Department of Applied Design

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The Steelcase Active Learning Center grant will cover the cost of furniture, design, installation, onsite training and pre- and post-occupancy measurement tools for the College of Fine and Applied Arts’ HOW Space in downtown Boone. Image courtesy of Meghan McCandless

AppLab practices put to work earn Appalachian a Steelcase Active Learning Center Grant Apr 24, 2017

By Haley Childers

Ribbon Cutting for new Broyhill Commons

Interior Design Undergraduate Students Re-design Broyhill Commons Apr 19, 2017

On January 21, 2016 Sarah Dickert, Caroline Malak and Madeleine McKenzie received an offer to partake in the redesign of Broyhill Commons located...

Industrial design major Ben Bridges designed "Solum", the chair that placed first in the Bienenstock Furniture Competition. Photo courtesy of the Bienenstock Furniture Library

Bienenstock Furniture Library Announces 2017 Furniture Design Competition Winners Mar 28, 2017

By Ed Tashjian