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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...

Industrial design major and Raleigh native John Lalevee poses with the unfinished solar vehicle, which he helped design during the 2017–18 year. Photo submitted

Furniture design student puts knowledge to practice with Appalachian’s Solar Vehicle Team May 30, 2018

During the 2017–18 year, industrial design student John Lalevee had the opportunity to fulfill a childhood dream by designing the body of Ap

Walter Mingledorff, a senior industrial design major specializing in furniture design, with his "Best in Show" lounger, "I Lost my Multi-tool from Tupelo." Photo submitted

Award-winning student finds inspiration at Appalachian Mar 20, 2018

Senior industrial design major Walter Mingledorff may have started his collegiate career at Tallahassee Community College but has found a home...

Packaging Concept by Liz Waters

Former Industrial Design student finishes as runner-up in Paperboard Packaging Alliance Student Design Competition Nov 30, 2017

Last spring, Liz Waters, now an Appalachian State University alumna from Cary, NC competed in the Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA) Student...

Design Camp Participants with Instructors

Expanding Awareness Aug 11, 2017

For the first time, Appalachian State University...

Appalachian State University student John Barton, a junior industrial design major from Atlanta, has received the 2017 Celia Moh Scholarship. This prestigious award is reserved for just five students around the country. Photo submitted by John Barton

Industrial Design Junior receives coveted Celia Moh Scholarship May 4, 2017

John Barton, a junior industrial design major at Appalachian State University, was awarded the Celia Moh Scholarship for the 2017-18 academic...

Rickey Bell, Myers Welborn and Nathan Haeme

Industrial Design students awarded top honors in product design competition Feb 13, 2017

Appalachian State University industrial design seniors Rickey Bell of Davie County, Myers Welborn of Lexington and Nathan Haeme of Boone each...

Faculty member and Students

Industrial Design completes sponsored studio with WestRock Jan 19, 2017

This past fall semester the Industrial Design program partnered with WestRock® to create innovative new packaging concepts.

Annual Portfolio Review hosted by ASU's Industrial Design Program Nov 8, 2016

On October 29th Appalachian State University’s Industrial Design program and IDSA student club hosted an annual regional portfoli