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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 one of the winners of the prestigious 40 Under 40
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, recently participated in the highly acclaimed...

Associate Professor Alex Poorman was named 2017 Educator of the Year by the Carolinas Chapter of the International Interior Design Association. Photo submitted by Alex Poorman

Interior design faculty member named IIDA-Carolinas 2017 Educator of the Year Jul 18, 2017

Associate Professor of Interior Design Alex Poorman has received the Carolinas Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA

Appalachian student winners Emma Morris, Hazel Chang and Elizabeth Hundley at the SOURCE awards ceremony with Eaton representatives Lance Bennett, Rebecca Hadley-Catter and Brad Paine. Photo submitted by Karin Martin

Appalachian students bring home honors in international lighting design competition Jul 18, 2017

For the fourth year in a row, an Appalachian State University student has won first place in the annual SOURCE awards competition, hosted by...

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
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
Rickey Bell, Myers Welborn and Nathan Haeme holding their trophies.

Industrial Design students awarded top honors in product design competition Feb 14, 2017

Appalachian State University industrial design seniors Rickey Bell of Davie County, Myers Welborn of Lexington and Nathan Haeme of Boone each...

Students and Faculty

Industrial Design completes sponsored studio with WestRock Jan 19, 2017

This past fall semester the Industrial Design program partnered with WestRock® to create innovative new packaging concepts.

Students and faculty at the PAVE gala in New York

Interior Design design students take home awards in international PAVE competition Jan 12, 2017

Four seniors enrolled in the Department of Applied Design’s Interior Design Program have received top honors in the Planning and Visual Educ

Industrial Design Professional Portfolio Review Nov 8, 2016

On October 29th Appalachian State University’s Industrial Design program and IDSA student club hosted an annual regional portfoli

Power of Design Poster

Appalachian State hosts Power of Design '16 Sep 23, 2016

Students, faculty and the community are invited to kick off “Power of Design 16” by attending a reception at 6:30 p.m.