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2 0 0 9 -2 010 CALENDA R September 28 Landscape Architecture Lecture: Lois Brink, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Colorado Burns Auditorium, 7 p.m.

October 1 Ph.D. Lecture: Harry Heft, Professor, Department of Psychology, Denison University, Granville, Ohio Place: TBD Time: 7-9 p.m.

November 25 - 27 Thanksgiving Break December 4 Last day of classes

March 29 Architecture Lecture: Will Bruder, Will Bruder Architects, LTD Burns Auditorium, 7 p.m.

December 4 - 19 Exhibition: Graduation Show

April 10 Design Guild Award Dinner American Tobacco Campus, Bay 7, Durham, N.C.

December 19 Fall Commencement

April 11 - May 6 Exhibition: Interdisciplinary Show (Media)

October 8 - 9 Fall Break

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April 12 Third Annual Charles V. Burger Memorial Lecture TBA

October 19 Architecture Lecture: Martin Haas, Behnisch Architects Burns Auditorium, 7 p.m.

January 11 First day of classes

October 3 - 17 Exhibition: Open House Show

October 24 National Wolfpack Service Day www.alumni.ncsu.edu October 26 Landscape Architecture Lecture: Mark Johnson, Principal of CIVITAS, Denver Burns Auditorium, 7 p.m.

October 29 Ph.D. Lecture: Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, Director and Professor, Centre for Environment, University of Toronto Brooks Hall 320, 7-9 p.m.

November 1 - 7 Homecoming 2009: Terminate the Terps www.alumni.ncsu.edu/homecoming November 2 Design Guild Fall Event and Scholarship Reception Speaker: Kristin Hawk (M.Arch. 2008) Burns Auditorium, 5:30 p.m.

November 8 - 21 Exhibition: SARC Schools of Architecture November 9 Landscape Architecture Lecture: Chuck Durrett and Katie McCamant, McCamant & Durrett Architects: The Cohousing Company Burns Auditorium, 5:15 p.m. – special time November 9 Architecture Lecture: Monica Ponce de Leon Burns Auditorium, 7 p.m.

January 13 - 20 Exhibition: Prague Architecture January 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday; no classes January 21 - February 28 Exhibition: Graphic Design/Industrial Design/ Landscape Architecture Accreditation February 1 Landscape Architecture Lecture: Linda Jewell, (B.Arch. 1970) Professor and Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at UC Berkeley Burns Auditorium, 7 p.m.

February 15 Architecture Lecture: Frank Harmon Harwell Hamilton Harris Lecture

May 7 - 15 Exhibition: Graduation Show May 15 Spring Commencement May 17 - August 19 Exhibition: Summer Shows

All lectures held on Monday evenings will begin at 7 p.m. in Burns Auditorium. Architecture lectures are co-sponsored by AIA Triangle and the School of Architecture at NC State University. AIA CES credits are available.

February 22 Landscape Architecture Lecture: Juanita Shearer-Swink, Triangle Transit Authority

EXHIBITIONS are featured in the Brooks Hall Gallery or the Allred Gallery in Kamphoefner Hall. Exhibition space in Brooks Hall Gallery is reserved at the beginning of the year by each department. Titles of exhibitions and exact dates may change. Please check our Web site for updates www.design.ncsu.edu/events

March 5 - 6 Annual Urban Design Conference titled “Creating Value: Designing for a Resilient City” Raleigh Convention Center www.design.ncsu.edu/cont-ed

VISITORS are encouraged to verify time and location of events, which are subject to change. For more information, call 919.515.8311 or sign up for DESIGNlife, an e-newsletter, at www.design.ncsu.edu (link to “news & events” from pull-down menu).

March 15 - 19 Spring Break

OUR THANKS College of Design lectures and exhibitions are sponsored in part by Design Guild Dean’s Circle and Benefactor members.

March 20 - April 10 Exhibition: A+D Department (TBA)

For more details, go to www.design.ncsu.edu/events.

co n t e n t s DEAN’S MESSAGE 2

Creativity from Necessity

Recognitions 4 6

Celebrating 60!

Design Guild Award Dinner

features

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.

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Walt Disney Imagineering Hires Two Students as Interns After Competition Legacy Connections Ph.D. Program Begins 10th Year LAR Alumni Create Wolfpack Links Architecture Students Design Instruments for CMS Students External Relations – Your Continuing Influence

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Commencement Address

919.515.8311

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College News

Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA dean

Notes

Carla Abramczyk assistant dean for external relations and development

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Alumni/Friends In Memoriam Faculty/Staff Students

35 36

Donor Support College Faculty & Staff Listing

NOTICE REGARDING THE SPRING 2010 ISSUE As part of the college’s ongoing effort to reduce expenditures during the current academic year, it is possible that the spring issue of Design Influence will be a Web-only version. If this occurs, we will mail a postcard with the URL to visit. If you do not have access to the Internet, please contact the External Relations Office at 919.515.8313 to request a print version.

design@ncsu.edu or address correspondence to: NC State University College of Design Campus Box 7701 Raleigh, NC 27695-7701

Jean Marie Livaudais director of professional relations Angela Brockelsby assistant director of communications Sherry O’Neal editor; director of communications Craig McDuffie (BEDV 1983) designer COVER Walt Teague (M.Arch. 1989), chair of the 60th Anniversary Committee, welcomes alumni and friends to the celebration and reunion weekend in Burns Auditorium. See the 60th Alumni Memories video online: http://tinyurl.com/cod60.

2 0 0 9 -2 010 CALENDA R September 28 Landscape Architecture Lecture: Lois Brink, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Colorado Burns Auditorium, 7 p.m.

October 1 Ph.D. Lecture: Harry Heft, Professor, Department of Psychology, Denison University, Granville, Ohio Place: TBD Time: 7-9 p.m.

November 25 - 27 Thanksgiving Break December 4 Last day of classes

March 29 Architecture Lecture: Will Bruder, Will Bruder Architects, LTD Burns Auditorium, 7 p.m.

December 4 - 19 Exhibition: Graduation Show

April 10 Design Guild Award Dinner American Tobacco Campus, Bay 7, Durham, N.C.

December 19 Fall Commencement

April 11 - May 6 Exhibition: Interdisciplinary Show (Media)

October 8 - 9 Fall Break

2010

April 12 Third Annual Charles V. Burger Memorial Lecture TBA

October 19 Architecture Lecture: Martin Haas, Behnisch Architects Burns Auditorium, 7 p.m.

January 11 First day of classes

October 3 - 17 Exhibition: Open House Show

October 24 National Wolfpack Service Day www.alumni.ncsu.edu October 26 Landscape Architecture Lecture: Mark Johnson, Principal of CIVITAS, Denver Burns Auditorium, 7 p.m.

October 29 Ph.D. Lecture: Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, Director and Professor, Centre for Environment, University of Toronto Brooks Hall 320, 7-9 p.m.

November 1 - 7 Homecoming 2009: Terminate the Terps www.alumni.ncsu.edu/homecoming November 2 Design Guild Fall Event and Scholarship Reception Speaker: Kristin Hawk (M.Arch. 2008) Burns Auditorium, 5:30 p.m.

November 8 - 21 Exhibition: SARC Schools of Architecture November 9 Landscape Architecture Lecture: Chuck Durrett and Katie McCamant, McCamant & Durrett Architects: The Cohousing Company Burns Auditorium, 5:15 p.m. – special time November 9 Architecture Lecture: Monica Ponce de Leon Burns Auditorium, 7 p.m.

January 13 - 20 Exhibition: Prague Architecture January 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday; no classes January 21 - February 28 Exhibition: Graphic Design/Industrial Design/ Landscape Architecture Accreditation February 1 Landscape Architecture Lecture: Linda Jewell, (B.Arch. 1970) Professor and Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at UC Berkeley Burns Auditorium, 7 p.m.

February 15 Architecture Lecture: Frank Harmon Harwell Hamilton Harris Lecture

May 7 - 15 Exhibition: Graduation Show May 15 Spring Commencement May 17 - August 19 Exhibition: Summer Shows

All lectures held on Monday evenings will begin at 7 p.m. in Burns Auditorium. Architecture lectures are co-sponsored by AIA Triangle and the School of Architecture at NC State University. AIA CES credits are available.

February 22 Landscape Architecture Lecture: Juanita Shearer-Swink, Triangle Transit Authority

EXHIBITIONS are featured in the Brooks Hall Gallery or the Allred Gallery in Kamphoefner Hall. Exhibition space in Brooks Hall Gallery is reserved at the beginning of the year by each department. Titles of exhibitions and exact dates may change. Please check our Web site for updates www.design.ncsu.edu/events

March 5 - 6 Annual Urban Design Conference titled “Creating Value: Designing for a Resilient City” Raleigh Convention Center www.design.ncsu.edu/cont-ed

VISITORS are encouraged to verify time and location of events, which are subject to change. For more information, call 919.515.8311 or sign up for DESIGNlife, an e-newsletter, at www.design.ncsu.edu (link to “news & events” from pull-down menu).

March 15 - 19 Spring Break

OUR THANKS College of Design lectures and exhibitions are sponsored in part by Design Guild Dean’s Circle and Benefactor members.

March 20 - April 10 Exhibition: A+D Department (TBA)

For more details, go to www.design.ncsu.edu/events.

co n t e n t s DEAN’S MESSAGE 2

Creativity from Necessity

Recognitions 4 6

Celebrating 60!

Design Guild Award Dinner

features

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.

8 10 12 13 14 16

Walt Disney Imagineering Hires Two Students as Interns After Competition Legacy Connections Ph.D. Program Begins 10th Year LAR Alumni Create Wolfpack Links Architecture Students Design Instruments for CMS Students External Relations – Your Continuing Influence

18

Commencement Address

919.515.8311

22

College News

Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA dean

Notes

Carla Abramczyk assistant dean for external relations and development

24 29 30 32

Alumni/Friends In Memoriam Faculty/Staff Students

35 36

Donor Support College Faculty & Staff Listing

NOTICE REGARDING THE SPRING 2010 ISSUE As part of the college’s ongoing effort to reduce expenditures during the current academic year, it is possible that the spring issue of Design Influence will be a Web-only version. If this occurs, we will mail a postcard with the URL to visit. If you do not have access to the Internet, please contact the External Relations Office at 919.515.8313 to request a print version.

design@ncsu.edu or address correspondence to: NC State University College of Design Campus Box 7701 Raleigh, NC 27695-7701

Jean Marie Livaudais director of professional relations Angela Brockelsby assistant director of communications Sherry O’Neal editor; director of communications Craig McDuffie (BEDV 1983) designer COVER Walt Teague (M.Arch. 1989), chair of the 60th Anniversary Committee, welcomes alumni and friends to the celebration and reunion weekend in Burns Auditorium. See the 60th Alumni Memories video online: http://tinyurl.com/cod60.

Creativity from Necessity

by Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, Dean

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t is often the simplest things that fascinate us. Children can spend hours in the imaginary castles and forts made from the boxes carrying the latest technological innovations. A simple set of watercolors and white sheets of paper can enliven the imagination and focus the efforts of even the most hyperactive individual. Mechanics often fashion makeshift tools to meet the needs of an unexpected repair job on an exotic or long obsolete engine. In times of duress certain individuals rise to the occasion by combining the resources at hand in the most unusual way to uniquely and effectively address the situation. It is a trait that Americans treasure.

Yankee ingenuity has become the hallmark of the American image around the world.

Intellectual agility matched by the ability to apply knowledge toward the resolution of an urgent need is the very essence of innovation.

This is the essence of creativity from necessity.

We have entered a difficult economic period, perhaps more difficult economically than any era for the last seventy years.

Yet there may be similarities in how the

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creative spirit responds to such a time as a great asset. Just as was true during the 1930s many designers are not able to find traditional positions. It was during this period that many new professions and endeavors were created. The creative spirit cannot be diminished even if a redesign of the world is necessary. Suddenly the world of design expanded to Hollywood sets and costumes, to furniture and industrial design, and to a reconfiguration of every day items as the profession of industrial design transformed manufacturing. We are witnessing a similar phenomenon as designers enter the related areas of new media, branding and the cognitive processes that help to determine new product launch and consumer preferences. We are witnessing architects and landscape architects enter into large corporations as land planners and investment advisors. And, we are experiencing the transformation of services as the traditional design processes give way to integrated project delivery models. And, the role of advanced research has begun to rise as the standards

of practice have risen with each new product and the understanding of the environmental imperative has become more acute. The necessity of the designer’s response certainly will stimulate creativity in order to assure the vitality of the design profession in society.

Yet, through all of the energy that this challenging period of reconfiguration brings us is an even more fundamental challenge.

A little more than a year ago I had the honor to be a member of an American Institute of Architects delegation to the International Union of Architects triennial meeting in Torino, Italy. Like many U.S. conferences, a great deal of attention was given to environmental concerns. A gentleman from Africa stood up at one the sessions I attended and delivered a moving call for assistance.

From my notes and memory here is what he said. Ladies and gentleman at this conference, I have heard a great many references to sustainability and environmental activism.

In fact, the term sustainability has become so common among us, used in so many different ways, that I am now confused about its

definition. I would like to introduce for your consideration another S word, survival. If a man or woman has no firewood to stay warm or to cook food it does not matter to them if it is a rare species of tree that meets their needs. If there is no food to eat then foraging in even the most environmentally sensitive area matters little. If there is no fresh water to drink we will fight for what there is. Ladies and gentleman bring your creative attention to our aid.

I have never heard a more powerful call for creativity from necessity. Certainly this is a time when new careers are being discovered and invented. The traditional professions are either transforming so as to become new again or they are fading in importance.

Creativity, innovation and survival are connected as never before. In the wealthiest nations the environmental imperative reminds us that we must adjust or our way of life, perhaps even our beloved freedom, may be threatened. Among the nations that are most threatened, the most basic human needs must be met or unrest will be spawned. The connection between the wealthiest and the most needy has become increasingly close.

In our nation we have witnessed the rise of design as retailers have discovered its value in differentiating products. Retailers have begun to understand the market value of design just as manufacturers understand the manner

by which the design process improves product quality, ease of manufacturing and stimulates innovation. Everyday household items have become the subject of design investigation giving rise to design sensitivity among a broad population. It is time to turn this energy toward the most basic human needs on behalf of those who cannot act on their own behalf whether they are located in a third world nation or in the American center city.

The design professions together, working seamlessly, from the clothing people wear, to the furniture and utensils they use, to the manner by which they gain access to information, to the buildings and landscapes that frame their environments have the opportunity to make a difference in this world.

It will require of us a collaborative spirit. It will require that we mute our egos and listen and intensely observe so as to know how we are needed. Our reward is the facilitation of people’s lives. Our reward may be as simple and as complex as providing a clean drink of water, a warm cloak, a dry bed and a place for the next generation’s designer to study. If we do this we will prosper. If we do this, all of the other opportunities will follow. Let this be the guide to the transformation of the design professions. Let this be our manifesto.

Photo by Sarah Ensminger

dean’s message

Creativity from necessity? There is so much in the world to inspire us.

Dean’s MESSAGE

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Creativity from Necessity

by Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, Dean

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t is often the simplest things that fascinate us. Children can spend hours in the imaginary castles and forts made from the boxes carrying the latest technological innovations. A simple set of watercolors and white sheets of paper can enliven the imagination and focus the efforts of even the most hyperactive individual. Mechanics often fashion makeshift tools to meet the needs of an unexpected repair job on an exotic or long obsolete engine. In times of duress certain individuals rise to the occasion by combining the resources at hand in the most unusual way to uniquely and effectively address the situation. It is a trait that Americans treasure.

Yankee ingenuity has become the hallmark of the American image around the world.

Intellectual agility matched by the ability to apply knowledge toward the resolution of an urgent need is the very essence of innovation.

This is the essence of creativity from necessity.

We have entered a difficult economic period, perhaps more difficult economically than any era for the last seventy years.

Yet there may be similarities in how the

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creative spirit responds to such a time as a great asset. Just as was true during the 1930s many designers are not able to find traditional positions. It was during this period that many new professions and endeavors were created. The creative spirit cannot be diminished even if a redesign of the world is necessary. Suddenly the world of design expanded to Hollywood sets and costumes, to furniture and industrial design, and to a reconfiguration of every day items as the profession of industrial design transformed manufacturing. We are witnessing a similar phenomenon as designers enter the related areas of new media, branding and the cognitive processes that help to determine new product launch and consumer preferences. We are witnessing architects and landscape architects enter into large corporations as land planners and investment advisors. And, we are experiencing the transformation of services as the traditional design processes give way to integrated project delivery models. And, the role of advanced research has begun to rise as the standards

of practice have risen with each new product and the understanding of the environmental imperative has become more acute. The necessity of the designer’s response certainly will stimulate creativity in order to assure the vitality of the design profession in society.

Yet, through all of the energy that this challenging period of reconfiguration brings us is an even more fundamental challenge.

A little more than a year ago I had the honor to be a member of an American Institute of Architects delegation to the International Union of Architects triennial meeting in Torino, Italy. Like many U.S. conferences, a great deal of attention was given to environmental concerns. A gentleman from Africa stood up at one the sessions I attended and delivered a moving call for assistance.

From my notes and memory here is what he said. Ladies and gentleman at this conference, I have heard a great many references to sustainability and environmental activism.

In fact, the term sustainability has become so common among us, used in so many different ways, that I am now confused about its

definition. I would like to introduce for your consideration another S word, survival. If a man or woman has no firewood to stay warm or to cook food it does not matter to them if it is a rare species of tree that meets their needs. If there is no food to eat then foraging in even the most environmentally sensitive area matters little. If there is no fresh water to drink we will fight for what there is. Ladies and gentleman bring your creative attention to our aid.

I have never heard a more powerful call for creativity from necessity. Certainly this is a time when new careers are being discovered and invented. The traditional professions are either transforming so as to become new again or they are fading in importance.

Creativity, innovation and survival are connected as never before. In the wealthiest nations the environmental imperative reminds us that we must adjust or our way of life, perhaps even our beloved freedom, may be threatened. Among the nations that are most threatened, the most basic human needs must be met or unrest will be spawned. The connection between the wealthiest and the most needy has become increasingly close.

In our nation we have witnessed the rise of design as retailers have discovered its value in differentiating products. Retailers have begun to understand the market value of design just as manufacturers understand the manner

by which the design process improves product quality, ease of manufacturing and stimulates innovation. Everyday household items have become the subject of design investigation giving rise to design sensitivity among a broad population. It is time to turn this energy toward the most basic human needs on behalf of those who cannot act on their own behalf whether they are located in a third world nation or in the American center city.

The design professions together, working seamlessly, from the clothing people wear, to the furniture and utensils they use, to the manner by which they gain access to information, to the buildings and landscapes that frame their environments have the opportunity to make a difference in this world.

It will require of us a collaborative spirit. It will require that we mute our egos and listen and intensely observe so as to know how we are needed. Our reward is the facilitation of people’s lives. Our reward may be as simple and as complex as providing a clean drink of water, a warm cloak, a dry bed and a place for the next generation’s designer to study. If we do this we will prosper. If we do this, all of the other opportunities will follow. Let this be the guide to the transformation of the design professions. Let this be our manifesto.

Photo by Sarah Ensminger

dean’s message

Creativity from necessity? There is so much in the world to inspire us.

Dean’s MESSAGE

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To see the 60th Alumni Memories video, visit http://tinyurl.com/cod60.

Thanks to all of the Sponsors‌ Classic Graphics: 60th Registration Brochure Printing Clement & Wynn: Past, Present & Future Program Duncan-Parnell, Inc.: Reunion and Dinner Signage Empire Properties: Reunion Party at The Pit Barbecue Restaurant Hanbury Preservation Consulting: Sketching Seminar Jerry’s Artarama: PrintLab Activity Knoll and Knoll Studio: Postcard Art Exhibition Optima: Courtyard Lunch Patterson Pope: Courtyard Breakfast SMART Paper Holdings LLC: Reunion Gift Bags Triangle Modernist Houses: Modern Architecture Tour Vectorworks: Landscape Architecture Tour The 60th Anniversary Celebration and Reunion was supported by the NC State Foundation.

Event photos by Angela Brockelsby

College of Design 60th Anniversary

Above: Returning alumni enjoy lunch in the courtyard.

Clockwise from above:

Right: Anniversary committee member Chuck Flink (BEDL 1982) with chair Walton R. Teague (M.Arch 1989). Additional committee members included Kristen Hess (BEDA 1996; B.Arch 1997), Sean Hilliard (BID 2005; MID 2007), Tracy Spencer (BAD 2004) and Barbara Wiedemann (MPD 1991).

Sherry O'Neal and Alison Valentine Smith of the External Relations Office, welcome Banks Talley (MID 2002) while he is signing in and Craig McDuffie (BEDV 1983) to the registration area.

Below: DesignSmith award recipients Jonathan Kuniholm (MID 2003), Bill Flournoy (MLAR 1972) and Steve Schuster (BEDA 1973) with Dean Marvin Malecha. Recipients Matthew J. Checkowski (BGD 1998) and Tracy Spencer (BAD 2004) were unable to attend.

Brooks Hall banner welcomes alumni to the 60th Anniversary Reunion Celebration.

Alumni Architecture Exhibition in Brooks Hall, coordinated by Professor Roger Clark.

Charles Sappenfield (B.Arch. 1956), center, shares memories with Robert Lackney (B.Arch 1961) and Barbara Lackney.

Roula Qubain (M.Arch. 1992) and Kevin Utsey (BEDA 1979, M.Arch.

1984) enjoy catching up.

Graphic design faculty members led a hands-on letterpress session.

Marley Carroll (B.Arch. 1960) considers bidding in postcard art auction.

Reunion Party at The Pit Barbecue Restaurant.

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RECOGNITION

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CELE BR AT ING 6 0 !

To see the 60th Alumni Memories video, visit http://tinyurl.com/cod60.

Thanks to all of the Sponsors‌ Classic Graphics: 60th Registration Brochure Printing Clement & Wynn: Past, Present & Future Program Duncan-Parnell, Inc.: Reunion and Dinner Signage Empire Properties: Reunion Party at The Pit Barbecue Restaurant Hanbury Preservation Consulting: Sketching Seminar Jerry’s Artarama: PrintLab Activity Knoll and Knoll Studio: Postcard Art Exhibition Optima: Courtyard Lunch Patterson Pope: Courtyard Breakfast SMART Paper Holdings LLC: Reunion Gift Bags Triangle Modernist Houses: Modern Architecture Tour Vectorworks: Landscape Architecture Tour The 60th Anniversary Celebration and Reunion was supported by the NC State Foundation.

Event photos by Angela Brockelsby

College of Design 60th Anniversary

Above: Returning alumni enjoy lunch in the courtyard.

Clockwise from above:

Right: Anniversary committee member Chuck Flink (BEDL 1982) with chair Walton R. Teague (M.Arch 1989). Additional committee members included Kristen Hess (BEDA 1996; B.Arch 1997), Sean Hilliard (BID 2005; MID 2007), Tracy Spencer (BAD 2004) and Barbara Wiedemann (MPD 1991).

Sherry O'Neal and Alison Valentine Smith of the External Relations Office, welcome Banks Talley (MID 2002) while he is signing in and Craig McDuffie (BEDV 1983) to the registration area.

Below: DesignSmith award recipients Jonathan Kuniholm (MID 2003), Bill Flournoy (MLAR 1972) and Steve Schuster (BEDA 1973) with Dean Marvin Malecha. Recipients Matthew J. Checkowski (BGD 1998) and Tracy Spencer (BAD 2004) were unable to attend.

Brooks Hall banner welcomes alumni to the 60th Anniversary Reunion Celebration.

Alumni Architecture Exhibition in Brooks Hall, coordinated by Professor Roger Clark.

Charles Sappenfield (B.Arch. 1956), center, shares memories with Robert Lackney (B.Arch 1961) and Barbara Lackney.

Roula Qubain (M.Arch. 1992) and Kevin Utsey (BEDA 1979, M.Arch.

1984) enjoy catching up.

Graphic design faculty members led a hands-on letterpress session.

Marley Carroll (B.Arch. 1960) considers bidding in postcard art auction.

Reunion Party at The Pit Barbecue Restaurant.

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RECOGNITION

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De sig n Guild Aw ar d Dinner 12th Annual Design Guild Award Dinner Honors Tom Darden April 4, 2009 Raleigh Convention Center

Thanks to all of the Design Guild Dinner Sponsors…

Dinner Dancing: David Allen Company Award: Brick Industry Association, Southeast Region Table Sponsors: Adams Products Company Cherokee (two tables) Clearscapes ColeJenest & Stone Duda/Paine Architects The Freelon Group, Inc. K&L Gates Linda Noble and Craig McDuffie O’Brien/Atkins Association, PA Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee Lisa Renstrom and Bob Perkowitz Triangle Brick

Opposite page, clockwise from top: 2009 Design Guild Award recipient Tom Darden Dean Marvin Malecha congratulates Wings on Wings recipients Judy and Robert Abee.

Walt Teague also received a Wings on Wings award.

Reception before dinner.

William A. McDonough, FAIA, offers tribute to Tom Darden This page, clockwise from top: Predinner socializing.

Chuck Flink (BEDL 1982) with Dick Bell (BLA 1950), representing the first graduating class of the School of Design.

A captivating acceptance speech.

Post dinner dancing.

Student attendees.

Birthday serenade for Cindy Malecha by Ladies in Red, NC State’s female a capella group.

Event photos by K.C. Ramsay

Special Thanks: AV Metro

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Save the date The 13th annual Design Guild Award Dinner will honor Greg Hatem on April 10, 2010, at Bay 7, American Tobacco Campus.

