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NEWH Scholarship Recipients Attend Hospitality Design Platinum Circle Gala in New York

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Brittany Flock & Sarah Wallstedt

This past November, MFA students, Brittany Flock and Sarah Wallstedt attended the Hospitality Design Platinum Circle Gala in NYC as recipients of 2017 NEWH scholarship awards. In New York they joined third scholarship recipient, Sydney Kimball, who attends Endicott College in Massachusetts.

On November 14th, the three traveled together to the Platinum Circle Awards Gala at Ziegfeld Ballroom where they were received by Andria Thomas, NEWH Inc. VP/Scholarship. The annual black-tie festive dinner honors the recipients of scholarship awards. However, the main event is the award of the Platinum Circle designation.

For nearly three decades, Hospitality Design magazine has awarded industry leaders—designers, architects, hoteliers, restaurateurs—with the coveted Platinum Circle designation. Over the years, more than 100 honorees have been celebrated for a lifetime of achievement in their respective fields, creating a virtual who’s who of hospitality.

At the 29th annual Platinum Circle Awards, Hospitality Design inducted another group of luminaries into this prestigious group for their career achievements. HD honored Anda Andrei, president of Anda Andrei Design; Bill Bensley, founder of Bensley; Joan Cardy, founder of The Cardy Group; and Walter Isenberg, cofounder, president, and CEO of Sage Hospitality.

Our MFA students feel honored to have been recognized for their achievements by NEWH and to have been participants in this fun and prestigious event.

Sydney Kimball, Brittany Flock, & Sarah Wallstedt (LTR)

 

 


FSU Department of Interior Architecture + Design Shines in DesignIntelligence Rankings

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The FSU Department of Interior Architecture + Design at Florida State University was ranked in the top tier of interior design programs across North America once again. The graduate program was ranked #1 by deans and chairs as the Most Admired program in the country. This the fifth time in six years that the graduate program has been ranked as Most Admired.

Design firms are also involved in ranking students on their level of preparedness for practice.  FSU was also well represented in this ranking as well.  Of the 188 programs in North America accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), FSU’s undergraduate program was ranked 19th and the graduate program was ranked 9th.

The rankings have served for 18 years as the definitive analysis of architecture, landscape architecture, industrial design and interior design programs nationwide.  Department chair, Lisa Waxman stated, “Our program is highly selective, the students extremely motivated, and the faculty is engaged and available to students. We are proud of these rankings and thankful to FSU for the support we receive for our program!”

Department of Interior Architecture + Design Computer Lab Upgrade

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The computer lab during the upgrade process was filled with both old and new machines.

The Interior Architecture & Design computer lab received a $65,000 hardware upgrade over winter break when the department purchased 25 new computers. The new machines have significantly improved graphics cards and more hard drive capacity.  Each computer also now has larger monitors with 4K resolution.  The computers feature 2018 versions of AutoCAD, Revit, 3DS Max, the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, and Lumion programs as well as multiple plugins for rendering, lighting calculations, and 3D printing.

Assistant Professor Amy Huber, coordinated the upgrade and said “while we were able to stretch the lifespan of our previous lab computers to over 6 years through strategic upgrades to components, they had served out their useful lives.  These new machines will greatly enhance the ability of our students to produce high fidelity renderings, animations, and videos with near breakneck speed.”

It was a team effort to purchase and install the machines, and the department would like to thank Pavel Protsyuk, Thomas Jones, Deb Alexander, and Nadia Chin for their efforts in either unloading, setting up, programming, testing, or purchasing the machines.

Jim Dawkins & Jill Pable’s Book Release

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Jim Dawkins, associate professor and Jill Pable, professor have recently completed a book published through Fairchild Books/Bloomsbury. Sketching Interiors at the Speed of Thought edition 2 is dedicated to one primary purpose: enabling designers to discover their own sketching style that they happily and confidently use to supercharge their design thinking and communication with others. The ability to create quick, information-rich hand sketches continues to be a critically important skill for design professionals, including interior designers and architects. Despite the strong presence of computer-aided drawing and drafting software in design practice, the hand one- and two-point perspective sketch still has a role to play in concept development, collaborative meetings, jobsite clarifications and corrections, design refinement, and client presentations, to name only a few of its applications.

