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O’Brien Scholars Program

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O'Brien 2017 ScholarsThe Department of Interior Architecture + Design thanks the O’Brien Family for once again supporting our students through the O’Brien Scholars program. Each year the department awards 4-5 O’Brien Scholarships of $1,000 each to support our interiors students. The award in funded by the Julia, Michele, Diane and Tim O’Brien family. Michele is an FSU interiors graduate with both her bachelors and MFA from the program.

Each spring the O’Briens share a lunch with the scholars from the previous year. The recipients for the 2017 undergraduate scholarships were Emily Haynes, Manuela Aguirre, and Mackenzie Lyon. The graduate student recipients were Anna Osbourne and Jenn Lindner. Special thanks to the O’Briens and congratulations to the outstanding students!


Digitech Showcase

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Students pictured during set u

Students pictured during set up (from left to right) Nick Marra, Katie Kennedy, Alyssa McQueen, Sheridan Markham, Victoria Vigarino, Audrey Golden, Asjie Whaley, and Jose Irizarry.

Students enrolled in IA&D’s CAD2 class recently shared projects at FSU’s annual Digitech Showcase. Guests to the IA&D table were treated with an immersive experience allowing them to view student projects through virtual reality, animations & GIFs, 3D printing, and hybrid rendering. As part of their planning, students designed signage and posters, created videos, and help set up and take down the display. During CAD2 students also learn about other emerging design technologies including: augmented reality, 3D modeling, exploded views, and photorealistic rendering. The class is taught by Assistant Professor Amy Huber, and local architect Maxim Nasab.

“DigiTech was an awesome experience not only to display my own projects but to see all of my peers as well. It was also interesting to see FSU students outside of the Department of Interior Architecture and Design’s work. Some of them were surprised at the technology we learn and use because a lot of times it goes unnoticed.” – Victoria Vigarino

Special thanks to Maxim Nasab, Christine Titus for their assistance with planning and facilitation, and to CAD2 students for their enthusiasm and professionalism during the event.

Graduate Faculty Mentor Award to Jill Pable

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Jill PableEach year at Florida State, an award is give “to recognize faculty mentors whose dedication to graduate students and commitment to excellence in graduate education and mentoring have made a significant contribution to the quality of life and professional development of graduate students. “ This year, Interior Architecture + Design Faculty member Jill Pable was one of the five university-wide recipients. Dr. Pable headed the graduate program in the IA+D department from 2001-2016 and has mentored many graduate student thesis writers. Her dedication to students is admirable and the department thanks her for her commitment!

Judson Willoughby

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Adjunct Professor
Department of Interior Architecture and Design

Contact

jud813@gmail.com

Judson Willoughby is an educator and practicing interior designer, specializing in holistic interior design concepts, creating environments that are tailored to psychological, physiological, and sociological needs. After conducting research and gaining valuable hands on experience while living in Europe, Willoughby returned to Florida to found Judson Willoughby, LLC Interior Architecture & Design in 2014. As Principal Designer, he works alongside contractors and experts in the field and has completed over 60 designs in Florida & Mississippi. In 2017, he joined the faculty at Florida State University as an adjunct professor to Design Fundamentals I. In his free time, Willoughby enjoys restoring his historic 1920’s Spanish Colonial home and digging in his garden.

Education

Masters of Fine Arts, Major: Interior Design, Florida State University, Department of Interior Architecture & Design, Tallahassee, FL, Supervisor: Marlo Ransdell, PhD. — 2014

Bachelor of Arts degree, Major: Psychology, University of South Florida, College of Arts & Sciences, Tampa, FL, SUMA cum laude — 2010

Teaching Areas

Design Fundamentals I

Design Fundamentals II (Graduate Teaching Assistant)

Studio I (Graduate Teaching Assistant)

Portfolio Development (Graduate Teaching Assistant)

Research Areas

Willoughby’s research interests focus primarily on the individual’s interconnected experience with the build environment, integrating his passions of psychology and interior design.

Select Scholarly/Creative Works & Awards

Willoughby, J. (2013). Integrating the Built Environment and the Individual: A Holistic Approach to the Design of Interior Space.       Unpublished master’s thesis, Florida State University. Retrieved from diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:185238/.