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De sig n Guild Aw ar d Dinner 12th Annual Design Guild Award Dinner Honors Tom Darden April 4, 2009 Raleigh Convention Center

Thanks to all of the Design Guild Dinner Sponsors…

Dinner Dancing: David Allen Company Award: Brick Industry Association, Southeast Region Table Sponsors: Adams Products Company Cherokee (two tables) Clearscapes ColeJenest & Stone Duda/Paine Architects The Freelon Group, Inc. K&L Gates Linda Noble and Craig McDuffie O’Brien/Atkins Association, PA Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee Lisa Renstrom and Bob Perkowitz Triangle Brick

Opposite page, clockwise from top: 2009 Design Guild Award recipient Tom Darden Dean Marvin Malecha congratulates Wings on Wings recipients Judy and Robert Abee.

Walt Teague also received a Wings on Wings award.

Reception before dinner.

William A. McDonough, FAIA, offers tribute to Tom Darden This page, clockwise from top: Predinner socializing.

Chuck Flink (BEDL 1982) with Dick Bell (BLA 1950), representing the first graduating class of the School of Design.

A captivating acceptance speech.

Post dinner dancing.

Student attendees.

Birthday serenade for Cindy Malecha by Ladies in Red, NC State’s female a capella group.

Event photos by K.C. Ramsay

Special Thanks: AV Metro

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Save the date The 13th annual Design Guild Award Dinner will honor Greg Hatem on April 10, 2010, at Bay 7, American Tobacco Campus.

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Steven Varela and Ashley Wagner, part of the NC State University team that was one of only three finalists in the 18th annual Walt Disney Imagineering ImagiNations Design Competition. Varela and Wagner completed an internship with Walt Disney Imagineering after the competition.

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Frank Reifsnyder, an Imagineering spokesperson, describes the sessions as information where any idea is possible. “The sky is the limit and there are no bad ideas,” explains Reifsnyder, and that’s how Blue Sky got its name.

Varela saw the flyer about the competition and put flyers on campus trying to recruit teammates. “I mentioned in the flyer that they had to be willing to give up winter break,” says Varela.

Each student says they lost count of how many hours they spent on the competition concept and presentation, but it was well worth it.

Varela said, “I didn’t have connections with anyone in design,

Photos by Gary Krueger/Disney Enterprises, Inc.

fter the NC State team won second place in the 18th Disney ImagiNations Design Competition, what next? For two of the students on the team, Ashley Wagner (art + design) and Steven Varela (engineering), staying on in California to complete an internship with Walt Disney Imagineering was the next item on the agenda!

Wagner is working on the Blue Sky Team, which develops concepts, analyzes parks for suggested enhancements, and works on artwork. As one of four interns in the group, Wagner says she has learned many new things and works a lot on illustrations.

Varela is working in the Research & Development department. His group works on new types of technology and how these concepts could be turned into new experiences at the parks.

Each week, the Disney interns participate in brainstorming sessions to review ideas. Product design, engineering, interior architecture and design students collaborate and bounce ideas around.

so I kept putting the submission off. I realized that we had no chance unless our idea stood out.”

“Because of the contest, I’m smiling every day and I want to go to work. I love it. The atmosphere is great.”

Wagner says she found the idea to compete interesting, but didn’t know the life-altering internship would be in the mix for her.

“I hope others get the chance. It changed my life’s track,” adds Wagner.

The NC State group, also comprised of Corban Prim (art + design) and Morgan McCormick (creative writing), worked from October The NC State University team receives their award for participating in the 18th annual Walt Disney Imagineering ImagiNations Design Competition. From left to right, Morgan McCormick, Ashley Wagner, Corban Prim, and Steven Varela. until February on the project. In April 2009, they received notification that their group made the top three finalists. organized. “Your heart has to be in the project and you have to devote The presentations in California were held in June, so fine-tuning the your time,” he adds, “The multidisciplinary team really contributed to project was done in addition to final exams, finishing class projects, our success.” and graduation for some.

The students say master of art + design student and instructor According to Reifsnyder, students are not guaranteed an internship Elena Page was their rock. Wagner and Varela say she held them for winning or participating as finalists, although all interview with together and kept them focused. Page offered motivation and always Disney executives and are considered. This year two of the NC State made time for the team. Page’s expertise comes from winning the students were offered internships. It depends on the skill set of the competition while an engineering student at NC State and working as students in the competition and the needs that Disney has for the year. an Imagineer for Disney for a decade.

For those who might be interested in following in their footsteps, Wagner and Varela said the only thing that would improve their Varela says you have to be committed to the goal, start early and get experience would be if Corban and Morgan were there with them.

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Steven Varela and Ashley Wagner, part of the NC State University team that was one of only three finalists in the 18th annual Walt Disney Imagineering ImagiNations Design Competition. Varela and Wagner completed an internship with Walt Disney Imagineering after the competition.

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Frank Reifsnyder, an Imagineering spokesperson, describes the sessions as information where any idea is possible. “The sky is the limit and there are no bad ideas,” explains Reifsnyder, and that’s how Blue Sky got its name.

Varela saw the flyer about the competition and put flyers on campus trying to recruit teammates. “I mentioned in the flyer that they had to be willing to give up winter break,” says Varela.

Each student says they lost count of how many hours they spent on the competition concept and presentation, but it was well worth it.

Varela said, “I didn’t have connections with anyone in design,

Photos by Gary Krueger/Disney Enterprises, Inc.

fter the NC State team won second place in the 18th Disney ImagiNations Design Competition, what next? For two of the students on the team, Ashley Wagner (art + design) and Steven Varela (engineering), staying on in California to complete an internship with Walt Disney Imagineering was the next item on the agenda!

Wagner is working on the Blue Sky Team, which develops concepts, analyzes parks for suggested enhancements, and works on artwork. As one of four interns in the group, Wagner says she has learned many new things and works a lot on illustrations.

Varela is working in the Research & Development department. His group works on new types of technology and how these concepts could be turned into new experiences at the parks.

Each week, the Disney interns participate in brainstorming sessions to review ideas. Product design, engineering, interior architecture and design students collaborate and bounce ideas around.

so I kept putting the submission off. I realized that we had no chance unless our idea stood out.”

“Because of the contest, I’m smiling every day and I want to go to work. I love it. The atmosphere is great.”

Wagner says she found the idea to compete interesting, but didn’t know the life-altering internship would be in the mix for her.

“I hope others get the chance. It changed my life’s track,” adds Wagner.

The NC State group, also comprised of Corban Prim (art + design) and Morgan McCormick (creative writing), worked from October The NC State University team receives their award for participating in the 18th annual Walt Disney Imagineering ImagiNations Design Competition. From left to right, Morgan McCormick, Ashley Wagner, Corban Prim, and Steven Varela. until February on the project. In April 2009, they received notification that their group made the top three finalists. organized. “Your heart has to be in the project and you have to devote The presentations in California were held in June, so fine-tuning the your time,” he adds, “The multidisciplinary team really contributed to project was done in addition to final exams, finishing class projects, our success.” and graduation for some.

The students say master of art + design student and instructor According to Reifsnyder, students are not guaranteed an internship Elena Page was their rock. Wagner and Varela say she held them for winning or participating as finalists, although all interview with together and kept them focused. Page offered motivation and always Disney executives and are considered. This year two of the NC State made time for the team. Page’s expertise comes from winning the students were offered internships. It depends on the skill set of the competition while an engineering student at NC State and working as students in the competition and the needs that Disney has for the year. an Imagineer for Disney for a decade.

For those who might be interested in following in their footsteps, Wagner and Varela said the only thing that would improve their Varela says you have to be committed to the goal, start early and get experience would be if Corban and Morgan were there with them.

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L eg acy Connec t ion s A

nimation entrepreneurs Jason (BID, BAD 1997) and Michael (BID

Jason’s love of art and newfound desire to become a designer led

of flat-out refusing to use a

who followed his brother into the industrial design program, says

computer during his first

“The College of Design is perhaps my favorite place on Earth.

“the unbridled sense of

three years of design school.

optimism and can-do

“Chandra Cox still teases me

attitude in N.C., and

about how she had to beg me

specifically at the College

to use a drawing tablet and

1999) Carpenter believe the College of Design is the “greatest place

Everything I am able to do today in my career, and as a designer, I

of Design, leads you to

how that led me to take Pat

ever,” and the two brothers credit the college for giving their careers a

owe to my wonderful teachers and fellow students from the College of

having no question if

FitzGerald’s animation class

successful start.

Design,” says Jason.

you can do something or

which ultimately started

not… you simply do it.”

my career path.” Being an

The reality of their combined strengths hit home while in graduate

“One thing we have

school. “It was great traction with employers to be a brothers pair,” says

all digital, he explains.

seen that sets NC State

who appear to share a brain. Together you are worth more than the

apart from other schools

sum of your parts.”

is the emphasis given to

in California, so they decided

creative problem solving

to study, work and live there.

from day one. Some

The brothers went to graduate

of our colleagues have

school at the California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts) to earn MFAs.

attended fine schools

While in school the Carpenters were also earning credibility in the

park attractions (like Spaceship Earth at Epcot Center—an interactive ride experience about the future of technology), their company, Carpenter Brothers Animation (http://carpenterbrosanimation.com), is

Top: Still from a second short film in production.

Above: Still from a commercial for Asics shoes.

a success. The last few years they have worked closely with Big Buddha

and possess excellent technical skills, but they don’t tend to face design

Baba (http://www.bigbuddhababa.com/) to create projects for Walt

problems in the same way,” emphasizes Michael of his design school

Disney Imagineering. “It has been a thrill to take part in Imagineering’s

experience.

creative process and to see how they blaze a path with new technology.”

“We learned to think differently and to think around the problem.

The hub of animation is Top: Still from the WB Kids identity campaign.

Above: Still from Sesame Street's What Did Hungry Pete Eat?

animation world.

Between them, their in school credits included an animated segment for Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show, a short film for Sesame Street, the identity campaign for WB kids and work on Cartoon Network’s Aquateen

Learning to brainstorm about brainstorming and to take a step back

Hunger Force. “The reel from these projects landed us the Epcot Center

now reside in the Santa Monica/Los Angeles area of California. Their

to see a number of ways to approach a design problem before trying to

Spaceship Earth job,” adds

interest in NC State began when Jason enrolled in the residential Design

solve it. This approach has stayed with us in all that we do!” he adds.

Jason. Six months out of

The Carpenter brothers are originally from Greensboro, N.C., and

Camp while still at Grimsley

Michael describes professor Bryan Laffitte as “a magician with the

High School. “Design camp

way he draws. Bryan set a great example for his students and made us

opened my eyes to a whole

all want to be more like him.”

different world,” he says.

One of his projects with Laffitte helped Michael Carpenter narrow

the Cal Arts program, the brothers were directors.

For the duo, presenting themselves as a team has

down his career aspirations. Recalling with delight one project near

helped them exponentially in

Top, left: Jason and Michael Carpenter.

Halloween where Laffitte encouraged his studio to create costumes for

animation projects. “We fill in

Bottom, left: Michael left, Jason right, on a childhood trip to Disney World.

the BASH, Michael said, “I created a commando chicken and once I did

each other’s gaps,” says Jason.

that—there was no going back for me. I knew I wanted to work with

“We still get to play in the sandbox together like when we were kids,”

and create characters.”

adds Michael.

Bottom, right: Still from a short film in production.

DESIGN INFLUENCE / FALL 2009

animator these days is almost

Michael. “Companies seem to like hiring siblings or close-knit teams

Directing animation projects, from TV commercials to major theme

10

Jason relays his memory

him to NC State to study industrial design and art + design. Michael,

Still from Drew Carey's Green Screen Show.

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L eg acy Connec t ion s A

nimation entrepreneurs Jason (BID, BAD 1997) and Michael (BID

Jason’s love of art and newfound desire to become a designer led

of flat-out refusing to use a

who followed his brother into the industrial design program, says

computer during his first

“The College of Design is perhaps my favorite place on Earth.

“the unbridled sense of

three years of design school.

optimism and can-do

“Chandra Cox still teases me

attitude in N.C., and

about how she had to beg me

specifically at the College

to use a drawing tablet and

1999) Carpenter believe the College of Design is the “greatest place

Everything I am able to do today in my career, and as a designer, I

of Design, leads you to

how that led me to take Pat

ever,” and the two brothers credit the college for giving their careers a

owe to my wonderful teachers and fellow students from the College of

having no question if

FitzGerald’s animation class

successful start.

Design,” says Jason.

you can do something or

which ultimately started

not… you simply do it.”

my career path.” Being an

The reality of their combined strengths hit home while in graduate

“One thing we have

school. “It was great traction with employers to be a brothers pair,” says

all digital, he explains.

seen that sets NC State

who appear to share a brain. Together you are worth more than the

apart from other schools

sum of your parts.”

is the emphasis given to

in California, so they decided

creative problem solving

to study, work and live there.

from day one. Some

The brothers went to graduate

of our colleagues have

school at the California Institute of the Arts (Cal Arts) to earn MFAs.

attended fine schools

While in school the Carpenters were also earning credibility in the

park attractions (like Spaceship Earth at Epcot Center—an interactive ride experience about the future of technology), their company, Carpenter Brothers Animation (http://carpenterbrosanimation.com), is

Top: Still from a second short film in production.

Above: Still from a commercial for Asics shoes.

a success. The last few years they have worked closely with Big Buddha

and possess excellent technical skills, but they don’t tend to face design

Baba (http://www.bigbuddhababa.com/) to create projects for Walt

problems in the same way,” emphasizes Michael of his design school

Disney Imagineering. “It has been a thrill to take part in Imagineering’s

experience.

creative process and to see how they blaze a path with new technology.”

“We learned to think differently and to think around the problem.

The hub of animation is Top: Still from the WB Kids identity campaign.

Above: Still from Sesame Street's What Did Hungry Pete Eat?

animation world.

Between them, their in school credits included an animated segment for Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show, a short film for Sesame Street, the identity campaign for WB kids and work on Cartoon Network’s Aquateen

Learning to brainstorm about brainstorming and to take a step back

Hunger Force. “The reel from these projects landed us the Epcot Center

now reside in the Santa Monica/Los Angeles area of California. Their

to see a number of ways to approach a design problem before trying to

Spaceship Earth job,” adds

interest in NC State began when Jason enrolled in the residential Design

solve it. This approach has stayed with us in all that we do!” he adds.

Jason. Six months out of

The Carpenter brothers are originally from Greensboro, N.C., and

Camp while still at Grimsley

Michael describes professor Bryan Laffitte as “a magician with the

High School. “Design camp

way he draws. Bryan set a great example for his students and made us

opened my eyes to a whole

all want to be more like him.”

different world,” he says.

One of his projects with Laffitte helped Michael Carpenter narrow

the Cal Arts program, the brothers were directors.

For the duo, presenting themselves as a team has

down his career aspirations. Recalling with delight one project near

helped them exponentially in

Top, left: Jason and Michael Carpenter.

Halloween where Laffitte encouraged his studio to create costumes for

animation projects. “We fill in

Bottom, left: Michael left, Jason right, on a childhood trip to Disney World.

the BASH, Michael said, “I created a commando chicken and once I did

each other’s gaps,” says Jason.

that—there was no going back for me. I knew I wanted to work with

“We still get to play in the sandbox together like when we were kids,”

and create characters.”

adds Michael.

Bottom, right: Still from a short film in production.

DESIGN INFLUENCE / FALL 2009

animator these days is almost

Michael. “Companies seem to like hiring siblings or close-knit teams

Directing animation projects, from TV commercials to major theme

10

Jason relays his memory

him to NC State to study industrial design and art + design. Michael,

Still from Drew Carey's Green Screen Show.

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P

PhD in Design Program Begins 10th Year

LAR Alumni Create Wolfpack Links

A

Story and photos by Tim Peeler/GoPack.com

s the PhD in Design program enters its 10th year, it seems appropriate to cite the outcomes across its brief history. The research degree admits students from architecture and landscape architecture and is only one of four programs in the nation offering advanced study to students with backgrounds in graphic and industrial design.

Since the program’s inception in fall 1999, the number of affiliate faculty has grown to 16, showing increasing College of Design interest in issues of knowledge generation and applied research. The program complements local faculty expertise with distinguished visitors from around the world. In recent years, 26 esteemed faculty and practitioners have conducted two-day seminars and public lectures on issues related to research and research education.

Approximately 20 students have graduated from the program since the first became eligible in 2002 and another 22 students are currently active in coursework and dissertation research. Focusing on research in areas as diverse as design for health and well-being, sustainability, learning, technology, and the urban context, as well as design history and criticism, the following students have excelled in their positions upon graduation from the College of Design: • Dr. Daryl Carrington, Director of Sustainable Design , JDavis Architects, Philadelphia • Dr. Hyejung Chang, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of New Mexico • Dr. Sudeshna Chatterjee, principal of Kaimal Chatterjee & Associates; research affiliate of the Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design at the University of Colorado in Boulder; visiting faculty in the graduate departments of Urban Design and Urban Planning in the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi; and the News Archive Editor for the peer-reviewed, international journal “Children, Youth and Environments” • Dr. Ryan Hargrove, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Kentucky • Dr. Jianxin Hu, Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture, College of Design, NC State University

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• Dr. Mohammed Zakiul Islam, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology • Dr. Orcun Kepez, Instructor of Interior and Environmental Design, Kadir Has University (Turkey) • Dr. Magdy Ma, Project Manager, The International Design Opportunity, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University • Dr. Evrim Demir Mishchenko, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Mersin University (Turkey) • Dr. Aydin Ozdemir, Instructor of Landscape Architecture, Ankara University (Turkey) • Dr. Celen Pasalar, Extension Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Director of the Downtown Studio, College of Design, NC State University • Dr. Andrew Payne, Instructor of Architecture, Savannah College of Art and Design • Dr. Dennis Puhalla, Professor of Design, University of Cincinnati • Dr. Umut Toker, Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, California Polytechnic State University • Dr. Zeynep Toker, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, California State University at Northridge • Dr. Cynthia van der Wiele, Sustainable Communities Development Director, Chatham County, North Carolina • Dr. Claudia Rebola Winegarden, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design, Georgia Institute of Technology Graduates’ success in teaching and research is matched by an impressive number of publications and projects. This broad dissemination of research by students and faculty continues to attract new students from all over the world. The current student population includes students from Chile, Iran, China, Korea, Egypt, and Turkey, as well as the United States. The College of Design looks forward to continued leadership in research education and contributions to the knowledge of design.

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or Erik Larsen and Brandon Johnson, designing and overseeing the construction of the Lonnie Poole Golf Course was more than just another assignment for the Arnold Palmer Design Company.

It was a way to give back to the school where they both received their college educations.

Larsen, who earned a degree in landscape architecture and horticulture in 1977, has helped the King of Golf design and build more than 100 golf courses since joining Palmer’s company in 1983. But none means more to him than this one.

“When I first heard that NC State wanted to build a golf course on Centennial Campus, I walked into Claude McKinney’s office and asked about being part of the project,” Larsen said. “That was in 1989. A lot has happened since then, but now we have a great golf course here.”

The Audubon-certified course, which means it was built and will be maintained in an environmentally friendly manner, is the first Palmer has ever built on a college campus.

Brandon Johnson (BLA 1997), Legendary Golfer Arnold Palmer and Erik Larsen (BLAR/Hort. 1977) attended the opening of the Lonnie Poole Golf Course, which they designed.

View from # 17 green of hole # 18.

For Johnson, who graduated with a degree in landscape architecture with a minor in music performance in 1997, assisting in the construction of the long-awaited NC State course fulfills several dreams.

He remembers writing a research paper on Palmer when he was a senior at South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte. It wasn’t very good, Johnson admits, but remembering it makes him smile after working for Palmer since 2006.

“This project couldn’t have been better for me,” Johnson said. “I got to build a golf course for my alma mater and for my boss and one of my biggest influences. This is really a dream come true.”

Johnson and Larsen were on site every couple of weeks throughout the 25-month construction process (Palmer, on the other hand, toured the site three times.) They were heavily involved in every phase of construction of the 7,358-yard, par-71 course, which was carved out of 200 pristine acres of hardwoods and evergreens.

All three were on hand on July 31, when Palmer officially declared the $11.6 million project open for the public.

FEATURE ARTICLE

13

P

PhD in Design Program Begins 10th Year

LAR Alumni Create Wolfpack Links

A

Story and photos by Tim Peeler/GoPack.com

s the PhD in Design program enters its 10th year, it seems appropriate to cite the outcomes across its brief history. The research degree admits students from architecture and landscape architecture and is only one of four programs in the nation offering advanced study to students with backgrounds in graphic and industrial design.

Since the program’s inception in fall 1999, the number of affiliate faculty has grown to 16, showing increasing College of Design interest in issues of knowledge generation and applied research. The program complements local faculty expertise with distinguished visitors from around the world. In recent years, 26 esteemed faculty and practitioners have conducted two-day seminars and public lectures on issues related to research and research education.

Approximately 20 students have graduated from the program since the first became eligible in 2002 and another 22 students are currently active in coursework and dissertation research. Focusing on research in areas as diverse as design for health and well-being, sustainability, learning, technology, and the urban context, as well as design history and criticism, the following students have excelled in their positions upon graduation from the College of Design: • Dr. Daryl Carrington, Director of Sustainable Design , JDavis Architects, Philadelphia • Dr. Hyejung Chang, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of New Mexico • Dr. Sudeshna Chatterjee, principal of Kaimal Chatterjee & Associates; research affiliate of the Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design at the University of Colorado in Boulder; visiting faculty in the graduate departments of Urban Design and Urban Planning in the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi; and the News Archive Editor for the peer-reviewed, international journal “Children, Youth and Environments” • Dr. Ryan Hargrove, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Kentucky • Dr. Jianxin Hu, Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture, College of Design, NC State University

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• Dr. Mohammed Zakiul Islam, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology • Dr. Orcun Kepez, Instructor of Interior and Environmental Design, Kadir Has University (Turkey) • Dr. Magdy Ma, Project Manager, The International Design Opportunity, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University • Dr. Evrim Demir Mishchenko, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Mersin University (Turkey) • Dr. Aydin Ozdemir, Instructor of Landscape Architecture, Ankara University (Turkey) • Dr. Celen Pasalar, Extension Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Director of the Downtown Studio, College of Design, NC State University • Dr. Andrew Payne, Instructor of Architecture, Savannah College of Art and Design • Dr. Dennis Puhalla, Professor of Design, University of Cincinnati • Dr. Umut Toker, Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, California Polytechnic State University • Dr. Zeynep Toker, Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, California State University at Northridge • Dr. Cynthia van der Wiele, Sustainable Communities Development Director, Chatham County, North Carolina • Dr. Claudia Rebola Winegarden, Assistant Professor of Industrial Design, Georgia Institute of Technology Graduates’ success in teaching and research is matched by an impressive number of publications and projects. This broad dissemination of research by students and faculty continues to attract new students from all over the world. The current student population includes students from Chile, Iran, China, Korea, Egypt, and Turkey, as well as the United States. The College of Design looks forward to continued leadership in research education and contributions to the knowledge of design.

F

or Erik Larsen and Brandon Johnson, designing and overseeing the construction of the Lonnie Poole Golf Course was more than just another assignment for the Arnold Palmer Design Company.

It was a way to give back to the school where they both received their college educations.

Larsen, who earned a degree in landscape architecture and horticulture in 1977, has helped the King of Golf design and build more than 100 golf courses since joining Palmer’s company in 1983. But none means more to him than this one.

“When I first heard that NC State wanted to build a golf course on Centennial Campus, I walked into Claude McKinney’s office and asked about being part of the project,” Larsen said. “That was in 1989. A lot has happened since then, but now we have a great golf course here.”

The Audubon-certified course, which means it was built and will be maintained in an environmentally friendly manner, is the first Palmer has ever built on a college campus.

Brandon Johnson (BLA 1997), Legendary Golfer Arnold Palmer and Erik Larsen (BLAR/Hort. 1977) attended the opening of the Lonnie Poole Golf Course, which they designed.

View from # 17 green of hole # 18.

For Johnson, who graduated with a degree in landscape architecture with a minor in music performance in 1997, assisting in the construction of the long-awaited NC State course fulfills several dreams.

He remembers writing a research paper on Palmer when he was a senior at South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte. It wasn’t very good, Johnson admits, but remembering it makes him smile after working for Palmer since 2006.

“This project couldn’t have been better for me,” Johnson said. “I got to build a golf course for my alma mater and for my boss and one of my biggest influences. This is really a dream come true.”

Johnson and Larsen were on site every couple of weeks throughout the 25-month construction process (Palmer, on the other hand, toured the site three times.) They were heavily involved in every phase of construction of the 7,358-yard, par-71 course, which was carved out of 200 pristine acres of hardwoods and evergreens.

All three were on hand on July 31, when Palmer officially declared the $11.6 million project open for the public.

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Architecture Students Design Instruments

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rchitecture for the Underserved Studio (ARC 503), taught last spring by Teaching Fellow Patrick Rhodes, combines a hands-on, grassroots approach to help clients in need with an academic method of testing theory. Eight master’s of architecture students, including Leslie Aldridge, Leslie Bloem, Erich Brunk, Jessica Cochran, Stephanie Greene, Lindsey Ottaway, Karl Rogers and Matthew Weiss, signed up for the studio because they wanted to help people and design real-world solutions while collaborating with actual clients.

Leslie Bloem sought out actionoriented, real-world design/build details that would provide instant gratification. Matt Weiss said that making things instead of theorizing was great. “We worked full scale in the shop and actually built things,” he adds.

Although there were several projects during the semester, the one that provided the most contact with client input involved making new instruments with students enrolled in the Community Music School (CMS) in Wake County.

