art Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts of New Mexico, the Clorox Corporation and Ford Motor Company.

contributions of a faculty or staff member at NC State to the promotion of international understanding and service to the university and/or to the international community. Malecha received a plaque and a monetary award from Sigma Iota Rho, the International Studies Honor Society. Dr. Jackson Rigney was an agronomist of great energy and generosity of spirit who served NC State University for 40 years and brought a global perspective to his life and work, which serves as a model for those who seek to promote international programs.

The 2006 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated 82 AIA members to the prestigious College of Fellows including Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture Jeffrey S. Lee, FAIA, (BEDA 1975), who was honored for his promotion of the aesthetic, scientific, and practical efficiency of the profession. Lee received his Fellowship medal during the Investiture of Fellows Ceremony at the AIA 2006 National Convention and Design Expo in Los Angeles in June. Out of a total AIA membership of over 78,000, there are fewer than 2,500 distinguished with the honor of Fellowship.

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Lee-Anne Milburn was recently certified as a Registered Landscape Architect.

Glenn Lewis, industrial design, presented at Elements of Change ’06, the IDSA National Conference, in Austin, Texas on September 17-20. Founding Co chair of Design For The Majority, IDSA’s new special interest section, Lewis presented his work with West African Artisans and coordinated the section activities. Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, received the Jackson Rigney International Service Award, sponsored by Sigma Iota Rho of NC State University, on April 25, 2006. This award recognizes the distinguished

Professor of Landscape Architecture Robin Moore was an invited speaker at “Bringing Building to Life: A Symposium on the Theory and Practice of Biophilic Building Design.” The symposium was held at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Whispering Pines Conference Center, West Greenwich, Rhode Island, May 10 -12. Alumni Distinguished Professor of Architecture Patrick Rand, AIA, and Raleigh architect Victoria Ballard Bell have completed a new book titled Materials for Design that will be available from Princeton Architectural Press this summer. Rand has worked with Bell on the book for the past two years, and wrote the analyses of 60 case studies in the book. The Materials for Design book became available August 1 at the publisher's Web

site (Princeton Architectural Press) as well as at Amazon.com. Vita Plume, art + design, was part of “Fusion: Weaving and Shibori,” a two-person show that also featured the work of Catharine Ellis, who teaches at Hayward Community College. The show was held at the Grand Gallery at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, Mich., June 16 – July 8. Plume was also included in “Banishing Boundaries: Jacquard Weaving by American Weavers,” a show featuring the work of 11 artists who use TC-1 Jacquard loom technology to produce their work. The show was held June 14 – August 20 at the Grand Rapids Museum of Art. A new book, Programacion y Participacion en el Diseno Arquitectonico (Programming and Participation in Architectural Design), by Henry Sanoff, Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Architecture, has recently been published in English and Spanish by the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain. Dona Stankus will speak in Baton Rouge, La., about federal building tax incentives for high performance residential buildings and how this ties into the continuing educational materials created by the US Department of Energy, at a November 29-December 1 gathering of southeast housing extension agents located at land grant universities. Assistant Dean for Research and Extension Jay Tomlinson made a presentation to the citizens, aldermen and the zoning commission of Andrews, N.C., at a July 26 meeting. Tomlinson presented possible future landscapes for the area.

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ST U DENTS Devki Gharpure, junior in architecture, was one of a group of 12 College of Design students who participated in a self-initiated alternative spring break trip to Biloxi, Mississippi, to volunteer in the Gulf Coast relief effort, from March 4-10. The group worked with Architecture for Humanity through the Hands On USA organization, camping outdoors at night and spending the work days on various building sites de-molding, gutting and tearing out interiors, reroofing, and/or clearing out tree limbs. Some of the group returned to Biloxi this summer. They hope to establish a tradition of a design and volunteeroriented trip annually during spring holiday. Photos from student trip to assist Katrina victims in Biloxi.

Industrial Design student Chris Owens, who transferred into design from mechanical engineering last year, made an Internet splash when he completed a design fundamentals project that required the use of LEDs or batteries. His five-week project culminated as an illuminated shelving system. The weight of items on each of the three sections of the shelf triggers the illumination. In the photos above, all three sections have been triggered. “I was extremely excited to see the words ‘North Carolina State University’ and ‘design’ together on the front page of sites like Engadget.com and Gizmodo.com,” said Owens. “I have seen this project posted to large German and Italian blogs, among others. Hopefully, this has brought some additional international attention to what we have going on here in our program.”