 

The goal of Sketching Interiors at the Speed of Thought is to provide meaningful, motivating practice so that designers might develop sketches that enhance their design thinking and serve as an asset in their design career. The chapters of this book reveal that the path to success is built on repeated practice. With time, a style can emerge that is all one’s own with the added benefit of supplementing career skills unique to professional practice. This book’s patient step-by-step approach and friendly attitude are designed to provide a comfortable, well-paced learning place for developing these necessary skills.

 

Sketching Interiors at the Speed of Thought edition 2 has been in the making for over two years and features both print and digital elements offered through the Bloomsbury STUDIO platform. The work offers over 500 sketches from the authors and others in the architecture and interior design fields, 23 demonstration videos, student self-assessment reflection exercises, fifteen quizzes and 237 pages of interactive sketching scenarios and supplemental content for learners. A sketching gallery offers practitioner sketch examples and sketching challenges provide advanced learners the opportunity to advance their skills even further.

 

Sketching Interiors at the Speed of Thought edition 2 will be officially released February 8th 2018 and wil be available through Fairchild/Bloomsbury and other outlets.

 

 

 

Interior Design’s 33rd Annual Hall of Fame Awards

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On November 30, 2018, Interior Design’s 33rd annual Hall of Fame awards lit up the I.M. Pei–designed River Pavilion at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Editor in chief Cindy Allen kicked off the event with a unifying message before inducting the 2017 honorees. The ceremony honored five unique individuals who have made significant impacts in workplace, hospitality, retail, and residential design, and whose leadership and ingenuity will have lasting effects on the industry. The 2017 inductees were Robin Klehr Avia (Leadership), Peter Q. Bohlin (Architecture), Lidewij Edelkoort (Influence), and Mark Zeff (Design). In honor of his centennial, the venerated architect I.M. Pei was also given a special tribute during the ceremony, which was hosted in a building of his design.

 

FSU Interior Architecture & Design faculty member, Lisa Waxman, was in attendance as the representative of the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA).  Each year, this Hall of Fame Awards ceremony makes a substantial contribution to CIDA, the accrediting body for interior design programs in higher education.  Waxman stated, “It was an honor to be in attendance and CIDA is thankful to Interior Design for its support of higher education.”

FSU Department of Interior Architecture + Design Shines in DesignIntelligence Rankings

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The Department of Interior Architecture + Design at Florida State University was ranked in the top tier of interior design programs across North America once again by DesignIntelligence. The graduate program was ranked #1 by deans and chairs as the Most Admired program in the country. This the fifth time in six years that the graduate program has been ranked as Most Admired.

Design firms are also involved in ranking students on their level of preparedness for practice.  FSU was also well represented in this ranking as well.  Of the 188 programs in North America accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), FSU’s undergraduate program was ranked 19th and the graduate program was ranked 9th.

The rankings have served for 18 years as the definitive analysis of architecture, landscape architecture, industrial design and interior design programs nationwide.  Department chair, Lisa Waxman stated, “Our program is highly selective, the students extremely motivated, and the faculty is engaged and available to students. We are proud of these rankings and thankful to FSU for the support we receive for our program!”

Assistant Professor, Amy Huber’s Recent Book Release; Telling the Design Story: Effective and Engaging Communication

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Assistant professor, Amy Huber recently completed a book published by Routledge Press entitled Telling the Design Story: Effective and Engaging Communication.  The book focuses on crafting cohesive and innovative design presentations by leveraging the power of storytelling.  It is comprised of nine chapters and features artwork by FSU alumni Anna Osborne, Emily Swerdloff, and Christine Titus in addition to multiple design practitioners and video communications experts. Additionally, Huber created over 80 images for the book and exerted full control over its layout and typesetting. The book is sold both in hardback and paperback editions in the United States and the United Kingdom. It is also available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble websites.