Teams of graduate students created instruments based on

what the talented children desired most. With no limitations put on the pupils’ creativity, most students wanted instruments different from what they play at CMS. The design team was impressed, and a bit intimidated, by how smart the CMS students were.

Rhodes charged the students with making the instruments out of salvaged parts and no more than $50.

The instruments were unique and the final products included new twists on conventional instruments, including a mini-trombone, a guitar/flute/French horn combination instrument, a drum set, a cello, a dulcimer-like instrument, and a string/percussion combination instrument known as the “drum-tar.”

Program Director Anne Everhart says, “It was such a rewarding experience to have CMS students participate in this project with graduate design students. Each instrument created was uniquely and delicately crafted in a short amount of time. Our students enjoyed being able to explore a different side of their creative minds, and putting their thoughts on paper.

“This was their art, their music, and their project, prepared especially for them,” Everhart said.

The CMS students were able to tour the design studio where their instruments

This page, clockwise from top: Lindsey Ottaway works on the xylotar (or drum-tar) in the shop. Matt Weiss' sketch of the guitar/flute/French horn combination with some of the metal components displayed. Montrell Jordan assists Karl Rogers on making his trombone. Jaden Jules plays his new cello.

Opposite page, top: Jaden Jules gets one-on-one time with Leslie Bloem to help build his cello. Bottom: Jessica Cochrane looks on as Montrell Jordan plays his trombone.

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were made, and the work was showcased in the lobby of Brooks Hall.

The architecture student teams watched the pupils create music and write songs on their new instruments. It was rewarding for the NC State students to witness the delight the CMS students had with their creations. According to family members of the CMS participants, it was a mutually beneficial experience.

Inez Brewington, CMS student Ari Moore’s grandmother, said it was a great opportunity for him to express his creativity by combining two instruments that he is most interested in. “He worked on an instrument called a drum-tar. The students that worked with him were so patient and kind. They took his ideas, even though they seemed far-fetched. Ari thinks through music and this project allowed him to see his thoughts made into something tangible.”

Carline Jules, whose son Jaden Jules is a CMS student, said the project is something in which her son takes pride, and the visit to NC State has broadened his horizons.

“It was such a great experience for Jaden… [including his visit to the Architecture department] where for the first time, he showed interest in something else other than performing arts,” she said.

“It was truly a remarkable experience and one that my child will cherish forever.”

As Jaden puts it “it was a great experience working with a talented student. I hope to help someone the same way that Leslie has helped me in building this cello.”

“It was a very rewarding experience working one on one with Jaden.

I was amazed by his intelligence and dedication at such a young age. I feel very privileged that I was able to build him an instrument that lets

him express his creativity and his talent,” says Bloem.

Montrell Jordan’s mother Melissa says he was very excited. “The students were instructed to share with the NC State students to create an instrument that the children didn‘t have, but wanted to have. The finished product was far more than we all imagined that it would be.

Since the creation of the Trombone, Montrell and his little brother have shared it with family and friends and to date, it still remains a part of his musical instruments in his music room,” she says.

Jessica Cochrane says, “Working with Montrell was rewarding because it took him a while to warm up to us. At first, he was quiet and reserved— only answering yes/no questions. Finally, we gave him a pencil and sketch book and he totally opened up. He drew for us explanations on how a trombone worked. It was incredible. Every meeting after that he met us with a huge smile totally ready to build his instrument.”

The Community Music School provides an opportunity for children grades K-12 from low-income families to receive private music lessons for $1 per lesson. Students are taught by music professionals and teachers in most orchestral instruments in addition to piano, percussion, voice, and guitar.

For more information about Community Music School, please visit the CMS Web site: www.cmsraleigh.org.

In addition to the CMS project and the other community projects, the architecture graduate studio culminated with a collaborative effort of all the students to build an Eco-station prototype.

The Eco-station was designed to collect rainwater that would be used to sustain an urban garden contained in the structure. The group worked on a sketch and sought out materials to build the prototype, which was on exhibition in the college’s courtyard at the end of April.

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A

Architecture Students Design Instruments

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rchitecture for the Underserved Studio (ARC 503), taught last spring by Teaching Fellow Patrick Rhodes, combines a hands-on, grassroots approach to help clients in need with an academic method of testing theory. Eight master’s of architecture students, including Leslie Aldridge, Leslie Bloem, Erich Brunk, Jessica Cochran, Stephanie Greene, Lindsey Ottaway, Karl Rogers and Matthew Weiss, signed up for the studio because they wanted to help people and design real-world solutions while collaborating with actual clients.

Leslie Bloem sought out actionoriented, real-world design/build details that would provide instant gratification. Matt Weiss said that making things instead of theorizing was great. “We worked full scale in the shop and actually built things,” he adds.

Although there were several projects during the semester, the one that provided the most contact with client input involved making new instruments with students enrolled in the Community Music School (CMS) in Wake County.

Teams of graduate students created instruments based on

what the talented children desired most. With no limitations put on the pupils’ creativity, most students wanted instruments different from what they play at CMS. The design team was impressed, and a bit intimidated, by how smart the CMS students were.

Rhodes charged the students with making the instruments out of salvaged parts and no more than $50.

The instruments were unique and the final products included new twists on conventional instruments, including a mini-trombone, a guitar/flute/French horn combination instrument, a drum set, a cello, a dulcimer-like instrument, and a string/percussion combination instrument known as the “drum-tar.”

Program Director Anne Everhart says, “It was such a rewarding experience to have CMS students participate in this project with graduate design students. Each instrument created was uniquely and delicately crafted in a short amount of time. Our students enjoyed being able to explore a different side of their creative minds, and putting their thoughts on paper.

“This was their art, their music, and their project, prepared especially for them,” Everhart said.

The CMS students were able to tour the design studio where their instruments

This page, clockwise from top: Lindsey Ottaway works on the xylotar (or drum-tar) in the shop. Matt Weiss' sketch of the guitar/flute/French horn combination with some of the metal components displayed. Montrell Jordan assists Karl Rogers on making his trombone. Jaden Jules plays his new cello.

Opposite page, top: Jaden Jules gets one-on-one time with Leslie Bloem to help build his cello. Bottom: Jessica Cochrane looks on as Montrell Jordan plays his trombone.

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were made, and the work was showcased in the lobby of Brooks Hall.

The architecture student teams watched the pupils create music and write songs on their new instruments. It was rewarding for the NC State students to witness the delight the CMS students had with their creations. According to family members of the CMS participants, it was a mutually beneficial experience.

Inez Brewington, CMS student Ari Moore’s grandmother, said it was a great opportunity for him to express his creativity by combining two instruments that he is most interested in. “He worked on an instrument called a drum-tar. The students that worked with him were so patient and kind. They took his ideas, even though they seemed far-fetched. Ari thinks through music and this project allowed him to see his thoughts made into something tangible.”

Carline Jules, whose son Jaden Jules is a CMS student, said the project is something in which her son takes pride, and the visit to NC State has broadened his horizons.

“It was such a great experience for Jaden… [including his visit to the Architecture department] where for the first time, he showed interest in something else other than performing arts,” she said.

“It was truly a remarkable experience and one that my child will cherish forever.”

As Jaden puts it “it was a great experience working with a talented student. I hope to help someone the same way that Leslie has helped me in building this cello.”

“It was a very rewarding experience working one on one with Jaden.

I was amazed by his intelligence and dedication at such a young age. I feel very privileged that I was able to build him an instrument that lets

him express his creativity and his talent,” says Bloem.

Montrell Jordan’s mother Melissa says he was very excited. “The students were instructed to share with the NC State students to create an instrument that the children didn‘t have, but wanted to have. The finished product was far more than we all imagined that it would be.

Since the creation of the Trombone, Montrell and his little brother have shared it with family and friends and to date, it still remains a part of his musical instruments in his music room,” she says.

Jessica Cochrane says, “Working with Montrell was rewarding because it took him a while to warm up to us. At first, he was quiet and reserved— only answering yes/no questions. Finally, we gave him a pencil and sketch book and he totally opened up. He drew for us explanations on how a trombone worked. It was incredible. Every meeting after that he met us with a huge smile totally ready to build his instrument.”

The Community Music School provides an opportunity for children grades K-12 from low-income families to receive private music lessons for $1 per lesson. Students are taught by music professionals and teachers in most orchestral instruments in addition to piano, percussion, voice, and guitar.

For more information about Community Music School, please visit the CMS Web site: www.cmsraleigh.org.

In addition to the CMS project and the other community projects, the architecture graduate studio culminated with a collaborative effort of all the students to build an Eco-station prototype.

The Eco-station was designed to collect rainwater that would be used to sustain an urban garden contained in the structure. The group worked on a sketch and sought out materials to build the prototype, which was on exhibition in the college’s courtyard at the end of April.

FEATURE ARTICLE

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E x t er nal Rela t ion s : Developmen t , A lumni and Communica t ion s Development News

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nce again the college of design’s alumni and friends continued to provide generous financial support for its students and programs, despite the economic challenges of past. At the close of the 2008-2009 fiscal year, almost $1.3 million in gifts and pledges had been donated to the college. Highlights of last year included a couple of planned gifts, several new scholarships and many sponsorship gifts from alumni, friends, and allied industry in support of the 60th anniversary celebration. More details of last year’s fundraising success can be found in the 2008-2009 Annual Report (see insert or go online for the full report at www.design.ncsu.edu/PDFs/AR0809.pdf) plus a complete list of donors to the college of $100 or more during last fiscal year is included on page 35. If you would like to find out more information on how you can make a gift, please contact Carla Abramczyk at carla_abramczyk@ncsu.edu or 919.513.4310.

AIA Chapter Scholarships The college has been honored over the past several years by a growth in annual scholarships from several sections of the American Institute of Architects North Carolina Chapter: The Eastern Section, Piedmont Section, Winston-Salem Section, and most recently a scholarship and fellowship from the Triangle Section. Each section established a scholarship or fellowship to benefit a student studying architecture from their geographic area. The scholarships range from $1,000 to $2,000 and each eventually will be matched by an additional donation from the National American Institute of Architects. To date the AIA Chapter Scholarships total more than $10,000 in scholarships and fellowships each year. The college thanks the members of these sections for their generous ongoing support of architecture students.

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small gifts make a big difference for students and donors The following is an excerpt from a discussion from the College of Design’s Linked In group page. Ryan Harrison (MID 2005) mentioned his personal experience establishing a small annual scholarship to benefit a student studying Industrial Design. The Etta Bea Scholarship, named for his daughter, is matched by his company and currently provides a $600 award annually. Students are so grateful to receive this type of assistance and truly appreciate the gift from a young alumnus in the early years of his career giving back to support them and the college. “…I would suggest to all ID graduates to start contributing to their schools programs in some way. Not only do I contribute through IDSA but I started a scholarship two years after graduating. It’s only for a few hundred dollars each semester (matched by my company) but it rewards a talented student who can now afford additional supplies or books. It also gives them another award on their resume… Most graduates I met have never thought of donating a small gift. We either don’t ever think about creating a gift, or we get caught believing scholarships are required to be several thousand dollars—neither is the case. Through the creation of this award I have been privileged to meet many talented designers who I otherwise might not have met. It’s been great to maintain a connection with the college and to build a professional network of potential future applicants. It’s pretty much a win-win. The fact that most companies have college gift matching plans is only a bonus. Now my little amount (which I increased once already) becomes slightly... not as little. And you know what? Small as it is, I haven’t received one single student complaint yet. One other cool thing is that if you make the award you can name it whatever you would like and set the criteria. Name it something prestigious and then foster the type of designer you would like to see.”

Alumni Outreach The new academic year started off with a flurry of activity—beginning with the Back-to-School Barbecue to lectures and alumni and friends receptions. We cannot thank enough the alumni and friends who answered our plea to save the Back-to-School Barbecue. Because of their generosity this College of Design tradition continued for another year.

As you can see from the picture of the long line to receive food on the back cover, everyone enjoyed the event, despite the wet weather.

The new combined fall lecture schedule for architecture and landscape architecture includes an impressive group of visitors. On almost every Monday night at 7 p.m. a lecture in one of these disciplines will be held.

Remember that you may get continuing education credits by attending the lectures at the college. A list of lectures scheduled to date can be found inside the front cover of this magazine. For up-to-date information, please check the college’s Web site and design.ncsu.edu/events.

We continue our tradition of hosting alumni and friends receptions across the country, usually held in conjunction with the national AIA or ASLA conferences as well as the NC or regional conferences for these professional organizations. We had a great turnout in Chicago at BIN 36 on September 18, 2009. More than 35 alumni gathered to reconnect with each other and to hear an update on the college and the Department of Landscape Architecture from Department Head Gene Bressler, FASLA. Architecture alumni gathered at a reception in Greenville, S.C., on October 1, 2009, at the South Atlantic Region Design Conference. Please be on the lookout for an event near you. If any alumni have an interest in hosting an event at your office, please contact Carla Abramczyk at carla_abramczyk@ncsu.edu or 919.513.4310.

Communications Ways to stay in touch—magazine, e-news, social media, design communications.

There are many avenues for alumni to stay connected to the college of design. Coming to the college for lectures and participating in the various events from the back-to-school barbecue to alumni receptions to the Design Guild dinner are very active ways to be involved. In addition to these types of events, the college provides timely information in a variety of formats that will meet the needs of alumni and their busy schedules.

• Magazine—Design Influence Published twice a year the magazine provides current information on college events, department, faculty, and student news, as well as news from alumni and feature articles. For environmental and economic reasons the college is considering moving to an on-line format for the Spring issue of Design Influence. We will continue to mail the fall issue of the magazine.

• E-newsletter—DESIGNLife For current updates on events at the college as well as department, student and alumni news, the college sends an E-newsletter to alumni and friends who have requested to receive DesignLife. For those of you who have been receiving the newsletter for a while, you will notice that DESIGNLife will arrive only three times each semester. If you do not receive DesignLife but would like to please contact send an e-mail to design@ncsu.edu.

• Social Media—Facebook and Linked In Groups If you have a page on Facebook or Linked In, please join the College of Design Group for each of these sites. You will be connected to fellow alumni and will receive information about college events, news and can participate in discussions.

• College of Design Web site—www. design.ncsu.edu The college’s Web site is the comprehensive place for information on events, resources, departments, students and alumni. There are links to all of the communications tools mentioned above plus current information and news that alumni and prospective students will find useful. The college is currently working on a new Web site that will be launched by the end of 2009. Please continue checking our site and then when it is released provide your feedback.

One of the most important aspects of all of these information tools is our alumni. Please keep the college informed of where you are and what you are doing by contacting external relations through design@ncsu.edu.

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

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E x t er nal Rela t ion s : Developmen t , A lumni and Communica t ion s Development News

O

nce again the college of design’s alumni and friends continued to provide generous financial support for its students and programs, despite the economic challenges of past. At the close of the 2008-2009 fiscal year, almost $1.3 million in gifts and pledges had been donated to the college. Highlights of last year included a couple of planned gifts, several new scholarships and many sponsorship gifts from alumni, friends, and allied industry in support of the 60th anniversary celebration. More details of last year’s fundraising success can be found in the 2008-2009 Annual Report (see insert or go online for the full report at www.design.ncsu.edu/PDFs/AR0809.pdf) plus a complete list of donors to the college of $100 or more during last fiscal year is included on page 35. If you would like to find out more information on how you can make a gift, please contact Carla Abramczyk at carla_abramczyk@ncsu.edu or 919.513.4310.

AIA Chapter Scholarships The college has been honored over the past several years by a growth in annual scholarships from several sections of the American Institute of Architects North Carolina Chapter: The Eastern Section, Piedmont Section, Winston-Salem Section, and most recently a scholarship and fellowship from the Triangle Section. Each section established a scholarship or fellowship to benefit a student studying architecture from their geographic area. The scholarships range from $1,000 to $2,000 and each eventually will be matched by an additional donation from the National American Institute of Architects. To date the AIA Chapter Scholarships total more than $10,000 in scholarships and fellowships each year. The college thanks the members of these sections for their generous ongoing support of architecture students.

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Small gifts make a big difference for students and donors The following is an excerpt from a discussion from the College of Design’s Linked In group page. Ryan Harrison (MID 2005) mentioned his personal experience establishing a small annual scholarship to benefit a student studying Industrial Design. The Etta Bea Scholarship, named for his daughter, is matched by his company and currently provides a $600 award annually. Students are so grateful to receive this type of assistance and truly appreciate the gift from a young alumnus in the early years of his career giving back to support them and the college. “…I would suggest to all ID graduates to start contributing to their schools programs in some way. Not only do I contribute through IDSA but I started a scholarship two years after graduating. It’s only for a few hundred dollars each semester (matched by my company) but it rewards a talented student who can now afford additional supplies or books. It also gives them another award on their resume… Most graduates I met have never thought of donating a small gift. We either don’t ever think about creating a gift, or we get caught believing scholarships are required to be several thousand dollars—neither is the case. Through the creation of this award I have been privileged to meet many talented designers who I otherwise might not have met. It’s been great to maintain a connection with the college and to build a professional network of potential future applicants. It’s pretty much a win-win. The fact that most companies have college gift matching plans is only a bonus. Now my measly little amount (which I [increased] once already) becomes slightly... not as measly. And you know what? [Small] as it is I haven’t received one single student complaint yet. One other cool thing is that if you make the award you can name it whatever you would like and set the criteria. Name it something prestigious and then foster the type of designer you would like to see.”

Alumni Outreach The new academic year started off with a flurry of activity—beginning with the Back-to-School Barbecue to lectures and alumni and friends receptions. We cannot thank enough the alumni and friends who answered our plea to save the Back-to-School Barbecue. Because of their generosity this College of Design tradition continued for another year.

As you can see from the picture of the long line to receive food on the back cover, everyone enjoyed the event, despite the wet weather.

The new combined fall lecture schedule for architecture and landscape architecture includes an impressive group of visitors. On almost every Monday night at 7 p.m. a lecture in one of these disciplines will be held.

Remember that you may get continuing education credits by attending the lectures at the college. A list of lectures scheduled to date can be found inside the front cover of this magazine. For up-to-date information, please check the college’s Web site and design.ncsu.edu/events.

We continue our tradition of hosting alumni and friends receptions across the country, usually held in conjunction with the national AIA or ASLA conferences as well as the NC or regional conferences for these professional organizations. We had a great turnout in Chicago at BIN 36 on September 18, 2009. More than 35 alumni gathered to reconnect with each other and to hear an update on the college and the Department of Landscape Architecture from Department Head Gene Bressler, FASLA. Architecture alumni gathered at a reception in Greenville, S.C., on October 1, 2009, at the South Atlantic Region Design Conference. Please be on the lookout for an event near you. If any alumni have an interest in hosting an event at your office, please contact Carla Abramczyk at carla_abramczyk@ncsu.edu or 919.513.4310.

Communications Ways to stay in touch—magazine, e-news, social media, design communications.

There are many avenues for alumni to stay connected to the college of design. Coming to the college for lectures and participating in the various events from the back-to-school barbecue to alumni receptions to the Design Guild dinner are very active ways to be involved. In addition to these types of events, the college provides timely information in a variety of formats that will meet the needs of alumni and their busy schedules.

• Magazine—Design Influence Published twice a year the magazine provides current information on college events, department, faculty, and student news, as well as news from alumni and feature articles. For environmental and economic reasons the college is considering moving to an on-line format for the Spring issue of Design Influence. We will continue to mail the fall issue of the magazine.

• E-newsletter—DESIGNLife For current updates on events at the college as well as department, student and alumni news, the college sends an E-newsletter to alumni and friends who have requested to receive DesignLife. For those of you who have been receiving the newsletter for a while, you will notice that DESIGNLife will arrive only three times each semester. If you do not receive DesignLife but would like to please contact send an e-mail to design@ncsu.edu.

• Social Media—Facebook and Linked In Groups If you have a page on Facebook or Linked In, please join the College of Design Group for each of these sites. You will be connected to fellow alumni and will receive information about college events, news and can participate in discussions.

• College of Design Web site—www. design.ncsu.edu The college’s Web site is the comprehensive place for information on events, resources, departments, students and alumni. There are links to all of the communications tools mentioned above plus current information and news that alumni and prospective students will find useful. The college is currently working on a new Web site that will be launched by the end of 2009. Please continue checking our site and then when it is released provide your feedback.

One of the most important aspects of all of these information tools is our alumni. Please keep the college informed of where you are and what you are doing by contacting external relations through design@ncsu.edu.

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

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C omm e n c e m e n t NC State University College of Design Commencement Address

by Distinguished Alumna William E. “Bill” Valentine, FAIA, (B.Arch. 1960) May 9, 2009

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irst, congratulations. I’m really proud of you. I hope you know how lucky you are to have come to this school. Marvin and all the faculty have made this into a truly fantastic school.

I have to tell you a little about my background. I grew up in a wonderful little farm town called Whiteville, North Carolina. I came to North Carolina State for one reason: It was the only place I could afford. As luck would have it, it turned out to be a wonderful school.

I’m sure you all have experienced that. I feel so incredibly blessed to have been here and it’s touching to be back. Marvin mentioned that I went on to attend one of those Ivy League schools. That’s true, but the truth is that my very best education came from right here. It’s absolutely incredible.

If any of you know me, you know I’m not shy. I could very easily talk to a wall. But I’ve been quite intimidated about talking to you today because I thought, “What could I say to you that would be helpful in this difficult time?”

What I decided is that I am not going to tell you anything about my work—I want to talk about and directly to you. I'll do it by playing David Letterman with a Top 10 list of things I hope you will think about in helping to transform the design professions you are preparing to enter. I’m going to place some heavy weight on your shoulders.

10. Think about the importance of design in helping to solve our world's problems. I’d like you to approach design in terms of coming together to help people communicate and solve problems.

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What would George Bush have done if he were a designer? I’m going to be trite, and I’ll probably offend a few people in the audience, but I want you to think what President Bush might have done and then do exactly the opposite. It is possible to help the world, and we can do it.

9. Think about the economy. It’s no secret that unemployment is at a 25-year high and the world is in a great deal of pain. This is on all our minds. Things are turning around but it’s still quite scary out there.

Speakers often cite the idea that the Chinese word for “crisis” is made up of two characters put together. One is “danger” and the other is “opportunity.” There's some debate about whether this is actually true, but it's a wonderful idea. With any crisis comes a certain amount of danger. But you also have the opportunity to make something positive from that danger. I want you to focus on how to do that.

Before you worry too much, let’s review some history. Those of you who are architects and industrial designers probably know Charles Eames got out of school and started his practice in 1930.

Eames did pretty well. Eero Saarinen also got started during that era.

So did Louis Kahn. As I understand it, the Great Depression really helped them. All their work was about taking very simple things and making something really great. It wasn’t just playing, it was solving.

Think about the potential advantages of these difficult economic times. To paraphrase a Stanford economist named Paul Romer, “a recession is a terrible thing to waste.”

8. Design for people, not for the magazines. Most of you probably read the design magazines. There are some very good ones.

But designers, particularly those of us in the architectural profession, can be like lemmings. It’s very sad that we follow what’s going on in the magazines. A lot of the stuff we see in the magazines is just jazzy design. It’s not about good, wholesome, simple solutions that are going to solve the world's problems.

I encourage you to think less about impressing the magazines and more about how you can help real people. There’s a terrible gap between real people and the architects and designers of this world.

That gap is wider today than the division between the Democrats and the Republicans. It’s sad because we should all be helping real people. I’m talking about not pandering but actually helping. To do that we have to get away from allowing the design media to set our priorities.

There are some good signs in architecture. Peter Zumthor, the Swiss architect, recently won the Pritzker Architecture Prize. His work is fantastic. The Pritzker jury honored him because he was interested not in fad and fashion, but in actually doing good, solid work. This was a pleasant breath of fresh air. I want you to seek out these breaths of fresh air.

7. Picture our planet with a great big “Help Wanted” blanketed over it. This planet needs our help. Designers should solve problems, not just create stuff. Think about the Eames chair— it is not inexpensive but it is very simple. Think about other things that are simple, like an iPod or a Toyota Prius. The products folks have it down. The architects need to do a lot of work on that. I want you to think about helping and actually solving.

6. Remember that knowledge is power. We’re moving into a time where, more than ever, knowledge is power. Many of the basic functions of our work will be easily done by someone else or even by a machine. It’s our ideas and specialized knowledge that are going to be important. In our firm we say, “Move up and to the left.” That means we want to be more involved in contributing ideas that help our clients formulate their strategies and make early decisions about a project.

How do you acquire this knowledge? It’s fine to talk to your architect and designer friends. But you also need to talk to educators, sociologists, and political scientists. Talk to real people, the average man and woman who have these concrete needs. Learn from them what the real problems are. If you just listen to what other architects are saying you'll usually go in the completely wrong direction.

5. Master the tools of your trade. This is practical advice about getting a job in an office. In our firm, for example, we are using building information modeling to make the design process more COMMENCEMENT

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C omm e n c e m e n t NC State University College of Design Commencement Address

by Distinguished Alumna William E. “Bill” Valentine, FAIA, (B.Arch. 1960) May 9, 2009

F

irst, congratulations. I’m really proud of you. I hope you know how lucky you are to have come to this school. Marvin and all the faculty have made this into a truly fantastic school.

I have to tell you a little about my background. I grew up in a wonderful little farm town called Whiteville, North Carolina. I came to North Carolina State for one reason: It was the only place I could afford. As luck would have it, it turned out to be a wonderful school.

I’m sure you all have experienced that. I feel so incredibly blessed to have been here and it’s touching to be back. Marvin mentioned that I went on to attend one of those Ivy League schools. That’s true, but the truth is that my very best education came from right here. It’s absolutely incredible.

