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The Consumer Culture Garden, an interactive installation by EAT (art + design professors Dana Raymond, Patrick FitzGerald, Ted FitzGerald, Amanda Robertson [BGD 1997, MID 2004], and Dave Millsaps), is at the North Carolina Museum of Artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CrossCurrents Exhibition from Sept. 24, 2005, through Jan. 8, 2006.

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2 0 0 5 -2 0 0 6 C A L E N D A R August 22 - October 11 Exhibition: Study Abroad Summer Studios from Prague

November 12 ARE Prep Course: General Structures & Lateral Forces

September 19 Architecture Lecture: Maryann Thompson

November 17 Ph.D. Lecture: Sharon Poggenpohl 6 - 8 p.m., 2nd Floor Field House Conference Room

September 23 Design Guild Fall Event: A Fundamental Change (includes Leazar hard-hat tour) September 23 Ph.D. Lecture: Lawrence Frank 6 p.m., Belk Rotunda in Brooks Hall September 24 ARE Prep Course: Building Design/Materials & Methods

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November 18 Distinguished Alumni Event (from the College of Design, John Atkins, FAIA, will be honored at this University-wide event)

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December 4 - December 17 Exhibition: Graduation

October 13 Ph.D. Lecture: David Leatherbarrow 6 p.m., Belk Rotunda in Brooks Hall October 15 University Open House October 17 Architecture Lecture: Michael Bell

2006 January 13 - February 4 Exhibition: Admissions February 5 – March 11 Exhibition: Architecture Faculty February (exact date TBD) Conference: “Designing the Sustainable City”

October 29 ARE Prep Course: Graphics Division

March 25 Design Guild Award Dinner (make your nomination by September 15)

October 29 NC State University Homecoming Parade

April 15 - May 7 Exhibition: Graphic Design Senior Show

November 5 - December 4 Exhibition: Contemporary Textiles

May 8 - May 13 Exhibition: Graduation

November 7 Architecture Lecture: David Salmela & Tom Fisher

May 14 Spring Commencement

November 9 Scholarship Reception

June 4-10 Prague Drawing Institute for Design Professionals

Excellence in Teaching Award – Paul Tesar Design Guild Dinner photos

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December 14 Winter Commencement

October 3 Architecture Lecture: Dan Rockhill October 12 - November 4 Exhibition: Ghana

We cannot guarantee success in the outcome. We can deserve it.

All ARCHITECTURE LECTURES are held in the auditorium in Kamphoefner Hall at 6 p.m. and are co-sponsored by AIA-Triangle and the School of Architecture at NC State University. A reception follows the lecture. AIA CES credits are provided.

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Charting a Different Course Alumna Brings Nature to the City “Seeing the Possibilities” at School for the Blind Industrial Design Alum Makes a Difference SeeSaw Studio Molding Automotive Designers Scholar Craves a Challenge

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EXHIBITIONS are featured in the Brooks Hall Gallery. VISITORS are encouraged to verify time and location of events, which are subject to change. For more information, call 919/515-8313 or sign up for DESIGNlife, an e-newsletter, at www.design.ncsu.edu (link to “news & events” from pull-down menu). OUR THANKS College of Design lectures and exhibitions are sponsored in part by Design Guild Dean’s Circle and Benefactor members. For more details, go to www.design.ncsu.edu/events.

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The Design Guild is an association of alumni, friends, design professionals and industry leaders established in 1996 to promote design education at the NC State University College of Design through private contributions and gifts. The publication of Design Inﬂuence is fully supported by Design Guild funds. We welcome your submission of alumni news items in addition to your comments about this publication. To receive our electronic newsletter, DESIGNlife, please send us your e-mail address. design@ncsu.edu or address correspondence to: NC State University College of Design Campus Box 7701 Raleigh, NC 27695-7701 919/515-8313 Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA dean Carla Abramczyk director of development Jean Marie Livaudais director of professional relations Pam Welch development assistant Sherry McIntyre editor; director of communications Craig McDufﬁe (BEDV 1983) designer COVER Design for the invitation to Prague Institute Opening Celebration designed by renowned Czech graphic artist Jir̂i Sliva.

CONTENTS

2 0 0 5 -2 0 0 6 C A L E N D A R August 22 - October 11 Exhibition: Study Abroad Summer Studios from Prague

November 12 ARE Prep Course: General Structures & Lateral Forces

September 19 Architecture Lecture: Maryann Thompson

November 17 Ph.D. Lecture: Sharon Poggenpohl 6 - 8 p.m., 2nd Floor Field House Conference Room

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November 18 Distinguished Alumni Event (from the College of Design, John Atkins, FAIA, will be honored at this University-wide event)

RECOGNITIONS 4 5

December 4 - December 17 Exhibition: Graduation

October 13 Ph.D. Lecture: David Leatherbarrow 6 p.m., Belk Rotunda in Brooks Hall October 15 University Open House October 17 Architecture Lecture: Michael Bell

2006 January 13 - February 4 Exhibition: Admissions February 5 – March 11 Exhibition: Architecture Faculty February (exact date TBD) Conference: “Designing the Sustainable City”

October 29 ARE Prep Course: Graphics Division

March 25 Design Guild Award Dinner (make your nomination by September 15)

October 29 NC State University Homecoming Parade

April 15 - May 7 Exhibition: Graphic Design Senior Show

November 5 - December 4 Exhibition: Contemporary Textiles

May 8 - May 13 Exhibition: Graduation

November 7 Architecture Lecture: David Salmela & Tom Fisher

May 14 Spring Commencement

November 9 Scholarship Reception

June 4-10 Prague Drawing Institute for Design Professionals

Excellence in Teaching Award – Paul Tesar Design Guild Dinner photos

FEATURES

December 14 Winter Commencement

October 3 Architecture Lecture: Dan Rockhill October 12 - November 4 Exhibition: Ghana

We cannot guarantee success in the outcome. We can deserve it.

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DEAN’S MESSAGE We cannot guarantee success in the outcome. by Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, Dean

We can deserve it. – Cato

his time of rapid change demands more from each individual with every transformative occurrence. It is a time when the essence of our culture is questioned. It is a time when the boundaries of human understanding are being pushed to new horizons. It is a time of shocking perspectives on a future that holds within it interconnectedness to the farthest regions of the planet even as we experience the contradictions of advanced technologies and the rigid adherence to centuries old ways of doing and seeing. How can the changes under way inspire change? Is there a way to determine paths more likely to succeed in such a climate? These questions, as likely to be pertinent in a corporation as in a university, amplify our dilemma. Where will inspiration be found? Is it possible to assemble the necessary information to ensure the certainty of success, continuing along paths more comfortable and derived from consensus-building relationships, before undertaking action? Cato’s observation provides the answer to the questions and directs the energy of resolution to an action posture. It is not possible to guarantee success in a rapidly transforming context. Nor is it possible to wait for certainty of action ensuring success. The certainty of success implies that all

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of the variables of a problem have been identified and satisfied. It implies a familiarity that simply cannot be achieved in the realm of innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship. That which is certain is already accomplished. Cato’s observation inspired the founding fathers of our nation to act. The decision to act is not only inspired by ultimatums. It can also be stimulated by the desire to assert leadership, to find freedom in new circumstances, to be afforded the ability to think creatively by shedding past assumptions. The decision to act by thoughtful individuals is the assertion of leadership necessary to maintain the vitality of a domain of knowledge. The time of change that envelops contemporary society is a moment of opportunity for design practitioners to assert the power of the design disciplines. It is a moment when the critical thought processes embedded in the design domain of knowledge is an important tool for the action that must be undertaken. It is an assertion of leadership that is a vital aspect of the future of our society. Cato’s second declarative statement, “we can deserve it” is as worthy of reflection as the first. To deserve success is very different from an entitlement to success. This statement implies a

meritocracy that recognizes the impossibility of achieving success at every turn while acknowledging the importance of perseverance in the actions that are undertaken. How can success be deserved? It is important to be bold in response to the times. Leadership is defined by greater visions, expansive ideas, and challenging thoughts. It is critical that determination and commitment accompany ideas. Nothing is achieved without a substantial commitment of time and energy. In the case of innovation and entrepreneurship it will be necessary to expend energy without the certainty of compensation or even seed funding. Old-fashioned sweat equity is the fuel of the most progressive ideas and actions. It cannot be expected that funds will always be found to make the difficult transition from the way it has been to what must be. A way must be identified to nurture, protect, and support champions. In a creative community it is the talent of individuals that is the most valuable currency. It is in this realization that the spirit of a college community can be found. This allows an inclusive definition of the college community bringing together faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Through this realization we can celebrate the accomplishments in an additive fashion replacing traditional competition with a greater sense of collaboration. For such a realization to take hold in a community it is necessary for an intense interest in the work and contributions of others. It is necessary that each member of the community become the steward of the success of every other member of the community. Champions are the free spirits among the group. These individuals will lead by their work. They will serve to produce the prototypes that will make the way for the larger community to follow. Their accomplishments and mastery of their subject will attract others

enhancing both per networks and apprentice relationships. It is around the work of such individuals that new directions and innovative scholarship can be formed. What is it that such personalities will teach others in the evolution of new ways and means of work? Embrace entrepreneurial thought to inspire new ways and means. Employ design thought to foster mastery on subjects of value to society.

she wove story children from all she saw, and dressed them in gowns of red, white, blue, and black. They lived with her and probably would have forever, but Leopard, Sheep, and a Ninm woman had a quarrel and Sheep, while running away, crashed into the door of Mouse’s house and broke it down. All of the stories and histories inside ran out, and instead of returning home to Mouse, they decided to travel up and down the world, which they do to this day.

Flourish with new technologies.

Stories, those works of the imagination, deal with everything in heaven and earth. They are part of life, just as hunting, planting, marrying, and raising a family are.

Build a social network of work.

Jefferson and Skinner, Roots of Time

Learn from error.

Communicate ideas with passion. Allow for ambiguity. Pursue continual renewal. Always celebrate success! The oral tradition upon which a culture is built must guide how the work of individual champions can be best used to assert the leadership of the design professions. Their stories must be told and case studies composed that will serve as the model for others. It is the stories spread across a culture that stimulate and inspire change. It is the work of heroes and champions that leads the way. It is the responsibility of the design professions to tell the stories. It is said among the Ekoi of Nigeria that Mouse brought all the stories into the world. Mouse may seem an insigniﬁcant creature, but she goes all places and sees all things. Long ago

We must tell the stories of those among us who excel. We must learn from and be inspired by those who venture before us. It is our responsibility to run ahead of our time, to foster a life greater than that given to us. Even in failure it is possible to declare success in the learning experience. We must know the stories! We deserve to succeed when we have empowered those individuals who bring their abilities and insights to the well-being of our society. We deserve to succeed when we provide leadership that enhances the lives of those who have little ability to help themselves. We deserve to succeed when we measure our success not by personal or even college accolades but by the way we have caused others to ﬂourish. Let this be the measure of our inﬂuence as a College of Design, as creative individuals leading the development of a design domain of knowledge, as responsible citizens and in the words of American Indian traditions, as spiritual beings on a human journey. DEAN'S MESSAGE

DEAN’S MESSAGE We cannot guarantee success in the outcome. by Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, Dean

We can deserve it. – Cato

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Flourish with new technologies.

Stories, those works of the imagination, deal with everything in heaven and earth. They are part of life, just as hunting, planting, marrying, and raising a family are.

Build a social network of work.

Jefferson and Skinner, Roots of Time

Learn from error.

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UNC Board of Governors honors Dr. Paul Tesar with Award for Excellence

Clockwise from top left: Randolph Croxton introduces the 2005 Design Guild Award recipient Gail Lindsey Gail Lindsey, FAIA Cindy Malecha and Lynn Boney (foreground) speak with Charlie Boney, Fran Drummond, Randy Croxton, Design Guild President Charles Boney. Jr and Dean Marvin Malecha

Event photos by Ashley Richards

Wings on Wings award recipient Greg Hatem

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receive this prestigious award. r. Paul Tesar, Alumni Distinguished Tesar’s teaching and research interests Professor of Architecture at North Carolina center on architectural design and theory, State University, has been honored with an as well as understanding architecture Award for Excellence in Teaching from the as public and social art. He is a strong University of North Carolina Board of Governors. advocate for study abroad programs and The Board of Governors Awards for instituted the NC State College of Design’s Excellence in Teaching were created in 1994 to ﬁrst student exchange program in Vienna, underscore the importance of teaching and to Austria, initiated a faculty exchange with encourage, recognize, and reward outstanding the Fachhochschule Stuttgart in Germany, teaching. Nominees for the award must be and developed the School of Architecture’s tenured professors who have “demonstrated excellent or exceptional teaching ability over a sustained period of time.” Tesar is one of 16 educators – one from each UNC System campus – who were presented with Awards for Excellence in Teaching by UNC President Molly Corbett Broad and Board of Governors Chairman J. Bradley Wilson during a luncheon held May 13 in conjunction with the Board’s May meeting. Winners received a prize of $7,500 and a bronze medallion. Tesar is the ﬁrst member of Dr. Paul Tesar receives Award for Excellence in Teaching the architecture faculty to Dr. Paul Tesar receives Award for Excellence in Teaching

ﬁrst studio project for students in a foreign country, in Oaxaca, Mexico. At NC State Tesar teaches architectural design studios and offers graduate-level classes in aesthetics, typology, and vernacular architecture. Tesar served as a lecturer and studio critic in many architecture schools in the United States and abroad and was appointed Cass Gilbert Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota in 1996 and 2004. Before joining the faculty of the School of Architecture at NC State, he held teaching appointments in architectural design at the University of Washington, the Technical University Vienna, and at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. A native of Vienna, Tesar joined the NC State faculty in 1975 and was named Alumni Distinguished Professor in 1992. He received his diploma in architecture from the Technical University Vienna, his master’s degree from the University of Washington and his Ph.D. in architecture from the Technical University Vienna. RECOGNITION

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UNC Board of Governors honors Dr. Paul Tesar with Award for Excellence

Event photos by Ashley Richards

Wings on Wings award recipient Greg Hatem

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firms in the U.S. In fact, three out of the past four years Setzer Design Group has garnered Super Yachts Society awards for best Designer and Naval Architect (the Oscars of boatbuilding). The awards ceremony is held in October of each year in Fort Lauderdale. The top five nominees each year are judged by their peers – the top builders and designers in the world. Again this year Setzer has two entries in the top five. His works have made the covers of more than 40 magazines and been featured within hundreds of articles. How did he go from architecture to yacht design? While enrolled at NC State, Setzer took a year of correspondence courses from the Yacht Design Institute (YDI) in Maine. Then with the help and sponsorship of the Industrial Design department, then under the direction of Vince Foote, Setzer spent a year in Maine at the Maritime Academy/YDI school honing his yacht design skills before returning to the College of Design. After completing his degree from the College of Design, Setzer earned an associate degree in yacht building. Setzer Design Group is (left to right) Ward Setzer (BEDA 1984), president; Shelly Peterson, Office Manager, Graphics; Admittedly, Setzer’s design background Kevin Burns, Yacht Designer; and Andrew Major, Yacht Designer has worked extremely well for him. He credits the architecture education that prepared him to deal with achieved success and in the world of yacht design, now has a “brand” physical space, structures and materials on the yachts he designs. and signature style as well. He has been designing yachts for 15 years His interest in product design led him to exact custom moldings and in his own firm. millwork as well as countless hardware and exterior devices and Within the U.S. Setzer has come to design more large yachts (130’ details for each yacht his company designs. The intricate joiner work or longer) than any other firm and his firm is one of the top three n today’s business world, making your name well known for what you do is an increasingly difficult accomplishment. Ward Setzer (BEDA 1984), president of Setzer Design Group in Cary, N.C., has

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Lia Fail, a 152 foot motor yacht, was built in Seattle.