Cardboard Furniture for Florida State University School

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Cardboard FurnitureThis spring semester, second year interior architecture and design students explored the possibilities of cardboard within the furniture design course. Each student was assigned a classroom and teacher at the Florida State University School, and designed a piece of furniture for their classroom use. Teachers at FSUS were asked to pick their favorite book for the concept of the furniture piece. Student’s designed and constructed the furniture pieces, understanding joinery and construction techniques using cardboard. Once completed, the furniture pieces were delivered to the school where each designer wtched how students and teachers interacted with their creations.

Stephanie Sickler

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SicklerAdjunct Professor
Department of Interior Architecture and Design

Contact

stephaniesickler@gmail.com 

Education

B.A. English, Huntingdon College, Montgomery AL 2002

M.F.A. Interior Design, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 2009

Teaching Areas

Beginning Studio

Hand Drawing and Rendering

Professional Practices,

Advanced Residential Studio

Materials

Sustainability

Research Areas

Environmental psychology and place theories, engaged scholarship pedagogy, sustainability education

Select Scholarly/Creative Works & Awards

Sickler, S. (2018) Soft Goods Guidebook for Interiors. Manuscript under contract for publication, New York, NY: Bloomsburry.

Sickler, S. & Gale, A., & Ford, C. (2016) “Toward a Framework for Integrating LEED Credentialing in an Interior Design Curriculum”. In Tina Sarawgi (Ed.) Interior Design Educators Council 2016 National Conference, Portland, OR (p. 684) Portland, OR.

Sickler, S., & Roskos, B. (2013). Factors That Play a Role in First-Year Students’ On-Campus Housing Decisions. Journal of College & University Student Housing, 39(2).

Sickler, S. & Hicks, T. (2013). Service Learning vs. Community Engagement: Examining the Vehicles of Engaged Scholarship, In Jeremy Wells and Elefterios Pavlides, (Ed.) EDRA44Providence, Providence, RI (pp. 244-255) Providence, RI.

Sickler, S. (2011). “A Room of My Own: Examining Comfort and Control in Campus Housing”. Refereed paper and poster presentation, in Daniel Mittleman, (Ed.) EDRA42Chicago, Chicago, IL. (pp. 446) Chicago, IL.

2017 Graduate Project Videos

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During their final spring semester, graduate students are immersed in cutting-edge visual communications. After these students have conducted research and initiated their design work, they create animated motion graphics describing their research and design outcomes. These videos document their creativity, thought processes and conclusions and add an important and unique dimension to their career interview portfolios. These animated movies demonstrate how FSU graduate students possess a distinctive skill set and contribute to the world around them.

Please visit the FSU Interior Design Vimeo Page to view these graduate videos. 

New Leadership at the College of Fine Arts

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Article Courtesy of FSU NEWS | Written By: AMY FARNUM-PATRONIS | PUBLISHED:

Scott Shamp, interim dean of the College of Fine Arts

Florida State University Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Sally McRorie has appointed Scott Shamp to serve as Interim Dean of the College of Fine Arts. 

Shamp succeeds Peter Weishar, who is stepping down from his role as dean to join the faculty of the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship. The school will welcome its first class of students in Fall 2017. 

“I want to thank Peter for his service to the College of Fine Arts over the past four years,” McRorie said. “I greatly appreciate Scott’s willingness to serve as interim dean. I know he will work with every department and program to ensure planning and implementation for the coming academic year are completed effectively.” 

As interim dean, Shamp will lead a diverse combination of academic departments — Art, Art Education, Art History, Dance, Interior Architecture and Design, and Theatre — and oversees several non-academic units, including the John and Mable Ringling Center for the Arts in Sarasota, the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, the Facility for Arts Research and the FSU Museum of Fine Arts. 

Shamp joined the College of Fine Arts as associate dean in June 2015. Previously, he served as the James Cox Kennedy Professor of New Media and director of the New Media Institute in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia.

In addition to teaching at the Moran School, Weishar will develop and lead a Themed Experience Institute designed to serve students across the university. He had served as dean of the College of Fine Arts since July 2013.