If any of you know me, you know I’m not shy. I could very easily talk to a wall. But I’ve been quite intimidated about talking to you today because I thought, “What could I say to you that would be helpful in this difficult time?”

What I decided is that I am not going to tell you anything about my work—I want to talk about and directly to you. I'll do it by playing David Letterman with a Top 10 list of things I hope you will think about in helping to transform the design professions you are preparing to enter. I’m going to place some heavy weight on your shoulders.

10. Think about the importance of design in helping to solve our world's problems. I’d like you to approach design in terms of coming together to help people communicate and solve problems.

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What would George Bush have done if he were a designer? I’m going to be trite, and I’ll probably offend a few people in the audience, but I want you to think what President Bush might have done and then do exactly the opposite. It is possible to help the world, and we can do it.

9. Think about the economy. It’s no secret that unemployment is at a 25-year high and the world is in a great deal of pain. This is on all our minds. Things are turning around but it’s still quite scary out there.

Speakers often cite the idea that the Chinese word for “crisis” is made up of two characters put together. One is “danger” and the other is “opportunity.” There's some debate about whether this is actually true, but it's a wonderful idea. With any crisis comes a certain amount of danger. But you also have the opportunity to make something positive from that danger. I want you to focus on how to do that.

Before you worry too much, let’s review some history. Those of you who are architects and industrial designers probably know Charles Eames got out of school and started his practice in 1930.

Eames did pretty well. Eero Saarinen also got started during that era.

So did Louis Kahn. As I understand it, the Great Depression really helped them. All their work was about taking very simple things and making something really great. It wasn’t just playing, it was solving.

Think about the potential advantages of these difficult economic times. To paraphrase a Stanford economist named Paul Romer, “a recession is a terrible thing to waste.”

8. Design for people, not for the magazines. Most of you probably read the design magazines. There are some very good ones.

But designers, particularly those of us in the architectural profession, can be like lemmings. It’s very sad that we follow what’s going on in the magazines. A lot of the stuff we see in the magazines is just jazzy design. It’s not about good, wholesome, simple solutions that are going to solve the world's problems.

I encourage you to think less about impressing the magazines and more about how you can help real people. There’s a terrible gap between real people and the architects and designers of this world.

That gap is wider today than the division between the Democrats and the Republicans. It’s sad because we should all be helping real people. I’m talking about not pandering but actually helping. To do that we have to get away from allowing the design media to set our priorities.

There are some good signs in architecture. Peter Zumthor, the Swiss architect, recently won the Pritzker Architecture Prize. His work is fantastic. The Pritzker jury honored him because he was interested not in fad and fashion, but in actually doing good, solid work. This was a pleasant breath of fresh air. I want you to seek out these breaths of fresh air.

7. Picture our planet with a great big “Help Wanted” blanketed over it. This planet needs our help. Designers should solve problems, not just create stuff. Think about the Eames chair— it is not inexpensive but it is very simple. Think about other things that are simple, like an iPod or a Toyota Prius. The products folks have it down. The architects need to do a lot of work on that. I want you to think about helping and actually solving.

6. Remember that knowledge is power. We’re moving into a time where, more than ever, knowledge is power. Many of the basic functions of our work will be easily done by someone else or even by a machine. It’s our ideas and specialized knowledge that are going to be important. In our firm we say, “Move up and to the left.” That means we want to be more involved in contributing ideas that help our clients formulate their strategies and make early decisions about a project.

How do you acquire this knowledge? It’s fine to talk to your architect and designer friends. But you also need to talk to educators, sociologists, and political scientists. Talk to real people, the average man and woman who have these concrete needs. Learn from them what the real problems are. If you just listen to what other architects are saying you'll usually go in the completely wrong direction.

5. Master the tools of your trade. This is practical advice about getting a job in an office. In our firm, for example, we are using building information modeling to make the design process more COMMENCEMENT

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efficient. You’ll have a much better chance of getting in the door if you know the newest tools.

I want to talk about the other side of that. Mastering these tools will help you get the job because you can start helping right away. But don’t let these tools master you. There have been so many times—even in my own office—that I have seen really bad ideas get masked by a lot of busy drawings. Fancy electronic tools are no substitute for good, clear ideas. Learn these tools but don’t get sucked in by them, because if you rely on them to think for you they’ll lead you down the wrong path.

4. Never forget the power of an individual. This somewhat ephemeral, but also really important. I’m asking you—pleading, actually—to use your design skills to change the world. To do that you’re going to need a lot of courage. Think about the power of one. There’s a book called Blessed Unrest by the environmentalist Paul Hawken. Paul talks about the power of individuals, and shows examples of how these individuals—more than governments or corporations—actually can lead the world when they believe something in their souls and have the will to act as individuals.

Think of the power and the change that Rosa Parks brought simply because she had courage.

3. Listen, listen, listen. Listen to your clients, listen to your neighbors, and listen to the people who really matter. Let the solutions come out of what you hear. You can listen to the architects, but there are a lot more important things to do than that. Now you can say, well great, that means pandering. I don’t think so. I think that if we pay attention to what real people are saying they need help with, lots of great things will happen.

2. Think sustainably. I’m sure Marvin would have been surprised if I didn‘t put sustainability somewhere at the top of my list.

One environmental principle that I hope you'll remember in your work is that less is more. Never forget the pleasures and the treasures of less. This whole country was founded on the idea of frugality and making the most we could out of our natural resources. But we have

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gotten away from that wonderful principle, especially over the past 30 years.

If you really think about preserving the environment, it’s not about spending more money to get some fancy new building. It’s about building less because all dollars are stuff. They’re concrete, they’re steel, and they’re aluminum. If you can use less, you’ll have happier clients and you’ll make some real inroads into solving our environmental problems. And if we—or I should say, you—don’t solve these problems, we’re all sunk.

Imagine being out in the world and talking to a potential client.

The conventional wisdom might be to ask for a fee that’s 25 percent higher so you can design a really sustainable building. But what about trying the opposite of that? Ask for less money. What if you said, “Let’s start with 15 percent less.” Let’s play chess rather than checkers.

If you do that, the first thing that will happen is that a siren will go off because your clients will faint and the emergency rescue teams will need to come. After that, they’ll think, “Wow, that was really something! Those designers, those architects, were really trying to help.”

1. Take the vow of poverty. Now that you have your diplomas, there is just one more thing you need to do. It’s important for you to raise your right hand and take the vow of poverty. That’s what all designers do.

You already know the world is in dire need. My own view, as you can tell, is that if you take to heart this notion about truly helping then you will do great good for the world. And I believe this could ultimately be quite financially good for you too. There is no reason that the ideas of you being financially successful and the world becoming a lot better place cannot share the same track. The good news is this means you can skip the vow of poverty.

Please think about reclaiming frugality as an important design principle. I don’t mean to put too much weight on your shoulders, but we are relying on you. If you don’t do it, nobody will.

Thank you very much.

Dean's Award WinnerS “I wish to present the first Wings on Wings Award to an individual in the undergraduate class.

Ms. Brittany Davis. Brittany is graduating today with a Bachelor of Industrial Design. Her nomination came to me jointly from the Department of Industrial Design and the Office of Students Services in the College. The Nomination from Professor Haig Khachatoorian reads, “Brittany has made extraordinary contributions to the Department, College and University. Her academic standing as well as her commitment to fostering an inclusive community, make her an exemplary candidate for recognition.

Most noteworthy is her unbelievable list of volunteer efforts including; four years of service to University Open House and admissions reviews, many tours for high school and middle school students, service on the University First Year College Panel, Wolfpack Welcome Week duties and participation in the Campus African-American Symposium.” Brittany please come forward to receive your deserved recognition.

The second recipient is graduating with a Master of Landscape Architecture, Ms. Sarah Artuso.

In the nomination Professor Gene Bressler writes, “In my 36 years in higher education and practice, I find Sarah Artuso to be among my brightest and best students. She actively participates in class discussions asking provocative and well-conceived questions leading to outstanding studio products.

Sarah earned a grade of A+ in five MLA design studios delivered by various members of the faculty. She has made invaluable volunteer contributions ranging from her participation in the development of the department accreditation report to the development of an exhibition of student work. She has served as an exceptional graduate student.” Sarah, please come forward to accept you well deserved recognition.

The third recipient is graduating with a Master of Graphic Design, Mr. Alberto Rigau. In the nomination Professor Denise Gonzales Crisp observes, “Alberto has been a tireless contributor to the design community as a T.A., a teacher at the College Design Camp Program for aspiring design students, as a designer for the Student Publication and for the university undergraduate information publication The Brick. His enthusiasm is responsible for new curricular ideas in the Graphic Design Program. He was a student leader in 2007 for the Graduate Graphic Design Symposium, Option-ShiftControl. He has consistently had papers accepted at professional conferences around the nation.

Most recently, he has won the first prize at the NC State University Graduate Research Symposium for the Humanities.” Alberto, please come forward to accept your much-deserved recognition.

I would be remiss if I did not recognize one more student for her accomplishment today. I recently learned that Ms. Jacquelyn Nouveau, who is graduating with a Master of Art + Design, entered the program at age 75 in 2005. She may be the oldest person to matriculate and complete her degree in our college history. Her final project entitled: "Old Age: Wood as Metaphor" culminated in an exhibition of sculptures combining aged wood logs collected from her land, with metal, fabrics, and other materials. How fitting that she has shown us by example, in her work and in her spirit, that there is beauty in age.”

—Dean Marvin J. Malecha

Brittany Davis

Sarah Artuso

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efficient. You’ll have a much better chance of getting in the door if you know the newest tools.

I want to talk about the other side of that. Mastering these tools will help you get the job because you can start helping right away. But don’t let these tools master you. There have been so many times—even in my own office—that I have seen really bad ideas get masked by a lot of busy drawings. Fancy electronic tools are no substitute for good, clear ideas. Learn these tools but don’t get sucked in by them, because if you rely on them to think for you they’ll lead you down the wrong path.

4. Never forget the power of an individual. This somewhat ephemeral, but also really important. I’m asking you—pleading, actually—to use your design skills to change the world. To do that you’re going to need a lot of courage. Think about the power of one. There’s a book called Blessed Unrest by the environmentalist Paul Hawken. Paul talks about the power of individuals, and shows examples of how these individuals—more than governments or corporations—actually can lead the world when they believe something in their souls and have the will to act as individuals.

Think of the power and the change that Rosa Parks brought simply because she had courage.

3. Listen, listen, listen. Listen to your clients, listen to your neighbors, and listen to the people who really matter. Let the solutions come out of what you hear. You can listen to the architects, but there are a lot more important things to do than that. Now you can say, well great, that means pandering. I don’t think so. I think that if we pay attention to what real people are saying they need help with, lots of great things will happen.

2. Think sustainably. I’m sure Marvin would have been surprised if I didn‘t put sustainability somewhere at the top of my list.

One environmental principle that I hope you'll remember in your work is that less is more. Never forget the pleasures and the treasures of less. This whole country was founded on the idea of frugality and making the most we could out of our natural resources. But we have

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gotten away from that wonderful principle, especially over the past 30 years.

If you really think about preserving the environment, it’s not about spending more money to get some fancy new building. It’s about building less because all dollars are stuff. They’re concrete, they’re steel, and they’re aluminum. If you can use less, you’ll have happier clients and you’ll make some real inroads into solving our environmental problems. And if we—or I should say, you—don’t solve these problems, we’re all sunk.

Imagine being out in the world and talking to a potential client.

The conventional wisdom might be to ask for a fee that’s 25 percent higher so you can design a really sustainable building. But what about trying the opposite of that? Ask for less money. What if you said, “Let’s start with 15 percent less.” Let’s play chess rather than checkers.

If you do that, the first thing that will happen is that a siren will go off because your clients will faint and the emergency rescue teams will need to come. After that, they’ll think, “Wow, that was really something! Those designers, those architects, were really trying to help.”

1. Take the vow of poverty. Now that you have your diplomas, there is just one more thing you need to do. It’s important for you to raise your right hand and take the vow of poverty. That’s what all designers do.

You already know the world is in dire need. My own view, as you can tell, is that if you take to heart this notion about truly helping then you will do great good for the world. And I believe this could ultimately be quite financially good for you too. There is no reason that the ideas of you being financially successful and the world becoming a lot better place cannot share the same track. The good news is this means you can skip the vow of poverty.

Please think about reclaiming frugality as an important design principle. I don’t mean to put too much weight on your shoulders, but we are relying on you. If you don’t do it, nobody will.

Thank you very much.

Dean's Award WinnerS “I wish to present the first Wings on Wings Award to an individual in the undergraduate class.

Ms. Brittany Davis. Brittany is graduating today with a Bachelor of Industrial Design. Her nomination came to me jointly from the Department of Industrial Design and the Office of Students Services in the College. The Nomination from Professor Haig Khachatoorian reads, “Brittany has made extraordinary contributions to the Department, College and University. Her academic standing as well as her commitment to fostering an inclusive community, make her an exemplary candidate for recognition.

Most noteworthy is her unbelievable list of volunteer efforts including; four years of service to University Open House and admissions reviews, many tours for high school and middle school students, service on the University First Year College Panel, Wolfpack Welcome Week duties and participation in the Campus African-American Symposium.” Brittany please come forward to receive your deserved recognition.

The second recipient is graduating with a Master of Landscape Architecture, Ms. Sarah Artuso.

In the nomination Professor Gene Bressler writes, “In my 36 years in higher education and practice, I find Sarah Artuso to be among my brightest and best students. She actively participates in class discussions asking provocative and well-conceived questions leading to outstanding studio products.

Sarah earned a grade of A+ in five MLA design studios delivered by various members of the faculty. She has made invaluable volunteer contributions ranging from her participation in the development of the department accreditation report to the development of an exhibition of student work. She has served as an exceptional graduate student.” Sarah, please come forward to accept you well deserved recognition.

The third recipient is graduating with a Master of Graphic Design, Mr. Alberto Rigau. In the nomination Professor Denise Gonzales Crisp observes, “Alberto has been a tireless contributor to the design community as a T.A., a teacher at the College Design Camp Program for aspiring design students, as a designer for the Student Publication and for the university undergraduate information publication The Brick. His enthusiasm is responsible for new curricular ideas in the Graphic Design Program. He was a student leader in 2007 for the Graduate Graphic Design Symposium, Option-ShiftControl. He has consistently had papers accepted at professional conferences around the nation.

Most recently, he has won the first prize at the NC State University Graduate Research Symposium for the Humanities.” Alberto, please come forward to accept your much-deserved recognition.

I would be remiss if I did not recognize one more student for her accomplishment today. I recently learned that Ms. Jacquelyn Nouveau, who is graduating with a Master of Art + Design, entered the program at age 75 in 2005. She may be the oldest person to matriculate and complete her degree in our college history. Her final project entitled: "Old Age: Wood as Metaphor" culminated in an exhibition of sculptures combining aged wood logs collected from her land, with metal, fabrics, and other materials. How fitting that she has shown us by example, in her work and in her spirit, that there is beauty in age.”

—Dean Marvin J. Malecha

Brittany Davis

Sarah Artuso

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New College of Design Web site A committee led by Angela Brockelsby, assistant director of communications, has been working on the navigation for the College of Design’s new Web site, expected to be operational in November.

In addition to a new Web presence, the College of Design has a LinkedIn group and a Facebook group (College of Design – NC State University). We also have an iTunesU section under NC State University’s space.

We will post audio of lectures as time and funds allow.

Back-to-School Barbecue Thanks to the generosity of sponsoring alumni, friends and design firms, the annual Back-to-School Barbecue was held Friday, August 28th in the Brooks Courtyard area for students, faculty and staff of the College of Design. Although it rained half-way through the event, the design community adapted!

Sponsors: John Atkins, Charles Boney Jr., Paul Boney, Doug Brinkley, Michael Cole, Turan Duda, Curt Fentress, Phil Freelon, Susan Hatchell, Greg Hatem, HH Architecture, Willie Hood, Kerry Kane, Kling Stubbins, Rayford Law, Kenneth Luker, Julie McLaurin, Monty Montague, Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee, Vinny Petrarca, Steve Schuster, Smith Sinnett Associates, Dennis Stallings, Rodney Swink, Walt Teague, Bill Valentine, Ellen Weinstein, Frank Werner and Barbara Wiedemann. Thanks again!

Photos by Tim O’Brien

Design Guild & Scholarship Event November 2, 2009 • 5:30 p.m.

Art To Wear Plans for 2010 Art to Wear are being firmed up for Reynolds Coliseum again. 2009 highlights below, Lauren Boynton’s “At the Beach,” Veronica Tibbitts’ “American Dream,” Charlotte Guice’s “Nesting,” and Vansana Nolintha’s “The Essence of Being Human.”

All Design Guild members and scholarship donors are invited to attend the annual reception to honor those who have supported the college and our students with scholarships, fellowships and Design Guild contributions. Meet student recipients with an opportunity to visit their studios, then attend a 7 p.m lecture in Burns Auditorium by four-time scholarship recipient Kristin Hawk (M.Arch.

2008) on the subject of her Kohn Pederson Fox Travelling Fellowship to Spain, Italy and Turkey.

(Lecture is free and open to the public.) Need more information about the event or joining the Design Guild? Please contact Carla Abramczyk, College of Design External Relations at 919.513.4310 or carla_abramczyk@ncsu.edu.

Photos by Roger Winstead

2010 Home of the Month Competition

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This annual selection of recently built homes designed by North Carolina architects is a collaborative effort between the College of Design, through its Home Environments Design Initiative, and The News & Observer. Beginning in February, one of the selected homes will be the subject of a monthly feature article prepared by faculty, graduate students, or alumni of the School of Architecture and published in The News & Observer. Registration deadline is Friday, October 9, 2009. E-mail homeofthemonth@ncsu.edu for more information.

Save the date for the 7th annual urban design conference Growing in Place Friday, March 5th Raleigh Convention Center The Natural learning Initiative will present its third annual “Growing in Place” symposium exploring an array of inclusionary urban design strategies that support family well being in city and town settings.

Creating Value: Designing for a Resilient City Saturday, March 6th Raleigh Convention Center The 7th annual urban design conference, “Creating Value: Designing for a Resilient City” will explore characteristics of cities that endure economic, environmental and social hardships and ultimately grow stronger and more vibrant. Presenters and conference participants will together identify elements of resiliency that planners, architects, landscape architects and developers, working with policy-makers, can incorporate to enhance value of their towns and cities facing economic and environmental challenges.

Stay tuned for announcements about additional programs to take place during the Forum. www.design.ncsu.edu/urban/

2010 Conference Committee: Chris E. Brasier, AIA, LEED® AP (BEDA 1983; BAR 1984) Vice President & Office Director, SmithGroup Douglas Brinkley, AIA (BEDA 1974), CO-CHAIR Partner, Pearce Brinkley Cease & Lee PA Michael S. Cole, ASLA (BEDL 1979), CO-CHAIR Partner, ColeJenest & Stone Robin Abrams, Ph.D., AIA, ASLA Head, School of Architecture NC State University College of Design Elizabeth Alley, AICP Planner II, City of Raleigh Urban Design Center Gene Bressler, FASLA Head, Landscape Architecture Dept.

NC State University College of Design Nilda Cosco, Ph.D Education Specialist, The Natural Learning Initiative NC State University College of Design Daniel T. Douglas, AICP Director of Urban Planning and Design, KlingStubbins Paul F. Morris, FASLA Community Development Strategist Celen Pasalar, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2004) Director, Downtown Design Studio/Extension Planning Specialist NC State University College of Design ® Traci Rose Rider, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP Ph.D. Program, NC State University College of Design Partner, Trace Collaborative, LLC

Dona Stankus, AIA (BEDA 1984) Architect/Building Programs Manager Director, NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program NC State University-NC Solar Center Rodney Swink, FASLA (MLA 1977) Landscape Architect Sean Vance, AIA (M.Arch. 2006) Extension Assistant Professor (Architecture) Director, Center for Universal Design NC State University College of Design Ex officio: Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA NC State University College of Design Staff liaison: Jean Marie Livaudais Director of Professional Relations NC State University College of Design

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New College of Design Web site A committee led by Angela Brockelsby, assistant director of communications, has been working on the navigation for the College of Design’s new Web site, expected to be operational in November.

In addition to a new Web presence, the College of Design has a LinkedIn group and a Facebook group (College of Design – NC State University). We also have an iTunesU section under NC State University’s space.

We will post audio of lectures as time and funds allow.

Back-to-School Barbecue Thanks to the generosity of sponsoring alumni, friends and design firms, the annual Back-to-School Barbecue was held Friday, August 28th in the Brooks Courtyard area for students, faculty and staff of the College of Design. Although it rained half-way through the event, the design community adapted!

Sponsors: John Atkins, Charles Boney Jr., Paul Boney, Doug Brinkley, Michael Cole, Turan Duda, Curt Fentress, Phil Freelon, Susan Hatchell, Greg Hatem, HH Architecture, Willie Hood, Kerry Kane, Kling Stubbins, Rayford Law, Kenneth Luker, Julie McLaurin, Monty Montague, Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee, Vinny Petrarca, Steve Schuster, Smith Sinnett Associates, Dennis Stallings, Rodney Swink, Walt Teague, Bill Valentine, Ellen Weinstein, Frank Werner and Barbara Wiedemann. Thanks again!

Photos by Tim O’Brien

Design Guild & Scholarship Event November 2, 2009 • 5:30 p.m.

Art To Wear Plans for 2010 Art to Wear are being firmed up for Reynolds Coliseum again. 2009 highlights below, Lauren Boynton’s “At the Beach,” Veronica Tibbitts’ “American Dream,” Charlotte Guice’s “Nesting,” and Vansana Nolintha’s “The Essence of Being Human.”

All Design Guild members and scholarship donors are invited to attend the annual reception to honor those who have supported the college and our students with scholarships, fellowships and Design Guild contributions. Meet student recipients with an opportunity to visit their studios, then attend a 7 p.m lecture in Burns Auditorium by four-time scholarship recipient Kristin Hawk (M.Arch.

2008) on the subject of her Kohn Pederson Fox Travelling Fellowship to Spain, Italy and Turkey.

(Lecture is free and open to the public.) Need more information about the event or joining the Design Guild? Please contact Carla Abramczyk, College of Design External Relations at 919.513.4310 or carla_abramczyk@ncsu.edu.

Photos by Roger Winstead

2010 Home of the Month Competition

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This annual selection of recently built homes designed by North Carolina architects is a collaborative effort between the College of Design, through its Home Environments Design Initiative, and The News & Observer. Beginning in February, one of the selected homes will be the subject of a monthly feature article prepared by faculty, graduate students, or alumni of the School of Architecture and published in The News & Observer. Registration deadline is Friday, October 9, 2009. E-mail homeofthemonth@ncsu.edu for more information.

Save the date for the 7th annual urban design conference Growing in Place Friday, March 5th Raleigh Convention Center The Natural learning Initiative will present its third annual “Growing in Place” symposium exploring an array of inclusionary urban design strategies that support family well being in city and town settings.

Creating Value: Designing for a Resilient City Saturday, March 6th Raleigh Convention Center The 7th annual urban design conference, “Creating Value: Designing for a Resilient City” will explore characteristics of cities that endure economic, environmental and social hardships and ultimately grow stronger and more vibrant. Presenters and conference participants will together identify elements of resiliency that planners, architects, landscape architects and developers, working with policy-makers, can incorporate to enhance value of their towns and cities facing economic and environmental challenges.

Stay tuned for announcements about additional programs to take place during the Forum. www.design.ncsu.edu/urban/

2010 Conference Committee: Chris E. Brasier, AIA, LEED® AP (BEDA 1983; BAR 1984) Vice President & Office Director, SmithGroup Douglas Brinkley, AIA (BEDA 1974), CO-CHAIR Partner, Pearce Brinkley Cease & Lee PA Michael S. Cole, ASLA (BEDL 1979), CO-CHAIR Partner, ColeJenest & Stone Robin Abrams, Ph.D., AIA, ASLA Head, School of Architecture NC State University College of Design Elizabeth Alley, AICP Planner II, City of Raleigh Urban Design Center Gene Bressler, FASLA Head, Landscape Architecture Dept.

NC State University College of Design Nilda Cosco, Ph.D Education Specialist, The Natural Learning Initiative NC State University College of Design Daniel T. Douglas, AICP Director of Urban Planning and Design, KlingStubbins Paul F. Morris, FASLA Community Development Strategist Celen Pasalar, Ph.D. (Ph.D. 2004) Director, Downtown Design Studio/Extension Planning Specialist NC State University College of Design ® Traci Rose Rider, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP Ph.D. Program, NC State University College of Design Partner, Trace Collaborative, LLC

Dona Stankus, AIA (BEDA 1984) Architect/Building Programs Manager Director, NC HealthyBuilt Homes Program NC State University-NC Solar Center Rodney Swink, FASLA (MLA 1977) Landscape Architect Sean Vance, AIA (M.Arch. 2006) Extension Assistant Professor (Architecture) Director, Center for Universal Design NC State University College of Design Ex officio: Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA NC State University College of Design Staff liaison: Jean Marie Livaudais Director of Professional Relations NC State University College of Design

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Brandon Alley’s (BAD, BTTM 2007) elementary school in China Grove, N.C., recently had a book he wrote and illustrated in Art + Design Professor Susan Toplikar’s Illustration Studio called Gary’s Barbecue published for all of their classrooms and the library. Alley went to the school and read the book to the students on May 29, 2009. All of the books mention Alley’s Art + Design degrees from the College of Design. Alley now works as a student services representative and the S.T.E.P. coordinator at NC State University’s College of Textiles.

