Allie Stafford and Chloe Loflin
GD 301: Branding, Interaction, and Service Design Professor Victoria Chi September 23rd, 2025
We want to bring people across majors and disciplines together in the Design Library by building a space that welcomes collaboration and the exchange of knowledge both academically and creatively.
30k Books in the Design Library
7k Books checked out every year
2.5k New books every year 70% of books only available in print
Dewitt trends: a space focusing on social spaces designed for student learning
Observations:
Materials lab recently announced that there will be a new supply store Most technology is checked out at the IT Lab Most students bring their own laptop, so a computer station is not necessary according to survey
Quiet Stale lighting Cramped
Books primary
Wood
We visited the Design Library as well as other libraries, such as Jordan Library and D. H. Hill, to collect some ideas of what we like and do not like about each space.
Lots of outlets Books secondary Plants Variety of workspaces
Comfortable seating
Study carrel desks (cubicle)
Adjustable height tables
More outlets Color printer Book scanner
Instruction/workshops
Research consultation
This space is meant for collaboration and bringing people together to ideate in one spot. We hope this space allows for socialization, and the college of design to become one big family
Another idea of this space was to make an area for creation among different majors. Instead of having students go their separate ways, we hope this space allows for all students to gather and ideate in the same place.
Simple colorful design but also represents a chill environment. We would maybe also add some quirky elements and furniture that help to represent design.
We wanted to keep the same typography that NC State uses to really connect the university to the library.
A simple font such as Roboto allows for the overall brand of the library to be more sophisticated and not too straining for the eye.
We will now be taking questions.