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Furniture Library Names Future Designers Summit Scholarship Winners Sep 24, 2024

HIGH POINT, NC — The Bienenstock Furniture Library concluded its fourth annual...

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,...

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Award-winning furniture design grew from a grandfather's encouragement Oct 28, 2014

BOONE—Rebecca Goddard’s award-winning furniture design is as much a tribute to her late grandfather as it is an acknowledgment of her

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Pushing the Limits of Visualization Sep 24, 2014

A team headed by Dr Johnny Waters out of Appalachian State University has been working on Assembling the Echinoderm of Life (AEToL), a project...

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Class design project leads to cash award, patent application and potential business May 5, 2014

BOONE—A design for a therapeutic glove that could help improve dexterity and grip strength for children and adults has resulted in a $15,000

Design Students Exhibit work in Milan, Italy Apr 14, 2014

BOONE—Five students from the Industrial Design/Furniture Design Program at Appalachian State University are exhibiting their work at the Mil

Appalachian State University's 8th Annual Chair Competition Jan 15, 2014

Appalachian State University's Chair Competition is a chair design and fabrication competition organized to promote and encourage the exploration...

Riley Keen and Nathan McCracken place 3rd in Retail Innovation Challenge

Students compete and place 3rd in Retail Innovation Challenge Nov 20, 2013

WINSTON-SALEM—Hatchlings, a student business team from Appalachian State University, finished third in the Wake Forest University School of

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Alumna Jim Kershaw is Honored with A' Design Award Jun 3, 2013

Earlier this year Jim Kershaw (C/O '10) was awarded a prestiguous honor.

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Rall Secures Generous Donation for Industrial Design Feb 15, 2013

In the fall of 2012, Michael Rall was able to secure a generous donation for the Industrial Design Program within the Department of Technology...

Student received “Best of Show” award at the International Woodworking Fair Sep 6, 2012

Eugene Duclos, a furniture design student at Appalachian State University, received the Best of Show award for the Design Emphasis Showcase at...

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Winners announced in Perennial Wood Appalachian State University Design Studio Competition May 3, 2012

KINGSPORT, Tenn.—Twelve talented furniture design students from Appalachian State University recently competed for prizes and shared their w