Fiquet Bailey (BAD 2000), creator of perfume and a makeup expert at her shop Luxe Apothecary, was listed in an article titled “Buying Local is a OneStop Shop at North Hills” in the July issue of Metro Magazine, a Raleigh-based publication.

Liz Bradford (BAD/BTTM 2008) recently completed a one-year program at UC California Santa Cruz in scientific illustration. She is now an art intern at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, where she is completing a dinosaur mural for the new visitor center, as well as detailed fossil specimen illustrations.

Take a look at her new Web site: lizbradford.com.

Phillip Campbell (MID 1993) invented a new type of fishing net that is ideal to use from high locations such as bridges and piers. The net collapses down from a large open hoop to three smaller sub-hoops for easy packing and transport. It is especially good for catch and release since it eliminates the use of gaffs. Visit www.popnetnets.com for more information.

Campbell finalized a deal to license his company and patent rights to a huge U.S. sports

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and outfitting/fishing company called Frabill Inc. (www.frabill.com).

Dave Carey (BEDA 1998) has earned the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Accredited Professional designation from the U.S. Green Building Council. This credential recognizes professionals with extensive knowledge of LEED® standards for design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings.

Carey was recently promoted to project manager and has been with the HH Architecture since 2007.

He is the project designer for the Raleigh Senior Center, a City of Raleigh project pursuing LEED® Silver rating. Other notable projects include the Sanderford Road Neighborhood Center for the City of Raleigh Department of Parks and Recreation and the Classroom & Bookstore Redevelopment at Fayetteville Technical Community College.

Doug Clouse (BEDV 1988) co-wrote and designed a book on graphic design history that has been published by Princeton Architectural Press. The Handy Book of Artistic Printing: A Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner Fills, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, and other Freaks of Fancy is about artistic printing, a style of design used for advertising, product packaging, and the printed ephemera of daily life of the late nineteenth century.

Characterized by fancy typefaces, complex borders, and eclectic ornament, artistic printing was aligned with popular taste in architecture, furniture, and fashion. Later accused of ornamental excess, artistic printing fell out of favor and largely disappeared from histories of design. Clouse also wrote and designed the book MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan: Typographic Tastemakers of the Late Nineteenth Century, published last year by Oak Knoll Press.

MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan was once the largest type foundry in the United States and produced many of the typefaces associated with nineteenthcentury graphic design.

Amy Allgeyer Cook (BEDA 1990, B,Arch. 1991) has signed with PM Moon Publishing LLC to publish her middle-grade children’s novel, The Invisible Sister: Lux St. Clare~Book One. The book is set be released in 2010. Cook runs her own architecture firm in Boise, Idaho, focusing on residential remodel projects in the city’s famed historic North End. Visit www.lux-st-clare-books.com.

Two friends, Sam Dirani (B.S. Animal Science 2001; MID 2008) and Matthew Mendler (B.S. Animal Science 2002) recently started their own production company, Good Enough Productions.

Currently, they are developing a children’s show that focuses on teaching science through

entertainment. Their first project shows that humor can take many forms; through story development, creative filming, as well as set and prop design, Dirani and Mendler are able to take themselves and the viewer to some unlikely places, but will certainly put a smile on your face. Visit www.meetmattandsam.com and be on the look out for the new children's show this fall.

Bay Area green architect Chris Downey (BEDA 1984) lost his sight last year and changed his career niche to designing architecture for the sight impaired. Read more about his incredible story in both The Architectural Record (July 2009; http://archrecord.construction.com/news/ newsmakers/0907Chris_Downey.asp) and The San Francisco Chronicle on May 2, 2009 (http:// www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/ c/a/2009/05/02/DDMN179UU5.DTL). Downey is featured in the fall NC State alumni magazine column “It’s My Job.” Harry Griffin (BAD 2000) is employed by Binders Art Supplies and Frames in Charlotte, N.C. Matt Griffith (M.Arch. 2002) successfully completed his registration exams and is a registered architect and a member of the American Institute of Architects. Griffith in an intern architect/designer and project manager at Frank Harmon Architect, P.A. in Raleigh, and is currently an adjunct assistant professor at the School of Architecture.

Douglas Hall, AIA (BEDA 1986, B.Arch. 1988) co-founding partner of BBH Design, accepted the Business Leader Media’s Top 100 Small Businesses in North Carolina award in June. The firm was ranked 12th out of 280 nominations recognizing leadership, community contributions and financial success. The firm was the top-ranked architecture firm.

As Partner of Design, his concept proposal for the creation of a national laboratory guideline for planning

and design was accepted by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) in Washington, D.C. The AIA, I2SL, and BBH Design hosted the first open meeting to discuss the guidelines in conjunction with the AIA 2009 National Convention in San Francisco.

Kenyon Worrell, AIA, CSI (BEDA 1999, B.Arch. 2003) was promoted to Senior Associate at BBH Design. Worrell is also the Process Director for the firm.

BBH Design staff members Frank Giordano (M.Arch. 2006), Chris Bailey (BEDA 2007, B.Arch.

2008) and Toni Prate (M.Arch. 2008) attained LEED® accreditation.

Will Hall (BGD 2004) is senior art director at Pop and Company, a game development company in NY. He has been involved in creating Flash games and mediarich applications for cable network sites, a series of games for the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim and is exploring new media (such as iPhone) to generate GPS integrated, location-dependent games. Hall works on original properties, developing mood boards to establish the look and feel, and hiring animators to accomplish the task. He credits design school with teaching him to immerse himself in the medium for which he designs. That is exactly what he continues to do as he develops work for MTV, Adult Swim (Cartoon Network), Nickelodeon, the History Channel, and Turner Classic Movies.

Mary Taylor Haque, RLA, ASLA, (MLA 1978) is a registered landscape architect and Alumni

Distinguished Professor of Horticulture at Clemson University. Using a service-learning model, she and her students and colleagues have partnered with USDA, the Sustainable Universities Initiative, and community partners to design children’s gardens across South Carolina. A primary focus area of her research and outreach has been sustainable schoolyard habitats for K-12 schools. These outdoor classrooms incorporate design principles centered on sustainability and resource management as well as usefulness as a learning and play environment for children. She is a 2005 John Glenn Scholar in Service Learning and a recipient of the American Society for Horticulture Science Outstanding Undergraduate Educator Award.

In 2006 she co-authored a book with Lolly Tai, Gina McLellan and Erin Knight that received two separate awards in 2007. The Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter of ASLA presented the President’s Award and the S.C. Chapter of ASLA presented the Honor Award of Excellence for Communication to Hague.

Ned Irvine (MPD 1993) was awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor in art at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Laura Joines (M.Arch. 1987) won the coveted 2008 AIA Central Coast Chapter Honor Award for the sustainably designed Teixeira House in San Luis Obispo, California.

Kevin B. Jones, ASLA, RLA, (M.Arch. 1995) is a partner in Witmer-Jones-Keefer, Ltd. with Brian Witmer, ASLA, RLA, ULI, LEED® AP (University of Georgia ’94), and Dan Keefer ASLA, RLA, ULI (West Virginia University ’00).

Located in Bluffton, S.C., adjacent to Hilton Head Island and Savannah, Witmer-JonesKeefer, Ltd. specializes in Commercial/Mixed Use Design, Master Planned Communities, Traditional Neighborhoods, New Urbanism Design, Waterfront Planning, Conservation Design, Private Residential, Resort Design in the ALUMNI/Friends NOTES

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Brandon Alley’s (BAD, BTTM 2007) elementary school in China Grove, N.C., recently had a book he wrote and illustrated in Art + Design Professor Susan Toplikar’s Illustration Studio called Gary’s Barbecue published for all of their classrooms and the library. Alley went to the school and read the book to the students on May 29, 2009. All of the books mention Alley’s Art + Design degrees from the College of Design. Alley now works as a student services representative and the S.T.E.P. coordinator at NC State University’s College of Textiles.

Fiquet Bailey (BAD 2000), creator of perfume and a makeup expert at her shop Luxe Apothecary, was listed in an article titled “Buying Local is a OneStop Shop at North Hills” in the July issue of Metro Magazine, a Raleigh-based publication.

Liz Bradford (BAD/BTTM 2008) recently completed a one-year program at UC California Santa Cruz in scientific illustration. She is now an art intern at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah, where she is completing a dinosaur mural for the new visitor center, as well as detailed fossil specimen illustrations.

Take a look at her new Web site: lizbradford.com.

Phillip Campbell (MID 1993) invented a new type of fishing net that is ideal to use from high locations such as bridges and piers. The net collapses down from a large open hoop to three smaller sub-hoops for easy packing and transport. It is especially good for catch and release since it eliminates the use of gaffs. Visit www.popnetnets.com for more information.

Campbell finalized a deal to license his company and patent rights to a huge U.S. sports

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and outfitting/fishing company called Frabill Inc. (www.frabill.com).

Dave Carey (BEDA 1998) has earned the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Accredited Professional designation from the U.S. Green Building Council. This credential recognizes professionals with extensive knowledge of LEED® standards for design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings.

Carey was recently promoted to project manager and has been with the HH Architecture since 2007.

He is the project designer for the Raleigh Senior Center, a City of Raleigh project pursuing LEED® Silver rating. Other notable projects include the Sanderford Road Neighborhood Center for the City of Raleigh Department of Parks and Recreation and the Classroom & Bookstore Redevelopment at Fayetteville Technical Community College.

Doug Clouse (BEDV 1988) co-wrote and designed a book on graphic design history that has been published by Princeton Architectural Press. The Handy Book of Artistic Printing: A Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner Fills, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, and other Freaks of Fancy is about artistic printing, a style of design used for advertising, product packaging, and the printed ephemera of daily life of the late nineteenth century.

Characterized by fancy typefaces, complex borders, and eclectic ornament, artistic printing was aligned with popular taste in architecture, furniture, and fashion. Later accused of ornamental excess, artistic printing fell out of favor and largely disappeared from histories of design. Clouse also wrote and designed the book MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan: Typographic Tastemakers of the Late Nineteenth Century, published last year by Oak Knoll Press.

MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan was once the largest type foundry in the United States and produced many of the typefaces associated with nineteenthcentury graphic design.

Amy Allgeyer Cook (BEDA 1990, B,Arch. 1991) has signed with PM Moon Publishing LLC to publish her middle-grade children’s novel, The Invisible Sister: Lux St. Clare~Book One. The book is set be released in 2010. Cook runs her own architecture firm in Boise, Idaho, focusing on residential remodel projects in the city’s famed historic North End. Visit www.lux-st-clare-books.com.

Two friends, Sam Dirani (B.S. Animal Science 2001; MID 2008) and Matthew Mendler (B.S. Animal Science 2002) recently started their own production company, Good Enough Productions.

Currently, they are developing a children’s show that focuses on teaching science through

entertainment. Their first project shows that humor can take many forms; through story development, creative filming, as well as set and prop design, Dirani and Mendler are able to take themselves and the viewer to some unlikely places, but will certainly put a smile on your face. Visit www.meetmattandsam.com and be on the look out for the new children's show this fall.

Bay Area green architect Chris Downey (BEDA 1984) lost his sight last year and changed his career niche to designing architecture for the sight impaired. Read more about his incredible story in both The Architectural Record (July 2009; http://archrecord.construction.com/news/ newsmakers/0907Chris_Downey.asp) and The San Francisco Chronicle on May 2, 2009 (http:// www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/ c/a/2009/05/02/DDMN179UU5.DTL). Downey is featured in the fall NC State alumni magazine column “It’s My Job.” Harry Griffin (BAD 2000) is employed by Binders Art Supplies and Frames in Charlotte, N.C. Matt Griffith (M.Arch. 2002) successfully completed his registration exams and is a registered architect and a member of the American Institute of Architects. Griffith in an intern architect/designer and project manager at Frank Harmon Architect, P.A. in Raleigh, and is currently an adjunct assistant professor at the School of Architecture.

Douglas Hall, AIA (BEDA 1986, B.Arch. 1988) co-founding partner of BBH Design, accepted the Business Leader Media’s Top 100 Small Businesses in North Carolina award in June. The firm was ranked 12th out of 280 nominations recognizing leadership, community contributions and financial success. The firm was the top-ranked architecture firm.

As Partner of Design, his concept proposal for the creation of a national laboratory guideline for planning

and design was accepted by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) in Washington, D.C. The AIA, I2SL, and BBH Design hosted the first open meeting to discuss the guidelines in conjunction with the AIA 2009 National Convention in San Francisco.

Kenyon Worrell, AIA, CSI (BEDA 1999, B.Arch. 2003) was promoted to Senior Associate at BBH Design. Worrell is also the Process Director for the firm.

BBH Design staff members Frank Giordano (M.Arch. 2006), Chris Bailey (BEDA 2007, B.Arch.

2008) and Toni Prate (M.Arch. 2008) attained LEED® accreditation.

Will Hall (BGD 2004) is senior art director at Pop and Company, a game development company in NY. He has been involved in creating Flash games and mediarich applications for cable network sites, a series of games for the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim and is exploring new media (such as iPhone) to generate GPS integrated, location-dependent games. Hall works on original properties, developing mood boards to establish the look and feel, and hiring animators to accomplish the task. He credits design school with teaching him to immerse himself in the medium for which he designs. That is exactly what he continues to do as he develops work for MTV, Adult Swim (Cartoon Network), Nickelodeon, the History Channel, and Turner Classic Movies.

Mary Taylor Haque, RLA, ASLA, (MLA 1978) is a registered landscape architect and Alumni

Distinguished Professor of Horticulture at Clemson University. Using a service-learning model, she and her students and colleagues have partnered with USDA, the Sustainable Universities Initiative, and community partners to design children’s gardens across South Carolina. A primary focus area of her research and outreach has been sustainable schoolyard habitats for K-12 schools. These outdoor classrooms incorporate design principles centered on sustainability and resource management as well as usefulness as a learning and play environment for children. She is a 2005 John Glenn Scholar in Service Learning and a recipient of the American Society for Horticulture Science Outstanding Undergraduate Educator Award.

In 2006 she co-authored a book with Lolly Tai, Gina McLellan and Erin Knight that received two separate awards in 2007. The Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter of ASLA presented the President’s Award and the S.C. Chapter of ASLA presented the Honor Award of Excellence for Communication to Hague.

Ned Irvine (MPD 1993) was awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor in art at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Laura Joines (M.Arch. 1987) won the coveted 2008 AIA Central Coast Chapter Honor Award for the sustainably designed Teixeira House in San Luis Obispo, California.

Kevin B. Jones, ASLA, RLA, (M.Arch. 1995) is a partner in Witmer-Jones-Keefer, Ltd. with Brian Witmer, ASLA, RLA, ULI, LEED® AP (University of Georgia ’94), and Dan Keefer ASLA, RLA, ULI (West Virginia University ’00).

Located in Bluffton, S.C., adjacent to Hilton Head Island and Savannah, Witmer-JonesKeefer, Ltd. specializes in Commercial/Mixed Use Design, Master Planned Communities, Traditional Neighborhoods, New Urbanism Design, Waterfront Planning, Conservation Design, Private Residential, Resort Design in the ALUMNI/Friends NOTES

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Southeast U.S. from Virginia to Florida as well as the Caribbean. Visit www.wjkltd.com to read about their most recent projects.

Randy Lanou, Assoc. AIA, LEED® AP, (M.Arch. 1997), presented “The Down and Clean of Affordable Green” at the NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) Green Building Conference in Dallas this spring. Lanou is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the College of Design where he has led student teams to first place finishes in the North Carolina Sustainable Building Design Competition in 2006 and 2007.

Lanou's 2006 team tied for first in the national sustainable competition.

Lanou and Erik V. Mehlman, AIA, (M.Arch.

1999) are principals and partners of Studio B and BuildSense. Their AIA Triangle award-winning design of the Shamlin Residence, the first Green Building Initiative certified house in N.C., was recently filmed for HGTV’s “Beyond the Box.” Rodrigo Letonja (BEDA 1995, B.Arch. 1996) was named a senior associate at Envision Design. He headed the team that designed the headquarters for the US Green Building Council (USGBC), the first LEED® 3.0 CI interiors project, located in Washington, D.C. This project was recently featured in Metropolis Magazine.

Greg Lindquist (BAD/ LAN 2003) is a 2009-10 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grantee and the Sally & Milton Avery Arts Foundation Grantee for the 2009 Art Omi International Artist Residency. At

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Art Omi, he created a site-specific installation that examined the relationship of the manufactured and natural environment [pictured]. Lindquist also contributed an essay titled “Inside the Studio: Notes from a Former Assistant” to the monograph Ryan McGinness Works published by Rizzoli International in 2009, with contributions by Peter Halley, David Byrne, Jonathan Neil and Tom Greenwood. He will be featured in the Critic’s Pick in ARTnews in September 2009.

Albert M. McDonald, Assoc. AIA, (B.Arch. 2008) a project designer from PBC+L Architecture, shared his winning entry for the AIA 2009 Committee on Design Competition, “Listening to the Past, Looking to the Future: A House for Today.” The sketch competition asked participants to design a sustainable home to replace the demolished Rachel Raymond House designed by her sister Eleanor Raymond, FAIA. The new 2,500-sq.-ft. home would be placed on the original site using the same program brief as the original, yet it would be a contemporary interpretation and implement sustainable strategies.

The jury noted that McDonald’s proposal was “the most thoughtful and sophisticated text considering the history of the site and the original Raymond House. This submission had the best integrated sustainable strategies in terms of the Living Building Challenge and was very thoughtfully done with the site in mind. This project created a sense of place and a place that could be enjoyed

for both communal and individual experiences.”

For complete information, visit http://www. aia.org/practicing/groups/kc/AIAB080139 and http://www.archdaily.com/29787/aia-2009-codcompetition-first-prize-albert-m-mcdonald/.

Amanda Meares (BGD 2003) works as a Graphic Artist for the NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services. Her team designs everything from publications and promotional materials to exhibits and signage. Clients include NCDA divisions such as the NC State Fair and USDA field offices across the country. The group works with NC State University and other organizations, too. She also enjoys freelance graphic design work in her spare time.

Melissa Meyer (BEDA 1995) was inducted into the Brevard College Hall of Fame in 2008. She was the first woman on their soccer team during her undergraduate years. Meyer is principal of New Urban Architecture, Inc. in Coconut Grove, Florida. She has become an active voice in restructuring how the U.S. Census Bureau counts multi-cultural people and she is often an expert on national news outlets to speak to this effort.

Sherry Moss Mitchell (BGD 1997) has joined Hummingbird Creative as director of brand strategy. Mitchell will work with clients on brand development, strategic planning and creative direction. She also will mentor interns and help manage the company’s creative processes.

Previously Mitchell was a designer with McKinney and Silver, the creative director for Tate Agency, the Wake Tech Community College director of public relations and marketing, and a senior client advisor for Quarry Integrated Communications.

Sam Morgan (BED 1972) has joined the team of graphic designers at Salisbury’s Miller Davis, an integrated marketing and advertising firm. Morgan has won numerous awards for illustrations, cartoons, designs and art direction while working as an art director for advertising agencies and businesses in the Charlotte/Greensboro/Winston-Salem areas.

He previously worked as art director for Pic 'n' Pay Corp., creative services director and promotional art director for Knight Publishing Co. (The Charlotte Observer), art director of Morris, White & Associates, senior art director for The Lyerly Agency, senior art director for ACI Design, senior art director for Long, Haymes & Carr, art director for The Design Group, creative director for The Jordan Group, and senior art director at Coyne Beahm, Inc. He has taught advertising classes at RowanCabarrus Community College and served as a judge for several Addy Award competitions for advertising.

He is a member of the Spencer Volunteer Fire Department and a past member of the Spencer Board of Aldermen.

Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette’s (BEDN 1994) artwork was featured in the April 12, 2009, issue of The New York Times.

Rebecca Necessary (M.Arch. 2007), photographer, and Susanna Birdsong, writer, will have their exhibition “Finding Home” on display at the

Dripolator Coffee Bar at 190 Broadway, #102, in Asheville, N.C. from September 4 -30, from 7am-9 pm on Monday-Friday and 7:30am-9 pm on weekends. This exhibition previously was shown in Raleigh at Morning Times Gallery in August.

On any given night there are 12,500 homeless individuals in North Carolina. In cities across our state, we pass people sleeping on benches and we notice lines at shelters, yet the stories, faces and experiences of the individuals are often lost in the shuffle.

This exhibit illuminates the people experiencing homelessness, and brings us closer to what it means to be homeless and what it means to overcome it.

Anne Raines (BEDA 2000, B.Arch. 2001) presented a paper titled, “Pursuits of Deeper Purpose: The Reconstruction of Fortress Louisbourg, Nova Scotia” at the annual conference of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland on May 1, 2009. She is studying toward a Master of Science in Architectural Conservation at the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies at Edinburgh College of Art.

Kim Tanzer (M.Arch. 1983), a University of Florida professor of architecture and practicing architect, became dean of the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture on July 1. Tanzer’s teaching and research encompass three key areas­—the relationship between the human body and the built environment; environmental design and sustainability; and African-American neighborhoods and their role in social equity.

“The University of Virginia is one of the nation’s great universities, and its School of Architecture is among the best in the nation. Both are wellpositioned to respond to pressing and emerging global challenges,” Tanzer said. “I am honored to have the opportunity to work on behalf of the school’s exceptional students, alumni and faculty, who are educating tomorrow’s environmental design leaders and providing critical and timely knowledge and design responses.”

Some of her recent leadership positions have included president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture; chairwoman of the University of Florida faculty senate and faculty member of UF’s board of trustees; co-founder and founding director of the Florida Community Design Center, Inc.; and special adviser to UF’s president on his university-wide sustainability initiatives.

She has received local and national awards for her community-based architecture practice and service, including for her extensive work in Fifth Avenue/Pleasant Street, a historically AfricanAmerican neighborhood in Gainesville, Fla. Robin Allison Taylor (BEDA, BEDI 1996) is now a licensed architect and is working for herself ALUMNI/Friends NOTES

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Southeast U.S. from Virginia to Florida as well as the Caribbean. Visit www.wjkltd.com to read about their most recent projects.

Randy Lanou, Assoc. AIA, LEED® AP, (M.Arch. 1997), presented “The Down and Clean of Affordable Green” at the NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) Green Building Conference in Dallas this spring. Lanou is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the College of Design where he has led student teams to first place finishes in the North Carolina Sustainable Building Design Competition in 2006 and 2007.

Lanou's 2006 team tied for first in the national sustainable competition.

Lanou and Erik V. Mehlman, AIA, (M.Arch.

1999) are principals and partners of Studio B and BuildSense. Their AIA Triangle award-winning design of the Shamlin Residence, the first Green Building Initiative certified house in N.C., was recently filmed for HGTV’s “Beyond the Box.” Rodrigo Letonja (BEDA 1995, B.Arch. 1996) was named a senior associate at Envision Design. He headed the team that designed the headquarters for the US Green Building Council (USGBC), the first LEED® 3.0 CI interiors project, located in Washington, D.C. This project was recently featured in Metropolis Magazine.

Greg Lindquist (BAD/ LAN 2003) is a 2009-10 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grantee and the Sally & Milton Avery Arts Foundation Grantee for the 2009 Art Omi International Artist Residency. At

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Art Omi, he created a site-specific installation that examined the relationship of the manufactured and natural environment [pictured]. Lindquist also contributed an essay titled “Inside the Studio: Notes from a Former Assistant” to the monograph Ryan McGinness Works published by Rizzoli International in 2009, with contributions by Peter Halley, David Byrne, Jonathan Neil and Tom Greenwood. He will be featured in the Critic’s Pick in ARTnews in September 2009.

Albert M. McDonald, Assoc. AIA, (B.Arch. 2008) a project designer from PBC+L Architecture, shared his winning entry for the AIA 2009 Committee on Design Competition, “Listening to the Past, Looking to the Future: A House for Today.” The sketch competition asked participants to design a sustainable home to replace the demolished Rachel Raymond House designed by her sister Eleanor Raymond, FAIA. The new 2,500-sq.-ft. home would be placed on the original site using the same program brief as the original, yet it would be a contemporary interpretation and implement sustainable strategies.

The jury noted that McDonald’s proposal was “the most thoughtful and sophisticated text considering the history of the site and the original Raymond House. This submission had the best integrated sustainable strategies in terms of the Living Building Challenge and was very thoughtfully done with the site in mind. This project created a sense of place and a place that could be enjoyed

for both communal and individual experiences.”

For complete information, visit http://www. aia.org/practicing/groups/kc/AIAB080139 and http://www.archdaily.com/29787/aia-2009-codcompetition-first-prize-albert-m-mcdonald/.

Amanda Meares (BGD 2003) works as a Graphic Artist for the NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services. Her team designs everything from publications and promotional materials to exhibits and signage. Clients include NCDA divisions such as the NC State Fair and USDA field offices across the country. The group works with NC State University and other organizations, too. She also enjoys freelance graphic design work in her spare time.

Melissa Meyer (BEDA 1995) was inducted into the Brevard College Hall of Fame in 2008. She was the first woman on their soccer team during her undergraduate years. Meyer is principal of New Urban Architecture, Inc. in Coconut Grove, Florida. She has become an active voice in restructuring how the U.S. Census Bureau counts multi-cultural people and she is often an expert on national news outlets to speak to this effort.

Sherry Moss Mitchell (BGD 1997) has joined Hummingbird Creative as director of brand strategy. Mitchell will work with clients on brand development, strategic planning and creative direction. She also will mentor interns and help manage the company’s creative processes.

Previously Mitchell was a designer with McKinney and Silver, the creative director for Tate Agency, the Wake Tech Community College director of public relations and marketing, and a senior client advisor for Quarry Integrated Communications.