Industrial Design Graduate Student Robert Bailis won First Prize at NC State University for his design, “Aqua Flight,” in the 2006 Rhein Medall Prize for Community Art. The annual art contest, which is sponsored by Rhein Medall Communities of Charlotte, N.C., included sculpture designs from students attending several universities in North Carolina. Bailis received $3,000 for winning First Prize in the contest’s initial round of judging and also qualified for competition against the First Prize winners From the other participating schools for the 2006 Rhein Medall Prize for Community Art Grand Prize. The theme of this year’s competition was “Water’s Connection With the Environment.” In the fifth annual Collection: Art to Wear fashion show held April 7, Amanda Barrett included four pieces made out of material from the Gates in Central Park project, the famous public art project by the artist Cristo. The material was sent by the artists to a textile recycling center.

Jon Harris, master of graphic design student, working with colleagues at IBM, two of which are NC State College of Design alumni, Wilbert Joyner (BGD 2001) and Tyler Walters (BGD 2001), recently received a patent for a graphic user interface for database manipulation. The patented interface appears within IBM software named BSE (or business strategy execution). The idea is to use a visual editor to drag information for manipulating scheduling and financial databases instead of manually entering and editing figures. Master of Industrial Design student Harnish Jani had his conceptual design “Lapalmtop – Personal Computing Assistant” included in the Spring 2006 Innovations magazine. Innovations is produced quarterly by the Industrial Designers Society of America. Jani’s design was featured in a section titled “The New Face of Consumer Electronics.” His was the only student concept featured in the section. For more information visit www.ncsuidsa. org/hvjani.

Graphic Design graduate students Tyler Galloway (BGD 2006) and Jon Harris collaborated to produce one of 90 winning entries for “: output,” the international student graphic design competition based in Germany. Their work, “Global Loves Local symposium poster,” will be published in a book, : output 09, this fall. Graphic Design graduate students Jamie Gray (MGD 2006) and Tyler Galloway (MGD 2006) were presenters at the Duke University International Student Conference “Thinking Through New Media.” Gray presented “Digital Collecting: Designing Tools for Online Collecting Behaviors,” while Galloway presented “iTunes: Music Mediator, Social Facilitator,” a paper prepared for Professor Scott Townsend’s graphic design seminar last year. Most other presenters were Ph.D. candidates form the United States and abroad, including UC Berkeley, Stanford, Duke and the University of Edinburgh.

Freshmen Zena Jeffress, majoring in architecture, and Alexandra Wiedemann, majoring in graphic design, have been named as Park Scholars for 2006. The Park Scholarships program is among America’s most prestigious undergraduate merit scholarship programs. The scholarships pay expenses for four years of study at NC State, and include a computer stipend and funds for academic enrichment activities.

Ph.D. Candidate in Design Orcun Kepez received first place recognition in NC State’s first Graduate Symposium held during spring semester. Kepez was one of four first place winners, based on discipline. The name of Kepez’s research is “The Effect of Space on Health and Well-Being: An Environmental Assessment for Home-like Long-term Care Settings.” His Ph.D. committee members include: Dr. John Tector, chair; Robin Moore (Design), Henry Sanoff (Design, Emeritus), Dr. Christopher Mayhorn (Psychology) and Dr. Chuck Korte (CHASS-Emeritus). This is Kepez’s second award from NC State during the 2005-06 academic year. In fall 2005, he received a Graduate Research Grant from Institute for Nonprofits. This grant was awarded to two graduate students whose work is relevant to research agenda of Institute for Nonprofits. Traci Rider, Ph.D. student, earned her B.Arch. from the University of Cincinnati in 2000 and her master’s from Cornell University in Environmental Sociology in 2005. In 2003 Rider was recognized in dwell Magazine as the featured Nice Modernist (July/August issue) for her work with the US Green Building Council's Emerging Green Builders program. She received a USGBC National Leadership Award last November for the same, which led to Rider being featured in May 2006 issue of Vanity Fair as one of the Re-Inventors. There is an Emerging Green Builders group in the Triangle and she’s actively recruiting NC State students. Graphic Design graduate student Reneé Seward was selected as a recipient of the Larsen Design Award, a $2,000 scholarship, through the Worldstudio AIGA 2006-2007 Scholarship Program. There were only 17 winners from the more than 550 applications submitted. STUDENT NOTES