(woodworking) and styling also reflect his industrial/product design interests. “I have always considered each yacht we design just a big product unto itself and thus a product of many smaller industrial and architectural components combined in a moving mass within a dynamic environment.” “Clients seem to be amazed when I ask them why or why not,” says Setzer. “I believe that is the heart of design school – learning to ask what if and to see alternatives. Many people are only given one option and feel that is okay. I don’t. Ask my staff. I’m never satisfied and tweak and tweak the details.” “Architects deal with detail, but when designing a boat, you deal with 10 times the detail,” says Setzer. “Not only is it your responsibility to design the space, but you are making a product that must be self-sufficient in an unstable environment. It must propel itself, generate its own power, make water, treat waste, store foods, etc. and all the while its nice to remain upright! I like to think of yachts as custom architecture to the highest level that you must put in motion,” Setzer explains. The responsibilities and thus liabilities in naval architecture are huge. Setzer

discusses going through the same process as architects: design, speciﬁcations, bid documents, narrowing down vendors, visits with the client to vendors, ﬁnal negotiations, contract, working drawing (which take from nine months to a year), and building (lasting from two to two and a half years). Currently, Setzer Design Group is in different stages of about eight projects in a year. There is a 150’ yacht in Denmark and a line of 38’ boats in Washington State, a line in Taiwan and another in Maine. One is destined to be based in Fiji, another in Australia, and yet another as a classic business commuter in the Northeast. Some clients are going on world tours and others are using their vessels only on rare occasions. Setzer is most recently licensing shipyards to use their name on certain caliber lines of yachts. Another hold over from design school, Setzer sometimes has boatbuilders create a cardboard model “mock-up” of an entire yacht prior to construction as was recently completed in an 88’ version in Maine. He walks through the full-size model with clients to make adjustments to their needs, heights, basic ergonomics, sight lines, etc. so client expectations are really worked out before the actual building begins. Having visited and built boats on almost every continent and learning more about law,

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Lia Fail, a 152 foot motor yacht, was built in Seattle.

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Wombat, an 82 foot classic cruiser, was built in Maine.

an appreciation for the process.” And that is one of the greatest fascinations of Setzer and what he tries to ingrain in his employees, the how it will be built, manufactured, moved, serviced and sold. “It is the heart of the design challenge, taking it from paper to reality and keeping a client and a shipyard happy along the way.” Wife Marcey (BEDA 1984) practiced architecture for a while and kept up with the business side of Setzer Design Group. She then earned a degree in interior design from Meredith College and was more involved with the business. Although she’s not as involved in the business now, Setzer has four other staff members that keep very busy. Most have backgrounds in naval architecture and each has a specialty, like engineering systems, hull design, 3-D modeling, to add to Setzer’s design vision. “I guess that is the true essence of design. We like tinkering, designing and building our own things, trying them out ourselves and then doing it all over again. That’s all part of being a designer and we have to stay inquisitive,” he says. Thinking back on his college days, Setzer commends Bob Burns, Frank Harmon, Michael Pause, Pat Rand and Vince Foote for taking him under their respective wings. “I wish I could do it all over again, eyes even wider open, and raising my hand more often within all my classes for there was really nothing to lose,” concludes Setzer.

business, accounting, ethics and different cultures than he ever imagined needing while in design school, Setzer is set to launch a new company called Windswell Designs, a marine product design company. Armed with a passion for surfing and all water sports and a passion for design, Setzer looks forward to spending more time styling and designing these production product lines. Some people ask Setzer how he could have relocated his business from New Bern to Cary. He smiles and replies that he is on the water 10-12 times with each boat for testing. Of course, he is really going to enjoy the 17’ mahogany bay boat that he has built with his sons, Joshua and Cameron. “It’s like a fine piece of furniture that has been over a year in the making,” he says of the scheduled September charter launch. “I’m hesitant to put it in the water as I have lost count of the multiple coats of epoxy and varnish and it is really one of a kind. I admit I am my own worst enemy but the problem was how can a designer of such works be out riding around in the designs of others? Just had to build it myself.” This is actually Setzer’s fifth boat he has built since his years in the “School” of Design and he has always maintained a shop for all types of projects. “It’s all about the fact that if I cannot do it myself or have not at least tried it, then how Cardboard/plywood mock up built for a 93 foot cruiser prior to the shipyard building the boat. can I draw something complex and ask others to do so without

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Alumna Brings Nature to the City

elaine Vargas is making her dream of incorporating nature into cities a reality by landing a job in February 2005 at the Center for Urban Forest Research, a research unit of the U.S. Forest Service housed at the University of California-Davis. After receiving her MLA with a minor in forestry from NC State in 2002, Vargas went to Berlin on a Fulbright Scholarship to study urban ecology and how ecology could be influenced by design. “I loved the experience of living in Berlin,” Vargas says. “It is the greatest city in the world.” However, Vargas explains that after completing a landscape architecture internship and starting a freelance editing job, she realized the high unemployment rate in Berlin meant it was time to relocate. Vargas signed up to be informed of U.S. Government jobs that mentioned landscape or forestry. Most of the job hits she received were not suited to her training, until finally, “I got really lucky,” she says. “I saw an ad for a landscape architecture job with a focus on urban ecology and forestry.” She applied right away, was interviewed from an Internet café in Munich and was offered the job on the phone. She had never been to California, but the job sounded too interesting to pass up. Not being a “small-town girl,” the adjustment to Davis, California, a town of 65,000, has been a bit tough. So she has focused on the part of town she enjoys—downtown—and takes a 30-minute walk through an arboretum to get to work each day. There are two main research projects Vargas works on at the Center. The first is called STRATUM (Street Tree Resource Analysis Tool for Urban forest Managers). This regionally based software allows communities to use their tree inventories to calculate the environmental benefits of street trees, such as storm-water interception, air pollutant uptake, and energy-use reduction and places a dollar value on these benefits.

Kelaine Vargas pictured outside of her ofﬁce at UC-Davis.

While conducting research for the underlying data used in the software, Vargas will travel to Albuquerque, Boise, and Honolulu. On these trips, she is working with cities to collect data on tree growth, environmental conditions, and urban infrastructure. After the in-depth research is completed the results and the software will be made available free of charge to the public on the Center for Urban Forest Research’s Web site. The second project, EcoSmart, is a suite of web-based software programs for landscape architects and other professionals to evaluate the trade-offs between different landscape practices at the residential scale in terms of water and energy use, and ﬁre safety. A computersimulation environment allows users to adjust the type and location of plantings, add water conservation tools, and vary building and hardscape materials in order to test the effects on energy and water conservation and on ﬁre safety. While Vargas admits that she is disappointed that she is not doing design work yet, she enjoys the work of bringing nature and cities together. FEATURE ARTICLE

Wombat, an 82 foot classic cruiser, was built in Maine.

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Alumna Brings Nature to the City

Kelaine Vargas pictured outside of her ofﬁce at UC-Davis.

“S eeing t he Po s sibili t ie s” a t S chool f or t he Blind

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fter only two years of teaching, Keely Hipp (BAD 2003), the first art teacher at North Carolina’s Governor Morehead School (GMS) for the Blind, has been recognized by the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division on Visual Impairment as a national teacher of the year. But for Hipp, working with her students is its own reward. In describing the challenge of teaching such a visual subject to sight-impaired students, Hipp comments that there is no book that tells you how to teach the visually impaired. “The kids teach me as much as I teach them,” she adds. Walking into her colorful classroom, you would never suspect that Hipp’s students were sight-impaired. Hipp graduated from NC State with a lot of experience working with at-risk children through an internship at SeeSaw Studios in Durham. Hipp still enjoys teaching at the college’s Design Camp in the summer, so Associate Professor of Art + Design Vita Plume sent the job position and encouraged her to apply. “When Vita sent me the job posting, I got so excited. The more I read, the more I thought that I could do this,” says Hipp. The Governor Morehead School, located in Raleigh, has 76 students enrolled in K-12 and life skills programs. Visually impaired students can begin their education as early as five and continue, depending on the program, until they are 21. Students that attend GMS have to be legally blind in at least one eye. The School always had arts and crafts, but Hipp has introduced them to art education. A typical week for Hipp includes teaching about 45 students in all on a rotating basis. “Keely is extremely student focused,” says GMS Principal Keri Lohmeier. “She has done a great job with resources and has taken a lot of initiative and makes sure the kids have a chance to participate in the community.” Whenever Lohmeier hears about an art contest that is visuallyimpaired specific, she forwards it to Hipp. “When Keely submitted more than 20 pieces to the Helen Keller International Art Show in Alabama, they nominated Keely for the teaching award directly for the exceptional student work,” Lohmeier added. “I supported her nomination.” “Keely has been extremely positive and has done a wonderful job of promoting arts education program providing art exhibitions

Above: Hipp’s art-ﬁlled classroom at Governor Morehead School. Left: Keely Hipp sporting a white “See the Possibilities” wristband in her classroom.

during musicals,” she added. What’s even more impressive is that Hipp is still working on her teacher certification. GMS is paying for her to get certified in both art and visual impairment. Teachers get three years to complete certifications. Bringing her College of Design experience of critiques to the classroom, Hipp has the academic students maintain a sketchbook. “Sketchbooks and crits are part of life here – they do mockups, thumbnail sketches and variances,” she explains. Sometimes the students get frustrated because they are so excited to move to the materials. “They don’t get the materials to start a project until they work out the idea,” says Hipp. “Feedback is important, too. Students need to learn to recognize successful projects and the not so successful ones in their work as well as in others’ work,” she adds. Hipp recently found some bracelets online that capture her teaching philosophy. The bracelets have the words “See the Possibilities” on one side and braille on the other side. Discovering the bracelets online, Hipp called in and ordered the last 100 and made them available to others at GMS. Hipp’s ability to see the possibilities for a thorough art education for the visually impaired students at GMS has brought her joy and recognition. FEATURE ARTICLE

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Above: Hipp’s art-ﬁlled classroom at Governor Morehead School. Left: Keely Hipp sporting a white “See the Possibilities” wristband in her classroom.

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one-year grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 to create the RE3 program to boost N.C.’s recycling totals. Rademacher decided to stay on as an intern to develop the campaign with Harrison for a year instead of taking a position in industrial design because he wanted to help make a difference. “RE3 is a social marketing based program and is one of a kind,” says Harrison. She noticed there was no specific campaign to increase recycling among this 18-34 demographic. The Recycle Guys program that N.C. adopted from South Carolina is targeted to 5-12 year olds. Though successful at reaching youngsters, this childish approach didn’t really appeal to the demographic that N.C. really wanted to educate to recycle. Dancing bottles and cans just didn’t cut it for the 20-something crowed, a group who are high consumers of products that can be recycled. N.C. wanted to reach them in a new, fresh way. In fact, males in this 18-34 demographic are least likely to recycle. Rademacher’s designs are aimed at that target group. For the campaign, Rademacher was teamed with Harrison and social marketing specialist Allison Hauser, who is working on her master’s degree in public administration at NC State. The three combined social marketing and target-specific graphics to develop the RE3 campaign (www.RE3.org). “This campaign breaks the classic paradigms of Jesse Rademacher (center) in the RE3 display tent he designed at Wilmington’s Azalea Festival. recycling programs. We didn’t use greens and blues and we wanted a positive approach that didn’t scare people into recycling,” It started when Keefe Harrison, waste management analyst with says Rademacher. “We were marketing for behavior change, for social the North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental change in normal people.” Assistance (DPPEA), noticed that there were no recycling campaigns “Now that the RE3 campaign is complete, other states will be able targeted at 18-34 year olds. According to her research, that same to use the program at no cost,” says Harrison. Georgia is the first state group is least likely to recycle. Then in July 2004, DPPEA received a magine. Graduating with a degree in Industrial Design from NC State and turning down a high-paying, field-related job to work for the greater good. That’s what Jesse Rademacher (BID 2004) did. A college friend, Ryan Harrison (MID 2005) mentioned to Rademacher that his wife needed help with a brochure for the recycling program she was working on. So Rademacher started out by volunteering his time to develop a recycling brochure.