Sam Morgan (BED 1972) has joined the team of graphic designers at Salisbury’s Miller Davis, an integrated marketing and advertising firm. Morgan has won numerous awards for illustrations, cartoons, designs and art direction while working as an art director for advertising agencies and businesses in the Charlotte/Greensboro/Winston-Salem areas.

He previously worked as art director for Pic 'n' Pay Corp., creative services director and promotional art director for Knight Publishing Co. (The Charlotte Observer), art director of Morris, White & Associates, senior art director for The Lyerly Agency, senior art director for ACI Design, senior art director for Long, Haymes & Carr, art director for The Design Group, creative director for The Jordan Group, and senior art director at Coyne Beahm, Inc. He has taught advertising classes at RowanCabarrus Community College and served as a judge for several Addy Award competitions for advertising.

He is a member of the Spencer Volunteer Fire Department and a past member of the Spencer Board of Aldermen.

Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette’s (BEDN 1994) artwork was featured in the April 12, 2009, issue of The New York Times.

Rebecca Necessary (M.Arch. 2007), photographer, and Susanna Birdsong, writer, will have their exhibition “Finding Home” on display at the

Dripolator Coffee Bar at 190 Broadway, #102, in Asheville, N.C. from September 4 -30, from 7am-9 pm on Monday-Friday and 7:30am-9 pm on weekends. This exhibition previously was shown in Raleigh at Morning Times Gallery in August.

On any given night there are 12,500 homeless individuals in North Carolina. In cities across our state, we pass people sleeping on benches and we notice lines at shelters, yet the stories, faces and experiences of the individuals are often lost in the shuffle.

This exhibit illuminates the people experiencing homelessness, and brings us closer to what it means to be homeless and what it means to overcome it.

Anne Raines (BEDA 2000, B.Arch. 2001) presented a paper titled, “Pursuits of Deeper Purpose: The Reconstruction of Fortress Louisbourg, Nova Scotia” at the annual conference of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland on May 1, 2009. She is studying toward a Master of Science in Architectural Conservation at the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies at Edinburgh College of Art.

Kim Tanzer (M.Arch. 1983), a University of Florida professor of architecture and practicing architect, became dean of the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture on July 1. Tanzer’s teaching and research encompass three key areas­—the relationship between the human body and the built environment; environmental design and sustainability; and African-American neighborhoods and their role in social equity.

“The University of Virginia is one of the nation’s great universities, and its School of Architecture is among the best in the nation. Both are wellpositioned to respond to pressing and emerging global challenges,” Tanzer said. “I am honored to have the opportunity to work on behalf of the school’s exceptional students, alumni and faculty, who are educating tomorrow’s environmental design leaders and providing critical and timely knowledge and design responses.”

Some of her recent leadership positions have included president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture; chairwoman of the University of Florida faculty senate and faculty member of UF’s board of trustees; co-founder and founding director of the Florida Community Design Center, Inc.; and special adviser to UF’s president on his university-wide sustainability initiatives.

She has received local and national awards for her community-based architecture practice and service, including for her extensive work in Fifth Avenue/Pleasant Street, a historically AfricanAmerican neighborhood in Gainesville, Fla. Robin Allison Taylor (BEDA, BEDI 1996) is now a licensed architect and is working for herself ALUMNI/Friends NOTES

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at Allison Architecture residential architecture (robinallisontaylor@gmail.com). She married Jake Belk in May 2008 and lives in Charlotte.

of wind farms and the conversion of landfills into power generation facilities, as a way of responsibly reducing China’s overall carbon footprint.

Cynthia Van Der Wiele (MLA, 1992, Ph.D. 2004) is the first Sustainable Communities Development Director for Chatham County. She oversees several major county functions. She began work in June 2009.

Benjamin Ward (M.Arch. 2008), architectural intern at BJAC, PA, has been certified as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Accredited Professional (AP) by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Ward has more than four years of architectural and design experience, most recently specializing in high-rise condos. He earned his B.S. in design from Clemson University before studying at NC State. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Young Affiliates of the Mint.

David Patrick Wosicki (BEDA 1986) moved his design career from Washington, D.C. to Las Vegas, to Los Angeles before finally settling in China.

Wosicki, now President of Sino-Development, based

in the Beijing/Tianjin area, specializes in design and construction of major mall based “mixed-use” developments throughout China. His company also provides consultant services to the Chinese Government on sustainable development, with an emphasis on the private investment funding

Eric Schneider (MID 1996) used this legoramic camera (pictured above) to take photos while a student at NC State. Two of these images (one of the shop, one of a design studio) are still in the Brooks Hall gallery of permanent art. Visit www.optixa.com to check out these unique landscape images.

Visit the NC State Alumni Association’s blog called Red & White for Life: http://www.alumni.ncsu.edu/blog/

F. Carter Williams Gold Medal J.J. Peterson, FAIA (B.Arch. 1959) Peterson, of Wilmington, received the gold medal in recognition of a distinguished career or extraordinary accomplishments as an architect, and is named in memory of Raleigh architect F. Carter Williams, FAIA.

Frank Craig

Inaugural State Honor Environmental Stewardship Gail A. Lindsey Sustainability Award Cheryl Walker, FAIA (BEDA 1979, M.Arch. 1981) Partner with Lindsey in Design Harmony, Walker helped create the organizing tenets that would become LEED® standards.

Firm of the Year: Cherry Huffman Louis W. Cherry, FAIA (M.Arch. 1983) and Dan G. Huffman, AIA This award is presented to the N.C. firm that has an established presence in the state and has consistently produced quality architecture with a verifiable level of client satisfaction for a period of at least 10 years.

In addition to the AIA NC Chapter Awards, 25 design awards to firms were announced, 17 of which were garnered by firms with principals or directors who are College of Design alumni or visiting faculty members.

Congratulations to these firms:

Photos by Dana Raymond

The Bain Project has been selected for an Indie Arts Award by The Independent Weekly, published in Raleigh.

The Bain Project was a site-specific art installation exploring Raleigh’s historic E.B. Bain Waterworks. On view throughout Bain were installations and performances of 12 artists who worked collaboratively in the space for the nine months prior to the opening. The building and the accompanying temporary art were open to the public on two consecutive weekends in May 2009.

Artists participating included Christian Karkow (M.Arch. 2003), Marty Baird, Sarah Powers, Daniel Kelly (BAD 2003), Stacey Kirby, Luke Buchanan (BEDA 2002), Lee Moore, Tim Kiernan (BAD; BA 2002), Jen Coon, Lia Newman, Associate Professor of Art + Design Dana Raymond, and David Nicolay (BID 2003). Space secured by Tracy Spencer (BAD 2004). Documentation was provided by Chris “Critter” Wentworth (BGD 2007), K.C. Ramsay (BEDA 1976) and Natasha Johnson. Visit www.bainproject.com for images and more information.

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In Memoriam

William H. Deitrick Service Medal Katherine N. Peele, FAIA, LEED® AP (BEDA 1987, B.Arch. 1988) The service medal is presented to an AIA NC member who exhibits extraordinary service to the community, profession or AIA NC, and is named in honor of the late William H. Deitrick, FALA, former president of AIA NC.

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Belk Architecture C Design, Inc. The Freelon Group (4 awards) Kenneth E. Hobgood, architects LS3P Associates, Ltd. McClure Nicholson Montgomery Architects O'Brien Atkins Associates Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee (3 awards) Perkins + Will (2 awards) Szostak Design Vernacular Studio WGM Design Inc.

Frank Craig (BEDA 1977) passed away on August 18, 2009, in his own home, with his wife, Margret Kentgens-Craig, adjunct associate professor of architecture, at his side. He was 56 years old. Frank was the son of Harry Lee Craig and Bernice Gladys Craig, born and raised in Raleigh. In the last 6 ½ years of his life, Frank faced the diagnosis of a terminal brain tumor called Glioblastoma multiforme. This aggressive illness and its consequences robbed him of his ability to work as an architect and principal of one of the largest architecture firms in N.C., of colleagues and friends, and his position as lead guitar player in the band he had founded. Instead of becoming bitter, he found strength in his faith, personality, and his uniquely creative approach to life. Improbably, in the wake of this illness, Frank became a significant visual artist.

Benjamin Long Benjamin H. Long, age 52, died following a courageous battle with a chronic disease for 27 years. He graduated from the University of Alabama with a B.S.N. and from NC State University with a M.A. in Landscape Architecture.

He married Cynthia Marie Thiele in Huntsville, Alabama in 1979. Benjamin is survived by Cynthia and his children, Andrew and Sarah, of Raleigh, N.C.

Mike Shelton

A merit award design winner, the Durham Performing Arts Center by Szostak Design, principal, Phil Szostak, FAIA (BEDA 1975). Photo by Tom Arban.

George Michael “Mike” Shelton, 28, of Granite Quarry, passed away at his residence Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. He graduated from East Rowan High School in 1998 and NC State University in 2003, where he earned a BS Degree in Industrial Design. Mike was self-employed as an Independent Insurance Agent and was in the Home Improvement Business. He enjoyed being with his family and friends, was an avid N.C. State fan and enjoyed riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle.

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at Allison Architecture residential architecture (robinallisontaylor@gmail.com). She married Jake Belk in May 2008 and lives in Charlotte.

of wind farms and the conversion of landfills into power generation facilities, as a way of responsibly reducing China’s overall carbon footprint.

Cynthia Van Der Wiele (MLA, 1992, Ph.D. 2004) is the first Sustainable Communities Development Director for Chatham County. She oversees several major county functions. She began work in June 2009.

Benjamin Ward (M.Arch. 2008), architectural intern at BJAC, PA, has been certified as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Accredited Professional (AP) by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

Ward has more than four years of architectural and design experience, most recently specializing in high-rise condos. He earned his B.S. in design from Clemson University before studying at NC State. He is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Young Affiliates of the Mint.

David Patrick Wosicki (BEDA 1986) moved his design career from Washington, D.C. to Las Vegas, to Los Angeles before finally settling in China.

Wosicki, now President of Sino-Development, based

in the Beijing/Tianjin area, specializes in design and construction of major mall based “mixed-use” developments throughout China. His company also provides consultant services to the Chinese Government on sustainable development, with an emphasis on the private investment funding

Eric Schneider (MID 1996) used this legoramic camera (pictured above) to take photos while a student at NC State. Two of these images (one of the shop, one of a design studio) are still in the Brooks Hall gallery of permanent art. Visit www.optixa.com to check out these unique landscape images.

Visit the NC State Alumni Association’s blog called Red & White for Life: http://www.alumni.ncsu.edu/blog/

F. Carter Williams Gold Medal J.J. Peterson, FAIA (B.Arch. 1959) Peterson, of Wilmington, received the gold medal in recognition of a distinguished career or extraordinary accomplishments as an architect, and is named in memory of Raleigh architect F. Carter Williams, FAIA.

Frank Craig

Inaugural State Honor Environmental Stewardship Gail A. Lindsey Sustainability Award Cheryl Walker, FAIA (BEDA 1979, M.Arch. 1981) Partner with Lindsey in Design Harmony, Walker helped create the organizing tenets that would become LEED® standards.

Firm of the Year: Cherry Huffman Louis W. Cherry, FAIA (M.Arch. 1983) and Dan G. Huffman, AIA This award is presented to the N.C. firm that has an established presence in the state and has consistently produced quality architecture with a verifiable level of client satisfaction for a period of at least 10 years.

In addition to the AIA NC Chapter Awards, 25 design awards to firms were announced, 17 of which were garnered by firms with principals or directors who are College of Design alumni or visiting faculty members.

Congratulations to these firms:

Photos by Dana Raymond

The Bain Project has been selected for an Indie Arts Award by The Independent Weekly, published in Raleigh.

The Bain Project was a site-specific art installation exploring Raleigh’s historic E.B. Bain Waterworks. On view throughout Bain were installations and performances of 12 artists who worked collaboratively in the space for the nine months prior to the opening. The building and the accompanying temporary art were open to the public on two consecutive weekends in May 2009.

Artists participating included Christian Karkow (M.Arch. 2003), Marty Baird, Sarah Powers, Daniel Kelly (BAD 2003), Stacey Kirby, Luke Buchanan (BEDA 2002), Lee Moore, Tim Kiernan (BAD; BA 2002), Jen Coon, Lia Newman, Associate Professor of Art + Design Dana Raymond, and David Nicolay (BID 2003). Space secured by Tracy Spencer (BAD 2004). Documentation was provided by Chris “Critter” Wentworth (BGD 2007), K.C. Ramsay (BEDA 1976) and Natasha Johnson. Visit www.bainproject.com for images and more information.

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In Memoriam

William H. Deitrick Service Medal Katherine N. Peele, FAIA, LEED® AP (BEDA 1987, B.Arch. 1988) The service medal is presented to an AIA NC member who exhibits extraordinary service to the community, profession or AIA NC, and is named in honor of the late William H. Deitrick, FALA, former president of AIA NC.

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2009 AIA NC Chapter Award Recipients

Belk Architecture C Design, Inc. The Freelon Group (4 awards) Kenneth E. Hobgood, architects LS3P Associates, Ltd. McClure Nicholson Montgomery Architects O'Brien Atkins Associates Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee (3 awards) Perkins + Will (2 awards) Szostak Design Vernacular Studio WGM Design Inc.

Frank Craig (BEDA 1977) passed away on August 18, 2009, in his own home, with his wife, Margret Kentgens-Craig, adjunct associate professor of architecture, at his side. He was 56 years old. Frank was the son of Harry Lee Craig and Bernice Gladys Craig, born and raised in Raleigh. In the last 6 ½ years of his life, Frank faced the diagnosis of a terminal brain tumor called Glioblastoma multiforme. This aggressive illness and its consequences robbed him of his ability to work as an architect and principal of one of the largest architecture firms in N.C., of colleagues and friends, and his position as lead guitar player in the band he had founded. Instead of becoming bitter, he found strength in his faith, personality, and his uniquely creative approach to life. Improbably, in the wake of this illness, Frank became a significant visual artist.

Benjamin Long Benjamin H. Long, age 52, died following a courageous battle with a chronic disease for 27 years. He graduated from the University of Alabama with a B.S.N. and from NC State University with a M.A. in Landscape Architecture.

He married Cynthia Marie Thiele in Huntsville, Alabama in 1979. Benjamin is survived by Cynthia and his children, Andrew and Sarah, of Raleigh, N.C.

Mike Shelton

A merit award design winner, the Durham Performing Arts Center by Szostak Design, principal, Phil Szostak, FAIA (BEDA 1975). Photo by Tom Arban.

George Michael “Mike” Shelton, 28, of Granite Quarry, passed away at his residence Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. He graduated from East Rowan High School in 1998 and NC State University in 2003, where he earned a BS Degree in Industrial Design. Mike was self-employed as an Independent Insurance Agent and was in the Home Improvement Business. He enjoyed being with his family and friends, was an avid N.C. State fan and enjoyed riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle.

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Associate Professor of Graphic Design Kermit Bailey is the principal investigator on research titled “Mapping Cultural Legacy in The South Park-East.”

Bailey received one of the University Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development Grants for $10,000 for this project.

Kofi Boone, landscape architecture, and Kermit Bailey, graphic design, are team members with Robin Dodsworth, English (Linguistics), on an interdisciplinary Faculty Research and Professional Development (FRPD) fund grant for $20,000.

The title of the project is “On Place: A Framework for Multidisciplinary Exploration of Place-Based Narratives.”

Dick Bell (BSLAR 1950), former faculty member, shares insights on his blog: Pebbles In The Pond: News & Musings by Landscape Architect Dick Bell. http://dickbell.wordpress.com Adjunct professor of architecture and author Catherine Bishir is the project coordinator for the N.C. Architects & Builders site, http://ncarchitects. lib.ncsu.edu. This biographical dictionary highlights architects and builders who have produced N.C.’s architecture for more than 300 years. A brief biography plus a building list traces each person’s work in the state. This is a growing Web site, with many more entries still to be added.

Landscape Architecture Department Head Gene Bressler, FASLA, has a chapter titled “Oh Give Me Land, Lots of Land” that he co-authored with Allan Wallis, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Colorado, Denver, in the book Remedies for a New West: Healing Landscapes, Histories, and Cultures edited by Patricia Nelson Limerick, Andrew Cowell, and Sharon K. Collinge.

Lope Max Díaz has retired from the College of Design as of June 2009 after being an art educator

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for four decades.

He began his career teaching in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1968, and this year, after 41 years in the classroom (20 in Puerto Rico and 21 at NC State) Díaz felt his time to say “adios” to the classroom had come.

“I look forward to my retirement days with much excitement, curiosity and optimism. I will continue to stay active and productive as an artist here in Raleigh, where I have my art studio/workshop space on south Glenwood Ave,” he says. Díaz invites correspondence at P.O. Box 10012, Raleigh, NC 27605 or via e-mail: lopemaxdiaz@gmail.com.

Andrew A. Fox, ASLA, has joined the Department of Landscape Architecture as an assistant professor. Fox comes to NC State from the University of Georgia College of Environment & Design where he held the same position.

Fox received his Master of Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University and his Bachelor in General Studies from the University of Michigan.

He is a Registered Landscape Architect and has been a college professor since 2007. Before his return to higher education, Fox was an active practitioner in the Seattle metropolitan region where he was the project landscape architect on numerous awardwinning projects, most notably a 2006 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Award and the 2005 CEFPI James D. MacConnell Award for the nation's top school

development project. His research interests are in sustainable construction methods and technologies, urban design, and outdoor learning environments.

Design Writing Criticism students invited Vicky Richardson, Peter Hall and Denise Gonzales Crisp to present on the themes of Discoveries, Contexts and Meanings at Design Council, held June 3 at the School of Graphic Design, London College of Communications with a sponsorship from Represent.

Frank Harmon Architect PA, a Raleigh, N.C.-based architectural firm headed by Frank Harmon FAIA, is one of the top 50 firms in the nation, according to Architect magazine’s 2009 “Architect 50” ranking.

The professional journal’s annual ranking of the top U.S. firms is intended to promote “a more well-rounded definition of success,” according to senior editor Amanda Kolson Hurley. “The criteria for inclusion comprise a trifecta of critical goals for every practice: profitability, sustainability, and design quality.”

David Hill, Assistant Professor of Architecture, received one of four Faculty Design Awards 2008 from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). The award, which was presented at the annual meeting held in Portland, recognizes a post-disaster housing project that Hill completed with Professor Laura Garófalo (SUNY Buffalo), and Nelson Tang (March 2002).

Alumni Michael Laut, Mike Bissinger and Glenwood Morris joined Percy Hooper as guest lecturers in an eight-week workshop this summer on Design Communication for Entrepreneurs at East Carolina University.

The Innovators Academy focuses on boosting the inventors' ability to communicate his or her design ideas effectively. The participants learn practical sketching techniques, 2-D and 3-D digital imaging essentials, physical model building strategies and presentation skills. In addition to teaching these idea communication

skills, the end goal of the workshop is to document the design development of six new products created this summer in the Innovators Academy at ECU.

and history of one of the oldest African-American communities in the country, one listed on the 1991 National Register of Historic Places.

Professor Fernando Magallanes presented his paper, Analysis of the City: Linking Physical and Psychological Contact in Expanding our Knowledge of Urban Environments, at CELA 2008-2009: Teaching + Learning, held in Tucson, AZ.

Associate Professor Vita Plume (Art + Design) is exhibiting her work in a group exhibition, Lieux de mémoire at the Moulin de la Chevrotiere, Deschambault-Grondines. This is one of three exhibitions that make up this year’s International Biennial of Linen in Portneuf, Quebec. The Biennale is open from June 24 to September 27, 2009. Twelve artists from Canada, the U.S., and Australia were invited to participate in this part of the exhibition.

Visit www.biennaledulin.ca for more information.

Each year, with extensive input from design professionals, academic department heads, and students, DesignIntelligence selects a team of educators and education administrators who exemplify excellence in design education leadership. Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, is again on this list of the Most Admired Educators 2009. Dean Malecha was named an Honorary Member of the Architects Institute of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and of the Australian Institute of Architects for distinguished contributions to the profession of architecture in 2009, as well.

Dr. Celen Pasalar, director of the College of Design’s Downtown Design Studio, has collaborated with the NCSU North Carolina Language and Life Project to establish the South Park-East Raleigh Neighborhood Association’s Preservation and Education Program.

Its aim is to promote and preserve the presence

The second edition of Architectural Materials; Function, Constructibility, Aesthetics by Professor of Architecture Patrick Rand and Edward Allen is being translated into French for distribution in French-speaking Canada, France, and other French-language countries. It is also being translated into Portuguese for distribution in Brazil and presumably Portugal.

Professor Emeritus of Architecture Fatih Rifki has been named director of the Montana State University School of Architecture. Rifki is the former dean of the School of Architecture and Design at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.

Professor Emeritus of Architecture Henry Sanoff was invited to speak on “EDRA Perspectives” at a Plenary Session at the 40th anniversary of Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), where he was the principal founder. He also delivered a paper titled, “Participatory Strategies for Developing Community Arts Centers.” The 40th EDRA Conference was held May 27 to May 31, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Plan of Chicago and Kristen Schaffer, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the School of Architecture, has been much in demand. Dr. Schaffer is an expert on the Plan and its primary author, Daniel H. Burnham.

On September 3, she spoke in Hamburg, Germany, on the subject; and in October will deliver lectures at Northwestern University and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Earlier this year, she was interviewed by Chicago Public Radio and quoted in The New Yorker magazine by architectural critic Paul Goldberger. She gave talks at the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul University, and the Chicago Architecture Foundation; and for the Society of Architectural Historians and the Swedenborg Library, all in Chicago. She also was on the jury for the national architectural competition for a Burnham memorial.

A Raleigh blog has joined forces with the D.H. Hill Library at North Carolina State University to mount an effort to repair a kinetic light sculpture at the library.

Goodnight, Raleigh!, an online magazine that looks at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night, has launched an effort to raise $6,000 to repair a light display called Color Wall.

Color Wall is a 12 by 36 foot, three-dimensional light mural that can be seen from Hillsborough Street through a glass wall in the library’s book tower. It features changing vertical bands of color when operational, said Goodnight, Raleigh! Contributor Karl Larson, a graphic artist at N.C. State University. Larson, who wrote about Color Wall on Goodnight, Raleigh!, said the light sculpture was created by the late Joe Cox, a long-time professor in NC State’s College of Design. It was installed in 1972, but the mechanical light switching system that changes the light colors began to malfunction several years later. The sculpture has been operational off and on over the years but went dark yet again at the end of 2007, Larson added. He said it was designed to be viewed at night.

The $6,000 is to be used to install a modern, computerized switching system to make the Color Wall operational once again. Goodnight Raleigh! has set up a Web page dedicated to telling the Color Wall story and through which online donations may be made to the NCSU Libraries' Art Preservation Fund. Learn more about the Color Wall and contribute to its restoration at www.TheColorWall.org.

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Associate Professor of Graphic Design Kermit Bailey is the principal investigator on research titled “Mapping Cultural Legacy in The South Park-East.”

Bailey received one of the University Extension, Engagement, and Economic Development Grants for $10,000 for this project.

Kofi Boone, landscape architecture, and Kermit Bailey, graphic design, are team members with Robin Dodsworth, English (Linguistics), on an interdisciplinary Faculty Research and Professional Development (FRPD) fund grant for $20,000.

The title of the project is “On Place: A Framework for Multidisciplinary Exploration of Place-Based Narratives.”

Dick Bell (BSLAR 1950), former faculty member, shares insights on his blog: Pebbles In The Pond: News & Musings by Landscape Architect Dick Bell. http://dickbell.wordpress.com Adjunct professor of architecture and author Catherine Bishir is the project coordinator for the N.C. Architects & Builders site, http://ncarchitects. lib.ncsu.edu. This biographical dictionary highlights architects and builders who have produced N.C.’s architecture for more than 300 years. A brief biography plus a building list traces each person’s work in the state. This is a growing Web site, with many more entries still to be added.

Landscape Architecture Department Head Gene Bressler, FASLA, has a chapter titled “Oh Give Me Land, Lots of Land” that he co-authored with Allan Wallis, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Colorado, Denver, in the book Remedies for a New West: Healing Landscapes, Histories, and Cultures edited by Patricia Nelson Limerick, Andrew Cowell, and Sharon K. Collinge.

Lope Max Díaz has retired from the College of Design as of June 2009 after being an art educator

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for four decades.

He began his career teaching in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1968, and this year, after 41 years in the classroom (20 in Puerto Rico and 21 at NC State) Díaz felt his time to say “adios” to the classroom had come.

“I look forward to my retirement days with much excitement, curiosity and optimism. I will continue to stay active and productive as an artist here in Raleigh, where I have my art studio/workshop space on south Glenwood Ave,” he says. Díaz invites correspondence at P.O. Box 10012, Raleigh, NC 27605 or via e-mail: lopemaxdiaz@gmail.com.

Andrew A. Fox, ASLA, has joined the Department of Landscape Architecture as an assistant professor. Fox comes to NC State from the University of Georgia College of Environment & Design where he held the same position.

Fox received his Master of Landscape Architecture from Louisiana State University and his Bachelor in General Studies from the University of Michigan.

He is a Registered Landscape Architect and has been a college professor since 2007. Before his return to higher education, Fox was an active practitioner in the Seattle metropolitan region where he was the project landscape architect on numerous awardwinning projects, most notably a 2006 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Award and the 2005 CEFPI James D. MacConnell Award for the nation's top school

development project. His research interests are in sustainable construction methods and technologies, urban design, and outdoor learning environments.

Design Writing Criticism students invited Vicky Richardson, Peter Hall and Denise Gonzales Crisp to present on the themes of Discoveries, Contexts and Meanings at Design Council, held June 3 at the School of Graphic Design, London College of Communications with a sponsorship from Represent.

