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BFL_Mason McKay Verellen Furniture Scholarship [Karla Jones at left; Gala Magrina at right]

Furniture Library Names Future Designers Summit Scholarship Winners Sep 24, 2024

HIGH POINT, NC — The Bienenstock Furniture Library concluded its fourth annual...

Bridging Continents: A Shared Design Journey Between Appalachian State University and VSVU Jul 1, 2024

In an inspiring display of international collaboration, students from Appalachian State University's Industrial Design 3711 Product Studio 2 class and the Academy of Fine Arts and Design (VSVU)...

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App State Alumni, Luke Southern of Fisher Marantz Stone, Named Among Light Collective's International 40 Under 40 in Lighting Design Feb 6, 2024

BOONE, NC [February 6, 2024] — Luke Southern, an App State Alumni and Senior Designer with FMS in New York City, has been recognized as

Ben Pipitone holding his 1st place Trophy in the Robert Bruce Thompson Lighting Competition.

Industrial Design Students Awarded in National Lighting Design Competition Sep 6, 2023

A group of 28 students from Applied Design, led by Associate Professor of Industrial Design and Assistant Chair of Applied Design, Michael Rall,...

App State students Alli Lackey and Jasmine McElroy designed this display for Frito Lays.

App State Students in Frito Lay Design Challenge Oct 26, 2022

App State students Alli Lackey and Jasmine McElroy recently won the 2022 PAVE Frito Lay Student Design Challenge by designing a point of purchase...

Furniture design students in the Department of Applied Design won first place in an international competition

Furniture Design Students Win International Woodworking Fair’s Student Competition Sep 16, 2022

Furniture design students in the Department of Applied Design won first place in two categories at the International Woodworking Fair's Design...

Interior Design Students Submit Designs for New Hickory Campus Sep 2, 2022

Interior design students from INT 2110 submitted their design ideas for the new Appalachian State Hickory campus, which were reviewed by key...

App State professor Michael Rall and Dean Shannon Campbell visited WantedDesign with App State Students

App Students and Faculty involved in the 2022 WantedDesign Schools Workshop Aug 26, 2022

In May 2022, a group of App State faculty and students traveled to New York to participate in the Design Schools Workshop hosted by WantedDesign...

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College Honors Dr. Nancy Oliver as Spring Commencement Mace Bearer May 24, 2021

What started out as a snow day diversion for a 10-year-old child turned into a lifelong passion and career for faculty member Dr.

Julia De Brocq, App State senior and PAVE student design winner

App State interior design senior wins third place in 2020 PAVE Competition Feb 16, 2021

Julia De Brocq, a senior interior design major at Appalachian State University from Charlotte, N.C., won third-place in the ...