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Student wins 2018 SOURCE Award for Turkish restaurant lighting design
Jun 6, 2018

Ally Mangini, an interior design student at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, won a 2018 SOURCE Award for her lighting design project, T...

Interior design sophomores Jacob Still (left) and Brandon Jarrett pose with their High Point Design Competition awards. Photo submitted by Jacob Still

Appalachian students place second and third in High Point Design Competition
Mar 20, 2018

By Mary Anne SavageAppalachian State University students Brandon Jarrett of Weaverville and Jacob Still of Tampa took home second and third place, res...

Emma Morris, a senior interior design major, took home top honors at the 2017 PAVE student design competition. Photo submitted

Interior Design Student takes home honors in International 2017 PAVE competition
Feb 6, 2018

Emma Morris, a senior enrolled in the Department of Applied Design's interior design program, has received top honors in the Planning and Visual Educa...

Department of Applied Design hosts 2017 Interior Design Educators Council Conference
Nov 1, 2017

The Appalachian State Department of Applied Design hosted the 2017 South Regional Conference for the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) this mon...

Jeanne Mercer-Ballard, associate professor of Interior Design at Appalachian State University

Interior Design professor participates in SAI Faculty Fellowship
Oct 20, 2017

by: Ellie HooperJeanne Mercer-Ballard, associate professor of Interior Design at Appalachian State University, was selected as a faculty fellow throug...

Associate Professor Alex Poorman, who was recently awarded the IFDA Education Foundation's Irma Dobkin Universal Design Grant, works with second year student Alanna Wilson. Photo by Meghan McCandless

Interior design professor awarded Universal Design Grant
Aug 11, 2017

Alex Poorman, associate professor of interior design in the Department of Applied Design at Appalachian State University, has been awarded the Interna...

Group Photo, Design Camp Participants and Instructors

Expanding Awareness
Aug 11, 2017

For the first time, Appalachian State University design educators held a summer camp for high school students in North Carolina—introducin...

Alex Poorman

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

Associate Professor of Interior Design Alex Poorman has received the Carolinas Chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) 2017 Ed...

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

Appalachian students bring home honors in international lighting design competition
May 31, 2017

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

Ribbon Cutting for new Broyhill Commons Close

Interior Design Undergraduate Students Re-design Broyhill Commons
Apr 20, 2017

On January 21, 2016 Sarah Dickert, Caroline Malak and Madeleine McKenzie received an offer to partake in the redesign of Broyhill Commons located in P...