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App State students Alli Lackey and Jasmine McElroy designed this display for Frito Lays.

App State Students win Frito Lay Design Challenge Apr 3, 2023

App State students Alli Lackey and Jasmine McElroy recently won the 2022 PAVE Frito Lay Student Design Challenge by designing a point of purchase display for Frito-Lay branded snacks like Lays,...

Furniture design students in the Department of Applied Design won first place in an international competition

Furniture Design Students Win International Woodworking Fair’s Student Competition Sep 16, 2022

Furniture design students in the Department of Applied Design won first place in two categories at the International Woodworking Fair's...

Decker's cabinet, “Warden of Wallop Park,” received top honors in the Pinnacle Awards, presented annually by the International Society of Furniture Designers. Photo courtesy of the International Society of Furniture Designers.

Appalachian student wins prestigious furniture industry award Oct 26, 2018

Appalachian State University senior Ryan Decker, an industrial design major from Hendersonville, has won a Pinnacle Award, the furniture design...

Example of products designed by ASU Students

Top 50 Best Value Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design Oct 9, 2018

Appalachian State was recognized at #18 in the list for 2017.

Emma Wingerd's poster is used to teach students in Malawi during summer 2018. Photo submitted

Industrial design student collaborates with Access Health Africa Oct 4, 2018

Design was always something junior Emma Wingerd was interested in, but it wasn’t until visiting Appalachian did she know that industrial des

Group Photo from Design Camp 2018

Appalachian hosts design camp for area youth Aug 16, 2018

For three days in July, 15 high school students from Watauga and Ashe Counties came together for a unique experience hosted by Appalachian State...

The Future People: Creating Public Imagination [The Delaware Contemporary] Aug 10, 2018

Methods for transportation have played a part in the human experience for centuries, from horse and buggy, to cars, to airplanes, to the future...

Students in assistant professor Cameron Van Dyke's design studio built new furniture for the Moses Cone Manor mini-theater with funding from Dr. Beth Davison's Chancellor's Innovation Scholars grant. Photo courtesy of Dr. Beth Davison

Appalachian students design furniture for Moses Cone Manor Aug 10, 2018

Industrial design students at Appalachian State University have left a lasting legacy at the Moses Cone Manor on the Blue Ridge Parkway near...

Furniture design students in Appalachian’s Conscious Furniture Design project are, from top left, Walter Mingledorff, Ben Bridges, Tanner Pittmon and John Barton. Photo submitted

From the Tree to the Public Jul 17, 2018

In the Conscious Furniture Design project, students create works influenced by the Japanese philosophy of Ma while communication majors document...

Ryan Decker is the 2018-19 Celia Moh Scholarship recipient. Photo submitted

Industrial Design student receives Celia Moh Scholarship Jun 14, 2018

For the third consecutive year, an Appalachian State University student has been selected to receive the Celia Moh Scholarship. Rya

Design exhibition, booth design, App Design, Future of Retail

Retail Experience has its place at ICFF May 31, 2018

While walking the floor of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City this week

Colter Swan Design

Appalachian students win Doug Mockett & Co. design competition for second year in a row May 31, 2018

Two Appalachian State University seniors majoring in industrial design, Peter Clare and Colter Swan, placed first in the annual Mockett &