Interior Architecture & Design Career Fair a Success

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The Department of Interior Architecture & Design hosted a career fair for students on February 16. More than 80 students took part in the event, which included a panel, networking opportunities, and the chance to locate summer internships or jobs. The panel of professional designers included recent graduates and those with many years of experience. They shared strategies for the job search and offered tips for making the transition from school to work. Many upcoming spring graduating students interviewed with firms for full-time positions.

Thanks go to faculty members Kenan Fishburne, Jim Dawkins, and Amy Huber for organizing the event and to the IA&D department and the College of Fine Arts for financial sponsorship. The department also appreciates the help of Bobbie Fernandez in the CFA dean’s office for her help as well.

Photos; Students mingle with design professionals at the Career Fair.

Congratulations to the 2018 Charrette Winners

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The Department of Interior Architecture + Design would like to congratulate the winners of the 2018 Charrette Design Competition sponsored by Interface. Participants were challenged with designing a fictional space based off of the book Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.  Students were organized into four-person teams such that each team had at least one second year, third year, and fourth year student.  The cities of Fedora, Octavia, Baucis, Leandra, and Andria were selected from the text as inspiration for the design of an interior space that included a prominent view over the city.  All of the creative design solutions, including the winners, are displayed in the WJB first floor north hallway. The department would also like to thank Professor Steven Webber for his efforts in organizing the annual design challenge.

First place ($1000) was awarded to Kristina Goodman, Alina Krasovskaya, Marra Lopes, & Alejandro Marquez (Team 237).

Second place ($800) was awarded to Brianna Langman, Evanjelina Neri, Delaney Millard, & Summer Jansen (Team 225).

Third place ($600) was awarded to William Lumpkin, Sheridan Markham, Hanna Aaron, & Yasmeen John (Team 216).

Honorable Mentions Include:

Fedora: 211 – Gehring, Frey, Hulslander, & Garber

Octavia: 219 – Varnedoe, McAlpine, Taylor, & Miller

Baucis: 222 – Whaley, Diaz, Ghazal, & Pomo

Leandra: 229 – Gervickas, Roberts, Fuerst, & Sotter

Andria: 239 – Hwang, Song, & Brown

Brianna Langman Receives a Sponsorship to Attend Lightfair

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Brianna Langman is a senior in the Interior Architecture and Design program at FSU. In her junior year, she took a lighting design class which sparked an interest in the lighting industry.

I never imagined Dr. Pable’s lighting class would lead me to so many great opportunities and that I would find a passion for lighting. I am really excited to receive a sponsorship to attend the Lightfair this year. I think the event will be an amazing way to start my career upon graduating this May. I am so thankful to the International Association of Lighting Designers for this opportunity and I can’t wait to see where this journey will lead as I begin my profession in Interior Design.

The vertex sconce is inspired and informed by geometric angles. In geometry, a vertex is the meeting point of two rays, which form an angle. Straight edges and angular corners will be the forms expressed through the design of the sconce. Optimal vanity lighting can be achieved by creating a variety of angles from which the light source can radiate, thus illuminating one’s face from as many angles as possible. The vertex sconce will achieve this through a vertical, linear configuration and reflected light. The light source will mainly reside on the back side of the fixture so that it may reflect off of the mirror on which it is mounted, creating additional angles of illumination. When viewed from various angles of the room, the sconce and its reflection will appear to create a “box” of light, adding an intriguing aesthetic quality to the space it illuminates.

