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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 ofphysics 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 ofIndustrial Design Student Joe Harmon created a wooden car design, called the Splinter, that has garnered attention on the Internet.

DE SIG N I NFLUENCE / SPRING 2008 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

during his summer studio with Associate Professor ofIndustrial 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 ofblue 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 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 grewsamples for reviewin 2' x2' plexiglass frames.

Students in ADN272, the Introduction to Surface Design class, presented their part in a semesterlong community collaboration project, Threads ofHOPE. 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 ofTextiles 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.

Some of the 2007 designs from (l-r) Liz Dickinson, Elizabeth Bradford and Emily Cosgrove.

ART TO WE AR FASHION SHOW SET FO R APRIL 10 The annual Collection: Art to Wear fashion show will be held Thursday, April 10 (rain date TBD) in The Court ofNorth 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.

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 ofthe 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 ofIndia and Design For All Foundation, Barcelona, Spain. Her work was presented first in a series dedicated to student work in the area ofDesign for All. This is in recognition ofher 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!” Students from ADN102 Art + Design Fundamentals studio presented concept proposals for a Veterans Memorial to the Town ofGarner’s (N.C.) Veterans Memorial Committee at the Garner Town Hall on February 12, 2008. Town ofGarner 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 ofGraphic Design Will Temple curated the show that was in honor ofthe centennial ofthe Boylan Heights neighborhood (1907-2007).

The November/December 2007 issue of FiberArts features the third annual showcase oftop student work in fiber. The showcase illustrates the variety ofwork coming from the students both in the United States and Canada. Art + Design (fibers and surface concentration) Graduate Student Jacqueline Nouveau was one of16 students featured.

The Master ofGraphic Design Candidates at the College ofDesign 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.