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Ashley Winfree, a junior majoring Environmental Design in Architecture, was awarded a Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant to study at the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute during the 2006 summer program in Florence, Italy. The Florence summer program is an intensive five-week program offering courses in Art History, Art and Design, History and Italian and also includes three academic excursions. Second-Year Graphic Design student Anna Zylicz’s t-shirt design was chosen for this year’s American Dance Festival in Durham. Zylicz created the design as part of Martha Scotford’s studio. The shirts were available during the summer season (June 8-July 22) at all ADF performances and at the ADF Store on Duke University’s East Campus. Starting this fall, t-shirts also will be for sale on ADF’s Web site, www.americandancefestival.org. Art + Design seniors Phoebe Wei Wang, multimedia, (project shown above, top) and Hollin Norwood, fibers, (project shown above) were included in Launched: First Annual North Carolina Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, August 11-September 9. This was the McColl Center for Visual Arts’ First Annual North Carolina Undergraduate Juried Exhibition. Launched was a special opportunity for Art Departments to highlight talented students while providing them with professional development experience and an opportunity to exhibit their work in a major contemporary art venue in the State of North Carolina.

Several Landscape Architecture students and recent alumni had their abstracts selected for presentation at the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture 2006 Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, in June. NC State students presenting were Jenny DeMarco, MLA ’06; Nicole Young, MLA ’06; Jennifer Fiskin, MLA ’06; and senior Emmita Lyford, BLA. NC State University’s student team was the first place winner in a statewide competition to create

an affordable and sustainable Habitat for Humanity home. Three N.C. Habitat for Humanity affiliates will build the team’s design. Also, the two winning teams will represent North Carolina in the US Green Building Council, Emerging Green Builders National Design Competition in Denver, Colo. NC State’s team of five received $5,000 in winnings. In moving toward the actual construction of this house the student team, team faculty and mentors, Habitat affiliates, designers, architects, and others met in Raleigh for a Design Charrette on May 2. Construction began this summer.

Design Guild is an association of alumni, friends, design professionals and industry leaders established in 1996 to promote design education at the NC State University College of Design through private contributions and gifts. If you would like to join this important supporting group of the college, please send your donation in the enclosed envelope provided in this magazine.

Design Guild Board of Directors President – Michael S. Cole, ASLA, ColeJenest & Stone Charles Boney, Jr., AIA, LS3P/Boney C. David Burney, AIGA, Red Hat H. Clymer Cease, Jr., AIA, Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee PA PRAGUE Berlin (in front of one section of the East Side Gallery). From left: Jared, Jaclyn, Lauren, Rhiannon, Hilary, Aviva, Vanessa, Hollin, Saet. Emily was in the hospital recovering from her appendectomy! We missed her in Berlin.

Turan Duda, AIA, Duda/Paine Architects, LLP Philip G. Freelon, FAIA, The Freelon Group Inc. Craig McDuffie, McDuffie Design W. G. “Bill” Monroe III, AIA, WGM Design Inc.

TH A N K Y O U The NC State University College of Design relies on the support of individuals, firms, companies, and foundations to benefit a variety of college activities. Listed below are donors who contributed $250 or more to the College of Design between July 1, 2005, and June 30, 2006. The list includes in-kind donations. Please accept our deepest apologies for any errors or omissions. $200,000+ Eduardo F. Catalano Brian C. Dodge

$10,000 - $24,999 Goodnight Education Foundation O'Brien/Atkins Associates, PA U.S. Green Building Council Douglas D. Westmoreland

$2,500 - $4,999 AIA Triangle, North Carolina Chapter John L. Atkins III C.T. Wilson Construction Co. ColeJenest & Stone PA Richard A. Curtis Dixon Weinstein Architects PA Duda/Paine Architects LLP Georgia/Carolinas PCI Jonathan S. Harb Eugene R. Montezinos NC Masonry Contractors Association Inc. Plexus Technology Group Riley Contracting Group The Smith Sinnett Associates Triangle Brick Company WGM Design Inc.