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to fully adopt RE3. Harrison notes that “other states are really excited about the RE3 campaign so don’t be surprised if you see Jesse’s RE3 designs” picked up by other region members including Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee. “When my colleagues from other states see the new RE3 campaign, they often ask who the ad agency is who put the images together. I point to Jesse. ‘What agency is Jesse with?’ they wonder. ‘No,’ I say, ‘just Jesse!’ The best part is that Jesse bundles creative talent and efﬁciency with this easy going personality and dry humor. It’s fun to go to work when Jesse’s part of your team!” says Harrison.

The RE3 program was launched this spring. Rademacher developed a Web site with downloadable images, t-shirts, posters, commercials — all graphics he also designed. And his can panel design appeared on 4.5 million Mountain Dew cans in North Carolina this summer. Harrison says, “Pepsi is on board as a sponsor as is Sobe, Surf Camp, Time Warner, Ensely Corporation and many local governments. We sent two people who register online at RE3.org to Los Angeles to the XGames.” Harrison adds, “Jesse’s designs have been the things to get these big names on board…they like the image.” So impressed with the RE3 program, the Carolina Recycling Association awarded Rademacher and teammate Allison Hauser with the Behind the Scene Awards in March 2005. As for Rademacher now that his one-year stint is up, he is looking for another challenge. He was at the right place at the right time to make a difference. Top and below: Cinema ads designed by Rademacher for the RE3.org campaign.

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S ee S aw S t udio Article by Susan Simone - grants & development writer, SeeSaw Studio

ay I’m a young person who loves to draw. Say I live in a pretty rundown neighborhood and spending money on art classes is out of the question. How am I going to connect up with somebody else who thinks like me? Charles Joyner is one person who has spent the last 25 years developing some concrete answers to these hard questions. In 1979 Joyner started Design Camp, an NC State summer program for young people from rural areas. “It was easy to come up with that concept,” he explains,

One of the banners produced by the SeeSaw Youth Designers during Joyner’s residency at SeeSaw. The banner is painted and screen printed on nylon canvas.

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“because when I grew up as a black youth in rural North Carolina and had no idea that I could go to NCSU. I wanted to change that.” In 1998 Charles Joyner joined Department Chair of Art + Design Chandra Cox in another outreach project, an independent art and design studio for young people (13-21 years old) called SeeSaw Studio. Founded by sculptor Steven Wainwright, the studio is located on Main Street in downtown Durham. As members of the board, advisors and advocates for SeeSaw Studio, Joyner and Cox have participated in the evolution of an after-school enrichment curriculum that ranges from technical training to production and sales. Today SeeSaw Studio Youth Designers produce FunKtionalTM products including a unique line of pillows, the Urban Print Collection, sewn from fabric they design and print themselves. Each year SeeSaw Studio invites two artists to lead a Community Collaborations project. This year Joyner made the leap and moved from the sidelines into the action, accepting an invitation to lead the Fall 2004 residency. His assignment was to work with Youth Designers on two print-making projects. The ﬁrst was collaboration between SeeSaw Studio, the women’s sewing circle and the youth group (Jovenes Lideres en Accion – JLA) from El Centro Hispano to create banners for La Feria de Salud – a health fair. “I had never done anything like that before,” Alma Garcia, a member of the women’s sewing circle, exclaimed. “But I liked working on the banners a lot. I liked the color and the way they brought together the feeling of the culture.” Color seems to have been an important part of Joyner’s residency. While the El Centro participants were pleased with their banners, the Youth Designers were not always enthusiastic about Joyner’s ideas on color. The second part of the residency was a commission for Blue Devil Ventures, a commercial development group who wanted a set of decorative banners for the renovated Durham tobacco buildings, West Village. “[The Youth Designers] were very outspoken about my colors,” Joyner

commented, “almost going as far as to say that some of my choices were dated.” Joyner is wearing a black t-shirt and black jeans. The Youth Designers are dressed in a loud and wild array of styles. Leaning back in his chair, Joyner continued, “So we talked about it. I suggested that we do a trend board – collecting colors from what’s out there now: sneakers, fashions, cars. And guess what – they were correct. My colors are kind of dated!” This is the out-spoken energy that Joyner loves. Surveying the banners waiting to be installed Joyner is emphatic, “I want to point out that the results, ALL those ideas came from the Youth Designers. In each one of the ﬁnal pieces, they can point back to the seed in an idea they introduced.” The Youth Designers were quick to counter that Joyner was not a soft sell. “With Charles, he has a method where he’ll come up with an idea and then he’ll trace it and change it a little bit and trace it and re-change it.” a young woman explained, frowning as she remembers struggling with the frustration of revision. “I wasn’t quite as patient as that so if I did something, he would ask me, ask any of us, to draw it again in a series and make it a little better each time.” “Yes,” another Youth Designer added turning his hands palms up, “even if it was good, he would ask us to reﬁne it.” Joyner accepts this praise with a sly smile. He gives a lot of the credit to Director of SeeSaw Studio Amy Milne (BED 1990) and Studio Program Director Eric Emmanuel Thompson II (BAD 2003), who set up the schedule and organized the work each day. “Eric did an excellent job,” Joyner says. “I would walk in and he would have a schedule for what was going on. There were days when both projects were going on at the same time; times when every aspect of the studio, the computer-generated imagery, the screen-printing, the painting, the sewing, all of that was going on. It was just magical!” The Youth Designers agreed. “It was the most fun,” one designer remarked, his hands waving in every direction, “when everyone was here. The music was blaring and there was a lot of action. You really felt like something was getting done!” Looking back, Joyner admits that they had to push hard to meet their deadlines, but he concludes, “I can’t point to a single bad day!” Milne remembers the day that Cox came into the software lab at NC State where she was working and presented a one sentence description of

the studio. “I looked at it and I knew right away I wanted to get involved!” “One of the things that NCSU or any other university is trying to ﬁgure out,” Joyner explained, “is how we can make a positive impact on K-12 . SeeSaw Studio is a program that has a lot of possibilities. It is a lesson for all of us –you don’t have to go into the school and interrupt the school day. You just have to create something that is different and adds to that school day. SeeSaw Studio is a wonderful model.”

Charles Joyner leading a critique session with the SeeSaw Youth Designers, Fall 2004

In the fall of 2005, Sean Coleman, another SeeSaw Studio graduate, will enroll in the class of 2009 at the College of Design. Coleman and all of the past and future Youth Designers who will cross over the educational boundaries between their circumstances and the opportunities offered by the College of Design represent the heart of the connection that propelled Joyner to take on this residency and sign up for a second project in 2006. This is what young people need if they are going to develop both the skills and the conﬁdence they need to move from loving to draw to ﬁnding joy and satisfaction in a career as a commercial artist – a mentor who knows how to be tough and cool at the same time and then have fun. This is the legacy that NS State, Milne, Joyner, Thompson, Cox and all the other faculty and students have pulled together in the lively partnership that is growing between NC State and SeeSaw Studio. FEATURE ARTICLE

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One of the banners produced by the SeeSaw Youth Designers during Joyner’s residency at SeeSaw. The banner is painted and screen printed on nylon canvas.

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Charles Joyner leading a critique session with the SeeSaw Youth Designers, Fall 2004

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n his five years teaching at the College of Design, Associate Professor of Industrial Design Bong-il Jin has earned a reputation among his students as a powerhouse. Jin hails from Seoul, Korea, with experience as both an academician and a professional automotive designer. In talking about his teaching, Jin points out the different education system. Because of the differences in preparation (here is lot easier than Korea but not fixed), Jin finds that “You can mold [U.S. students] to be more flexible. They are creative. They can incredibly improve in a short time,” he says. He encourages his students to enter competitions and to focus on one project. “I know companies’ goals and what they want,” says Jin. “I search last year’s winners and look for trends. I help with brainstorming and I filter their projects and give them clear directions based on my research.” During Jin’s tenure his students have been successful in competitions including Motortrend Design Competition, Marine Alliance Scholarship Competition, LexMark International Printer Competition, and NY International Auto Show Traffic Safety Competition. Jin holds a Master of Product Design from Hong Ik University in Seoul, Korea; a Special Certificate of Transportation Design from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Calif.; and a BFA of Industrial Design from Hong Ik University. From 1983 to 1990, he worked for Kia Motors Company (now Hyundai KIA), designing concept and production cars. He then served as chief designer for four years at Daewoo Motors (now GM-Daewoo). He taught transportation design at Kun Kuk University and Young Nam University in Korea and product and transportation design at Sook Myung Womens University and Myung Gi University from 1995 to 1999. He was a department chair of industrial design at Narai Academy of Industrial Design from 1995 to 1998.

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Steven Bockmann learns clay ﬁnishing techniques from Bong-il Jin.

Jin also has designed various products at Tandem Design Associates, a design consulting agency. Students ﬂock to Jin because he knows his subject well, and helping his students learn and improve is what’s important to him. “I love teaching, and my students trust me because they see my work and I show them everything. “It is difﬁcult to combine the styling and engineering mission of a designer,” he adds “Students want to stick to their idea only, and I try to make them understand how to make their design practical.” Industrial Design and Mechanical Engineering Student Jeff Poon credits Jin with being part of the reason he came to NC State. He had Jin as a teacher in Design Camp and was really impressed with him when they worked on transportation ideas for aliens.

Poon says, “I wanted to learn more about car design and sketching skills. Bong makes us do needs-based research and is environmentally conscious.” Talking to students in his senior-level summer studio, you get the feeling that they are being pushed beyond what they thought they could do – and they enjoy it. In their comments, Jin’s expertise and focus on developing students into better designers is obvious. Industrial Design Sophomore Steven Bockmann, from Raleigh, took the summer studio from Jin because he wanted to have a head start in automotive design skills. “He obviously knows us and he is very inspirational as a teacher,” says Bockmann. “He’s excited about teaching and he makes you glad you are taking the class.” According to Jin, he trains during the first four weeks, giving the students have a short-term project. He checks their understanding of the design process and teaches and evaluates them along the way. “I push them very hard until they stand alone,” he says. After they finish their first project, Jin’s students work on two or three more projects, and he encourages them to use references to understand recent market and design trends and to get design clues to reduce the amount of time wasted. They aim to get the best result for the design problem they are working on. Steve Chaney, a master’s student from Dallas, worked with Jin on an independent project – an automated public toilet. Chaney says, “He has a big personality and will tell you honestly if your design is bad, and because he is honest, you learn more.” Students Bee Lee and Mike Bissinger say that learning from Jin has changed their design process. Lee, an Industrial Design Senior, says, “Jin makes you see things that you didn’t before. I knew nothing and learned a lot from him on how to make a design that can actually be produced. He encourages us to get ideas from nature because there is no copyright and it helps simplify our shapes.” Bissinger, a second-year Track Three student who has an undergraduate degree in graphic design, says there is “a noticeable change in the way I work to build a case for my design.” Bissinger had Jin in the studio that worked with Purpleshell, a start-up company located on Centennial Campus. Jin is the principle investigator on the Purpleshell project to design a router/server with the end user in mind.

“On that project, Bong was able to help me go from the process of graphic design to industrial design. Our focus is on process and research. The process is superficial if you don’t have an idea about how the product will be used,” adds Bissinger. Track Three Graduate Student Glenwood Morris says that Jin is “one of the best professors in form and function – workflow and how to fit it all in the bus. He helped us with the human factors and how to do the seating, work spaces, safety issues.” Morris had Jin in a studio that worked on plans for a mobile radiation van. For Jin to stay current with trends, he spends a lot of his time visiting retail stores to research trends, pricing, finishing material and technology and customer demands, which change constantly. He also researches world issues, economics, levels of international students design and evaluates new software and other devices. As Jin says, being a good designer is not being a skill master but being a ‘culture leader’ through mass production. Glenwood Morris works on a clay model of his truck design.

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Steven Bockmann learns clay ﬁnishing techniques from Bong-il Jin.

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Commencement Address by Rodney Swink NC State University College of Design May 14, 2005

eing selected for the Graphic Design Book Award was the icing on the proverbial cake for Kerr Robinson, a May graduate. Robinson came to the College of Design as a Park Scholar, the highest scholarship offered by NC State that includes tuition, room, board and free laptop, among other beneﬁts. Of her experience at NC State, Robinson beams that “everything I’ve wanted to do, I’ve been able to do.” And do, she has. Not only has the Spanish Fort, Alabama, native been involved in Service Raleigh, served as editor and art director of Americana – the online literary magazine of NC State students, participated in a multidisciplinary studio for Lees Carpets that produced the rbn commercial carpet, Robinson also spent last spring in Italy working at Fabrica and Bennetton. To top all that, her last semester studio was involved in redesigning the NC State alumni magazine. She published her own book of poetry, likes to make her own clothes, and takes art classes because she appreciates it and genetics classes for fun. She interned at Fusion Point which recommended her for another internship at InStyle magazine. Robinson received a grant through the Park Scholars program related to genetics. She was nominated for a Fulbright Scholarship, but turned it down. Whew! When asked why she decided to attend NC State, Robinson said she “wanted to do something challenging.” Wolfpack blood seems to run in the family, too. Both sisters Laura Marie Robinson (2003) and Lindsey Eason Robinson (2008) were Park Scholars as well. Also, her father Thomas Dixon Robinson graduated from NC State in Forestry as did her grandfather Conley Eason Robinson, who graduated in Textiles. “It makes your degree stronger when you are at a university that has engineers, foresters, poets…. a variety of ﬁelds — you reap the

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beneﬁts of having their kind of study around you,” she says. What’s next for Robinson? From her research early on, Robinson learned of Michael Rock and his work at 2 x 4 in New York. As luck would have it, when Michael Rock and Susan Sellars of 2 x 4 came to the college as visiting artists, Robinson was studying in Italy. She will still get a chance to learn from them, because after 15 interviews and 5-7 offers, Robinson decided to accept an internship with 2 x 4. She is one of two new interns hired for three months beginning June 6. “I’ve gotten good at school, so I desire challenging work,” says Robinson. After three months with 2x4, Robinson will take a designer position at Sullivan & Company. The Alumni Association chose her to document her life after graduation. You can browse www.alumni.ncsu.edu to see her blog or visit her personal Web site at www.tensaw.org.

have to begin with a disclaimer. Many of the landscape architecture students already know this and it is only right that all of you should. When I ﬁrst graduated from NC State University with a degree in economics, I was not really sure what I wanted to do. I found the landscape architecture graduate program through friends, and seeing how much they seemed to enjoy all-nighters and doing design-build projects, I developed a keen interest in the design school. It was summer before I was able to actually apply and each week I diligently visited Dick Wilkinson, the chair of the landscape architecture program, to ﬁnd out if I was being admitted. Eventually I was. A few years ago I ran into Dick and was reminiscing about the program when he told me a story. He said that as head of the program he always kept a couple of slots open for those who wandered in off the street and sought admission; he referred to these as “street people”. He would usually wait a while to see what else might show up and eventually he might take a chance on such an applicant. Well, it turns out that I was a street person. So now you know the real story of my background. And I will be forever grateful to Dick for taking that chance on me. It is a great honor to be here. I have had the privilege of speaking to many groups on many occasions across the nation but the opportunity to speak at a commencement exercise, especially at my alma mater, is something very special. For those of you who may have had a long night celebrating, or who do not really want to listen to one more speech, or for those of you who may be planning to zone out, I want to go ahead and give you my closing statement. This way, when someone later asks what your graduation speaker said, you will have something to tell them. Plus, even if you do not remember anything else, this is the most important message anyway. Ready?