Florida State will conduct a national search for a new Dean this fall.


FSU Interior Architecture + Design Students Dominate Retail Design Institute Competition

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Third year students Christa Peneda and Brianna Langman finished second and third respectively in the National Retail Design Institute Competition.  The competition was part of a three week quick design project that closed out the spring semester.  The competition required the design of an eye glass retail store.  Christa’s concept revolved around the physical characteristics of an eye refractor combined with futuristic technology.  Brianna’s focus was to distinguish her store as part of the public spotlight using celebrity endorsements and integrated technology.  Professors Jim Dawkins and Steve Webber taught the class.  This the the third year that FSU students have won two of the top three awards.  

Department of Interior Architecture + Design Receives Approval for New Class

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Students journaling at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Students journaling at the Victoria and Albert Museum

The Department of Interior Architecture + Design recently received university approval for a new liberal studies class in the Humanities and Cultural Practice category. The class, Design and the Human Experience was taught for the first time during the first summer session in London. Focusing on all types of design, students had the opportunity to focus on the design of the city, public space, buildings, interiors, exhibitions, sacred spaces, third places, and the importance of sustainable design.

Students from a number of different majors took the class and visited the Building Centre, Design Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Geffrye Museum, Covent Gardens, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Tate Modern, and Hyde Park. Together with the other students studying at the FSU Center in London, they visited Blenheim Palace, Oxford, and Westminster Abbey.

Lisa Waxman taught the class this summer, but the goal is for all interested IA+D faculty to have the chance to teach this class in London in the future. The class will allow non-majors to better understand the value of good design and it’s impact on the lived experience.

IA+D’s Professor Jill Pable Earns WELL AP Credential

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Jill Pable Headshot

Jill Pable, Department of Interior Architecture + Design Associate Professor

Jill Pable, Professor in the Department of Interior Architecture + Design, has earned the WELL Accredited Professional (WELL APTM) credential through the International WELL Building Institute, placing her among a group of leading professionals who are dedicated to supporting human health and well-being in the built environment.

The WELL AP credential is the new credential signifying advanced knowledge of health and well-being in the built environment and specialization in the WELL Building Standard. WELL APs have successfully passed the WELL AP exam, an assessment based on the expertise of leading practitioners in the field of design, health and wellness in the built environment.

The WELL Building Standard is the first building standard to focus exclusively on the health and wellness of the people in buildings. WELL is an evidence and performance-based system for measuring, certifying and monitoring features that impact human health and well-being in the built environment, through air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and mind.

To learn more about Florida State University’s commitment to health and wellness in the built environment, visit http://interiordesign.fsu.edu/ and more information on the WELL AP is available at www.wellcertified.com.

Visiting Professor Arrives from China

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Dr. Jijun Chen

The Department of Interior Architecture & Design is pleased to have Dr. Jijun Chen at Florida State University as a visiting scholar this year.  Dr. Chen is a professor at the Fine Arts School of Hangzhou Normal University in China.  His current research explores the transformation of old buildings, design for an aging population, and sustainability in design.   Professor Chen is also active in the Institute of Civil Architecture-Architects Chapter and the China Institue of Interaction Design. He looks forward to sitting in on classes and studio critiques and while sharing his knowledge with FSU students!  Welcome Dr. Chen.

Spring and Summer Graduates Leave the FSU Nest

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Spring Graduates + Faculty

Summer MFA + MS Graduates

The department congratulates 47 spring graduates and 10 summer graduates as they head out to the next phase of their careers. Many graduated with jobs in hand, while others started the job search after graduation. These graduates are fortunate to be job hunting at a time when there is quite a large demand for our students. Our 2016 graduates had a 100% placement rate within 6 months of graduation, while the undergraduates had a 97% placement rate.

These graduates are working in Alexandria, Virginia; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Atlanta, Georgia; Austin, Texas; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Belgium; Bloomington, Illinois; Boca Raton, Florida; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colorado; Greenville, South Carolina; Jacksonville, Florida; Laguna Niguel, California; London, England; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; Montreal, Quebec; Washington, D.C.; Naples, Florida; New York City, New York; Newport Beach, California; Orlando, Florida; Panama City, Florida; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pompano Beach, Florida; Sarasota, Florida; St. Petersburg, Florida; Syracuse, New York; Tallahassee, Florida; West Islip, New York; and Yuma, Arizona. We wish them the best in their careers!

