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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 display for Frito-Lay branded snacks like Lays,...

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 Emphasis Student Furniture Design Competition.

Senior industrial design student Adam Westfall (standing third from right), attended the Outdoor Retail Market in Denver, Colorado as part of his capstone course. Photo submitted

Appalachian Industrial Design student attends Winter Outdoor Retail Market Dec 19, 2018

Industrial design student Adam Westfall recently attended the Winter Outdoor Retail Market in Denver, Colorado Nov. 8–11.

Interior design senior Casey Anderson (third from left) and industrial design senior Noah Howells (fifth from left) were recognized by the Carolinas Chapter of the International Furnishing and Design Association as "Rising Stars." Photo submitted

Appalachian design students named ‘Rising Stars’ by professional association Dec 19, 2018

Two students in Appalachian State University’s Department of Applied Design have been recognized as “Rising Stars” by the Caroli

Decker's cabinet, “Warden of Wallop Park,” received top honors in the Pinnacle Awards, presented annually by the International Society of Furniture Designers. Photo courtesy of the International Society of Furniture Designers.

Appalachian student wins prestigious furniture industry award Oct 26, 2018

Appalachian State University senior Ryan Decker, an industrial design major from Hendersonville, has won a Pinnacle Award, the furniture design...

From left to right, interior design senior Hannah Downs, Department of Applied Design Chair Brian Davies, La-Z-Boy’s vice president of human resources, Tim Solesbee, College of Fine and Applied Arts Dean Phyllis Kloda and interior design senior Hailey Estes pose in the department’s wood shop. Kloda and Solesbee are holding the $75,000 check made to the department by the La-Z-Boy Foundation, which will fund L.I.D.A. — the student-designed Lab for Innovating in Design at Appalachian. Photo by Chase Reynolds

La-Z-Boy Foundation provides funding for student-designed lab at Appalachian Oct 17, 2018

By Meghan McCandlessPosted Oct. 16, 2018 at 10:28 a.m.

Group Photo from Design Camp 2018

Appalachian hosts design camp for area youth Aug 16, 2018

For three days in July, 15 high school students from Watauga and Ashe Counties came together for a unique experience hosted by Appalachian State...

The Future People: Creating Public Imagination [The Delaware Contemporary] Aug 10, 2018

Methods for transportation have played a part in the human experience for centuries, from horse and buggy, to cars, to airplanes, to the future...

Students in assistant professor Cameron Van Dyke's design studio built new furniture for the Moses Cone Manor mini-theater with funding from Dr. Beth Davison's Chancellor's Innovation Scholars grant. Photo courtesy of Dr. Beth Davison

Appalachian students design furniture for Moses Cone Manor Aug 10, 2018

Industrial design students at Appalachian State University have left a lasting legacy at the Moses Cone Manor on the Blue Ridge Parkway near...

Furniture design students in Appalachian’s Conscious Furniture Design project are, from top left, Walter Mingledorff, Ben Bridges, Tanner Pittmon and John Barton. Photo submitted

From the Tree to the Public Jul 17, 2018

In the Conscious Furniture Design project, students create works influenced by the Japanese philosophy of Ma while communication majors document...

Ryan Decker is the 2018-19 Celia Moh Scholarship recipient. Photo submitted

Industrial Design student receives Celia Moh Scholarship Jun 22, 2018

For the third consecutive year, an Appalachian State University student has been selected to receive the Celia Moh Scholarship. Rya