Distinguished Alumnus Rodney Swink Speaks at Spring Commencement.

GO FORTH AND DO GOOD DEEDS. The next time you hear that you will know I am through and you can politely, or, if so moved, wildly, applaud. Now that you know how my speech will end, let me turn the pages back and ﬁll in some blanks. FIRST TO THE PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, SPOUSES, FRIENDS: The student you are here to honor today is entering a noble and worthy profession, broadly stated, that of design, whether architecture, landscape architecture, industrial design, art and design, or graphic design. The signiﬁcance of design through history cannot be overstated. It is evident in hundreds of ways and perhaps not evident in even more. There are points in time when civilization makes major shifts, such as from agriculture to industry, or from industry to information, when creative thinkers and builders create new paradigms, new ways of doing literally everything. Today, given the pace of COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

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Distinguished Alumnus Rodney Swink Speaks at Spring Commencement.

change that we find ourselves dealing with, both locally and globally, we find ourselves at just such a time, and we know that competent, talented, forwardlooking, innovative designers are critically needed, perhaps more than ever. Richard Florida, a former Carnegie Mellon professor, has written a very popular book, The Rise of the Creative Class, stating that the cities of the future will be built around people who are creative, innovative, open to ideas, tolerant, and diverse, among other traits. And he goes on to say that cities that attract these people will thrive. That may come as a relief to you who are wondering if there is gainful employment in your son’s or daughter’s future. I believe there is. And you can take great pride that you have supported the educational efforts that have positioned them to take advantage of this great opportunity. For many of you this was not easy; it was in fact probably a big sacrifice. Please know that what you did was a great thing and something that we all appreciate. It was a very good deed. STUDENTS: Welcome to the professional world! The design community needs you. We need your energy – and you will regain it – your passion, enthusiasm, ideas, and new ways of seeing. We need you because our nation needs designers; for that matter, the world needs designers. Globalization and telecommunications have effectively shrunk the world, and with the pace of population growth, every developed and developing nation needs design talent. But before your parents faint over the thought that you might end up overseas, I will also say that more than ever, we need you right here. Our communities need you. I know this because I work with cities and towns throughout N.C. and my travels have taken me all over the country. And whether it is a small town or a big city, they would all benefit from someone helping them to expand their vision of what is possible. Cities need people like you to help them see beyond their boundaries, to see bigger possibilities, dream bigger dreams. There is much to do and not enough of us to do it. Helping communities would be a good deed. But even as we see opportunities in every corner, the fact is that there are many who do not recognize who we are or what we might offer in a time of rapid change. They are not, in our lingo, design literate. That means that for each of us, one of our lifelong jobs will be education. We have all heard about the need for lifelong learning, and in a business like

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ours, that is so very true. What I am talking about though is not just your own continuing education, but also the active education of others. We must all be design advocates and educators, helping people see the value added, not to better sell our products, but to help people lead better lives. That would be a good deed. A couple of years ago we lost one of the great landscape architects of our times, Robert Marvin. Robert was quick to point out to any audience that in his belief, human beings were influenced by two things: genetics and environment. Setting aside the latest cloning issues, he would say that there is not much we can do about genetics. Those cards are dealt. Which then elevates the importance of environment. Knowing that, Robert Marvin believed that we should do all that we can to insure that people get the best environment possible to help them grow to their fullest potential. That was his admonition to all of us in the design profession and one that I offer to you today. There may be no better reason for us to do what we do than that. If we want people to grow physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually to their fullest potential, then we must help them to reconnect with each other, to reconnect to the earth; we must provide them with the best environment possible. That is what we should be about. And that would be a good deed. William James was right when he said, “The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.” If we can help others see their potential, see beyond their boundaries all the myriad possibilities that await them, then we can help alter their minds and ultimately their lives. I will revisit this idea. But first… Let me tell you a story about a group at Niagara Falls. A guy steps in front of the group and says, “Do you believe that I can string a wire and walk across the falls?” No one believes, but he does it. He returns to generous applause. Then he asks, “Do you believe that I can push a wheelbarrow across the wire?” No one does; but he does it, returning to loud applause and whistling. Next he asks, “Do you believe that I can put a 200 lb. sack in the wheelbarrow and push it across?” Now they all do and indeed he does it, receiving a thunderous ovation. He finally asks, “Are any of you willing to get in the wheelbarrow and let me push you across?” At that point, the crowd disperses. The fact is that for many, belief ends when we have to get personally involved.

Will that be your legacy? I suspect not and I do so for two reasons. First, to get into the College of Design, you had to demonstrate a high level of energy, ideas and excitement about the future. Hopefully while here, we were able to build upon your base and add new layers of each. High-energy people committed to creative thinking are not inclined to do so only for their personal gratiﬁcation. They want to interact with others. They want to be personally involved. Second, as a product of NC State University, one of the great land grant institutions in the nation, you are a product of a place that has a mission to be involved in people’s lives in meaningful ways. You are now an agent of NCSU and as such you have a personal responsibility to help carry out our university mission. You really have no choice but to be personally involved. To not do so would be unacceptable; to do so would be a good deed. How can you do this? I say that wherever you are get involved in the life of your community. People may not understand design and what we can do so the best way to educate is to work with people shoulder to shoulder helping them to address issues of importance to them. Get on the planning board, appearance commission, neighborhood association, school authority, church board, city council, Habitat for Humanity organization. The opportunities are limitless and the need is huge. The point is that by working with people you will be demonstrating exactly what designers can do, and educating them to the value we bring to community issues. But more important even than educating others about your profession, you will be contributing to the improvement of your community. You will be giving a gift that has real value and meaning, and it will be good for you. So get involved. It would be a good deed. In that same vein, get involved in your professional society, too. Professional organizations are only as strong as the members they serve and represent. There are always professional development needs that could use support and it is a great way to build knowledge, skills, networks and life-long friendships. And let me be among the ﬁrst to also suggest that you support your university and the College of Design. That would be a good deed. Think about all that you received from the College, and how many people contributed to your education, whether through direct teaching, gifts to the programs, summer jobs, as adjunct professors. There are many ways

that you can support your alma mater and I hope that you will do so. We will take pride in your success and feel a part of it; in turn, remember that our success will be yours to celebrate as well, so help us to be successful. FACULTY AND STAFF: Finally, I do not want to overlook the third leg of this stool, the faculty and staff. Education is a difficult, expensive yet invaluable undertaking that is best done as a partnership among the students, parents and university. I trust that has been the case here. I know the high regard with which this College is held across the nation. Parents, your sons and daughters were fortunate to attend this institution and work with some of the brightest minds in the design profession. They will join the ranks of talented alumni who continue to bring recognition to this College. For that credit must be given to the faculty and staff who do so much to prepare them for what is ahead. Every year they take on a new group of young adults and work diligently to prepare them for professional life and productive careers. To borrow a phrase, they take un-molded clay and help to turn it and shape it into something of value and even beauty. Every day the faculty and administration do good deeds. WHAT IS AHEAD So what’s next? For some of you, post-graduate studies, for many, jobs await. For others, perhaps travel is around the corner. Ultimately all of you will be in a different place doing new things. Hopefully satisfying, rewarding things. Wherever you end up I want you to remember that each day you have the opportunity to be a positive influence on the world, starting with those around you. I am convinced that we all have a gift to give. It may manifest itself in different ways for each of us, but it is there. As designers, we have a unique set of skills and talent that few can claim. Use your gift wisely and well. And at the end of the day, you will know that what you did made a difference. It mattered. Robert Louis Stephenson said, “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” When you do good deeds, remember that you are actually planting seeds that if tended will come back to bear fruit for all to enjoy. Knowing that I leave you with this final thought: Go forth and do good deeds. COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

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COL L EGE Alumni and Friends Receptions

ARE Prep Courses Offered

The College of Design continues to connect to our alumni and friends throughout the country. • April 22, 2005 – alumni and friends gathered for a reception in Asheville, N.C. • May 19, 2005 – more than 40 college alumni and friends gathered in Las Vegas, at the MGM Grand Resort Conference Center, for a reception during the AIA National Convention and Expo. • August 5, 2005 – in conjunction with the NC AIA Summer Design conference in Richmond, Va., alumni and friends gathered at the host ofﬁce of Gresham Smith and Partners. Special thanks to Stephen Halsey (BEDA 1990 B.Arch 1991) and ﬁrm principal David King.

Three preparation courses will be offered this fall for architectural registration exams (ARE). See the calendar on the inside front cover of this issue or go to www.design.ncsu.edu/cont-ed for details and registration information.

Receptions planned for this fall include: • September 7, 2005 – Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., hosted a table during alumni reception during the National ASLA conference • September 15, 2005 – Boston, Mass., location TBD, to honor Meredith Davis during the AIGA National Conference. • September 23, 2005 – “A Fundamental Change – Renovation of Leazar and Kamphoefner Halls” Annual Design Guild member event to include a hard-hat tour of the Leazar Hall renovation project. Sponsored by Riley Contracting Group. • November 9, 2005 – Annual Scholarship reception in honor of scholarship recipients and their donors. We are always on the move throughout the country, so please be on the lookout for information on receptions in your area. If you would like to host a reception at your ofﬁce or home, please contact Carla Abramczyk at the ofﬁce of external relations at 919-513-4310 or carla_abramczyk@ncsu.edu.

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Practitioners’ Convocation Planned The Practitioners’ Convocation was held last fall in the auditorium in Kamphoefner Hall and featured 10 employers speaking about their company portfolios. This two-hour presentation panel was followed by a two-hour session for student portfolio reviews. This year’s Practitioners’ Convocation and Portfolio Review will be held on Thursday, November 17, 2005 from 4 until 8 p.m. The College of Design Interview Days will be held on Friday, March 24, 2006, and Friday, March 31, 2006, from 1 until 6 pm. Please contact Amy Frisz at amy_frisz@ncsu.edu if you would like to register for either event. You may also send any job listings to be posted in eRecuiter/ePack and sent to students via e-mail to this address.

Bring your Sketchbook to Old World Prague This spring, soak in the atmosphere of Old World Prague while rekindling your drawing skills. Join Brian Shawcroft and Professor Bryan Lafﬁtte for the Prague Drawing Institute for Design Professionals, May 28-June 3, 2006. This College of Design program, organized especially for design alumni and professionals, will include four days of sketching classes, friendly, cocktail-hour “reviews,” guided tours of Old Town Prague and a special trip to C̆eskȳ Krumlov, a closing dinner, and lots of opportunities to enjoy the many offerings of the “Paris of Eastern Europe.” AIA/CES

NE W S continuing education credits will be offered. For details and how to register, go to www.design. ncsu.edu/cont-ed and click on “Prague Drawing Institute.”

Meredith Davis to Receive AIGA Medal Join Dean Marvin J. Malecha and College of Design Alumni and Friends in Boston on Thursday, September 15th to honor Professor Meredith Davis during the AIGA national conference at which the AIGA Medal, the most distinguished honor in the field of graphic design, will be awarded to Davis for having been “a consistent, articulate, tireless advocate for raising the standards of design education over several decades, playing a role rarely seen by the rank and file of the profession yet having a major impact on the quality of education for successive generations as her influence has reached education programs across the country.” The reception will be hosted by Rayford Law, AIA, (BED 1978) from 7 to 8:30 pm at Kallman McKinnell & Wood Architects. Please RSVP to pam_welch@ncsu.edu or 919.515.8313.

Home of the Month Initiative with The News and Observer A new collaborative effort between the NC State University College of Design, through its Home Environments Design Initiative, and The News & Observer will select 12 home designs annually to highlight elements of good design. Each month, beginning in January 2006, one of the selected homes will be the subject of a feature article prepared by faculty or graduate students of the School of Architecture and published in The News & Observer. For complete details, visit www. design.ncsu.edu/ and click on Home of the Month.

Nominations open for Design Guild Award The Design Guild, a membership and advisory organization of the College of Design, is soliciting nominations for the 2006 Design Guild Award which recognizes signiﬁcant contributions of an individual or group to design in the Southeast. The award brings awareness to the importance of design in the community—and the practice of good design as a sign of good citizenship. Award nominees must meet the following criteria: Nominees must reside in the Southeast, either currently or at one time, or produce or inﬂuence design that has enhanced this region. The social context of the work, as well as the public service of

the recipient will be considered. The nominee must be living and be able to attend the Design Guild Award Dinner on Saturday, March 25, 2006. Included are all categories of design such as, but not limited to, architecture, arts, graphic design, landscape architecture, art and design, and industrial design. The recipient need not have attended the College of Design at NC State University. Nominations may be in any appropriate form to demonstrate qualiﬁcations. Submissions will be accepted until September 23, 2005. For more information, contact Jean Marie Livaudais at 919.515.8320 or jean_livaudais@ncsu.edu.