$5,000 - $9,999 David Allen Company LS3P Associates Ltd Julia P. MacMillan Moseley Architects Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee PA J. Patrick Rand George M. Smart Kim Michele Tanzer

$1,000 - $2,499 Barbara Wiedemann Design Thomas M. Barrie Peter Batchelor Georgia Bizios BMS Architects PC Bohler Engineering, PC Charles H. Boney Jr. Joseph McKinley Bryan

$75,000+ Fentress Bradburn Architects Ltd $25,000 - $74,999 Jeffrey & Jennifer Allred Family Foundation Adams Products Company L. Franklin Bost

Monty Montague IDSA, BOLT NC State University College of Design industrial design students placed third and fourth in the 2006 Designs For Safety Competition in the World Traffic Safety Symposium, awarded on April 21 in New York. Third place winner was “Flashpoint” (left) by senior Charlotte Hanks and fourth place winner was “Sig Pac” (right) by sophomore Steven Bockmann. Associate Professor Bong-il Jin has guided winners from NC State in this competition for the last three years.

DESIGN INFLUENCE / FALL 2006

Mack Paul, Kennedy Covington Frank Thompson, AV Metro, Inc. Ralph Thomspon, Empire Properties Frank J. Werner, Adams Products Company Barbara Wiedemann, Barbara Wiedemann Design LLC

Fred T. Campbell Louis W. Cherry Cort Architectural Group PA John S. Crowe Randolph R. Croxton Lope M. Diaz Harry Ellenzweig Eileen S. Ewing Irwin E. Jones Thomas S. Kenan Karen Ireland Koestner Landa Illuminotecnica SpA Roderic S. Leland Marvin J. Malecha Charles A. Musser NC Dept of Environment & Natural Resources William L. O'Brien Jr. Jeffrey Wayne Place Raleigh Development Company Stephen H. Robertson Peter Samton Bruce H. Schafer William M. Singer Small Kane Architects PA Stanford White Associates Fred M. Taylor Paul and Holly Tesar The Ayco Charitable Foundation

The Corporate Development Institute The LSV Partnership PA Triangle Community Foundation Inc. Michael Tribble Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce Francis T.G. Webb & Francesca Dotti Michael A. Weeks $500 - $999 Carla Abramczyk Harry Bates Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC Foundation C. David Burney Roger H. Clark Clearscapes PA Catherine Smith Clegg Gregory K. Cranford Polly R. Crocker Stephanie Clontz Garner Edwin F. Harris Luanne Price Howard JDavis Architects PLLC LandDesign Inc Landis Inc Little & Little (cont. next page)

SUPPORT

Turan Duda, AIA, Duda/Paine Architects, LLP Philip G. Freelon, FAIA, The Freelon Group Inc. Craig McDuffie, McDuffie Design W. G. “Bill” Monroe III, AIA, WGM Design Inc.

$10,000 - $24,999 Goodnight Education Foundation O'Brien/Atkins Associates, PA U.S. Green Building Council Douglas D. Westmoreland

$5,000 - $9,999 David Allen Company LS3P Associates Ltd Julia P. MacMillan Moseley Architects Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee PA J. Patrick Rand George M. Smart Kim Michele Tanzer

$1,000 - $2,499 Barbara Wiedemann Design Thomas M. Barrie Peter Batchelor Georgia Bizios BMS Architects PC Bohler Engineering, PC Charles H. Boney Jr. Joseph McKinley Bryan

$75,000+ Fentress Bradburn Architects Ltd $25,000 - $74,999 Jeffrey & Jennifer Allred Family Foundation Adams Products Company L. Franklin Bost

DESIGN INFLUENCE / FALL 2006

Mack Paul, Kennedy Covington Frank Thompson, AV Metro, Inc. Ralph Thomspon, Empire Properties Frank J. Werner, Adams Products Company Barbara Wiedemann, Barbara Wiedemann Design LLC

SUPPORT

Craig McDuffie and Linda J. Noble METROCON Inc. Clara R. Milliken Edgar B. Montague David M. Reese Martha Scotford Skinner, Lamm & Highsmith, PA Kendra S. Smith Rodney L. Swink Tackle Design, Inc. Walton R. Teague John O. Tector Patricia M. Tector The Freelon Group Inc. Constantine N. Vrettos Allison Weeks Willis Charles E. Woodall $250 - $499 Henry K. Burgwyn C.R. Francis Architecture, PA Cherry Huffman Architects PA Philip R. Dail Dixon B. Hanna William H. Dove DTW Architects & Planners Ltd Donna P. Duerk Gantt Huberman Architects Lonzo S. Garner Gresham, Smith and Partners Dorothy M. Haynes William J. Hirsch Jr., Inc. William B. Hood Joyce McKenzie Hotz Evelyn Franklin Hoyt Gene W. Jones

