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The February 2008 issue of Step Inside Design features emerging talent and highlights three designers connected to the College ofDesign. Emmet Byrne (BGD 2003), named emerging talent number nine, is a designer at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Alejandro Quinto, named emerging talent number 16, served as designer-in-residence in the Graphic Design Department. Amber Howard (MGD 2007), emerging talent number 17, is an adjunct visiting professor in the Graphic Design Department.

Meredith Brickell (BEDN 1994) will show recent work, including ceramics and drawings, in the Bull City Arts Collaborative (BCAC) Upfront Gallery in downtown Durham, N.C.,

from April 3-May 30. The reception is Friday, April 18 from 6-9 p.m.; and the exhibit will also be open during the Full Frame weekend (April 4-6) when the BCAC has open studios as part of the Durham Artwalk. More details at www.bullcityarts.org. K. Daryl Carrington, AIA, (Ph.D. 2006), director ofsustainable design for JDavis Architects’ Philadelphia studio, has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Carrington, who has over 25 years experience as an architect, oversees the implementation ofsustainable design strategies on a firm-wide basis and manages the firm’s Philadelphia studio.

Wendy Coulter (BEDA 1993; BID 1994), is president of Hummingbird Creative Group, a Raleigh-based creative services firm that has been named to The Triangle Business Journal’s list ofthe top 25 graphic design firms in the Triangle ofNorth Carolina. The publication determines the top 25 graphic design firms according to the number ofTriangle employees dedicated to graphic design. Hummingbird Creative specializes in branding, logo design, corporate identity and advertising.

Bibi Dimmette Coyne (BEDV 1991) is the associate art director for a newly launched regional publication, atHome in Fairfield County, published by Moffly Publication in Westport, Conn. The magazine was recently recognized at the Ozzies, a design award sponsored by Folio Magazine. atHome received a bronze award in the Best New Magazine, Consumer category. www.foliomag.com/page. asp?prmID=392

Bill Davis (MLA 2007) joined Stimmel Associates P.A. as a landscape architectural technician. Stimmel is a landscape architectural, land planning and civil engineering business in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Jenny M. DeMarco (MLA 2006) is a landscape architect at The Paul Hogarth Company in Belfast, Ireland.

College ofDesign alumnus Phil Freelon (BEDA 1975) was selected as Designer ofthe Year in the January 2008 issue of Contractmagazine.

Peter C. Gormley (MLA 1986) is the pastor of a growing church and a part-time landscape architect in the upscale residential and multifamily market in Sarasota, Fla.

Anna Griffin (BEDV 1988) was featured in an article titled “Snap Shots: Anna Griffin: From Scrapbooks to Saucers” in the Fall 2007 issue of Scrapbooking & Beyond. Griffin started her own company in 1994 after working for The John Harland Company and Vera Wang. Griffin’s

designs can be seen at her Web site www.annagriffin.com.

William Griffin Jr. (BAD 2000) earned the certificate in documentary studies from Duke University in November 2007. The certificate program is offered by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and Duke Continuing Studies.

Jonathan Harb (BID 1995) started his own company, Whiskytree, a concept art, digital environment and matte painting studio. His studio is in downtown San Rafael, California. www.whiskytree.com/

Barrett L. Kays, Ph.D. (MLA 1973) was inducted as Fellow in the American Society ofLandscape Architects at their annual meeting in San Francisco. Kays is a nationally recognized landscape architect, soil and groundwater scientist with Landis, Inc., in Raleigh, N.C. Kays’ design projects have received national and state honors from American Society ofLandscape Architects.

Melissa K. Kennedy (BGD, BID 1990) is senior graphic designer at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. As part ofthe marketing and communications department, she will be leading and implementing the graphic design initiatives and direction for the museum.

Joyce Watkins King (BEDV minor in Textiles 1979) has a show, “Organic Instincts: Inspired by Nature,” new mixed media and encaustic works, at Morning Times Gallery on Hargett Street in downtown Raleigh, N.C., in March 2008. Greg Lindquist’s (BAD 2003) exhibition, “Industry,” was on view from February 7 through March 8, 2008, at the Elizabeth Harris Gallery in New York, N.Y. The show consisted ofnew paintings and works on paper that focus on the transformation ofthe Williamsburg and Red Hook waterfronts from icons ofthe industrial revolution to symbols ofluxury in the era oframpant residential growth.

Anna Marich Mehlman (BEDA 2001, B.Arch. 2002), an associate with The Freelon Group, was honored with a Presidential Award at the American Institute ofArchitects (AIA) Triangle Section’s 2007 annual meeting in October. Marich received the Triangle AIA Award for Graphics. She joined The Freelon Group in 2002.

Jenifer Padilla (BAD 1996), senior designer in advertising and brand marketing at Blue Cross Blue Shield ofNorth Carolina, received accolades for the BCBS annual report from the PR News Platinum PR Awards.

Andrew Phillip Payne (BEDA 2001, M.Arch 2003, Ph.D. 2007) is a professor ofarchitecture in the School ofBuilding Arts, Department of Architecture, at the Savannah College ofArt and Design. Payne teaches the master’s thesis level Design Studio and an undergraduate construction technology class. He will continue conducting research in the areas ofwayfinding by visually impaired pedestrians and their use ofbuilding materials as travel aids.

Carrie Wagner (BEDV 1987) lives in Asheville, N.C., where she will have a photographic exhibit called “Portraits ofUganda” at the Asheville Area Arts Council Gallery in March 2008. Wagner lived in Uganda from 1991 to 1994. This solo exhibition is the first time these images have been on display. Her Web site is www.lifeportraitsbycarrie.com.

Hannah Whitaker (BAD minor in Spanish 2007), a Park Scholar while enrolled at NC State, has committed to two years with Teach for America. She will teach a first-grade class of English Language Learners in the Bronx in New York City. While teaching, she will pursue a master’s degree in teaching English as a Second Language. Teach for America is a competitive program that builds a group ofpromising teachers. (www.teachforamerica.org)

Benjamin S. Whitener (M.Arch. 2002) has been named principal at Cummings & McCrady Inc.

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