Frank Harmon Architect PA, a Raleigh, N.C.-based architectural firm headed by Frank Harmon FAIA, is one of the top 50 firms in the nation, according to Architect magazine’s 2009 “Architect 50” ranking.

The professional journal’s annual ranking of the top U.S. firms is intended to promote “a more well-rounded definition of success,” according to senior editor Amanda Kolson Hurley. “The criteria for inclusion comprise a trifecta of critical goals for every practice: profitability, sustainability, and design quality.”

David Hill, Assistant Professor of Architecture, received one of four Faculty Design Awards 2008 from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). The award, which was presented at the annual meeting held in Portland, recognizes a post-disaster housing project that Hill completed with Professor Laura Garófalo (SUNY Buffalo), and Nelson Tang (March 2002).

Alumni Michael Laut, Mike Bissinger and Glenwood Morris joined Percy Hooper as guest lecturers in an eight-week workshop this summer on Design Communication for Entrepreneurs at East Carolina University.

The Innovators Academy focuses on boosting the inventors' ability to communicate his or her design ideas effectively. The participants learn practical sketching techniques, 2-D and 3-D digital imaging essentials, physical model building strategies and presentation skills. In addition to teaching these idea communication

skills, the end goal of the workshop is to document the design development of six new products created this summer in the Innovators Academy at ECU.

and history of one of the oldest African-American communities in the country, one listed on the 1991 National Register of Historic Places.

Professor Fernando Magallanes presented his paper, Analysis of the City: Linking Physical and Psychological Contact in Expanding our Knowledge of Urban Environments, at CELA 2008-2009: Teaching + Learning, held in Tucson, AZ.

Associate Professor Vita Plume (Art + Design) is exhibiting her work in a group exhibition, Lieux de mémoire at the Moulin de la Chevrotiere, Deschambault-Grondines. This is one of three exhibitions that make up this year’s International Biennial of Linen in Portneuf, Quebec. The Biennale is open from June 24 to September 27, 2009. Twelve artists from Canada, the U.S., and Australia were invited to participate in this part of the exhibition.

Visit www.biennaledulin.ca for more information.

Each year, with extensive input from design professionals, academic department heads, and students, DesignIntelligence selects a team of educators and education administrators who exemplify excellence in design education leadership. Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, is again on this list of the Most Admired Educators 2009. Dean Malecha was named an Honorary Member of the Architects Institute of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and of the Australian Institute of Architects for distinguished contributions to the profession of architecture in 2009, as well.

Dr. Celen Pasalar, director of the College of Design’s Downtown Design Studio, has collaborated with the NCSU North Carolina Language and Life Project to establish the South Park-East Raleigh Neighborhood Association’s Preservation and Education Program.

Its aim is to promote and preserve the presence

The second edition of Architectural Materials; Function, Constructibility, Aesthetics by Professor of Architecture Patrick Rand and Edward Allen is being translated into French for distribution in French-speaking Canada, France, and other French-language countries. It is also being translated into Portuguese for distribution in Brazil and presumably Portugal.

Professor Emeritus of Architecture Fatih Rifki has been named director of the Montana State University School of Architecture. Rifki is the former dean of the School of Architecture and Design at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.

Professor Emeritus of Architecture Henry Sanoff was invited to speak on “EDRA Perspectives” at a Plenary Session at the 40th anniversary of Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), where he was the principal founder. He also delivered a paper titled, “Participatory Strategies for Developing Community Arts Centers.” The 40th EDRA Conference was held May 27 to May 31, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

This year is the 100th anniversary of the Plan of Chicago and Kristen Schaffer, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the School of Architecture, has been much in demand. Dr. Schaffer is an expert on the Plan and its primary author, Daniel H. Burnham.

On September 3, she spoke in Hamburg, Germany, on the subject; and in October will deliver lectures at Northwestern University and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Earlier this year, she was interviewed by Chicago Public Radio and quoted in The New Yorker magazine by architectural critic Paul Goldberger. She gave talks at the Art Institute of Chicago, DePaul University, and the Chicago Architecture Foundation; and for the Society of Architectural Historians and the Swedenborg Library, all in Chicago. She also was on the jury for the national architectural competition for a Burnham memorial.

A Raleigh blog has joined forces with the D.H. Hill Library at North Carolina State University to mount an effort to repair a kinetic light sculpture at the library.

Goodnight, Raleigh!, an online magazine that looks at the art, architecture, history, and people of the city at night, has launched an effort to raise $6,000 to repair a light display called Color Wall.

Color Wall is a 12 by 36 foot, three-dimensional light mural that can be seen from Hillsborough Street through a glass wall in the library’s book tower. It features changing vertical bands of color when operational, said Goodnight, Raleigh! Contributor Karl Larson, a graphic artist at N.C. State University. Larson, who wrote about Color Wall on Goodnight, Raleigh!, said the light sculpture was created by the late Joe Cox, a long-time professor in NC State’s College of Design. It was installed in 1972, but the mechanical light switching system that changes the light colors began to malfunction several years later. The sculpture has been operational off and on over the years but went dark yet again at the end of 2007, Larson added. He said it was designed to be viewed at night.

The $6,000 is to be used to install a modern, computerized switching system to make the Color Wall operational once again. Goodnight Raleigh! has set up a Web page dedicated to telling the Color Wall story and through which online donations may be made to the NCSU Libraries' Art Preservation Fund. Learn more about the Color Wall and contribute to its restoration at www.TheColorWall.org.

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From Verses to Raleigh Denim

Graphic Design Senior Rachael Huston was honored April 22 as the outstanding poster presentation by a student at the 18th Annual NC State Undergraduate Research Symposium. The NC State Chapter of Sigma Xi recognized her achievement at the Annual Spring Banquet and presented her with a Certificate of Recognition.

Huston worked with Ph.D. student Matthew Peterson (BGD 1998, MGD 2007) on “Performative Educational Materials for Middle School Science,” under the supervision of Professor Meredith Davis.

Huston wrote and received a grant from the Park Scholarship GRASP program to fund this work, which will be tested with students at the Centennial Campus Middle School.

by Sarah Yarborough Lytvinenko, student in art + design

What began as a project in our apartment living room in 2007 has now become a small business and our full-time job.

Initially called “Verses,” Victor and I renamed our company Raleigh Denim last August, right before we landed our first order from Barneys New York. Since then, we’ve been fortunate and staying busy. Men’s Raleigh Denim is now sold in about a dozen Barneys New York stores around the country and we just launched the women’s in a handful of boutiques around the country. Locally, Stitch (Holly Aiken’s awesome store on Hargett Street), carries our men’s jeans and people are always welcome to come visit us at our warehouse downtown where we have an assortment of extra stock. A big thanks to everyone in the community for supporting us and helping us grow!

Ph.D. Student Traci Rose Rider, Assoc. AIA, LEED® AP, is co-founder and partner in Trace Collaborative, LLC. Her book, titled Understanding Green Building Guidelines, published by WW Norton & Company, was released August 24. She is focusing her studies on sustainability within formal design education. Rider is past-chair and consultant for the Emerging Green Builders (EGB) Committee of the U.S. Green Building Council, servicing students and young professionals. She was granted the individual USGBC Leadership Award in Education

Photo by Nick Pironio

Raleigh Denim will be featured in the October issue of Elle magazine. www.raleighdenim.com

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Work by six design students—Sam Davis, Michelle Ko, Claudia Povenski, Marie Hermansson, Margaret Jamison and Elena Page—was recently

on view for thirty days. This commission is the third one accomplished in Raleigh’s surrounding communities by Professor Raymond and his students during the past six years. The other two are permanent sculptures in Knightdale and Garner.

During the ceremony welcoming Dr. Jim Woodward as NC State’s 14th chancellor, architecture graduate student Matt Robbins, introduced by Student Body President Jim Ceresnak, presented Woodward with a Finish the [Bell] Tower t-shirt (graphic design

by Alex Ford). Visit Robbins’ Web site for more information about this grassroots effort to complete the Belltower: http://bells.ncsu.edu/.

installed in the atrium lobby of the new mathematics and statistics building, called SAS Hall, across the parking lot from Kamphoefner Hall. The students were under the direction of Assistant Professor of Art + Design Jan-Ru Wan, with additional support

by David Knight, Vita Plume and Susan Brandeis.

Art + Design Associate Professor Dana Raymond and his Basic Sculpture students were commissioned this semester to design, build and install temporary public sculptures in Cary, N.C. The exhibition of work is part of the 2009 Spring Daze celebration at Cary’s Bond Park, which is located on High House Road. The installation took place on Wednesday, April 22 with the Spring Daze Festival happening on Saturday, April 25. The sculptures, which are the corner “tips” of six house roofs, remained

Photo by Roger Winstead

ST U DENTS

a collaboration of engineering and design students, led by Tim Buie, industrial design, and Dr. Michael Young, computer science, has been made available to teachers and students in N.C. middle schools as part of the celebration of Blackbeard. The game,

for 2005 and was included in a group labeled as “The Re-Inventors” in Vanity Fair’s Green Issue, May 2006.

Photo by Elena Page

Notes

M.Arch. Student Daryl Rackley was featured in an article about a doghouse he built for the ARC 590 Design Build class. It’s in the July/August issue of Bark Magazine. Green doghouses are discussed in general and Rackley’s specifically. A picture and a diagram of Rackley’s green doghouse is included.

According to the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources’ Web site, the video game completed by

now called Blackbeard’s Escape, was a big success during the video game showcase held at the end of the spring semester.

Miles Holst, senior in Art + Design, was named a 2009 Indie Arts Award recipient for just being Miles! He has been director of the Fish Market, organized bicycle rides from the College of Design to First Friday, a design camp instructor, a local DJ, film aficionado and the director of many social gatherings—planned and spur of the moment.

Read more about Holst in The Independent Weekly at http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/ Content?oid=oid%3A398646.

Design Guild Board member Frank Werner with Adams Products forwarded an excerpt of the May 2009 Concrete Masonry News that highlights masonry competitions held at NC State, University of Southern California and Georgia Tech.

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Graphic Design Senior Rachael Huston was honored April 22 as the outstanding poster presentation by a student at the 18th Annual NC State Undergraduate Research Symposium. The NC State Chapter of Sigma Xi recognized her achievement at the Annual Spring Banquet and presented her with a Certificate of Recognition.

Huston worked with Ph.D. student Matthew Peterson (BGD 1998, MGD 2007) on “Performative Educational Materials for Middle School Science,” under the supervision of Professor Meredith Davis.

Huston wrote and received a grant from the Park Scholarship GRASP program to fund this work, which will be tested with students at the Centennial Campus Middle School.

by Sarah Yarborough Lytvinenko, student in art + design

What began as a project in our apartment living room in 2007 has now become a small business and our full-time job.

Initially called “Verses,” Victor and I renamed our company Raleigh Denim last August, right before we landed our first order from Barneys New York. Since then, we’ve been fortunate and staying busy. Men’s Raleigh Denim is now sold in about a dozen Barneys New York stores around the country and we just launched the women’s in a handful of boutiques around the country. Locally, Stitch (Holly Aiken’s awesome store on Hargett Street), carries our men’s jeans and people are always welcome to come visit us at our warehouse downtown where we have an assortment of extra stock. A big thanks to everyone in the community for supporting us and helping us grow!

Ph.D. Student Traci Rose Rider, Assoc. AIA, LEED® AP, is co-founder and partner in Trace Collaborative, LLC. Her book, titled Understanding Green Building Guidelines, published by WW Norton & Company, was released August 24. She is focusing her studies on sustainability within formal design education. Rider is past-chair and consultant for the Emerging Green Builders (EGB) Committee of the U.S. Green Building Council, servicing students and young professionals. She was granted the individual USGBC Leadership Award in Education

Photo by Nick Pironio

Raleigh Denim will be featured in the October issue of Elle magazine. www.raleighdenim.com

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Work by six design students—Sam Davis, Michelle Ko, Claudia Povenski, Marie Hermansson, Margaret Jamison and Elena Page—was recently

on view for thirty days. This commission is the third one accomplished in Raleigh’s surrounding communities by Professor Raymond and his students during the past six years. The other two are permanent sculptures in Knightdale and Garner.

During the ceremony welcoming Dr. Jim Woodward as NC State’s 14th chancellor, architecture graduate student Matt Robbins, introduced by Student Body President Jim Ceresnak, presented Woodward with a Finish the [Bell] Tower t-shirt (graphic design

by Alex Ford). Visit Robbins’ Web site for more information about this grassroots effort to complete the Belltower: http://bells.ncsu.edu/.

installed in the atrium lobby of the new mathematics and statistics building, called SAS Hall, across the parking lot from Kamphoefner Hall. The students were under the direction of Assistant Professor of Art + Design Jan-Ru Wan, with additional support

by David Knight, Vita Plume and Susan Brandeis.

Art + Design Associate Professor Dana Raymond and his Basic Sculpture students were commissioned this semester to design, build and install temporary public sculptures in Cary, N.C. The exhibition of work is part of the 2009 Spring Daze celebration at Cary’s Bond Park, which is located on High House Road. The installation took place on Wednesday, April 22 with the Spring Daze Festival happening on Saturday, April 25. The sculptures, which are the corner “tips” of six house roofs, remained

Photo by Roger Winstead

ST U DENTS

a collaboration of engineering and design students, led by Tim Buie, industrial design, and Dr. Michael Young, computer science, has been made available to teachers and students in N.C. middle schools as part of the celebration of Blackbeard. The game,

for 2005 and was included in a group labeled as “The Re-Inventors” in Vanity Fair’s Green Issue, May 2006.

Photo by Elena Page

Notes

M.Arch. Student Daryl Rackley was featured in an article about a doghouse he built for the ARC 590 Design Build class. It’s in the July/August issue of Bark Magazine. Green doghouses are discussed in general and Rackley’s specifically. A picture and a diagram of Rackley’s green doghouse is included.

According to the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources’ Web site, the video game completed by

now called Blackbeard’s Escape, was a big success during the video game showcase held at the end of the spring semester.

Miles Holst, senior in Art + Design, was named a 2009 Indie Arts Award recipient for just being Miles! He has been director of the Fish Market, organized bicycle rides from the College of Design to First Friday, a design camp instructor, a local DJ, film aficionado and the director of many social gatherings—planned and spur of the moment.

Read more about Holst in The Independent Weekly at http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/ Content?oid=oid%3A398646.

Design Guild Board member Frank Werner with Adams Products forwarded an excerpt of the May 2009 Concrete Masonry News that highlights masonry competitions held at NC State, University of Southern California and Georgia Tech.

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Industrial Design graduate student Matthew Gilbride won 2nd place at the New York International Auto Show’s World Traffic Safety Symposium Design for Safety Competition.

Industrial Design graduate student Michael Laut won 3rd place and Industrial Design graduate student Kathryn Asad placed 4th.

Under the direction of Associate Professor of Industrial Design Bong-il Jin, NC State students have placed in the competition for six consecutive years.

Peter Carrasquillo, a graduate student in Industrial Design, has a concept for a wakeboarding boat entered into the MDRA (Marine Design Resource Alliance) boat design competition. The results of that competition are still pending.

This project, first and foremost a styling exercise, was from Bong-Il Jin’s 2009 Summer Studio.

Second year graduate industrial design student Michael Rall was selected as one of three Grand Prize winners from the U.S. in LG Surfaces inaugural LG Surfaces and Beyond Student Design Challenge.

In April, the winners received an all-expenses-paid trip to Milan, Italy, to join winners from Europe and Asia and exhibit their finished concept at Zona Tortona’s “That’s Design!” show that drew more than 80,000 designers and exhibitors from around the globe.

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On March 18, 2009, Alberto Rigau, a graduate of the Master of Graphic Design program at the College of Design, was awarded first place in the Humanities Category of the Fourth Annual Graduate Research Symposium at NC State University. His final graduate project research “In what ways can design address consumption induced behaviors and provide a set of tools to help consumers manage, control, and personalize fiscal activities?” tries to understand the consumer’s relationship to credit card use in its broader sense—in its ecology—and evaluates the ways in which design can address consumption-induced behaviors through tools that help manage, control, and personalize fiscal activities.

Three areas of focus were identified to frame a series of design explorations: system defaults, choice and feedback.

A study in system defaults reiterated the importance of metaphors in a consumer’s understanding of numerical information. A study in choice revealed some of the problems associated with abstracting a consumer’s relationship to money. To understand the larger implications of a consumer’s actions, this second study explores the context of spending-related choices. A study of feedback demonstrated the possibilities of an interactive system in managing personal behavior. A balance between reminders, rewards and encouraging messages proved promising in building a platform that not only reprimands a person, but also provides the necessary motivation to move forward in a controlled manner.

As a whole, the investigation explores moments, opportunities and conditions for a design intervention to bring about reflective thought about spending habits as they are occurring.

For more information about his project, please e-mail alberto@estudiointerlinea.com or visit his Web site: www.estudiointerlinea.com.

DESIGN G U I L D Design Guild is comprised of alumni, friends and industry professionals who realize the importance of the education and experiences offered to the future designers now enrolled at the College of Design. Member contributions support student assistance, internships and other professional development opportunities, guest lecturers and jurors, special exhibitions and numerous other activities, events and programs that are not covered by state funding, including the publication of this magazine. If you would like to join this important supporting group of the college, please send your donation in the envelope provided in this magazine or contact external relations: design@ncsu.edu.

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Design Guild Fall Event and Annual Scholarship Reception All Design Guild Members are invited to attend

Monday, November 2, 2009 5:30 p.m. Reception: Belk Rotunda, Brooks Hall 7:00 p.m. Lecture: Kristin Hawk (M.Arch. 2008)

Burns Auditorium, Kamphoefner Hall

Design Guild Board of Directors

Thank You! Listed below are Design Guild donors (individuals, firms, companies, and foundations) who

President – Turan Duda, AIA, Duda/Paine Architects, LLP

contributed $100 or more to the College of Design between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. The list includes in-kind donations. Please accept our deepest apologies for any errors or omissions.

Vice President – Craig McDuffie, McDuffie Design

Planned Gifts

$5,000 – $9,999

Jennifer Attride, AIA, Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee PA

Douglas M. Brinkley Fred Taylor

Charles Boney Jr., AIA, LS3P/Boney

$50,000 – $99,999

C. David Burney, AIGA, New Kind

William L. O'Brien, Jr. PlayCore

Adams Products Company Clark-Nexsen Architecture & Engineering David Allen Company John Rex Endowment Linda J. Noble and A. Craig McDuffie O’Brien Atkins Associates, PA Eliza Olander The Brick Industry Association SE Region U.S. Green Building Council North Carolina Triangle Chapter

Michael S. Cole, ASLA, ColeJenest & Stone Kenneth Luker, AIA, The Freelon Group Inc. Scott Mollenkopf, Triangle Brick W.G. “Bill” Monroe III, AIA, WGM Design Inc. Mack Paul, K&L Gates LLP Frank Thompson, AV Metro, Inc. Ralph Thomspon, Thompson Consulting, LLC Frank J. Werner, Adams Products Company Barbara Wiedemann, NC Museum of Art

$25,000 – $49,999 Anisa Empire Temple, LLC Jeffrey & Jennifer Allred Family Foundation HL Empire, LLC

$10,000 – $24,999 AIA Triangle Section Contemporary Art Foundation Thomas Cooke LS3P Associates, Ltd James & Amira Luikart Nan Davis Van Every Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee PA

$2,500 – $4,999 AIA Winston Salem Section Carolinas Concrete Masonry Associates Classic Graphics Arthur J. Clement

Jane & Richard A. Curtis Empire Properties Gregg Ireland J.M. Thompson Co. Landscape Structures, Inc. Julia P. MacMillan Cindy & Marvin J. Malecha Eugene R. Montezinos NC Masonry Contractors Association, Inc. Small Kane Architects, PA Smith Sinnett Architecture WhiskyTree, Inc.

$1,000 – $2,499 AIA Eastern Section AIA Piedmont Section William J. Alphin, Jr. John L. Atkins, Jr. BMH Architects Lisa & Tom Barrie Laura S. & J. McNair Bell Gene Bressler

Buncombe County Partnership C.T. Wilson Construction Co. Cherokee Investment Partners, LLC L. Nigel Clarke Clearscapes, PA Clement & Wynn Program Managers, Inc. Cline Design Associates, PA Cort Architectural Group, PA Duda/Paine Architects, LLP Duncan Parnell Harry Ellenzweig Filtrexx International Curtis W. Fentress William L. Flournoy, Jr. The Freelon Group, Inc. FreemanWhite Architects, Inc. Glen Raven Custom Fabrics, LLC (continued)

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Industrial Design graduate student Matthew Gilbride won 2nd place at the New York International Auto Show’s World Traffic Safety Symposium Design for Safety Competition.

Industrial Design graduate student Michael Laut won 3rd place and Industrial Design graduate student Kathryn Asad placed 4th.

Under the direction of Associate Professor of Industrial Design Bong-il Jin, NC State students have placed in the competition for six consecutive years.

Peter Carrasquillo, a graduate student in Industrial Design, has a concept for a wakeboarding boat entered into the MDRA (Marine Design Resource Alliance) boat design competition. The results of that competition are still pending.

This project, first and foremost a styling exercise, was from Bong-Il Jin’s 2009 Summer Studio.

Second year graduate industrial design student Michael Rall was selected as one of three Grand Prize winners from the U.S. in LG Surfaces inaugural LG Surfaces and Beyond Student Design Challenge.

In April, the winners received an all-expenses-paid trip to Milan, Italy, to join winners from Europe and Asia and exhibit their finished concept at Zona Tortona’s “That’s Design!” show that drew more than 80,000 designers and exhibitors from around the globe.

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DESIGN INFLUENCE / FALL 2009

On March 18, 2009, Alberto Rigau, a graduate of the Master of Graphic Design program at the College of Design, was awarded first place in the Humanities Category of the Fourth Annual Graduate Research Symposium at NC State University. His final graduate project research “In what ways can design address consumption induced behaviors and provide a set of tools to help consumers manage, control, and personalize fiscal activities?” tries to understand the consumer’s relationship to credit card use in its broader sense—in its ecology—and evaluates the ways in which design can address consumption-induced behaviors through tools that help manage, control, and personalize fiscal activities.

Three areas of focus were identified to frame a series of design explorations: system defaults, choice and feedback.

A study in system defaults reiterated the importance of metaphors in a consumer’s understanding of numerical information. A study in choice revealed some of the problems associated with abstracting a consumer’s relationship to money. To understand the larger implications of a consumer’s actions, this second study explores the context of spending-related choices. A study of feedback demonstrated the possibilities of an interactive system in managing personal behavior. A balance between reminders, rewards and encouraging messages proved promising in building a platform that not only reprimands a person, but also provides the necessary motivation to move forward in a controlled manner.

As a whole, the investigation explores moments, opportunities and conditions for a design intervention to bring about reflective thought about spending habits as they are occurring.

For more information about his project, please e-mail alberto@estudiointerlinea.com or visit his Web site: www.estudiointerlinea.com.

DESIGN G U I L D Design Guild is comprised of alumni, friends and industry professionals who realize the importance of the education and experiences offered to the future designers now enrolled at the College of Design. Member contributions support student assistance, internships and other professional development opportunities, guest lecturers and jurors, special exhibitions and numerous other activities, events and programs that are not covered by state funding, including the publication of this magazine. If you would like to join this important supporting group of the college, please send your donation in the envelope provided in this magazine or contact external relations: design@ncsu.edu.

SU P PO RT

Design Guild Fall Event and Annual Scholarship Reception All Design Guild Members are invited to attend

Monday, November 2, 2009 5:30 p.m. Reception: Belk Rotunda, Brooks Hall 7:00 p.m. Lecture: Kristin Hawk (M.Arch. 2008)

Burns Auditorium, Kamphoefner Hall

Design Guild Board of Directors

Thank You! Listed below are Design Guild donors (individuals, firms, companies, and foundations) who

President – Turan Duda, AIA, Duda/Paine Architects, LLP

contributed $100 or more to the College of Design between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. The list includes in-kind donations. Please accept our deepest apologies for any errors or omissions.

Vice President – Craig McDuffie, McDuffie Design

Planned Gifts

$5,000 – $9,999

Jennifer Attride, AIA, Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee PA

Douglas M. Brinkley Fred Taylor

Charles Boney Jr., AIA, LS3P/Boney

$50,000 – $99,999

C. David Burney, AIGA, New Kind

William L. O'Brien, Jr. PlayCore

Adams Products Company Clark-Nexsen Architecture & Engineering David Allen Company John Rex Endowment Linda J. Noble and A. Craig McDuffie O’Brien Atkins Associates, PA Eliza Olander The Brick Industry Association SE Region U.S. Green Building Council North Carolina Triangle Chapter

Michael S. Cole, ASLA, ColeJenest & Stone Kenneth Luker, AIA, The Freelon Group Inc. Scott Mollenkopf, Triangle Brick W.G. “Bill” Monroe III, AIA, WGM Design Inc. Mack Paul, K&L Gates LLP Frank Thompson, AV Metro, Inc. Ralph Thomspon, Thompson Consulting, LLC Frank J. Werner, Adams Products Company Barbara Wiedemann, NC Museum of Art

$25,000 – $49,999 Anisa Empire Temple, LLC Jeffrey & Jennifer Allred Family Foundation HL Empire, LLC

$10,000 – $24,999 AIA Triangle Section Contemporary Art Foundation Thomas Cooke LS3P Associates, Ltd James & Amira Luikart Nan Davis Van Every Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee PA

$2,500 – $4,999 AIA Winston Salem Section Carolinas Concrete Masonry Associates Classic Graphics Arthur J. Clement

Jane & Richard A. Curtis Empire Properties Gregg Ireland J.M. Thompson Co. Landscape Structures, Inc. Julia P. MacMillan Cindy & Marvin J. Malecha Eugene R. Montezinos NC Masonry Contractors Association, Inc. Small Kane Architects, PA Smith Sinnett Architecture WhiskyTree, Inc.

