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S T U DE N T S Splinter has been featured in at least five online publications. Ben Greene, a master’s student in industrial design, won the second prize in the International Quiksilver Innovation Contest, sponsored by Quiksilver Europe. Greene’s entry was created
NC State University industrial design graduate student Vyasatja “VT” Jyothigowdanapura submitted the overall winning entry in the Marine Design Resource Alliance (MDRA) competition called Grand Toura, a fresh design for pontoon boats that incorporated a blend of physics providing environmentally friendly propulsion. In addition to the $3,500 Anchor Scholarship, Jyothigowdanapura won the $6,000 Premier Pontoons Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement in Pontoon Design. Master of Industrial Design Student Joe Harmon created a wooden car design, called the Splinter, that has garnered attention on the Internet.
during his summer studio with Associate Professor of Industrial Design Bong-il Jin. The contest designs, open to students and professionals, were presented at WINTER ISPO 2007 in Munich, Germany. Junior in Art + Design Sarah Yarborough and business partner Victor Lytvinenko (business degree 2004) created Verses Jeans (www. versesjeans.com), a line of blue jeans that are made with North Carolina denim. Graduate Student in Architecture Sarah Corbitt made a presentation in December 2007 about three green rooftop designs she researched for an independent study on vegetative roofs
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with Georgia Bizios. With support from the companies American Hydrotech, Inc., American Wick Drain, Carolina Stalite, Carolina Stonecrops, Colbond, Firestone Building Products, Hamlin Roofing Co., and Xero Flor, Corbitt grew samples for review in 2' x 2' plexiglass frames. Students in ADN272, the Introduction to Surface Design class, presented their part in a semesterlong community collaboration project, Threads of HOPE. They produced bag designs for HOPE Works, a multicultural, community-based self-help group located in Sampson and Duplin counties, N.C. Anni Albers Scholar Brandon Alley traveled to New York City with four other students and College of Textiles faculty. Alley received a Young Menswear Association Fashion Scholarship in 2007 and was an invited guest at the 2008 YMA Geoffrey Beene Fashion Scholarship Dinner, held at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel on January 9.
ART TO WEAR FASHION SHOW SET FOR APRIL 10
Some of the 2007 designs from (l-r) Liz Dickinson, Elizabeth Bradford and Emily Cosgrove.
In January 2008, students in computer science and industrial design teamed up to pitch ideas for a computer game development class at NC State University. Students work in multidisciplinary teams over the course of the semester and showcase their finished projects at an event in May during dead week. The pitch party was held in D.H. Hill Library and video game play followed. Industrial Design Senior Ashley Vercoe’s studio work, developing a kangaroo care simulator to be used in a neonatal incubator based on universal design and human-centered design principles, was highlighted in a joint publication between Design for All Institute of India and Design For All Foundation, Barcelona, Spain. Her work was presented first in a series dedicated to student work in the area of Design for All. This is in recognition of her hard work in pulling together information from multiple classes and pursuing her passion in Universal Design as a focus in Industrial Design. According to Dr. Sharon Joines, “Ashley went the extra mile to write up her work for publication and succeeded!”
The annual Collection: Art to Wear fashion show will be held Thursday, April 10 (rain date TBD) in The Court of North Carolina on main campus. This year’s director is Liz Morrison. Fourteen designers and one design team have been juried into this year’s event. Designers are Charity Mize, Iris Chen, Justin LeBlanc, Eleanor Hoffman, Adrienne McKenzie, Shelley Smith, Vansana Nolintha, Kristin Grieneisen/Brandon Alley, Katelyn Wells, Jessica George, Meghan Holliday, Jennifer Bost, Rhiannon Taylor, Liz Bradford and Bryce Ruiz. Faculty advisors for the student-run show are Lope Max Diaz (Design) and Cindy Istook (Textiles). The students have developed a Web site that will post up-to-date information closer to the event, including parking information.
Students from ADN102 Art + Design Fundamentals studio presented concept proposals for a Veterans Memorial to the Town of Garner’s (N.C.) Veterans Memorial Committee at the Garner Town Hall on February 12, 2008. Town of Garner officials contacted Associate Professor Dana Raymond, who directed the project, with a need for inspiration to develop a vision for a town memorial honoring Garner veterans. An exhibition titled “Passing Over: Remembering the Boylan Bridge” designed by graphic design graduate students Steve Harjula and Samyul Kim was on display at
the Raleigh City Museum through February. Assistant Professor of Graphic Design Will Temple curated the show that was in honor of the centennial of the Boylan Heights neighborhood (1907-2007). The November/December 2007 issue of FiberArts features the third annual showcase of top student work in fiber. The showcase illustrates the variety of work coming from the students both in the United States and Canada. Art + Design (fibers and surface concentration) Graduate Student Jacqueline Nouveau was one of 16 students featured. The Master of Graphic Design Candidates at the College of Design held their third biannual graduate symposium, titled “Option Shift Control: Collaboration and Co-creation by Design,” on November 30 and December 1, 2007. Presentations, activities, artifacts and discussions included current studio projects that investigate and respond to the topic of collaboration and co-creation in an age of audience empowerment. STUDENT NOTES
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