Past Design Guild Award recipients: 2005: Gail A. Lindsey 2004: Richard Curtis 2003: J. Myrick Howard/ Preservation NC 2002: Thomas Sayre 2001: Betty Ray McCain 2000: Mary Ann and Samuel Scherr 1999: Harvey Gantt 1998: George Matsumoto and Duncan Stuart

Mail nominations to: External Relations Office • NC State University College of Design • Campus Box 7701 • Raleigh, NC 27695-7701

Designing Communities for Healthy Living Conference Last February’s college conference attracted an active group—more than 120 landscape architects, architects, planners, city ofﬁcials and design students from across the state—to learn about designing environments that promote healthy, active living. College alumni Rodney Swink (MLAR 1978) and Steve Schuster (BEDA 1973) co-chaired the event. Rich Killingsworth, former director of Active Living by Design, opened the conference with a startling presentation on the rise of obesity and its

Conference session speakers Paul Morris, FASLA, and Dennis Carmichael, FASLA, enjoy a pre-conference reception with co-chair Rodney Swink, FASLA.

link to the built environment. Design and planning practitioners presented excellent sessions on realworld active living design solutions relating to work and school environments, neighborhoods, cities and public policies. Doug Kelbaugh, FAIA, dean of the Taubman School of Planning and Design at the University of Michigan presented a keynote on “Sprawl, A Conspiracy of Good Intentions,” and Mayor Bill Purcell of Nashville shared the many strategies his city has implemented to improve neighborhood quality of life. Video of some conference sessions will soon be available. Contact Jean Marie Livaudais for more information: jean_livaudais@ncsu.edu or 919.515.8320. The conference was made possible by generous sponsorships from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Adams Products Company, Empire Properties, the Kenan Institute for Engineering Technology & Science and the Raleigh Urban Design Center. Stay tuned: The College of Design conference series continues on February 18, 2005, with “Designing Sustainable Cities.” Conference

co-chairs are Michael Cole, ASLA, (BEDL 1979) of ColeJenest & Stone and Doug Brinkley, AIA, (BEDA 1974) of Pearce, Brinkley, Cease & Lee. Check www.design.ncsu.edu/cont-ed for details.

Master of Art and Design Degree The Master of Art and Design extends the department’s long-standing commitment to interdisciplinary and collaborative education to the graduate level. The unique feature of this new graduate program is the blending of art, design, and both hand and digital technologies. The degree offers two concentrations, each with opportunities for collaboration and interaction with other programs on campus. Students major in either Fibers and Surface Design Concentration or Animation and Digital Imaging Concentration. This is the only program of its kind in the UNC system. Application deadline for Fall 2006 entry is February 1, 2006. Visit www.design.ncsu.edu to read more about the program. Or, for further information, contact Graduate Program Director Susan Brandeis at susan_brandeis@ncsu.edu or 919.515.3876. COLLEGE NEWS

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NE W S continuing education credits will be offered. For details and how to register, go to www.design. ncsu.edu/cont-ed and click on “Prague Drawing Institute.”

Mail nominations to: External Relations Office • NC State University College of Design • Campus Box 7701 • Raleigh, NC 27695-7701

Conference session speakers Paul Morris, FASLA, and Dennis Carmichael, FASLA, enjoy a pre-conference reception with co-chair Rodney Swink, FASLA.

co-chairs are Michael Cole, ASLA, (BEDL 1979) of ColeJenest & Stone and Doug Brinkley, AIA, (BEDA 1974) of Pearce, Brinkley, Cease & Lee. Check www.design.ncsu.edu/cont-ed for details.

North Carolina State University’s College of Design celebrated the opening of its yearround Prague Institute on Friday, June 24 with Dean Marvin J. Malecha joining international and university dignitaries at a grand opening ceremony in the city in the Czech Republic. Representatives from the U.S. embassy were on hand along with university administrators to mark the opening of the institute, which is the ﬁrst international center for NC State. Building on 14 years of summer design studios in Prague, the institute will now offer year-round educational programs. Semester-long courses will be organized and presented by College of Design faculty in collaboration with local designers and scholars. The institute will also continue to host summer studios and other programs. The unique context of an old European city and the larger Eastern Europe setting will be incorporated into the learning initiatives through case studies, ﬁeld trips and short excursions. The institute is located on a medieval

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street in the center of “Old Town” Prague and is situated in one of the city’s main art districts, which includes a number of art galleries, bookshops, cafes and restaurants. After running the NC State Summer Study in Prague Program for 14 years, Dana Bartelt will serve as resident director of the institute. Bartelt previously served as associate professor of graphic design at Loyola University in New Orleans. She received her bachelor’s of environmental

design in landscape architecture and her master’s degree in graphic design at NC State. Her research focuses on Central European and Middle Eastern topics in graphic art and design. Among the other ofﬁcials who attended the institute’s opening were; former Interim Chancellor Robert Barnhardt; Provost Larry Nielsen; and Vice Provost for International Affairs George Wilson. Several deans and department heads from the College of Design and other NC State colleges also participated in the event along with administrators and faculty from Czech Technical and Purkyne universities in Prague.

INSTITUTE Article by W. Michael Leigh, Graduate Student, Department of Landscape Architecture

This past summer students from the College of Design spent six weeks at the new home of the NC State Prague Institute. Located in Old Town portion of Prague, Czech Republic the new Prague Institute occupies two floors above a teashop and art gallery. The two floors provide views into a private courtyard, and allow students to sit on the two-level porches to sketch, snack, or water the flowers. Summer semester hosted two design studios. Eleven students attended the Art + Design studio where the summer was spent on

a painting studio. Twelve students from Architecture and Landscape Architecture where involved in an Urban Design Studio. The Art + Design studio was taught by Kathleen Rieder from the College of Design, assisted by Jan Hisek, a local painter from Prague. The studio spent the semester working on sight paintings, inspirational work, sketching, and visiting

various art museums, artist’s studios and working in the outdoors. Angelo Abbate, Professor of Landscape Architecture, and Wendy Redﬁeld, Associate Professor of Architecture taught the Urban Design studio. Assisting the studio was Martin Perlik, a local architect who has been involved with the program for the past 10 years. The 12 students paired up to form six groups of one architecture and one landscape architecture student team to work on six individual urban design problems throughout the semester. The semester was spent completing site analysis, concept diagrams, ﬁnal site plans including sections, elevations, plans, perspectives and building site models. Other projects included neighborhood sketching, site visits to gardens and local architect projects. In addition, both groups visited Vienna, Austria, and spent three days touring the South Bohemia region of Czech Republic.

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Roy Abernathy, AIA (BEDA 1990, M.Arch. 1992) is new President and CEO of Jova/Daniels/Busby, an architectural, interior design and planning ﬁrm located in Atlanta. Abernathy has years of experience as both a consultant and architect. He is described as a sought-after lecturer on workplace performance, business architecture and the future of facilities performance.

and James Marsden. “The Alibi” is scheduled for release in the spring of 2006.

Michael Beaman (BEDA 1998, B.Arch. 1999) is teaching at Northeastern University, School of Architecture as an adjunct professor, and Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Career Discovery program as a principle instructor. In addition, he is working on two houses in North Carolina, and academic research projects. He also collaborates with Boston architecture ﬁrm Studio Luz (studioluz.net) and with a number of architects on exhibits including 2005 Rotterdam Biennale, 2004 Young Architects Forum at the Architecture League of New York, and Exhibitions at Harvard University, Graduate School of Design.

Todd Childers, (BED in Visual Design 1986) who also earned an MFA from California Institute of Arts, has just received tenure and has been promoted to Associate Professor of Graphic Design at the School of Art at Bowling Green State University, Ohio.

Matt Checkowski (BGD 1998) is making his codirectorial debut with “The Alibi” starring Steve Coogan, Rebecca Romijn, Selma Blair, James Brolin, Sam Elliott, Jaime King, John Leguizamo

Elizabeth L. Boyle (BGD 1999) is director of creative services at United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta. She is also teaching at Portfolio Center in Buckhead (http://www.portfoliocenter.com) and serves on the AIGA Atlanta board.

CBS News featured fashion designer and College of Design alumna Natalie Chanin (BEDN 1987), and Project Alabama, the company she founded. Project Alabama creates high-end women’s embroidered apparel which is hand-made in Florence, Alabama, using recycled t-shirts. The line is featured at Barney’s New York and Brown’s in London. Chanin visited with College of Design students last semester to discuss her work. Frost Bank Tower, designed by Duda/Paine Architects, was recently awarded the 2004 Impact Award for Design Excellence by the Downtown Austin Alliance. Turan Duda (BEDA 1976) is design principal of Duda/Paine Architects. Andrew Hartman (BED in Product Design 1989) is Senior Design/Account Manager for New Business with Philips Design in the Netherlands. He is also a product design instructor at the Design Academy Eindhoven (http://www.designacadem.nl/).

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Laura Hutfless (BGD 2004) served as Miss Garner 2005. She placed in the Top 10 Finalists and received the Miss America Academic-Scholar Award (for her 4th consecutive year—holding a Miss America record) during the Miss North Carolina pageant in June. Hutfless organized a Christmas Cheer Tour that collected more than 1,000 toys for North Carolina hospitals and orphanages and a Country Music Celebrity Auction that raised more than $20,000 for the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA). She personally collected a variety of autographed memorabilia donated by country music artists that were auctioned off in honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week held February 27-March 5, 2005. The auction was named the “largest volunteer-led fundraiser in the history of the organization” and she was named “Volunteer of the Year” from volunteers across the nation and 13 other countries. She is scheduled to speak at the NEDA Conference in Denver in September. Recently, Hutfless was named to the UNC Eating Disorders Board of Visitors. While at NC State, Hutfless was named to the USA TODAY All-USA College Academic Team. Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette (BEDN 1994) has recently shown her woven work in several venues including The Hoyt Institute, New Castle, Penn.; The Blackrock Center for the Arts, Gaithersburg, Md., and The Weinberg Center in Frederick, Md. Her work has also been included in several national fiber shows, including Fiber Directions 2005, Wichita, Kansas; Nothing New, St. Paul Minnesota, and A Tribute to Fiber Art, Apex Gallery, Washington, D.C. Upcoming shows

include, The National Juried Bead and Fiber Exhibit, Frederick, Md., September 3-October 30, 2005, and RE/COLLECTIONS, at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Va., November 5-December 31 2005. She has also started on a master’s degree in Community Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Vincent Edward Gardner (BED in Product Design 1987, MID 2002) won in the Michelin Challenge Design January 9, 2005. Each year Michelin establishes a theme for designers all over the world. Their design entries are reviewed by an international panel of top designers and those selected have their drawings, scale models or vehicles featured at the North American International Auto Show as part of the Michelin Challenge Design exhibit. The 2005 Challenge focused on vehicles and vehicle designs that demonstrated the inﬂuence of German design, the events, people and icons that have inspired the international automotive design community. Gardner’s design “The Hauler” is a neo-Bauhaus experiment in a long-haul truck design. His visual form was inspired by the Ulm School of Design philosophy that good design is simple. Modularizing the functions as an expression of the form is Ulm to the fullest. He was also an invited guest lecturer at Appalachian State University Visiting lecture series in the Industrial Design Department. His lecture focus was on global design and the role software like Alias studio tools play in world design scene.

AIA AWARDS The College of Design would like to congratulate all winners of the AIA North Carolina Design Awards competition. All three Chapter Award winners have a connection to NC State, as do many design award winners. The annual AIA North Carolina Design Awards banquet was held Saturday, August 6, at the Jefferson Hotel in downtown Richmond. Congratulations to all this year’s winners including FreemanWhite which received the Firm of the Year Award. John L. Atkins, III, FAIA, (B.Arch. 1966) received the F. Carter Williams Gold Medal, the highest honor the AIA NC awards its members. The medal is awarded in recognition of a distinguished career of extraordinary accomplishments as an architect. Paul Davis Boney, FAIA, (BEDA 1977) received the prestigious William H. Deitrick Service Medal for performing extraordinary service to the chapter, profession and community.

2005 Design Award Winners Honor Johnston County Industries, Inc. Clearscapes, PA Steve Schuster (BEDA 1973)

Merit Open Air Classroom at Prairie Ridge Frank Harmon, Architect (Associate Professor) Chowan County Courthouse State Historic Site Restoration HagerSmith Design, PA Michael Hagar (B.Arch. 2969) and Jim Smith (BEDA 1974) National Institute of Statistical Sciences Headquarters O’Brien/Atkins Associates, PA John Atkins III (B.Arch. 1966) and William L. O’Brien (B.Arch. 1962) Poland/Defeo Residence Ellen Cassilly Architect, Inc. (Visiting Faculty) Morganton Depot Renovation HagerSmith Design, PA Michael Hagar (B.Arch. 2969) and Jim ? (BEDA 1974) Strickland Ferris Residence Frank Harmon, Architect (Associate Professor)

Unbuilt Merit North Carolina A & T State University The Freelon Group, Inc. Phil Freelon (BEDA 1975) Winners John Atkins (left) and Paul Boney (center) pictured with Immediate Past President of AIA NC Steve Schuster who presented the awards.

Villa Al Bahar Kenneth E. Hobgood, architects (Visiting Faculty)

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and James Marsden. “The Alibi” is scheduled for release in the spring of 2006.