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Iconic Chairs Commemorate Retired Faculty

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Department of IA+D Library of Iconic Chairs

In 2009, with the retirements of Peter Koenig and Tock Ohazama, the department began a tradition of purchasing an iconic chair (In the case of Ohazama, the purchase was a coffee table) to honor each retiring faculty member.  If you visit the main department office today, you will have the opportunity to touch, study, and experience the feel, scale, and craftsmanship of some of the most significant chair designs in history.  Following Ohazama and Koenig’s retirements in 2009, Peter Munton and Eric Wiedegreen were honored with a chair in 2012 and David Butler in 2013.  As the department’s historian, this tradition was particularly suited to honor the retirement Karen Myers this past spring.

Through the generous donations of alumni and friends, the department was able to celebrate Karen Myers’ legacy, through the purchase of the Hill House Chair by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The Hill House Chair is one of the most iconic pieces of furniture made at the turn of the 20th Century and any alumni will remember Karen’s fondness for Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The chair will be the newest addition to the department’s Library of Iconic Chairs, which serves to honor longtime faculty and provide students with an important learning resource. Each faculty member receives the Vitra miniature of their chair as a personal commemoration of their contribution to the department. Below is a gallery of the department’s current iconic chairs and the faculty members in which they honor.

 

 

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Kul’ttovary – Bringing Culture into the Soviet Home

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The Florida State University Department of Interior Architecture & Design invites you to discover and experience its most recent gallery installation, Kul’ttovary. The exhibition of Soviet “cultural goods” will coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. The exhibition’s opening reception will take place in the William Johnston Building Gallery on Thursday, September 28th from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. The exhibition will remain up through November 4th with operating hours on Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Russian term Kul’ttovary translates roughly to “cultural goods.” Specified items, broadly available for purchase at affordable prices, would bring culture into workers’ and collective farmers’ homes. These were art supplies, radios, records and phonographs, musical instruments, sports equipment, photo cameras, and toys. For decades, each city or town had at least one retail store called “Kul’ttovary.” The kul’ttovary phenomenon was widespread in Russia from the late 1920s into the 1960s, at which point the previously ubiquitous Kul’ttovary stores yielded to shops with narrower specializations, consistent with broader changes in the Soviet retail industry.  The objects selected for the exhibition were designed and manufactured in the USSR and are representative of the range of kul’ttovary common to almost every Soviet home.

Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Bolshevik government recognized the importance of sports, literacy, and the arts in building a new state and a new way of life. The Communist Party’s first five-year plan set forth the twin goals of increasing the “cultural level” (“kul’turniy uroven”) of the urban and rural poor and connecting “cultural construction” (“kul’turnoye strioitelstvo”) with industrialization as mutual foundations of socialism. Through the 1920s and 1930s, tens of millions of peasants were relocated to cities and construction sites. Increasing their exposure to artistic and cultural activities was intended to raise self-esteem, inspire volunteerism, and encourage the discipline and accountability necessary for the Soviet planned economy.

Kul’ttovary – Bringing Culture into the Soviet Home is curated by Yelena McLane, a Specialized Faculty member in the Department of Interior Architecture + Design, and designed in collaboration with IA+D graduate students.

For more information, please contact Yelena McLane (ymclane@fsu.edu).

Click here to view the exhibition marketing poster: Kulttovary Poster RU

 


MFA Student Brittany Flock Awarded the NEWH Fabric Innovations Legacy Scholarship

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The Department of Interior Architecture and Design congratulates MFA student Brittany Flock on being awarded the NEWH Fabric Innovations Legacy Scholarship, a $10,000 annual scholarship for students pursuing a career in the Hospitality Interior Design or Hospitality Management field. She will be accepting this award at the HD Platinum Circle event in New York City this November.