Graduate Furniture Gallery Show

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The graduate furniture design class of fall 2017 celebrated their final projects with the furniture show in the William Johnston Gallery, “Flat at its Finest”.  This project asked students to design and fabricate a piece of furniture from one sheet of 3/4″ plywood that could be flat pack shipped, use little to no hardware and glue, and minimize material waste.  Upon the completion of the gallery show in February, the furniture was moved to Studio 209 in Thomasville, GA in collaboration with Thomasville Center for the Arts.  This gallery show will be a part of the first Friday art event in Thomasville April 6, 2018.

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2018 President’s Humanitarian of the Year Awardee

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Caroline Mozo, a fourth-year student in the Department of Interior Architecture & Design, was recently presented with the College of Fine Arts Humanitarian of the Year Award. This tremendous distinction places her among the most esteemed student service leaders at Florida State University. The 2018 President’s Humanitarian of the Year Award is bestowed upon currently enrolled undergraduate students who have made an outstanding contribution through public service. Caroline attended the awards luncheon with Department Chair, Dr. Lisa Waxman, earlier this month. The event was hosted by President Thrasher in honor of this prestigious achievement.

Caroline has served the community through her involvement with Camp Kesem, which benefits children affected by a parent’s cancer and Autism Speaks U, which supports members of the autism community and their families. Both organizations are affiliated with Florida State University. Collectively, Caroline has dedicated over 2,000 hours through these organizations.

The department would like to commend Caroline for her dedication and service and congratulate her for receiving the 2018 President’s Humanitarian of the Year Award.

 

IDEC 2018

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The Department congratulates the five graduate students who presented their thesis research at the Interior Design Educators Council Annual Conference.  Brittany Flock gave an oral presentation on her thesis topic “Business Traveler Preferences: Hotel Design and the WELL Building Standard.”

Four graduate students participated in the research poster presentations including:

  • Amjad AlFawaz presenting, “The Role of the Saudi Arabian Mosque in Preserving Culture and Enhancing Connectedness”
  • Hyunji Song presenting, “Biophilic Classroom Design Features: Analysis of Special Educational Teacher’s Perception”
  • Mary Johnson presenting, “Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Supporting Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning in An Emerging Campus Model”
  • Sarah Wallstedt presenting, “Reaffirming a Sense of Place Through Local Branding”

The students had the opportunity to participate in the conference and attend a number of research and networking sessions.  They represented Florida State University and the Department well!

Department of Interior Architecture + Design Recognizes Outstanding Students

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The Department of Interior Architecture and Design would like to congratulate the Winners of the 2018 Department Student Awards. These awards are selected by the entire faculty. We appreciate the support of the alumni and friends who make these awards possible.

Outstanding Undergraduate Portfolio Award
Caroline Fields

Outstanding Furniture Design Student
Jordan Dobrow

O’Brien Undergraduate Scholar
Haley Gillett & Sarah Smith

O’ Brien Graduate Scholar
Melissa Brown & Abby Eckard

Ashely Cowie Memorial Scholarship
Eva Johnson

Outstanding Teaching Assistant
Brittany Flock

Outstanding Graduate Student Researchers
Brittany Flock & Amjad Alfawaz

Advisory Board Graduate Scholarship
Mary Johnson

Advisory Board Undergraduate Scholarship
Delaney Millard

Undergraduate Leadership Award
Sarah Smith

Graduate Leadership Award
Gabe L’Hereaux

Trujillo International Student Award
Amjad AlFawez

Outstanding Studio Performances
Second Year: –Wendie Duncan & Marra Lopes
Third Year: –Kiera Malcom & Eva Neri
Fourth Year: –Alyssa Queen, Nicolette Renbarger

Retails Institute’s Student Design Competition
Brianna Langman & Christa Pineda

Gensler Scholars
Mary Johnson & Laura Algrain

Gensler Brinkman Department Nominees
Ilana Frierson & Corrie Ostrander

Karen Myers Outstanding History Student
Lanier Hicks

Department & CFA Humanitarian of the Year
Caroline Mozo

Charrette Winners
Kristina Goodman, Alina Krasovskaya, Marra Lopes, & Alejandro Marque

High Point Market 2018

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Stephanie Sickler, Interior Architecture & Design professor, traveled with four seniors, Nicolette Renbarger, Arely Cavazos, Christa Pineda, and Jessica Gehrig to the High Point Market trade show this past April. The group spent three days at the trade show and had the opportunity to meet with vendors and designers, tour the Wesley Hall furniture factory, and experience the Julian Price House showhouse.