Matt Checkowski (BGD 1998) is making his codirectorial debut with “The Alibi” starring Steve Coogan, Rebecca Romijn, Selma Blair, James Brolin, Sam Elliott, Jaime King, John Leguizamo

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2005 Design Award Winners Honor Johnston County Industries, Inc. Clearscapes, PA Steve Schuster (BEDA 1973)

Villa Al Bahar Kenneth E. Hobgood, architects (Visiting Faculty)

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In 2005, Jessica Johnson (BEDA 1999, M.Arch. 2003) began writing a recurring Method Article that runs in each issue of Architectural Lighting magazine. Johnson recently accepted a one-year teaching fellowship as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture at the College of Design. Clyde “Frank” Kellogg, IDSA, (MID 1997) is now Product Designer for Mill Branch Industries, and was previously a design engineer at Jefferson Millwork & Design in Sterling, Va., where he spent two and one-half years on engineering the $5 million work of custom woodwork, cabinets, wall panels, desks, etc., for the new National Museum of the American Indian, in Washington, D.C. It opened in September, 2004. For their efforts, several staff members were awarded Craftsmanship Awards by the Washington Building Congress. Kellogg says, “This was a very special, difﬁcult, and high-proﬁle project and my design degree made it possible for me to communicate the designs into reality.” A story on the woodwork can be found online at www.iswonline.com/cwb/ 200412/insidearchdec.cfm . In his work at Mill Branch Industries, he is exploring new ways to produce interior and exterior design elements for the housing industry, from materials other than wood. Kellogg will be presenting a seminar on Millwork Design to a technology class at the University of Arkansas, in Fayetteville this fall. Kathleen Kincaid (MGD 1992) recently accepted the position of Design Director with the Washington Post Newsweek Interactive. WPNI acquired Slate Magazine (www.slate.com) from Microsoft, where she worked for 10 years on a variety of project teams; a multimedia prototyping team, Encarta Multimedia Encyclopedia, Encarta Online, Slate Magazine, and many MSN Network SWAT teams, products and initiatives exploring online product design, user interface models, site architecture, content management systems, group program management, business development, site performance and technical development. She has relocated to

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New York City to lead and participate in crossfunctional projects within WPNI and on Slate. Apologies to alumnus Tim Kirkman (BED in Visual Design 1990) who was incorrectly identified as Tim Kirkland in the spring issue of Design Influence. Kirkman’s narrative feature film debut, LOGGERHEADS, made its premiere in the Dramatic Competition at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Since its premiere, the film has picked up two audience awards (Florida and Nashville Film festivals) and the Grand Jury Prize at Los Angeles’ Outfest. Written and directed by Kirkman and inspired by true events, LOGGERHEADS (http:// www.loggerheadsmovie.com/) opens October 14 in select theaters across the country. The film is slated to appear in North Carolina theaters in November. In addition to his film work, Kirkman worked as an art director at Miramax Films for more than 12 years and as an adjunct lecturer Hunter College’s film and media department. Steven Megesi (BED in Landscape Architecture 1996) has been named an associate at Foster Conant & Associates, a landscape architectural practice located in Orlando, Fla. Megesi is currently working on the design of land development, resort and apartment projects for the firm. Kristen M. Hess, AIA, (BEDA 1996, B.Arch. 1997) has opened her own architecture firm with a partner, Chris Horner. HH Architecture, PA, is located on Saint Mary’s Street in Raleigh. The Tercero line of conference room furniture designed by BOLT for The HON Company has won the ADEX Gold Design Award for 2005. The ADEX (Award for Design Excellence) is presented annually by Design Journal for the best in architectural

product designs, such as furniture, ﬁxtures and appliances. Monty Montague (BED in Product Design 1980) was Principal in Charge. He led the project and directed all the design work. Mary Peskin (BED in Visual Design 1973) has joined the American Press Institute as an associate director, and will research, design and conduct seminars focusing on news-editorial issues, design and new-audience development in API’s core programming division. Prior to joining API, Peskin was design director of the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group, where she designed and implemented more than 50 redesigns and new products. Two of her designs received “World’s Best Newspapers” honors in the Society for News Design’s international competition. Peskin has previously served on the College’s foundation board. Steven Raike’s (M.Arch. 1999) entry in the secca/Habitat for Humanity Home House Project Competition was selected as a winning entry from more than 440 international participants. A book chronicling the competition has been recently published with Raike’s entry selected for the cover of the book. More competition information is available at www.secca.org. Debra Rezeli, (BGD 2003) accepted a position with ElectriCities of N.C. as Supervisor of Creative Services. She leads a team of both internal designers and contract designers. Her position is located in the Political Action and Communications Division, although her team does projects for the entire organization as well as member cities. Her current team’s big project is branding the town of Farmville, N.C. ElectriCities is a not-for-proﬁt government service organization representing cities, towns and universities that own electric distribution systems. Today, ElectriCities represents more than 90 members in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

Theresa Joan Rosenberg, AIA, (B.Arch. 1970, M.Arch. 1971) is one of nine people appointed to the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) Occupational Analysis Task Force. The goal of the task force is to provide constructor input into the development of a national construction examination, which NASCLA is developing to encourage license reciprocity between states and eliminate examination redundancies. Among the highly respected task force members from throughout the U.S., Rosenberg is an industry veteran who will utilize her experience in construction and administrative law and building code consulting to ensure that a comprehensive list of tasks performed by building contractors and a list of knowledge and skill requirements needed to work safely and competently in multiple states will form the solid foundation needed for a national exam. Rosenburg completed her law degree from UNC Chapel Hill in 1999. She is a practicing attorney, focusing on construction law. As a licensing architect, she also does building code consulting and expert witness work related to architectural practice. The firm name is Theresa Joan Rosenberg Architect and Attorney. Carol A. Wilson, FAIA, (BEDA 1976, M.Arch. 1978) was elevated to the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made contributions of national significance to the profession. Wilson of Carol A. Wilson, Architect, of Falmouth, Maine, was elected to receive fellowship because of her contributions to promote the aesthetic, scientific and practical efficiency of the profession of architecture through a distin-guished body of work. Sixty-six new fellows were honored in May 2005 at the AIA National Convention and Expo in Las Vegas.

In Memoriam Willard C. Byrd

Robert William Sawyer

Willard C. Byrd, a Fellow of the American Society of Golf Course Architects and member since 1980, died December 18 in Atlanta. He was 85. Born in 1919 in North Carolina, Byrd served aboard a minesweeper in World War II. He subsequently graduated with a landscape architecture degree from NC State in 1948. After founding the Atlanta-based ﬁrm Willard C. Byrd & Associates in 1956, Byrd went on to design and remodel more than 100 golf courses, primarily in the southeast United States. Among the courses credited to his ﬁrm were Atlanta Country Club, Atlanta, Ga.; The Country Club of North Carolina, Pinehurst, N.C.; Heather Glen Golf Links, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Wild Wing Plantation, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; and Willow Creek Golf Club, High Point, N.C. Byrd is survived by his wife, Eunice; daughters Helen Byrd and Harriet Byrd Ledbetter; sonin-law, Bureon Ledbetter; and granddaughters Martha and Millie Ledbetter.

Bob Sawyer, an architect who designed many of southeastern North Carolina’s landmarks and a threeterm mayor of Wrightsville Beach, died March 13, 2005, at his home in Landfall. He was 82. Bob entered the School of Design on the GI Bill and graduated with honors in 1951 with an architecture degree. From 1953 to 1959, he worked with the L.N. Boney ﬁrm in Wilmington. Then he, Frank Ballard and Herb McKim joined together to found Ballard, McKim and Sawyer (now BMS Architects, LLC). Sawyer remained an active partner for 44 years, retiring at the end of 2004. Mr. Sawyer was principally responsible for the designs of the Wilmington Hilton Riverside, Seapath Towers, Station One, Shell Island Resort, the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort at Wrightsville Beach and the Ocean Ridge on Topsail Island. Other notable commercial projects included the 20-story Arcadians towers in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and the principal buildings at Coquina Harbor in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. Sawyer also designed a number of public structures, including the visitors’ center at the Fort Fisher State Historic Site, the original buildings for what is now Cape Fear Community College and much of the campus of Southeastern Community College, for which he drew up the master plan. He was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 1979. Sawyer was on the Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen from 1965 to 1973, and then served as mayor from 1975 to 1981. The road to Wrightsville Beach Park and the town hall is named Bob Sawyer Drive in his honor.

Kimi Nao Matsumoto Kimi Matsumoto, wife of former architecture professor George Matsumoto, passed away at home in Oakland, March 10, 2005, at age 82, after a year-long battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, George Matsumoto, and her ﬁve children. Kimi graduated from Goucher College in Baltimore, Md., and taught preschool in San Francisco. In 1951, she married George Matsumoto, a professor of architecture at NC State University in Raleigh. They returned to Oakland in 1961, when her husband accepted a position teaching architecture at the University of California at Berkeley. Kimi was an active volunteer with the Head Start Program and other education programs with the Oakland Public Schools.

Jacob Stanley (Stan) Fishel Stan Fishel passed away May 1. He was a 1950 architectural engineering graduate of NC State University. He served as the AIA Raleigh section president in 1967. From 1963 until his retirement in 1989, he was a partner in the architectural ﬁrm of Fishel and Taylor. Fishel was a charter member of Raleigh Moravian and designed its 1982 sanctuary. ALUMNI/FRIENDS NOTES

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Dana Bartelt (BED in LA 1980, MPD 1988) will serve as resident director of the Prague Institute.

After running the NC State University Summer Study in Prague Program for 14 years, Bartelt left Loyola University New Orleans where she was Associate Professor of Graphic Design, to become resident director. Her scholarly research focuses on Central European and Middle Eastern topics in graphic art and design. Susan Brandeis, art + design, had her art work, titled “On the Brink,” installed in the Embassy in Tallinn, Estonisthe, which is the ofﬁcial residence of the United States Ambassador to Estonia, as part of the ART in Embassies Program. She also participated in a roundtable discussion about the nature of critiquing which was published in Fiberarts Magazine, April/May 2005. Brandeis also wrote an article for the magazine’s Web site on how to form an independent critique group.

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Chandra Cox, art + design, has been active with North Carolina public art in 2005. Cox began participating in two public art projects: The Beatties Ford Road Community Transit Center within the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) through their Art in Transit Commission, and the Pride and Dignity from the Hill, Happy Hill Community Public Art Commission, sponsored by Diggs Gallery at Winston-Salem State University and the N.C. Arts Council Learning Audiences Program. The CATS project integrates public art, landscape and hardscape into the facility design. The cultural impact of Cox’s design inspired CATS to rename the facility the Rosa Parks Place Community Transit Center. Construction begins in 2005. On May 20, 2005, at the Levine Museum of the South, in Charlotte, Cox participated in the debut of an educational video on the CATS Art in

Transit and Park and Ride Projects. She was featured in the DVD explaining the design process. The Happy Hill Community Public Art Commission project is community-based focusing on the creation of a visual narrative that documents and preserves the community history of a neighborhood in which the physical structures have been demolished. The projects continue through fall 2005. Cox will serve on the Ad hoc committee that will advise the

development of a Master Plan for Public Art for the City of Raleigh beginning fall 2005. Meredith Davis, graphic design, was named director of the Ph.D. program in Design. The curriculum has been revamped. Visit www. design.ncsu.edu/phd for details. Frank Harmon, FAIA, has received five design awards recently: two from AIA/NC; two from the Triangle section, AIA/NC; and one from Inform magazine (AIA/Virginia). His firm has also been named “2005 Top Firm Of The Year” by Residential Architect magazine. Randall Lanou, architecture, wrote an article titled “If You Do It, You Know It” for nac-q about the Design/Build process. Lanou has BuildSense, Inc., a small design-build company in North Carolina, and he teaches architecture studios at the College of Design. He has a BFA in industrial design from the University of Illinois at Chicago and holds an M.Arch. from NCSU. Professors of Industrial Design Glenn Lewis and Percy Hooper will be presenting at Joining Forces International Conference on Design Research, part of the World Design Congress ERA 05, in Helsinki, Finland, September 22-24. Lewis will be presenting “Industrial Design Collaboration with Aids to Artisans Ghana.” This paper also was accepted for a final round by the IDSA National Education Council for presentation at the 2005 National Education Conference. Hooper will be presenting on a product design collaboration between industrial design

students of La Universidad Rafael Landivar and traditional Mayan artisans in Guatemala that happened this summer and is funded through an NC State International Seed Grant that Hooper recently won. Fernando Magallanes, landscape architecture, will receive an award for excellence in teaching and public service by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) at its annual meeting held September 21-25 in Atlanta. Lee-Anne Milburn, landscape architecture, became a licensed landscape architect. She also presented referred presentations: three regional, 10 national, and four international. Robin Moore, landscape architecture and Natural Learning Initiative, was featured in the March 2005 edition of Landscape Architecture, in an article titled “Go Out and Play: On Robin Moore’s Playgrounds, Nature is the Attraction.” Robin Moore and Nilda Cosco, Natural Learning Initiative, participated in the four-year long research process to produce “The Preschool Outdoor Environment Measurement Scale (POEMS),” now published as a collaborative effort with colleagues from NC State University Cooperative Extension Service; The Department of Human Development and Family Studies, UNC-Greensboro; a health and safety expert. The publication was designed by Claudia Winegarden, who recently graduated with a Ph.D. in Design. This valid, reliable instrument is expected to become the standard for measuring the quality of outdoor childcare center environments. Vita Plume, art + design, had one of her pieces accepted into an internationally juried exhibition as part of the International Shibori Symposium in Japan. The exhibition’s title is “Textile Catalysts:

Shibori Shaping the 21st Century.” The show took place from May 15 - June 12, 2005 at the Tama Art University Museum in Tokyo.

“Reading Raleigh: Making Downtown Legible” was offered this spring in the new Downtown Design Studio.

Dana Raymond, art + design, will teach at Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts this fall while on scholarly leave. He will be leading a class of students in a public sculpture project in the capital city of Naha.

Paul Tesar, architecture, was selected as the single NC State University recipient of the Board of Governors’ Teaching Award. This is the University’s highest teaching award. See story, page 4.