$1,000 – $2,499 AIA Eastern Section AIA Piedmont Section William J. Alphin, Jr. John L. Atkins, Jr. BMH Architects Lisa & Tom Barrie Laura S. & J. McNair Bell Gene Bressler

Buncombe County Partnership C.T. Wilson Construction Co. Cherokee Investment Partners, LLC L. Nigel Clarke Clearscapes, PA Clement & Wynn Program Managers, Inc. Cline Design Associates, PA Cort Architectural Group, PA Duda/Paine Architects, LLP Duncan Parnell Harry Ellenzweig Filtrexx International Curtis W. Fentress William L. Flournoy, Jr. The Freelon Group, Inc. FreemanWhite Architects, Inc. Glen Raven Custom Fabrics, LLC (continued)

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Richard J. Green Eileen M. Hendren Luanne P. Howard JDavis Architects, PLLC Irwin E. Jones K&L Gates, LLP Thomas S. Kenan III KlingStubbins Mina Levin and Ronald Schwarz McDuffie Design W.G. Monroe III Charles A. Musser, Jr. Vectorworks Patterson Pope Mack A. Paul Robert M. Perkowitz J. Patrick Rand Stephen H. Robertson S&ME, Inc. William M. Singer Stanford White, Inc. Rodney L. Swink Triangle Brick Company Michael Tribble U. Sean Vance III WGM Design, Inc.

$500 – $999 Carla C. Abramczyk Bland Landscaping Company, Inc. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Henry K. Burgwyn CLH Design, PA Clark J. Cochran, Jr. Royce M. Earnest Susan Glasser Greenways Incorporated Hanbury Preservation Consulting, Inc. Ryan T. Harrison Polly Hawkins Dorothy M. Haynes

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DESIGN INFLUENCE / FALL 2009

Patricia R. Healy William B. Hood Jerry’s Artarama Chris Jordan Kaplan Early Learning Company Barrett L. Kays Knoll and Knoll Studio Landis, Inc. Rayford W. Law Faye J. McArthur Paul H. McArthur, Jr. Ruby C. McSwain Metrocon, Inc. NC Chapter ASLA Mac Newsom III Patrick C. O’Keefe Irvin Pearce Robert S. Peterson Martha Scotford SMART Paper Holdings, LLC Stewart Engineering, Inc. Sungate Design Group, PA Susan Hatchell Landscape Architecture Swanson & Associates, PA TDTC Construction Company Tackle Design, Inc. Walton R. Teague Patricia & John Tector Coulter Jewel Thames

$250 – $499 AIA Wilmington Section Dorota Tulodziecka-Adams Jeff H. Adams AlphaCollier, Inc. Armadillo Grill of Raleigh, Inc. Carson Holding Brice Rich Caldwell Ronald L. Collier Kenneth R. Coulter Donna P. Duerk

Melrose W. Fisher Donna W. Francis Frank Harmon Architect, PA Masaki Furukawa Scott Garner George Ginn Raymond H. Goodmon III Joe Hackney Eliza & Charles M. Hager Dixon B. Hanna Joyce M. Hotz Evelyn F. Hoyt Richard E. Kent Rhoda & Thomas V. Lawrence Tracy & John Martin James W. McKay Jr. McNeely Associates, PA Linda Perry Meeks Rebecca H. Mentz Jackie B. Mizelle Alan S. Nagle Park Drive Studios Haven L. Peaden Katherine N. Peele Alwyn H. Phillips III O. Earl Pope, Jr. Roula & Joseph S. Qubain Ramsay GMK Architects Mark S. Reyer John S. Rodgers Lucien M. Roughton Schell, Bray, Aycock, Abel & Livingston Jennifer H. Sisak Southern Energy Management, Inc. Betsy B. Strandberg Steve Davis Design Jennifer L. Stutzman Emily B. Walser Ellen L. Weinstein Douglas D. Westmoreland Stan Williams Timothy F. Winstead

Barney P. Woodard, Jr. Woods Charter School Company

$100 – $249 Robin Fran Abrams Accountants One, Inc. E.P. Aretakis Mary & Steven E. Arnaudin John F. Arnold, Jr. Barbara Wiedemann Design, LLC Thomas M. Baum Dana & Bill Bayley Grovia A. Belanger Bell/Glazener Design Group Richard C. Bell Alan C. Billingsley Alan D. Bolzan L. Franklin Bost Terry Bottom Lauren Dana Boynton Martha & Paul Braswell Brian Williams Television Charlotte Caplan Jennifer M. Carbrey Marley P. Carroll H. Clymer Cease, Jr. Joan W. Chase Cherry Huffman Architects, PA Curtis H. Chi Alan R. Clark Rufus G. Coulter R.M. Craun Jr. Reginald H. Cude DTW Architects & Planners, Ltd. Davenport Architecture & Design, Inc. Marlys A. De Alba Deanne Beckwith Design Design Source Josephine Scott Dorsett William H. Dove

Sarah Duncan Drake C.R. Duncan, Jr. Terry B. Eason Bertram Ellentuck Sallie & John D. Everette Marshelle M. Finks Craig M. Fitzpatrick Fred S. Fonville Leslie J. Fowler Andrew Robert Fulcher Gwyn C. Gilliam Lora Greco Jocelyn & S. Lee Guice, III HH Architecture, PA Matt Hale Walter R. Havener David William Heeks Dawn Davis Heric William T. Highsmith Timothy L. Hill Timothy A. Hillhouse Mary C. Hoffman Howard F. Ostrout, Jr. & Associates, LLC Dan G. Huffman Hummel Moters, LLC Evan J. Hunter Edward C. Irvine Brian C. Jenest Rebecca T. Kalsbeek Lisa Susan Kamil Janet E. Snell-Kelly Steve Knight Lappas & Havener, PA Laura L. Levinson Davis H. Liles Dan P. MacMillan, Jr. Mangum Pottery Sue P. Markley Spyridoula Masouras John Harrill McBrayer Christopher A.B. McLachlan Alyssa M. McNamara Julie Anne McQuary Angela J. Medlin

Gregory R. Melrath Patty & Scott Merrell James E. Messer Ruth H. Neely Andrew John Nenni Thomas W. O’Brien Howard F. Ostrout, Jr. Elena M. Page Stephen H. Pratt Nicholas J. Pyros Dean A. Rains Deborah D. Roach Christopher Roberts James Roush Billie Jo & Edward Schweitzer Brian Shawcroft Thomas G. Sineath Carla M. Skuce Charles R. Smith, Jr. J. Ray Sparrow Cindy Drake Spuria Kenneth D. Stafford James M. Stevenson George W. Stowe, III Daryl W. Suther Heather H. Taylor Peter K. Templeton Terri L Thomas Frank D. Thompson John F. Thompson Dean Tibbitts Larry K. Walters Jimmy O. White Mary F. Whitney Leslie D. Wilson Gary R. Wolf Scott Alan Wolf obs Landscape Architects One World Technologies Tise-Kiester Architects, PA Village Deli Village Draft House

Thank You!

Col lege of Design Faculty a nd Sta ff Angelo Abbate Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture

Tim Buie Assistant Professor of Industrial Design

Carla Abramczyk Assistant Dean for External Relations and Development

Susan Cannon Adjunct Professor in Practice, Architecture

Dr. Robin Abrams Head, School of Architecture Professor of Architecture Tameka Allen Academic and Career Advisor Simon Atkinson Adjunct Professor, Architecture and Landscape Architecture Delsey Avery Administrative Assistant Kermit Bailey Associate Professor of Graphic Design Dr. Perver Baran Research Associate Professor, Ph.D. in Design Spencer Barnes Adjunct Assistant Professor, Industrial Design Thomas Barrie Professor of Architecture Dana Bartelt Director, Prague Institute Peter Batchelor Professor Emeritus of Architecture Paul R. Battaglia Assistant Professor of Architecture Bill Bayley Director of Information Technology Laboratory Michael Bissinger Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art + Design and Industrial Design 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 Head, Department of Landscape Architecture Professor of Landscape Architecture Angela Brockelsby Assistant Director of Communications, External Relations Dr. Anita R. Brown-Graham Director, Institute for Emerging Issues Professor of Landscape Architecture

Dottie Haynes Assistant Dean for Budget and Administration David Hill Assistant Professor of Architecture Sean Hilliard Adjunct Assistant Professor, Industrial Design

Hyejung Chang Adjunct Professor in Practice, Landscape Architecture

Davin Hong Adjunct Assistant Professor, Architecture

Lee Cherry Manager, Advanced Media Lab

Percy Hooper Associate Professor of Industrial Design

Pamela Christie-Tabron College Scheduling Officer

Dr. Jianxin Hu Visiting Assistant Professor, Ph.D. in Design

Roger H. Clark Professor of Architecture

Joey Jenkins Computing Consultant, Information Technology Laboratory

Nigel Clarke Adjunct Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture Dr. Nilda Cosco Research Associate Professor, Natural Learning Initiative Chandra Cox Head, Art + Design Department Associate Professor of Art + Design Denise Gonzales Crisp Professor of Graphic Design Meredith Davis Professor of Graphic Design Jim Dean Manager, Materials Technology Labs Carla Delcambre Teaching Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture Karen E. DeWitt Head, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library Catherine Dorin-Black Library Technical Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library Ed Driggers Accounting Technician Patrick FitzGerald Associate Professor of Art + Design Vincent M. Foote Professor Emeritus of Industrial Design

Joe McCoy Coordinator of Network & Hardware Services, Information Technology Laboratory Hunt McKinnon Adjunct Associate Professor, Architecture Kathleen Meaney Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graphic Design Jessica Johnson Moore Adjunct Assistant Professor, Architecture Robin C. Moore Director, Natural Learning Initiative Professor of Landscape Architecture Patricia Morgado Assistant Professor, Architecture Marva Motley Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Michael Jennings Adjunct Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture

Sherry O’Neal Director of Communications, External Relations

Bong-il Jin Associate Professor of Industrial Design

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

Dr. Sharon Joines Assistant Professor of Industrial Design Chris Jordan Director of Materials Laboratory and Facilities Charles Joyner Professor of Art + Design Margret Kentgens-Craig Adjunct Associate Professor, Architecture Haig Khachatoorian Professor of Industrial Design David Knight Technician, Materials Laboratory Bryan Laffitte Associate Professor of Industrial Design Jack Lancaster Technician, Materials Laboratory Michael Leigh Adjunct Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture Jean Marie Livaudais Director of Professional Relations, External Relations

Epi Pazienza Adjunct Assistant Professor, Architecture Santiago Piedrafita Head, Graphic Design and Industrial Design Department Associate Professor of Graphic Design Valerie Pierce Library Technical Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library Dr. J. Wayne Place Professor of Architecture Vita Plume Associate Professor of Art + Design J. Patrick Rand Professor of Architecture Dr. Cymbre Raub Associate Professor of Industrial Design

Henry Sanoff Professor Emeritus of Architecture Dr. Kristen Schaffer Associate Professor of Architecture Martha Scotford Professor of Graphic Design Anael Segers Assistant Director, Prague Institute Sharon Silcox Library Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library Carla Skuce Executive Assistant to the Dean A.T. Stephens Teaching Associate Professor, Design Studies Rodney Swink Adjunct Professor, Landscape Architecture Wayne Taylor Professor Emeritus of Art + Design Dr. John O. Tector Associate Dean Emeritus Will Temple Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Dr. Paul Tesar Professor of Architecture James D. Tomlinson Research Associate Professor Director of Community Development, Research and Extension Susan Toplikar Associate Professor of Art + Design Scott Townsend Associate Professor of Graphic Design Sean Vance Extension Assistant Professor, Interim Director, Center for Universal Design Shirley Varela Research Assistant, Natural Learning Initiative

Dana Raymond Associate Professor of Art + Design

Katie Wakeford Research Assistant, Home Environments Design Initiative

Wendy Redfield Associate Professor of Architecture

Jan-Ru Wan Assistant Professor of Art + Design

Arthur R. Rice Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Research and Extension Professor of Landscape Architecture

Tih-Yuan Wang Technology Support Analyst, Information Technology Laboratory

Andrew Fox Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture

Austin Lowrey Professor Emeritus of Graphic Design

McArthur Freeman Assistant Professor of Art + Design

Fernando Magallanes Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture

Kathleen Rieder Teaching Associate Professor, Art + Design

Jay Gates Interim Director, Comtemporary Art Museum

Marvin J. Malecha Dean Professor of Architecture

Dr. Fatih Rifki Professor Emeritus of Architecture

Nicole Welch Education Curator, Contemporary Art Museum Research and Extension

Amanda Robertson Adjunct Associate Professor, Art + Design

Richard R. Wilkinson Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture

Michael Rodrigues Budget Manager

Janice Wong Accounting Technician

Matthew Griffith Adjunct Assistant Professor, Architecture Frank Harmon Professor in Practice, Architecture

Hernán Marchant Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Academic Support, Associate Professor of Design Studies

Ellen Weinstein Adjunct Professor of Practice, Architecture

Richard J. Green Eileen M. Hendren Luanne P. Howard JDavis Architects, PLLC Irwin E. Jones K&L Gates, LLP Thomas S. Kenan III KlingStubbins Mina Levin and Ronald Schwarz McDuffie Design W.G. Monroe III Charles A. Musser, Jr. Vectorworks Patterson Pope Mack A. Paul Robert M. Perkowitz J. Patrick Rand Stephen H. Robertson S&ME, Inc. William M. Singer Stanford White, Inc. Rodney L. Swink Triangle Brick Company Michael Tribble U. Sean Vance III WGM Design, Inc.

$500 – $999 Carla C. Abramczyk Bland Landscaping Company, Inc. Bright Horizons Family Solutions Henry K. Burgwyn CLH Design, PA Clark J. Cochran, Jr. Royce M. Earnest Susan Glasser Greenways Incorporated Hanbury Preservation Consulting, Inc. Ryan T. Harrison Polly Hawkins Dorothy M. Haynes

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DESIGN INFLUENCE / FALL 2009

Patricia R. Healy William B. Hood Jerry’s Artarama Chris Jordan Kaplan Early Learning Company Barrett L. Kays Knoll and Knoll Studio Landis, Inc. Rayford W. Law Faye J. McArthur Paul H. McArthur, Jr. Ruby C. McSwain Metrocon, Inc. NC Chapter ASLA Mac Newsom III Patrick C. O’Keefe Irvin Pearce Robert S. Peterson Martha Scotford SMART Paper Holdings, LLC Stewart Engineering, Inc. Sungate Design Group, PA Susan Hatchell Landscape Architecture Swanson & Associates, PA TDTC Construction Company Tackle Design, Inc. Walton R. Teague Patricia & John Tector Coulter Jewel Thames

$250 – $499 AIA Wilmington Section Dorota Tulodziecka-Adams Jeff H. Adams AlphaCollier, Inc. Armadillo Grill of Raleigh, Inc. Carson Holding Brice Rich Caldwell Ronald L. Collier Kenneth R. Coulter Donna P. Duerk

Melrose W. Fisher Donna W. Francis Frank Harmon Architect, PA Masaki Furukawa Scott Garner George Ginn Raymond H. Goodmon III Joe Hackney Eliza & Charles M. Hager Dixon B. Hanna Joyce M. Hotz Evelyn F. Hoyt Richard E. Kent Rhoda & Thomas V. Lawrence Tracy & John Martin James W. McKay Jr. McNeely Associates, PA Linda Perry Meeks Rebecca H. Mentz Jackie B. Mizelle Alan S. Nagle Park Drive Studios Haven L. Peaden Katherine N. Peele Alwyn H. Phillips III O. Earl Pope, Jr. Roula & Joseph S. Qubain Ramsay GMK Architects Mark S. Reyer John S. Rodgers Lucien M. Roughton Schell, Bray, Aycock, Abel & Livingston Jennifer H. Sisak Southern Energy Management, Inc. Betsy B. Strandberg Steve Davis Design Jennifer L. Stutzman Emily B. Walser Ellen L. Weinstein Douglas D. Westmoreland Stan Williams Timothy F. Winstead

Barney P. Woodard, Jr. Woods Charter School Company

$100 – $249 Robin Fran Abrams Accountants One, Inc. E.P. Aretakis Mary & Steven E. Arnaudin John F. Arnold, Jr. Barbara Wiedemann Design, LLC Thomas M. Baum Dana & Bill Bayley Grovia A. Belanger Bell/Glazener Design Group Richard C. Bell Alan C. Billingsley Alan D. Bolzan L. Franklin Bost Terry Bottom Lauren Dana Boynton Martha & Paul Braswell Brian Williams Television Charlotte Caplan Jennifer M. Carbrey Marley P. Carroll H. Clymer Cease, Jr. Joan W. Chase Cherry Huffman Architects, PA Curtis H. Chi Alan R. Clark Rufus G. Coulter R.M. Craun Jr. Reginald H. Cude DTW Architects & Planners, Ltd. Davenport Architecture & Design, Inc. Marlys A. De Alba Deanne Beckwith Design Design Source Josephine Scott Dorsett William H. Dove

Sarah Duncan Drake C.R. Duncan, Jr. Terry B. Eason Bertram Ellentuck Sallie & John D. Everette Marshelle M. Finks Craig M. Fitzpatrick Fred S. Fonville Leslie J. Fowler Andrew Robert Fulcher Gwyn C. Gilliam Lora Greco Jocelyn & S. Lee Guice, III HH Architecture, PA Matt Hale Walter R. Havener David William Heeks Dawn Davis Heric William T. Highsmith Timothy L. Hill Timothy A. Hillhouse Mary C. Hoffman Howard F. Ostrout, Jr. & Associates, LLC Dan G. Huffman Hummel Moters, LLC Evan J. Hunter Edward C. Irvine Brian C. Jenest Rebecca T. Kalsbeek Lisa Susan Kamil Janet E. Snell-Kelly Steve Knight Lappas & Havener, PA Laura L. Levinson Davis H. Liles Dan P. MacMillan, Jr. Mangum Pottery Sue P. Markley Spyridoula Masouras John Harrill McBrayer Christopher A.B. McLachlan Alyssa M. McNamara Julie Anne McQuary Angela J. Medlin

Gregory R. Melrath Patty & Scott Merrell James E. Messer Ruth H. Neely Andrew John Nenni Thomas W. O’Brien Howard F. Ostrout, Jr. Elena M. Page Stephen H. Pratt Nicholas J. Pyros Dean A. Rains Deborah D. Roach Christopher Roberts James Roush Billie Jo & Edward Schweitzer Brian Shawcroft Thomas G. Sineath Carla M. Skuce Charles R. Smith, Jr. J. Ray Sparrow Cindy Drake Spuria Kenneth D. Stafford James M. Stevenson George W. Stowe, III Daryl W. Suther Heather H. Taylor Peter K. Templeton Terri L Thomas Frank D. Thompson John F. Thompson Dean Tibbitts Larry K. Walters Jimmy O. White Mary F. Whitney Leslie D. Wilson Gary R. Wolf Scott Alan Wolf obs Landscape Architects One World Technologies Tise-Kiester Architects, PA Village Deli Village Draft House

Thank You!

Col lege of Design Faculty a nd Sta ff Angelo Abbate Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture

Tim Buie Assistant Professor of Industrial Design

Carla Abramczyk Assistant Dean for External Relations and Development

Susan Cannon Adjunct Professor in Practice, Architecture

Dr. Robin Abrams Head, School of Architecture Professor of Architecture Tameka Allen Academic and Career Advisor Simon Atkinson Adjunct Professor, Architecture and Landscape Architecture Delsey Avery Administrative Assistant Kermit Bailey Associate Professor of Graphic Design Dr. Perver Baran Research Associate Professor, Ph.D. in Design Spencer Barnes Adjunct Assistant Professor, Industrial Design Thomas Barrie Professor of Architecture Dana Bartelt Director, Prague Institute Peter Batchelor Professor Emeritus of Architecture Paul R. Battaglia Assistant Professor of Architecture Bill Bayley Director of Information Technology Laboratory Michael Bissinger Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art + Design and Industrial Design 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 Head, Department of Landscape Architecture Professor of Landscape Architecture Angela Brockelsby Assistant Director of Communications, External Relations Dr. Anita R. Brown-Graham Director, Institute for Emerging Issues Professor of Landscape Architecture

Dottie Haynes Assistant Dean for Budget and Administration David Hill Assistant Professor of Architecture Sean Hilliard Adjunct Assistant Professor, Industrial Design

Hyejung Chang Adjunct Professor in Practice, Landscape Architecture

Davin Hong Adjunct Assistant Professor, Architecture

Lee Cherry Manager, Advanced Media Lab

Percy Hooper Associate Professor of Industrial Design

Pamela Christie-Tabron College Scheduling Officer

Dr. Jianxin Hu Visiting Assistant Professor, Ph.D. in Design

Roger H. Clark Professor of Architecture

Joey Jenkins Computing Consultant, Information Technology Laboratory

Nigel Clarke Adjunct Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture Dr. Nilda Cosco Research Associate Professor, Natural Learning Initiative Chandra Cox Head, Art + Design Department Associate Professor of Art + Design Denise Gonzales Crisp Professor of Graphic Design Meredith Davis Professor of Graphic Design Jim Dean Manager, Materials Technology Labs Carla Delcambre Teaching Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture Karen E. DeWitt Head, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library Catherine Dorin-Black Library Technical Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library Ed Driggers Accounting Technician Patrick FitzGerald Associate Professor of Art + Design Vincent M. Foote Professor Emeritus of Industrial Design

Joe McCoy Coordinator of Network & Hardware Services, Information Technology Laboratory Hunt McKinnon Adjunct Associate Professor, Architecture Kathleen Meaney Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graphic Design Jessica Johnson Moore Adjunct Assistant Professor, Architecture Robin C. Moore Director, Natural Learning Initiative Professor of Landscape Architecture Patricia Morgado Assistant Professor, Architecture Marva Motley Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Michael Jennings Adjunct Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture

Sherry O’Neal Director of Communications, External Relations

Bong-il Jin Associate Professor of Industrial Design

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

Dr. Sharon Joines Assistant Professor of Industrial Design Chris Jordan Director of Materials Laboratory and Facilities Charles Joyner Professor of Art + Design Margret Kentgens-Craig Adjunct Associate Professor, Architecture Haig Khachatoorian Professor of Industrial Design David Knight Technician, Materials Laboratory Bryan Laffitte Associate Professor of Industrial Design Jack Lancaster Technician, Materials Laboratory Michael Leigh Adjunct Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture Jean Marie Livaudais Director of Professional Relations, External Relations

Epi Pazienza Adjunct Assistant Professor, Architecture Santiago Piedrafita Head, Graphic Design and Industrial Design Department Associate Professor of Graphic Design Valerie Pierce Library Technical Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library Dr. J. Wayne Place Professor of Architecture Vita Plume Associate Professor of Art + Design J. Patrick Rand Professor of Architecture Dr. Cymbre Raub Associate Professor of Industrial Design

Henry Sanoff Professor Emeritus of Architecture Dr. Kristen Schaffer Associate Professor of Architecture Martha Scotford Professor of Graphic Design Anael Segers Assistant Director, Prague Institute Sharon Silcox Library Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library Carla Skuce Executive Assistant to the Dean A.T. Stephens Teaching Associate Professor, Design Studies Rodney Swink Adjunct Professor, Landscape Architecture Wayne Taylor Professor Emeritus of Art + Design Dr. John O. Tector Associate Dean Emeritus Will Temple Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Dr. Paul Tesar Professor of Architecture James D. Tomlinson Research Associate Professor Director of Community Development, Research and Extension Susan Toplikar Associate Professor of Art + Design Scott Townsend Associate Professor of Graphic Design Sean Vance Extension Assistant Professor, Interim Director, Center for Universal Design Shirley Varela Research Assistant, Natural Learning Initiative

Dana Raymond Associate Professor of Art + Design

Katie Wakeford Research Assistant, Home Environments Design Initiative

Wendy Redfield Associate Professor of Architecture

Jan-Ru Wan Assistant Professor of Art + Design

Arthur R. Rice Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Research and Extension Professor of Landscape Architecture

Tih-Yuan Wang Technology Support Analyst, Information Technology Laboratory

Andrew Fox Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture

Austin Lowrey Professor Emeritus of Graphic Design

McArthur Freeman Assistant Professor of Art + Design

Fernando Magallanes Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture

Kathleen Rieder Teaching Associate Professor, Art + Design

Jay Gates Interim Director, Comtemporary Art Museum

Marvin J. Malecha Dean Professor of Architecture

Dr. Fatih Rifki Professor Emeritus of Architecture

Nicole Welch Education Curator, Contemporary Art Museum Research and Extension

Amanda Robertson Adjunct Associate Professor, Art + Design

Richard R. Wilkinson Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture

Michael Rodrigues Budget Manager

Janice Wong Accounting Technician

Matthew Griffith Adjunct Assistant Professor, Architecture Frank Harmon Professor in Practice, Architecture

Hernán Marchant Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Academic Support, Associate Professor of Design Studies

Ellen Weinstein Adjunct Professor of Practice, Architecture

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Model Avril Smart showcases Amy Quinn's dress called Rainbow Sherbet in the 2009 Art to Wear fashion show held in April.

Art + Design sculpture in the process of being hung in SAS Hall, the new mathematics and statistics building.

The annual Back-to-School BBQ was generously sponsored by donors this year.

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