The High Point Market is the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world, consisting of 180 buildings and 11.5 million square feet of showspace. The event brings more than 75,000 people to High Point, North Carolina, every six months with more than 2000 exhibitors are in attendance. Serious retail home furnishings buyers, interior designers, architects, and others in the home furnishings industry can be found in High Point twice a year. If you can’t find it in High Point…it probably doesn’t exist.

 

It was a amazing experience being able to meet and interact with professionals that have experience in the design world. We were able to have conversations with them about their struggles at the start of their design careers and their motivation to push on towards their passions. In addition to that, it was an interior design overdose. What’s not to love! – Arely Cavazos

 

Link to High Point website

 


Florida State University Invests in the Future of the Museum of Fine Arts with Two New Appointments

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Museum of Fine Arts Interior

Florida State University announces new leadership to the Museum of Fine Arts (MoFA) effective July 30, 2018. The founding director of MoFA, Dr. Allys Palladino-Craig will retire in September of 2018. Dr. C. Preston McLane has been named director, and Meredith Lynn has been named gallery director.

Since 1980, Palladino-Craig has been instrumental in advancing MoFA from a gallery to the regionally-known art institution it is today. She attained initial American Association of Museums (AAM) accreditation for the museum in 2003 and re-accreditation in 2012. In addition to sharing the curatorial role with numerous faculty curators/authors, Dr. Palladino-Craig has won over one-hundred grants to support programming at MoFA; she also founded the Museum Press and serves as its editor-in-chief. MoFA’s Museum Press publishes catalogues of exhibitions that originate at the Museum. It also produces Athanor, an internationally-distributed journal of art history research authored by MA and PhD candidates across the US.

The Museum of Fine Arts is the largest academic art museum in the Big Bend and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), with 9,000 square feet of exhibition space and a permanent collection of over 6,000 objects. The permanent collection includes important artworks by historical and contemporary artists with recent gifts of such notable artists as Judy Chicago, Trevor Bell, and Andy Warhol.Visitor attendance has exceeded 58,000 in recent years, including more than 8,400 K–12 students directly impacted by in-school visits, museum tours, and education events, coordinated by Education Director Viki D. Thompson Wylder.

FSU’s Museum of Fine Arts is a resource for and within Florida State University, but it also serves the entire Big Bend through its exhibitions and substantial K-12 Education Programs. It has a big mission, one that FSU believes in so strongly that we are working to expand the staff at the Museum,

– Sally McRorie, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Florida State University.


Allys Palladino-Craig Dr. C. Preston McLane Meredith Lynn

Dr. C. Preston McLane

Dr. C. Preston McLane has been named Director. In this role, he will be responsible for leading and supporting the Museum and its activities. Prior museum positions include curatorial fellowships at the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, the Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala, and the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Russia.  His personal research ranges from environmental art to fictitiousness in early modern and contemporary art to nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian and Soviet art and much more.

“It will be something of a homecoming for Dr. McLane who served on the museum staff for six years until 2006 when he received his PhD. He knows the facility, our collection, and this community,”

– Dr. Allys Palladino-Craig

McLane received his PhD in Art History from Florida State in 2006 and has been teaching courses in the department as an Adjunct Professor since. He received his JD from FSU Law in 2009 and has served in the Division of Air Resource Management for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection since 2013 — first as a Program Administrator and most recently as Deputy Director.

We expect Preston McLane to launch a new chapter in the storied history of our Museum of Fine Arts.  His unique range of experiences as curator, administrator, educator, and art historian will allow us to explore exciting new directions for MoFA,

Scott Shamp, Interim Dean of the College of Fine Arts.