Wendy Redﬁeld, architecture, received promotion to associate professor with tenure and assumed the position of Associate Director of the School of Architecture. Her duties as Associate Director include serving as Director of Graduate Programs and Studio Coordinator of Professional Degree Programs. Art Rice, landscape architecture, was named Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Research and Extension. Henry Sanoff, Professor Emeritus of Architecture, recently returned from a lecture tour in Yokohama, Hiroshima, Nagoya and Yonago which was sponsored by the Japan Institute of Architects and the Nagoya Institute of Technology. The topics varied from waterfront development in Hiroshima to community development. Sanoff has also been invited to the Design Share Education Forum in Barcelona and invited by the Portugese Institute of Architects to speak about school design in Lisbon. Will Temple, graphic design, was hired as assistant professor beginning this fall. Temple holds a B.A. in aesthetic therapy from the University of California Santa Cruz and an MFA in 2-D design from Cranbrook Academy of Art. During his two-year tenure as a visiting professor, Temple taught a range of courses from fundamentals to advanced graphic design studio. His most recent studio

Scott Townsend, graphic design, mounted an exhibition of new work at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, N.Y., and was visiting artist there during the month of May. The Visual Studies Workshop is an internationally recognized center for media studies. His work was included in a group show in Marraciabo, Venezuela, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in May and June. Townsend also had an article published in Brujula (an international peer reviewed journal by the Center for Hemispheric Studies) on the use of interactive visualizations in bilingual communities and wrote a chapter titled “Using the Tools of Visualization as a Critical Practice” in Techne: Design Wisdom, by Wolfgang Jonas (Ashgate, London). Hazel Tudor, registrar, was honored for 25 years of service to the University at an awards ceremony held August 25 at The McKimmon Center. Leslie Young, Center of Universal Design, received a Triangle Access Award for Outstanding Achievement in Removing Architectural Barriers. The Alliance of Disability Advocates presented the awards on July 21, 2005, at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. FACULTY/STAFF NOTES

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Dana Bartelt (BED in LA 1980, MPD 1988) will serve as resident director of the Prague Institute.

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Shibori Shaping the 21st Century.” The show took place from May 15 - June 12, 2005 at the Tama Art University Museum in Tokyo.

“Reading Raleigh: Making Downtown Legible” was offered this spring in the new Downtown Design Studio.

Paul Tesar, architecture, was selected as the single NC State University recipient of the Board of Governors’ Teaching Award. This is the University’s highest teaching award. See story, page 4.

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Graphic Design Student Lends a Hand to the Fight Against Internet Predators

Computer Gaming Studio a Collaborative Effort

State ofﬁcials hope a new resource guide designed by Caroline Okun (senior, graphic design), in conjunction with the N.C. Department of Justice (NCDOJ), will give parents the knowledge and resources they need to protect their children from the dangers that lurk on the World Wide Web. As part of a class project, 15 students from NC State assistant professor Tony Brock’s graphic design studio submitted proposals to the NCDOJ for the “Internet Safety: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt Your Child,” brochure. The NCDOJ selected Okun’s design to print and distribute to parents across the state with an accompanying video and other resources. “We were pleased to have the NC State College of Design work on this important project that will help children surf the Internet safely,” said N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper. “Thanks to great design work by NC State students, we were able to put together an Internet safety resource guide for parents that is both informative and eye-catching.”

The Computer Game Development Showcase, the semester-ending presentation of student projects in the combined courses covering computer game development taught by the Computer Science Department and the Department of Industrial Design, was held in May in the Kamphoefner Hall auditorium. Projects highlighted during the showcase were the result of semester-long collaborative efforts between teams formed from students in Computer Science’s course on Computer Game Design and Development and Industrial Design’s 3-D Realtime Modeling and Animation Studio. Each team presented a completed 3-D game with custom artwork, 3-D models, game play, character artiﬁcial intelligence (AI) and interface design developed by the team members. The event began with a series of presentations by the project teams introducing their games. Following the presentations, all games were accessible at PCs set up in the auditorium, providing attendees the opportunity to play the games and talk with the developer to learn more about the art and science that went into their construction. The event was open to the public. Both the Independent Weekly and The News & Observer covered the gaming studio.

Below: Caroline Okun, Attorney General Roy Cooper and Tony Brock

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May BEDA graduate Billy Askey was one of 25 young professionals (recent grads, recently registered architects, interns, etc) selected for a national conference titled “Designing Tomorrow’s Architect.” The conference will examine the internship process and how it can be improved. The conference will be held Sept. 22-25th in San Antonio in September. Working as an intern at Duda/Paine Architects this summer, Askey is enrolled in the B.Arch. program at NC State beginning this fall. Graphic Design student Preethu Arvind participated in the Fourth Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium held this summer. She presented “Graphic Design within the Urban Indian Context” under the direction of Martha Scotford. Arvind assisted the Gallery of Art & Design in indentifying and cataloguing saris for an exhibition as well. The 12th annual Carolina Concrete Masonry Association sponsors a student design competition in new masonry unit design and drystack building using existing concrete masonry units was held April 9, 2005. Student teams from Gail Peter Borden’s Structures and Materials (ARC 232) class participated. Winners for new unit design were Chris Bailey, Devin McKim, Tara Weeks and Sarah Dickerson. The drystack team winners were Laura Barker, Kathy Holloway, Giana Malak and Golnaz Tavassoli-Zadeh. Watch for the redesigned NC State alumni magazine that will launch with the fall issue. The new format was designed as case study studio, led by Visiting Lecturer Molly Renda, last semester by graphic design students Jessica Beck, Stephanie Broome, Erin DeNeve, Amanda Gatlin, Dwight McKnight, Kerr Robinson, and Kim Tran. Gatlin and McKnight were interns at the Alumni Association this summer. Dana Raymond’s ADN480 Sculpture Studio submitted the top three prize winners in the environmental sculpture competition called The Rhein Prize. First

place was awarded to Stephanie Clinton’s proposal inspired by “energy”. Second place went to Audrey Watanabe for her interpretation of “population”. Third place recognized Lyndsey Blackmon’s rendition of “reclamation.” Rhein Interests of Charlotte, sponsor for the competition, has expressed an interest in producing Clinton’s and Blackman’s sculptures. After completing only his ﬁrst year in the NC State College of Design’s School of Architecture, Jason B. Dail of Goldsboro, N.C., decided to enter the Park Avenue Design Ideas Competition in Marco Island, Florida. He recently learned that out of 24 entries, his design took third place/honorable mention. The competition was sponsored by the Florida Southwest Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the United Arts Council of Collier County (UAC), along with local sponsors. Ph.D. in Design graduates and current students made an impact at this year’s Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) Annual Conference in Vancouver, Canada, April 27 - May 1. Active Place Design Competition, Research Category, First Place overall was awarded for the research project: “Where and Why People Walk in a Neo-Traditional Neighborhood,” co-authored by Evrim Demir (Ph.D. in Design student), Robin Moore (Professor), and Diaan Van Der Westhuizen (Ph.D. in Architecture student, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, M.Arch., NC State University, 2004). In addition, Third Place was awarded by EDRA Leaders for the Design for Active Living Interdisciplinary Design Studio, taught during the Fall of 2004 by Professors Robin Moore, Frank Harmon and Percy Hooper, with doctoral student Evrim Demir as TA. Judging of the School of Architecture team submissions for the 2005 NC Sustainability Competition took place on Tuesday, April 19. The jurors for the local competition were Doug Brinkley, AIA, of Pierce, Brinkley, Cease and Lee, Ellen Cassilly, AIA, of Ellen Cassilly Architects; and Michele Myers, of

M2 Builders. The Toxic Avengers, comprised of Will DeWitt, Matthew Fornaro and Taylor Medlin, were awarded Second Place for their contemporary design, as well as the Founder’s Award of Excellence, earning the team $4,000. The Toxic Avengers qualified for the state level by earning the First Place Award at the local level. Two other NC State design teams also qualified for the state-level competition with ingenious, original sustainable designs. Industrial Design graduate student Tyler Gibson won first place in the 2005 New York Auto Show Design for Safety Competition for his Clear Sight project. The awards ceremony was held April 8 in New York. Gibson won $5,000. Associate Professor Bong-il Jin also receives a monetary award to put back into the program. Kelly Ann Myers, a graduate student in ID, won fourth place for her Inclement Weather Sensor. She received $1,250. ID Graduate student Clayvon Lowe won fifth place for his Port-a-Strip project. He also received $1,250. All three students were flown to New York and received accommodations to attend the awards ceremony. In addition to graduating with a master’s in industrial design, Ryan Harrison was recognized with the Dean’s Award at the college’s spring commencement exercises held May 14 in Stewart Theatre. Dean Marvin J. Malecha presented Harrison with the award for his going STUDENT NOTES

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Graphic Design Student Lends a Hand to the Fight Against Internet Predators

Computer Gaming Studio a Collaborative Effort

Below: Caroline Okun, Attorney General Roy Cooper and Tony Brock

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above and beyond the call of duty for the college. Harrison served as IDSA president and worked in the Materials Lab while pursuing his master’s in industrial design. Upon graduation, Harrison relocated to South Carolina to take a position with Ryobi, where he interned during the 2004 fall semester. Chadley Jaziri (BID 2005) won the Centurion Award in the Wakeboard/Towboat category in Marine Design Resource Alliance Scholarship Competition. The award is $2,500 ($1,500 to Jaziri and $1,000 to Bong-il Jin for the Industrial Design Department). Jaziri just accepted a design positon at Sea Ray Boats. Three College of Design students were initiated into the Zeta of North Carolina Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society this spring. Jessica Dale Jordan in Art + Design and two Anni Albers Scholars: Shelly Deanne Stoudenmire and Carrie Elizabeth Cornelius were among the inductees. Ph.D. in Design Candidate Orcun Kepez received a $1500 International Furnishings and Design Association Educational Foundations’ Vercille Voss Scholarship for the 2005-2006 school year. Kepez also was named winner of a $1000 American Society of Interior Designers Foundation Inc./Irene Winifred Eno Grant. His submission was based on his dissertation proposal titled “Effect of Space on Health and Well-being: An Environmental Assessment for Home-like Long-Term Care Settings.” Landscape Architecture Graduate Student and Teaching Assistant Michael Leigh submitted and was accepted to present three papers at the Southeastern Regional Recreation Conference (SERR), held in Savannah, Ga., from Feb. 28-March 2, 2005. Papers: • Funding Legacy Parks: Does the private/public partnership really work? Poster presentation by Michael Leigh. • Keys to Sustainable Disk Golf Course Design. Poster presentation by Michael Leigh. Authors:

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W. Michael Leigh, Jessica Robinson (Ph.D. student from College of Natural Resources and Dept. of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management), Andrew Downs (grad student from College of Natural Resources and Dept. of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management) • Perceived Benefits of Camping for Girl Scouts. Presented as an oral presentation at the conference by W. Michael Leigh. Authors: W. Michael Leigh and Kate Winslet (Ph.D. student from College of Natural Resources and Dept. of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management). Leigh also had two papers accepted at the Great Smoky Mountain Institute Conference at Tremont (Gatlinburg, Tenn.) in March 2005. He presented one of the papers, “The Role of Landscape Architects in the National Park Service,” at the conference. The other paper accepted was titled “International Biospheres and the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.” Allen Nelson (MID) had the demonstration biodiesel mower and mower design project he developed on display at Design Box during April as part of their Sustainable Design show. The demonstration mower was running on 100% biodiesel made from the waste vegetable oil from Fountain Dining Hall. Nelson received an NC State research grant under the direction of Bryan Laffitte for his research on biodiesel engines. Ryan Harrison, Kevin Robledo, and Matthew Dunay also had design projects in the Sustainable Design Show. Harrison had his sustainable office furniture project on display, Robledo had two chair projects on display and Dunay had his wind turbine project in the show. Graphic design students Colleen Simon and Adrienne Yancey were chosen by USA TODAY to have their artwork appear in their June 9 feature “Designers’ challenge: Reshape food pyramid” along with well-known designers who were taking on the new food pyramid. Under the direction of Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Tony Brock, several students submitted designs for consideration.

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US Ambassador to Ghana visits College of Design’s Art + Design Study Abroad Mary Carlin Yates, United States Ambassador to Ghana, made an impromptu visit to the NC State University Art + Design Study Abroad Program at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) today. “I’m very impressed with the talent in this room” commented Ambassador Yates in her parting remarks. The Art + Design Program was directed by Charles Joyner and Kofi Boone. The College of Design program combines studio activities with travel to field-study sites to investigate Ghana’s traditional arts and culture. Since 1997, more than 100 faculty and students from NC State and other universities have come to Ghana to learn from firsthand contact with artists, design scholars and crafts people. The program immerses students in a unique context, consistently resulting in increased design sensitivity and multicultural awareness. Ambassador Yates was on KNUST campus for meetings, and spent more than an hour talking with students about their projects and experiences in Ghana. “She seemed genuinely interested in our work and all of the places we have visited.” said Amy Kiser, an Art + Design rising senior. “I was surprised that she spent that length of time in our studio.”

Design Guild is an association of alumni, friends, design professionals and industry leaders established in 1996 to promote design education at the NC State University College of Design through private contributions and gifts. If you would like to join this important supporting group of the college, please send your donation in the enclosed envelope provided in this magazine.

Planned Gifts Christine Baerman Jimmie Kluttz Louise Thomas

Design Guild Board of Directors President – Charles H. Boney, Jr., AIA, LS3P/Boney Fred H. Adams, Jr., Fred Adams Paving Co., Inc. C. David Burney, AIGA, Red Hat H. Clymer Cease, Jr., AIA, Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee Michael S. Cole, ASLA, ColeJenest & Stone

US Ambassador to Ghana Mary Carlin Yates reviews sketches with College of Design student Anthony Lee in studio, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

The College of Design relies on the support of individuals, ﬁrms, companies and foundations to beneﬁt a variety of college activities. The following is a list of donors to the NC State University College of Design from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005. While space limitations only allow listing those donors who contributed $250 or more, we appreciate the generous support of all the college’s alumni and friends. Please accept our deepest apologies for any errors or omissions.

Turan Duda, AIA, Duda/Paine Architects, LLP Philip G. Freelon, FAIA, The Freelon Group Inc. Mary Humphrey, Humphrey Creative Co. W.G. “Bill” Monroe III, AIA, WGM Design Inc. Monty Montague III, IDSA, BOLT Frank Thompson, AV Metro Frank J. Werner, Adams Products Co.