DESIGN INFLUENCE / FALL 2006

Edwin Jordan Jova/Daniels/Busby Richard E. Kent Paul H. McArthur Julie McLaurin Linda Perry Meeks Rebecca Ann Mentz Alfonso W. Merino Robert G. Miller Irvin A. Pearce Alwyn H. Phillips Oscar E. Pope Kerr C. Ramsay Brian Shawcroft David W. Tobias Trout & Riggs Construction Co. $100 - $249 2SL Design Build ATC Group Services, Inc. Abee Architect PA Dallas C. Abee Dorota Tulodzieck Adams Alexander Isley Inc. Allen and Pinnix, PA Angerio Design PLLC Architect-Bldr.com, LLC Architektur PA Steven E. Arnaudin Joseph P. Arnold Charles T. Barkley Donald W. Barnes Catherine Merino Baron Grovia A. Belanger Carol Rusche-Bentel Bizios Architect, Inc. David R. Black Dawn A. Blobaum Alan D. Bolzan John I. Brooks Allen L. Brooks

Eugene W. Brown Lydia Dominy Burns Sloan M. Burton Richard G. Caldwell Cannon Architects Charles R. Carmalt H. Clymer Cease Joan W. Chase Alan R. Clark Leo Corbin Shawn P. Corbin William S. Corbitt Corley Redfoot Zack Inc. Richard Cosgrove Rufus G. Coulter Perry G. Cox Raymond M. Craun David J. Davenport Meredith J. Davis Deanne Beckwith Design Jock deBoer Clarence R. Duncan Terry Byrd Eason Empire Historic Developments, Inc. William R. Eppes John D. Everette Jerry D. Fink Charles A. Flink William L. Flournoy Leslie J. Fowler Stanley H. Fox Fred & Sherry Abernethy Foundation Donna Ward Francis Philip G. Freelon Donna J. Globus Frank B. Golley Gomes & Staub, PLLC Gontram Architecture Christine Noble Govan David M. Hale

Richard W. Hall W. Easley Hamner Bruce W. Hendricks Sheila Brown Herron Harold B. Hopfenberg Jeffrey A. Huberman Mark A. Humienny Steven A. Hurr David N. James Roy W. Johnson Johnston Architects LLP Clyde B. Johnston Yu Sing Jung Kerry A. Kane Kaplan Early Learning Company Philip D. Kennel Haig Khachatoorian Carl T. Lambeth Mina L. Levin and Ronald Schwarz Davis H. Liles Kene Kuen-Yuan Lin William B. Little James McAllister Little Daniel P. MacMillan Elizabeth Macon Mangum George Matsumoto John H. McBrayer Claude E. McKinney Christopher A. McLachlan Julie A. McQuary Ruby C. McSwain Julie Gegner McVay Erik V. Mehlman Gregory R. Melrath Kevin D. Merino Tristan A. Merino Meyer-Greeson PA Joseph R. Michael Peggy Lyn Middleton Gayla Moilanen

Monk, LLC David O. Montgomery Eric S. Morrison Mrozek Design & Construction Co. NC Museum Art Foundation Inc Alan S. Nagle Ruth Bryant Neely Thomas W. O'Brien Beth C. Paschal Huston Paschal Robert C. Paschal Richard A. Paschal Michael Pause Katherine Nielsen Peele Richard C. Peters Jesse J. Peterson William M. Phillips Frank J. and Kaola Phoenix Susan S. Pitts Robert H. Pope Stephen H. Pratt William L. Prestwood William F. Pritchard Anne Brownley Raines John E. Ramsay Rare Designs Hannah E. Reynolds Theresa J. Rosenberg Roughton Nickelson DeLuca Architects PA Leopoldo Sagasti Lyn F. Sala Linda W. Sanders Charles Sax Gordon H. Schenck Don P. Schlegel Richard F. Seggel Architect, Inc. Thomas M. Shadoin Edith Stuart Shepherd

