Program News

Interior Design Students receive 2nd, 3rd, and Honorable Mention in the 2023 ASID Carolinas Otto Zenke Student Design Awards May 23, 2023

Each year, the Otto Zenke Student Design competition asks students to design an awe-inspiring project based on certain criteria for the judges to consider.

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Interior Design Students receive 1st, 2nd, and Honorable Mention in the ASID Carolinas Otto Zenke Student Design Awards Jul 6, 2022

The 2022-2023 Otto Zenke Student Design Award Winners were announced on March 19 at Camp North End, Charlotte, NC, during the 2022 Student Day.

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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)... Faculty Spotlights, Program News

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... Student Spotlights, Program News

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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... Program News, Student Spotlights

rom left, student Elizabeth Hundley, Applied Design Department Chair Brian Davies, student Emma White, student Rebecca Ballard, PAVE President Harry Cunningham, Assistant Professor Hessam Ghamari, student Katie Taylor, and Managing Director of PAVE Dash Nagel at the PAVE gala in New York City on Dec. 7. Photo courtesy of Hessam Ghamar

Appalachian design students take home awards at international competition Feb 15, 2017

Four seniors enrolled in the Department of Applied Design's Interior Design Program at Appalachian State University have received top honors in... Student Spotlights, Program News

Presentation at EDRA 47

Faculty and students present at EDRA 47 in Raleigh May 25, 2016

Dr. Hessam Ghamari, Mitzi Cook and Dr.

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2016 SOURCE Award winners

Appalachian State students again take home top honors at SOURCE Awards May 18, 2016

Appalachian State University students Elizabeth Hundley, Megan Everhart and Kaitlyn Hutchens have been named SOURCE Awards winners for their... Program News, Student Spotlights

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CIDA reaffirms Interior Design accreditation Apr 25, 2016

The Council of Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) has reaffirmed accreditation of the Appalachian State Interior Design program until 2022.

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Eaton SOURCE award recipients

Interior Design Students named 2015 SOURCE awards winners Jun 9, 2015

Three Appalachian State University students walked away as winners from the 2015 SOURCE Awards competition held in New York City in May.

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