$25,000 and above Jeffery and Jennifer Allred Foundation Inc. L. Franklin Bost Enkeboll Foundation for the Arts & Architecture

$5,000 - $10,000 AIA Triangle, a section of the American Institute of Architects Adams Products Company Courtesy Associates Inc./ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Richard A. Curtis Enterprise Social Investment Corp. Greg Hatem, Empire Properties, LLC O’Brien/Atkins Associates PA The Prentice Foundation, Inc. George M. Smart, Jr. Nan Davis Van Every Douglas D. Westmoreland

$2,500 - $4,999 AIA North Carolina Eastern Section Clearscapes PA, Steve Schuster ColeJenest & Stone PA, Michael Cole William and Jeanette Dove Duda/Paine Architects LLP, Turan Duda Jonathan S. Harb Kompan Unique Playground Landscape Structures Inc. Vialink Corp. Charles T. Weatherly

$1,000 - $2,499 Laurin B. Askew, Jr. AV Metro, Frank Thompson Clancy & Theys Construction Cort Architectural Group PA William H. Dove Harry Ellenzweig Curtis W. Fentress Flad & Associates Hecker Design, Ltd. Luanne P. Howard Landis, Inc. Ligon B. Flynn Architect PLLC LS3P/Boney, Charles H. Boney, Jr.

Marvin J. and Cindy Malecha McClure Hopkins Architects Herbert P. McKim, BMS Architects William G. Monroe III, WGM Design Eugene R. Montezinos Charles A. Musser, Jr. Pearce, Brinkley, Cease + Lee PA Ramseur-Peterson Architects PC Ready Mixed Concrete Company Stephen H. Robertson William M. Singer Skanska USA Building Inc. Skinner, Lamm & Highsmith, PA Achva Benzinberg Stein and J. David Stein Patricia and John Tector Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Assoc., Inc. Town of Williamston, NC Weaver Cooke Construction LLC Michael A. Weeks

$500 -$999 Carla C. Abramczyk Mark P. Ashness Tom and Lisa Barrie Capstrat Inc. (cont. next page)

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THANK YOU

Planned Gifts Christine Baerman Jimmie Kluttz Louise Thomas

US Ambassador to Ghana Mary Carlin Yates reviews sketches with College of Design student Anthony Lee in studio, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

$25,000 and above Jeffery and Jennifer Allred Foundation Inc. L. Franklin Bost Enkeboll Foundation for the Arts & Architecture

$500 -$999 Carla C. Abramczyk Mark P. Ashness Tom and Lisa Barrie Capstrat Inc. (cont. next page)

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Marshelle M. Finks Garner Arts Association Nathan C. Isley Alyn J. Janis, Jr. JDavis Architects PLLC Karen Ireland Koestner Little & Little Landscape Architects Claude E. McKinney METROCON Inc. William Lee O’Brien, Jr. Odell Associates Inc. David M. Reese Martha Scotford Rodney L. Swink Fred M. Taylor The Freelon Group Inc., Philip G. Freelon Triangle Brick Company William and Allison Willis

$250 - $499 Donald E. Basile Bates & Masi Architects P.C. William K. Bayley Douglas M. Bennett Paul H. Falkenbury Scott Garner Dixon B. Hanna Hatcher Design Group, Inc. Dorothy M. Haynes William B. Hood Richard E. Kent John H. Martin Paul H. McArthur, Jr. W. C. McIntire, IV Julie McLaurin Linda and Barton Meeks Rebecca H. Mentz Alfonso W. Merino

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J. Daniel Pardue Robert S. Peterson Alwyn H. Phillips, III O. Earl Pope, Jr. J. Patrick Rand Small Kane Architects, PA Stec and Company, PA Tackle Design, Inc. White Oak Properties, Inc. Barbara Wiedemann John Stanley Winstead

$100 - $249 Abee Architect PA Fred C. Abernethy, Jr. Alexander Isley Inc. Alphin Design Build Inc. Taimi T. Anderson Steven E. Arnaudin Joseph P. Arnold C. Timothy Barkley W. Ricks Batchelor Thomas M. Baum Grovia A. Belanger BellSouth Telecommunications Georgia Bizios Astrid C. Blades Alan D. Bolzan Charles H. Boney, Jr. Books at Quail Corners Inc. Harriet Jane Brattain Lydia D. Burns Sloan M. Burton, Jr. Rich Caldwell Marley P. Carroll H. Clymer Cease, Jr. Joan W. Chase Thomas N. Chase, Jr. Pamela K. Chastain

Cothran Harris Architecture Rufus G. Coulter R. M. Craun, Jr. John Scott Crowe James L. Curtis Kevin S. Deabler DTW Architects & Planners Ltd C. R. Duncan, Jr. Terry Byrd Eason Eugene S. Edwards III William R. Eppes John D. Everette Jerry D. Fink Amelia E. Floresta William L. Flournoy Jr. Jeffrey C. Floyd Jason D. Forney Robert L. Fouts Leslie J. Fowler Donna W. Francis G. Warren Ginn Donna J. Globus Frank B. Golley Gorman Crossing David C. Greene Matt Hale W. Easley Hamner Harris Foundation Susan Hatchell Polly R. Hawkins Frank L. Headen Bruce W. Hendricks Stephen M. Hepler Dawn Davis Heric Edward K. Hodges A. F. Hothorn Humphrey Creative Co. Ltd., Mary Humphrey Steven A. Hurr IBM Corporation

Jefferson-Pilot Foundation John Sawyer Architects Rebecca T. Kalsbeek Lisa Susan Kamil John G. Karpick David Kay Forrest King Joyce Watkins King KJD Architecture PC G. Barry Lamm Rhoda A. R. and Thomas V. Lawrence The LSV Partnership PA, Walter T. Vick III Edward Lui Dan P. MacMillan, Jr. Elizabeth Moring Mangum Nino A. Masnari A. Craig McDufﬁe Michael J. McHugh D. Max McLeod Gregory R. Melrath Virginia W. Milam Robert G. Miller M. Eleanora Miller NC Board of Examiners of Engineers NC Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects Ruth H. Neely Scott Blackwell Page Irvin Pearce Bill Prestwood Prime Building Company Inc. Progress Energy Joe Sam Queen John E. Ramsay, Jr. J. David Ramseur Theresa J. Rosenberg Roughton Nickelson DeLuca Architects, PA

John R. Sawyer Edward M. Schweitzer, Jr. Richard F. Seggel Jeannette A. Selvaggi Brian C. Sigmon Thomas G. Sineath James W. M. Smith Kenneth Dean Stafford Stuart Stepp James M. Stevenson H. Clay Taylor III Paul Tesar The Duke Energy Foundation Elizabeth C. Throop Trout & Riggs Construction Co. Christopher C. Voso Wachovia Foundation Cecilia Wan Glenn J. Ware Gregory E. West Jan W. White Mary F. Whitney C. David Wilson Winstead Wilkinson Architects PLLC David J. Zeller Philip Zook

COLLEGE OF DESIGN FACULTY AND STAFF

Dottie Haynes Assistant Dean for Administration Percy Hooper Associate Professor of Industrial Design

Angelo Abbate Professor of Landscape Architecture

Julie Conner Administrative Secretary, Art + Design

Carla Abramczyk Director of Development, External Relations

Armand V. Cooke Professor Emeritus of Industrial Design

Delsey Avery Administrative Assistant, Research and Extension

Nilda Cosco Educational Specialist, Natural Learning Initiative

Kermit Bailey Associate Professor of Graphic Design

Chandra Cox Chair, Art + Design Department Associate Professor of Art + Design

Dr. Donald A. Barnes Professor Emeritus of Architecture Thomas Barrie Director, School of Architecture Professor of Architecture Dana Bartelt Director, Prague Institute Peter Batchelor Professor of Architecture Bill Bayley Director of Information Technology Laboratory Georgia Bizios Professor of Architecture Koﬁ Boone Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Gail Peter Borden Assistant Professor of Architecture Susan Brandeis Professor of Art + Design Tony Brock Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Robert P. Burns Professor Emeritus of Architecture Pamela Christie-Tabron Administrative Secretary, Graduate Studies Roger H. Clark Professor of Architecture

Denise Gonzales Crisp Chair, Graphic Design Department Associate Professor of Graphic Design

Joey Jenkins Computing Consultant, Information Technology Laboratory Bong-il Jin Associate Professor of Industrial Design Chris Jordan Director of Materials Laboratory and Facilities Charles Joyner Professor of Art + Design Haig Khachatoorian Professor of Industrial Design Bryan Lafﬁtte Chair, Industrial Design Department Associate Professor of Industrial Design

Lee-Anne Milburn Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Robin C. Moore Director, Natural Learning Initiative Professor of Landscape Architecture

Carla Skuce Executive Assistant to the Dean Sharon Silcox Library Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library

Marva Motley Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Stephanie Statham Library Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library

Dr. Michael Pause Director, Design Fundamentals Program; Professor of Art + Design

Dr. Robert E. Stipe Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture

Dr. J. Wayne Place Professor of Architecture

Sandi Sullivan Administrative Secretary, Architecture

Vita Plume Assistant Professor of Art + Design J. Patrick Rand Professor of Architecture

Wayne Taylor Professor Emeritus of Art + Design

Dr. Cymbre Raub Associate Professor of Art + Design

Dr. John O. Tector Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Academic Support Associate Professor of Architecture

Meredith Davis Director, PhD Programs Professor of Graphic Design

Jack Lancaster Technician, Materials Laboratory

Dana Raymond Associate Professor of Art + Design

Will Temple Assistant Professor of Graphic Design

Jim Dean Manager, Materials Technology Labs

Ed Lee Computing Consultant, Information Technology Laboratory

Wendy Redﬁeld Associate Director, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Architecture

Dr. Paul Tesar Professor of Architecture

Glenn E. Lewis Professor of Industrial Design

Arthur C. Rice Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Research & Extension Professor of Landscape Architecture

Karen E. DeWitt Head of Harrye B. Lyons Design Library Lope Max Díaz Associate Professor of Art + Design Ed Driggers Accounting Technician Richard Duncan Coordinator of Training in Universal Design, Research and Extension Cheryl Eatmon Administrative Secretary, Industrial Design and Graphic Design Jeremy Ficca Assistant Professor of Architecture Patrick FitzGerald Associate Professor of Art + Design Vincent M. Foote Professor of Industrial Design Amy Frisz Career Counselor, External Relations Frank Harmon Associate Professor of Architecture

Jean Marie Livaudais Director of Professional Relations, External Relations Austin Lowrey Professor Emeritus of Graphic Design Fernando Magallanes Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture

Holly Richards Student Services Assistant Dr. Fatih Rifki Professor of Architecture Jackie Riley Ofﬁce Assistant, School of Architecture

Marvin J. Malecha Dean Professor of Architecture

Jackie Robertson Administrative Secretary, Academic Affairs

Joe McCoy Coordinator of Network & Hardware Services, Information Technology Laboratory

Michael Rodrigues Budget Manager Henry Sanoff Professor Emeritus of Architecture

Sherry McIntyre Director of Communications, External Relations

Dr. Kristen Schaffer Associate Professor of Architecture

Claude E. McKinney Professor Emeritus, Design

Martha Scotford Director, International Programs Professor of Graphic Design

James D. Tomlinson Assistant Dean for Research and Extension Susan Toplikar Associate Professor of Art + Design Scott Townsend Associate Professor of Graphic Design Hazel Tudor Registrar Tih-Yuan Wang Computing Support Technician, Information Technology Laboratory Pam Welch Administrative Secretary, External Relations Richard R. Wilkinson Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture Leslie Young Universal Design Training Specialist, Research and Extension

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COLLEGE OF DESIGN FACULTY AND STAFF

Dottie Haynes Assistant Dean for Administration Percy Hooper Associate Professor of Industrial Design

Angelo Abbate Professor of Landscape Architecture

Julie Conner Administrative Secretary, Art + Design

Carla Abramczyk Director of Development, External Relations

Armand V. Cooke Professor Emeritus of Industrial Design

Delsey Avery Administrative Assistant, Research and Extension

Nilda Cosco Educational Specialist, Natural Learning Initiative

Kermit Bailey Associate Professor of Graphic Design

Chandra Cox Chair, Art + Design Department Associate Professor of Art + Design

Denise Gonzales Crisp Chair, Graphic Design Department Associate Professor of Graphic Design

Lee-Anne Milburn Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Robin C. Moore Director, Natural Learning Initiative Professor of Landscape Architecture

Carla Skuce Executive Assistant to the Dean Sharon Silcox Library Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library

Marva Motley Assistant Dean for Student Affairs

Stephanie Statham Library Assistant, Harrye B. Lyons Design Library

Dr. Michael Pause Director, Design Fundamentals Program; Professor of Art + Design

Dr. Robert E. Stipe Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture

Dr. J. Wayne Place Professor of Architecture

Sandi Sullivan Administrative Secretary, Architecture

Vita Plume Assistant Professor of Art + Design J. Patrick Rand Professor of Architecture

Wayne Taylor Professor Emeritus of Art + Design

Dr. Cymbre Raub Associate Professor of Art + Design

Dr. John O. Tector Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Academic Support Associate Professor of Architecture

Meredith Davis Director, PhD Programs Professor of Graphic Design

Jack Lancaster Technician, Materials Laboratory

Dana Raymond Associate Professor of Art + Design

Will Temple Assistant Professor of Graphic Design

Jim Dean Manager, Materials Technology Labs

Ed Lee Computing Consultant, Information Technology Laboratory

Wendy Redﬁeld Associate Director, School of Architecture Assistant Professor of Architecture

Dr. Paul Tesar Professor of Architecture

Glenn E. Lewis Professor of Industrial Design

Arthur C. Rice Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Research & Extension Professor of Landscape Architecture

Jean Marie Livaudais Director of Professional Relations, External Relations Austin Lowrey Professor Emeritus of Graphic Design Fernando Magallanes Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture

Holly Richards Student Services Assistant Dr. Fatih Rifki Professor of Architecture Jackie Riley Ofﬁce Assistant, School of Architecture

Marvin J. Malecha Dean Professor of Architecture

Jackie Robertson Administrative Secretary, Academic Affairs

Joe McCoy Coordinator of Network & Hardware Services, Information Technology Laboratory

Michael Rodrigues Budget Manager Henry Sanoff Professor Emeritus of Architecture

Sherry McIntyre Director of Communications, External Relations

Dr. Kristen Schaffer Associate Professor of Architecture

Claude E. McKinney Professor Emeritus, Design

Martha Scotford Director, International Programs Professor of Graphic Design

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