Meredith Lynn

Meredith Lynn will serve as gallery director, taking responsibility for the management and programming of all College of Fine Arts galleries, including the 9,000 square feet of collective exhibition space within MoFA, the William Johnston Building Gallery, and the Phyllis Strauss Gallery in the Carnaghi Arts Building.

Since 2015, Lynn has been Gallery Director at Indiana State University, where she introduced a number of dynamic programming initiatives and successfully secured funding from local, state and national granting organizations. She received her B.F.A. from Cornell University and her M.F.A. from Iowa State University, specializing in both painting and drawing. She previously served as director of the Rourke Art Museum in Moorhead, Minnesota, and the Nemeth Art Center in Park Rapids, Minnesota.


The coming season will begin with the 33rd Annual Tallahassee International, a juried competition open to artists worldwide. Exhibitions will follow featuring selections from the permanent and local collections, and the work of artists graduating from the B.F.A. and M.F.A. programs. This program of engaging and informative exhibitions is part of the Museum’s ongoing efforts to serve the general public and the university community.

The College of Fine Arts looks forward to the contributions that Dr. McLane and Meredith Lynn will make to the college, university, and our community.

Artists' League and Tallahassee Watercolor Society

IA+D Alum Grant Gribble Transforms the New American Remodel 2018

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Gribble Interior Group – led by Grant Gribble (Interior Design BS 1984) – served as the design firm for the 2018 New American Remodeled Home, a project sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). Full scale renovations of the 1930’s-era home, originally designed by architect Harold Hair, included more open living spaces, reconfigured baths, a new master suite, a kitchen and family room addition, and a covered porch. The remodeled two-story home expanded to 5,000 square feet, also adding a three-car garage, bonus room, outdoor entertainment area with a resort-style pool and summer kitchen, and 2,200 total square feet of living space for Gribble to design. The home was unveiled at the International Builders’ Show, Orlando’s largest convention, in January 2018. 

Gribble Interior Group is well renowned and has received numerous awards from multiple professional design associations and publications. Their motto is “Functional Meets Beautiful,” bringing these qualities together to make every space comfortable, inviting, and uplifting.

“Being an established firm, it’s exciting for us to continue to work on new and fresh projects,” said Grant of the New Remodeled Home. “But success of a project relies on working as a team with architects, builders and other related professionals.”

Read more about the experienced colleagues and vendors who worked on the project at Gribble Interior Group’s news online.

About Grant Gribble

Grant Gribble (Interior Design BS 1984) is a founding member of the FSU Interior Architecture & Design Advisory Board and served as Chair from 2013 to 2016. He is a second-generation interior designer, an educator, and was appointed the Florida North Chapter President at the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). His award-winning projects have been featured in such magazines as Southern Living, House Beautiful, Florida Design and HGTV.  Most recently, he was bestowed an ASID Fellowship for making outstanding contributions to the interior design industry, for his commitment to the profession, and for the excellence of his portfolio of work.

With pride, we announce Grant Gribble in the Orange Appeal Magazine:

2018 IDEC Video Competition Winners

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Amjad AlFawaz

Graduate students Brittany Flock, Mary Johnson, Hyunji Song and Amjad AlFawaz, received first place for their video “Healthy Buildings, Healthy Minds” in the 2018 IDEC Video Competition. The jury viewed 40 videos on a wide range of themes about human-centered Interior Design – from sustainability, to healthcare, aging in place, and culturally sensitive design. The students were guided by Florida State University Faculty Advisor, Amy Huber, through a Spring course called Visual Communications. The video was created to educate the general public about the importance of well-being and how design plays a role in supporting well-being in the built environment.