Shuttle Buggy Transportation System Brian C. Sigmon Thomas J. Skolnicki Macon S. Smith Carolyn and Daniel Solomon Julie A. Staelin Kenneth D. Stafford Robert H. Stephens James McMillin Stevenson Strahan Associates Stuart Stepp AIA Architect Banks C. Talley, Jr. Banks C. Talley III Anna M. Taylor TFF Architects & Planners, LLP Christopher C. Voso Barbara M. Wallace Lloyd G. Walter Mary Foster Whitney Barbara Wiedemann Matthew P. Williams Marshall D. Wilson Winstead Wilkinson Architects PLLC Gifts were made in Honor of: College of Design Meredith Davis Marvin J. Malecha Lawrence J. Wheeler Gifts were made in Memory of: S. Aaron Allred Robert P. Burns Horacio Caminos David F. Jones Marion Scott Moffett John P. Reuer

College of Design Faculty and Staff Angelo Abbate Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture Carla Abramczyk Director of Development, External Relations Delsey Avery Administrative Assistant, Research and Extension Kermit Bailey Associate Professor of Graphic Design Dr. Donald A. Barnes Professor Emeritus of Architecture Thomas Barrie Director, School of Architecture Professor of Architecture Dana Bartelt Director, Prague Institute Peter Batchelor Professor of Architecture Bill Bayley Director of Information Technology Laboratory Georgia Bizios Director, Home Environments Design Initiative Professor of Architecture Kofi Boone Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Susan Brandeis Professor of Art + Design Barbara Brenny Visual Resources Librarian, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library Gene Bressler Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture Professor of Landscape Architecture Leslie Brock Administrative Secretary, Landscape Architecture and International Programs

Lee Cherry Manager, Advanced Media Lab Pamela Christie-Tabron Administrative Secretary, Graduate Studies Roger H. Clark Professor of Architecture Armand V. Cooke Professor Emeritus of Industrial Design Dr. Nilda Cosco Coordinator, Inclusive Design Initiative Director, Center for Universal Design Chandra Cox Chair, Art + Design Department Associate Professor of Art + Design Denise Gonzales Crisp Associate Professor of Graphic Design Meredith Davis Director, PhD Programs Professor of Graphic Design

Nancy Hitchcock Information Specialist in Universal Design, Research and Extension

Sherry Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal Director of Communications, External Relations

Stephanie Statham Library Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library

Percy Hooper Associate Professor of Industrial Design

Dr. Celen Pasalar Extension Planning Specialist, Director, Downtown Design Studio Research and Extension

Dr. Robert E. Stipe Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture

Joey Jenkins Computing Consultant, Information Technology Laboratory Bong-il Jin Associate Professor of Industrial Design Dr. Sharon Joines Assistant Professor of Industrial Design Chris Jordan Director of Materials Laboratory and Facilities Charles Joyner Professor of Art + Design Haig Khachatoorian Professor of Industrial Design Bryan Laffitte Chair, Industrial Design Department Associate Professor of Industrial Design Jack Lancaster Technician, Materials Laboratory

Jim Dean Manager, Materials Technology Labs

Glenn E. Lewis Professor of Industrial Design

Karen E. DeWitt Head, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library

Jean Marie Livaudais Director of Professional Relations, External Relations

Lope Max DĂaz Associate Professor of Art + Design Ed Driggers Accounting Technician Richard Duncan Coordinator of Training in Universal Design, Research and Extension Cheryl Eatmon Administrative Secretary, Industrial Design and Graphic Design Jeremy Ficca Assistant Professor of Architecture Patrick FitzGerald Associate Professor of Art + Design Vincent M. Foote Professor Emeritus of Industrial Design Amy Frisz Career Counselor, External Relations

Austin Lowrey Professor Emeritus of Graphic Design Fernando Magallanes Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Marvin J. Malecha Dean Professor of Architecture

Dr. Michael Pause Director, Design Fundamentals Program Professor of Art + Design Santiago Piedrafita Chair, Graphic Design Department Associate Professor of Graphic Design Dr. J. Wayne Place Professor of Architecture Vita Plume Assistant Professor of Art + Design

Will Temple Assistant Professor of Graphic Design

J. Patrick Rand Professor of Architecture

Dr. Paul Tesar Professor of Architecture

Dr. Cymbre Raub Associate Professor of Art + Design

James D. Tomlinson Assistant Dean for Research and Extension

Dana Raymond Associate Professor of Art + Design Wendy Redfield Associate Director, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Architecture Arthur C. Rice Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Research & Extension Professor of Landscape Architecture Holly Richards Student Services Assistant

