Alumni/Friends

A L U M NI / F r i e n d s

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 oftheir classrooms and the library. Alley went to the school and read the book to the students on May 29, 2009. All ofthe books mention Alley’s Art + Design degrees from the College ofDesign. Alley now works as a student services representative and the S.T.E.P. coordinator at NC State University’s College ofTextiles.

Fiquet Bailey (BAD 2000), creator ofperfume 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 ofMetro Magazine, a Raleigh-based publication.

Liz Bradford (BAD/BTTM 2008) recentlycompleted 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 offishing 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 especiallygoodforcatchandrelease since iteliminates the use ofgaffs. Visit www.popnetnets.com for more information. Campbell finalized a deal to license his company and patent rights to a huge U.S. sports

DESIGN IN FLUEN CE / FALL 2009 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 ofLEED® standards for design, construction, and operation ofhigh 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 ofRaleigh project pursuing LEED® Silver rating. Other notable projects include the Sanderford Road Neighborhood Center for the City ofRaleigh Department ofParks 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 ofdesign used for advertising, product packaging, and the printed ephemera ofdaily life ofthe 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 ofornamental excess, artistic printing fell out offavor and largely disappeared from histories ofdesign. 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 ofthe typefaces associated with nineteenthcentury graphic design.

Amy Allgeyer Cook (BEDA 1990, B,Arch. 1991) has signed with PM Moon PublishingLLC 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 ofthe American Institute ofArchitects. Griffith in an intern architect/designer and projectmanageratFrankHarmon Architect, P.A. in Raleigh, and is currentlyan adjunct assistant professor at the School ofArchitecture.

Douglas Hall, AIA (BEDA 1986, B.Arch. 1988) co-founding partner ofBBH Design, accepted the Business Leader Media’s Top 100 Small Businesses in North Carolina award in June. The firm was ranked 12th out of280 nominations recognizing leadership, communitycontributions and financial success. The firm was the top-ranked architecture firm. As PartnerofDesign, his conceptproposalforthe creationofanationallaboratoryguideline forplanning and design was accepted by the American Institute ofArchitects (AIA) and the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) in Washington, D.C. The AIA, I2SL, and BBH Design hosted the first open meetingto 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 staffmembers 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 ofgames 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 himselfin the medium for which he designs. That is exactlywhat 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 ofHorticulture at Clemson University. Usingaservice-learningmodel, sheandher students and colleagues have partnered with USDA, the Sustainable Universities Initiative, andcommunity partners to design children’s gardens across South Carolina. A primary focus area ofher 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 ofthe American Society for Horticulture Science OutstandingUndergraduate EducatorAward. In 2006 she co-authored a bookwith LollyTai, Gina McLellan and Erin Knight that received two separate awards in 2007. The Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter ofASLA presented the President’s Award and the S.C. Chapter ofASLA 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 ofNorth 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 ofGeorgia ’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

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 ofAffordable Green” at the NAHB (National Association ofHome 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 ofStudio B and BuildSense. Their AIA Triangle award-winning design ofthe 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

DESIGN IN FLUEN CE / FALL 2009 Art Omi, he created a site-specific installation that examined the relationship ofthe 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 briefas 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 ofthe site and the original Raymond House. This submission had the best integrated sustainable strategies in terms ofthe LivingBuildingChallenge and was verythoughtfully done with the site in mind. This project created a sense ofplace 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 ofAgriculture & Consumer Services. Her team designs everything from publications and promotional materials to exhibits andsignage. Clients includeNCDAdivisions such as the NC State Fair and USDA field offices across the country. The group works with NC State Universityand otherorganizations, too. She also enjoys freelance graphicdesignworkinherspare time.

Melissa Meyer (BEDA 1995) was inducted into the Brevard College Hall ofFame in 2008. She was the first woman on their soccer team during her undergraduate years. Meyer is principal ofNew 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 ofbrand 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 workingas an art directorforadvertisingagencies and businesses in the Charlotte/Greensboro/Winston-Salem areas. Hepreviouslyworkedas artdirectorforPic'n' Pay Corp., creative services director and promotional art director for Knight PublishingCo. (The Charlotte Observer), art director ofMorris, White &Associates, senior art director for The LyerlyAgency, 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 AddyAward competitions for advertising. He is a member ofthe Spencer Volunteer Fire Department and a past member ofthe Spencer Board ofAldermen.

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-9pm on Monday-Friday and 7:30am-9pm 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 inNorthCarolina. Incities across ourstate, wepass peoplesleepingonbenches andwenoticelines at shelters, yet the stories, faces and experiences ofthe 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 ofDeeper Purpose: The Reconstruction ofFortress Louisbourg, Nova Scotia” at the annual conference ofthe Architectural Heritage Society ofScotland on May 1, 2009. She is studying toward a Master ofScience in Architectural Conservation at the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies at Edinburgh College ofArt. Kim Tanzer (M.Arch. 1983), a Universityof Florida professor ofarchitecture and practicing architect, became dean of the Universityof Virginia’s School ofArchitecture on July1. 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 UniversityofVirginia is one ofthe nation’s great universities, and its School ofArchitecture 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 opportunityto work on behalfofthe 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 ofher recent leadership positions have included president ofthe Association ofCollegiate Schools ofArchitecture; chairwoman ofthe UniversityofFlorida facultysenate and faculty member ofUF’s board oftrustees; co-founder and founding director ofthe Florida Community Design Center, Inc.; and special adviser to UF’s president on his university-wide sustainabilityinitiatives. 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

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

Cynthia Van Der Wiele (MLA, 1992, Ph.D. 2004) is the first Sustainable Communities Development Director for Chatham County. She oversees several majorcountyfunctions. She began workin 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 ofarchitectural and design experience, most recentlyspecializing in high-rise condos. He earned his B.S. in design from Clemson University before studying at NC State. He is a member ofthe American Institute ofArchitects (AIA) and the Young Affiliates ofthe 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 ofSino-Development, based

in the Beijing/Tianjin area, specializes in design and construction ofmajor 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 ofwind farms and the conversion oflandfills into power generation facilities, as a way ofresponsibly reducing China’s overall carbon footprint.

Eric Schneider (MID 1996) used this legoramic camera (pictured above) to take photos while a student at NC State. Two ofthese images (one ofthe shop, one ofa design studio) are still in the Brooks Hall galleryofpermanent 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/

The Bain Project

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 of12 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), MartyBaird, Sarah Powers, Daniel Kelly(BAD 2003), StaceyKirby, Luke Buchanan (BEDA 2002), Lee Moore, Tim Kiernan (BAD; BA 2002), Jen Coon, Lia Newman, Associate Professor ofArt + 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. P hotos by D ana Raymond