 

Creating short videos are such a fun and creative way to tell a story or share a meaningful message. I really enjoyed working with everyone on our team to create this video! – Brittany Flock

Hyunji Song, Amjad AlFawaz, and Brittany Flock (LTR)

It was really great learning a new way to express how much interior design affects people in built environments. We are all grateful to Professor Huber in guiding us through this group project, and we learned how to work effectively in a group to produce the most meaningful product we could.  – Mary Johnson

 

Click here to view the 2018 Winners.

 

Golden Lighting Picks Winner in Design Contest

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Pivot Sconce by Katie Hall

For a second year, lighting manufacturer Golden Lighting has teamed up with Florida State University to host a collegiate level lighting design competition. Golden Lighting staff worked with FSU faculty members, Jill Pable and Maxim Nasab to teach undergraduate students the basics of lighting design. Students were prompted to use what they learned to design a bath vanity fixture with integrated LED technology.

Contestants were judged based on the creativity, functionality, and the marketability of their products. Golden Lighting’s design team named Pivot, by Katie Hall, as the competition’s winner.

“We would like to thank the students and staff of FSU’s Interior Architecture and Design Program,” says Danielle Dzurik, Creative Manager of Golden Lighting. “Ultimately, we chose Ms. Hall’s design because it carefully married creativity with function in a design that has mass appeal,” says Dzurik.

Hall’s design features a minimalistic model of two overlapping, elongated linear diffusers in white opal glass and a rich gold leaf finish. The name of the sconce comes from a pivot mechanism Hall designed which allows users to customize the look of the fixture by locking the front arm in place at any chosen angle.

Golden Lighting awarded a cash prize to first-place winner Katie Hall for her design, Pivot. Concept boards of all of the design contest entries were on display in Golden Lighting’s Dallas, Texas showroom for June 2018 Lightovation. Hall’s design will be prototyped and is scheduled to hang in the showroom with her concept board by next January.

This article was published by the Tallahassee Democrat. Click here to be directed to the link.

FSU Arts in the Land-of-Waterfalls – Brevard, NC Event Recap

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On Tuesday, July 31st the College of Fine Arts and College of Music alumni and friends gathered for an evening highlighting FSU Arts in Brevard, North Carolina. FSU Alumnae Mary Bebout and Debra Lachter promoted collegiate philanthropy by co-hosting the event. Terrell and Mary Bebout and David and Debra Lachter are just two of hundreds of Nole families to call the ‘Land-of-Waterfalls’ in North Carolina a part-time home. Drawn by a combination of the scenery and cultural activities in the area, these Noles travel north for the summer.

With a prominent music and arts community in Western North Carolina, both the College of Music and the College of Fine Arts have a strong connection to the area. Throughout the year, students and faculty are invited to attend workshops and teach at the prestigious Penland School of Crafts.


Marty Fielding @ Penland School of Crafts Gaelin Craighead @ Penland School of Crafts


In the summers, more than a dozen students and faculty from FSU Music play and teach at Brevard Music Center. Just down the road, at Highlands Playhouse, undergraduate students from FSU’s Music Theatre program are performing in musicals such as Damn Yankees and Guys & Dolls.

FSU Arts in the Land-of-Waterfalls took place at Connestee Falls Clubhouse. More than 70 guests were treated to a quartet performance by College of Music faculty member Corinne Stillwell and current College of Music students Sommer Altier, Moe Gray, and Jack Flores. The quartet performed “allegro ma non troppo” from the American Quartet in F Major, Op.96 by Antonin Dvorak.

FSU Alumni from the area displayed pieces for the event. Artists included Mary Alice Braukman, Sandee Johnson, Joe Johnson, Deb Lachter, and Marty Ray. Proceeds from the sale of displayed art will enable the College of Fine Arts to offer student scholarships, award faculty research grants, recognize exceptional teaching and support activities across the College.

The Colleges’ faculty, staff, and students had a wonderful evening meeting alumni and friends of FSU and promoting FSU Arts in the Land-of-Waterfalls.

The College has several exciting events planned for the 2018-2019 academic year. For a full list, check out the college calendar.

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