Brittany is a second year MFA student who will graduate in August 2018. She is specializing in travel stress reduction and travel well-being improvement for business travelers through the hotel interior environment. In addition to her studies as a graduate student, she serves as a teaching assistant for the Interior Architecture and Design department and is working hard with the freshman students to prepare them for their first-year review. Outside of school, she volunteers her time by teaching a dance class for the Tallahassee community.

Once again, the department congratulates Brittany on her accomplishment!

 

MFA Student Sarah Wallstedt Awarded the NEWH Ken Schindler Scholarship & Sunshine Chapter Scholarship

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Congratulations to Sarah Wallstedt for being awarded two NEWH scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year. Sarah was awarded the NEWH Sunshine Chapter Scholarship, a $3,500 award which she will be accepting in Orlando this October, and the NEWH Ken Schindler Scholarship, a $5,000 annual award, for students pursuing a career objective in Interior Design for Hospitality. She will be accepting the Ken Schindler Scholarship at the HD Platinum Circle event in New York City this November. NEWH promotes scholarship, education, and interest in the Hospitality Industry by providing scholarships students wishing to enter the industry.

Sarah is a second-year MFA student who will graduate in August 2018. In addition to her studies as a master’s student, Sarah is the department’s social media assistant, serves as the graduate representative of the Interior Design Student Organization, and volunteers as the chair of the student-led Visual Communications Committee overseeing the displays in the building and the student work hung in our gallery.

We are very proud of Sarah and all she has accomplished!

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Atlanta Field Trip: Studios II + IV

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Studio II students are currently working on a high-end senior co-housing project, while studio IV students are creating design solutions for a Tallahassee family in an actual home on the Gulf coast of Florida. Dr. Pable (studio IV professor) and Professor Huber (studio II professor) recently facilitated a field trip to Atlanta, Georgia in an effort to build the studio’s knowledge surrounding high-end textiles, custom cabinetry, and hard surfaces. The trip included visits to showrooms in the Atlanta Decorative Arts Center (ADAC) and other locations including Kravet and Walker Zanger providing them sources for specifying architectural and interior design products. The students also toured Pineapple House Interior Design, a large and prominent residential interior design firm engaged in work across the nation and attended a local alumni event. Finally, the student’s received a private tour of the Fox Theatre. Thanks to the advisory board member, Ron McCarty, at Fox Theater students had the opportunity to meet with the preservationist team from International Fine Arts Conversation Studios Inc. who is currently working on the historic restoration of Fox Theater.

Students touring the Stonelluxe showroom

Students taking in a presentation by Cynthia Pararo of Pineapple House Interior Design

Students sitting in the Fox Theatre balcony with advisory board member Ron McCarty

Students viewing the stencil used to preserve murals in the Fox Theatre

ASID Announces Jill Pable’s Position on the 2017-18 National Board of Directors

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Jill Pable, Ph.D., FIDEC, ASID, WELL AP
DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE (STARTING OCTOBER 1)

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) recently announced their 2018 National Board of Directors which included our own full-time professor, Dr. Jill Pable. Pable is a practicing interior designer who took on the challenge of academia in 2000 and has been a professor at Florida State University since 2005. She recently founded Design Resources for Homelessness (designresourcesforhomelessness.org), an online nonprofit organization that addresses homelessness by providing research-informed resources for designers to create quality facilities for persons in need. This project was funded in part by a grant from the ASID Foundation. Pable will begin her term on the board as a director-at-large October 1, 2017.

Meet the 2017-18 ASID National Board of Directors

IA&D Atlanta Alumni Event

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Friends and alumni of the Department of Interior Architecture & Design gathered in Atlanta on September 21 for a reception at the Steelcase Worklife Center.  With students and faculty from both Studio II and Studio IV in town on field trips, students had the opportunity to rub shoulders with alumni and to take a tour of the Steelcase showroom in midtown.  Department chair Lisa Waxman delivered a presentation on the recent activities and accomplishments of the department while interim dean, Scott Shamp, and foundation office, Jessica Comas, gave updates on the college and FSU. The department’s advisory board attended the reception and their fall meeting was held the next day.  Special thanks go to corporate sponsors Steelcase, 3form, and Interface.

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