Michael Rodrigues Budget Manager

Nicole Welch Education Curator, Contemporary Art Museum Research and Extension

Martha Scotford Director, International Programs Professor of Graphic Design Carla Skuce Executive Assistant to the Dean

Marva Motley Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Shirley Varela Research Assistant, Natural Learning Initiative

Ti-Huan Wang Technology Support Technician, Information Technology Laboratory

Lee-Anne Milburn Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

Dottie Haynes Assistant Dean for Administration

Hazel Tudor Registrar

Jackie Robertson Administrative Secretary, Academic Affairs

Dr. Kristen Schaffer Associate Professor of Architecture

Tim Buie Assistant Professor of Industrial Design

Scott Townsend Associate Professor of Graphic Design

Katie Wakeford Research Assistant, Home Environments Design Initiative

Claude E. McKinney Professor Emeritus, Design

Robin C. Moore Director, Natural Learning Initiative Professor of Landscape Architecture

Susan Toplikar Associate Professor of Art + Design

Dr. Fatih Rifki Professor of Architecture

Henry Sanoff Professor Emeritus of Architecture

Frank Harmon Associate Professor of Architecture

Wayne Taylor Professor Emeritus of Art + Design Dr. John O. Tector Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Academic Support Associate Professor of Architecture

Joe McCoy Coordinator of Network & Hardware Services, Information Technology Laboratory

Tony Brock Assistant Professor of Graphic Design

Sandi Sullivan Administrative Secretary, Architecture

Sharon Silcox Library Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library

Pam Welch Administrative Secretary, External Relations Richard R. Wilkinson Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture Janice Wong Accounting Technician Leslie Young Coordinator of Universal Design Services, Research and Extension

DESIGN INFLUENCE / FALL 2006

Nancy Hitchcock Information Specialist in Universal Design, Research and Extension

Sherry Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neal Director of Communications, External Relations

Stephanie Statham Library Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library

Percy Hooper Associate Professor of Industrial Design

Dr. Celen Pasalar Extension Planning Specialist, Director, Downtown Design Studio Research and Extension

Dr. Robert E. Stipe Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture

Jim Dean Manager, Materials Technology Labs

Glenn E. Lewis Professor of Industrial Design

Karen E. DeWitt Head, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library

Jean Marie Livaudais Director of Professional Relations, External Relations

Austin Lowrey Professor Emeritus of Graphic Design Fernando Magallanes Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Marvin J. Malecha Dean Professor of Architecture

Will Temple Assistant Professor of Graphic Design

J. Patrick Rand Professor of Architecture

Dr. Paul Tesar Professor of Architecture

Dr. Cymbre Raub Associate Professor of Art + Design

James D. Tomlinson Assistant Dean for Research and Extension

Michael Rodrigues Budget Manager

Nicole Welch Education Curator, Contemporary Art Museum Research and Extension

Martha Scotford Director, International Programs Professor of Graphic Design Carla Skuce Executive Assistant to the Dean

Marva Motley Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Shirley Varela Research Assistant, Natural Learning Initiative

Ti-Huan Wang Technology Support Technician, Information Technology Laboratory

Lee-Anne Milburn Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

Dottie Haynes Assistant Dean for Administration

Hazel Tudor Registrar

Jackie Robertson Administrative Secretary, Academic Affairs

Dr. Kristen Schaffer Associate Professor of Architecture

Tim Buie Assistant Professor of Industrial Design

Scott Townsend Associate Professor of Graphic Design

Katie Wakeford Research Assistant, Home Environments Design Initiative

Claude E. McKinney Professor Emeritus, Design

Robin C. Moore Director, Natural Learning Initiative Professor of Landscape Architecture

Susan Toplikar Associate Professor of Art + Design

Dr. Fatih Rifki Professor of Architecture

Henry Sanoff Professor Emeritus of Architecture

Frank Harmon Associate Professor of Architecture

Wayne Taylor Professor Emeritus of Art + Design Dr. John O. Tector Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Academic Support Associate Professor of Architecture

Joe McCoy Coordinator of Network & Hardware Services, Information Technology Laboratory

Tony Brock Assistant Professor of Graphic Design

Sandi Sullivan Administrative Secretary, Architecture

Sharon Silcox Library Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library

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Design Camp in Transition: A Model Outreach Program

Zeeso Conceptualizes Future Cars

Marks Embraced by Walt Disney Magic

Williamson Protects Natural Heritage

Achieve! The Campaign for NC State

A Commitment to Art and Design in the Community

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