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NC STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DESIGN news SPRING 2004 Angelo Abbate Karen E. DeWitt Jean Marie Livaudais Dr. Fatih Rifki PROFESSOR OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE HEAD OF HARRYE B. LYONS DESIGN LIBRARY DIRECTOR OF PROFESSIONAL RELATIONS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE Carla Abramczyk Lope Max Díaz EXTERNAL RELATIONS ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR GRADUATE STUDIES DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ART + DESIGN Austin Lowrey Laurie Ringaert EXTERNAL RELATIONS Ed Driggers PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF GRAPHIC DESIGN DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN Matthew Arion ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN Meghan Lurowist Jackie Robertson COMPUTING CONSULTANT, STUDENT SERVICES ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY Richard Duncan COORDINATOR OF TRAINING IN UNIVERSAL DESIGN Fernando Magallanes Michael Rodrigues Delsey Avery RESEARCH, EXTENSION AND ENGAGEMENT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LANDSCAPE BUDGET MANAGER ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, DEAN'S OFFICE Cheryl Eatmon ARCHITECTURE Henry Sanoff FACULTY & STAFF Kermit Bailey ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY, Marvin J. Malecha PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GRAPHIC DESIGN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND GRAPHIC DESIGN DEAN PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE Dr. Kristen Schaffer Dr. Donald A. Barnes Jeremy Ficca ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ARCHITECTURE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE Joe McCoy COORDINATOR OF NETWORK & HARDWARE Martha Scotford Thomas Barrie Patrick FitzGerald SERVICES, PROFESSOR OF GRAPHIC DESIGN DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ART + DESIGN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY Sharon Silcox Peter Batchelor Vincent M. Foote Sherry McIntyre LIBRARY ASSISTANT, PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE PROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, HARRYE B. LYONS DESIGN LIBRARY Bill Bayley Emily Freeman EXTERNAL RELATIONS Achva Benzinberg Stein DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT, Claude E. McKinney PROFESSOR OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE LABORATORY EXTERNAL RELATIONS PROFESSOR EMERITUS, DESIGN CHAIR, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT Georgia Bizios Frank Harmon Clinton Miller David Stein PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE COMPUTING CONSULTANT, PLANNING SPECIALIST, Gail Borden Dottie Haynes INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY RESEARCH, EXTENSION AND ENGAGEMENT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE ASSISTANT DEAN FOR ADMINISTRATION Jannette Mina Dr. Robert E. Stipe Susan Brandeis Gloria Hinton OFFICE ASSISTANT, PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF LANDSCAPE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE PROFESSOR OF ART + DESIGN ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY, Robin C. Moore Molly Story Tony Brock ART + DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROFESSOR OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE COORDINATOR OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN RESEARCH, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF GRAPHIC DESIGN Percy Hooper DIRECTOR OF NATURAL LEARNING INITIATIVE CENTER FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Robert P. Burns Marva Motley Wayne Taylor PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE Bong Il Jin ASSISTANT DEAN FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ART + DESIGN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Pamela Christie-Tabron Dr. Michael Pause Dr. John O. Tector ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY, GRADUATE STUDIES Chris Jordan PROFESSOR OF ART + DESIGN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE Roger H. Clark DIRECTOR OF MATERIALS LABORATORY AND DIRECTOR, DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS PROGRAM ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS FACILITIES PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE Dr. J. Wayne Place Dr. Paul Tesar Charles Joyner Taylor Cole PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE PROFESSOR OF ART + DESIGN COMPUTING SUPPORT TECHNICIAN, Vita Plume James D. Tomlinson INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY Dennis Kempel ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ART + DESIGN ASSISTANT DEAN FOR RESEARCH, EXTENSION Armand V. Cooke LABORATORY & FACILITIES MANAGER, AND ENGAGEMENT LEAZAR HALL J. Patrick Rand PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Susan Toplikar Haig Khachatoorian PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE Nilda Cosco ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ART + DESIGN PROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Dr. Cymbre Raub EDUCATIONAL SPECIALIST, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ART + DESIGN Scott Townsend NATURAL LEARNING INITIATIVE Rachel Kuhn ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GRAPHIC DESIGN Dr. Shishir Raval Chandra Cox VISUAL RESOURCES LIBRARIAN, HARRYE B. LYONS DESIGN LIBRARY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LANDSCAPE Hazel Tudor ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ART + DESIGN ARCHITECTURE REGISTRAR CHAIR OF ART + DESIGN DEPARTMENT Bryan Laffitte Dana Raymond Katie Walston Denise Gonzales Crisp ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN CHAIR, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ART + DESIGN ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GRAPHIC DESIGN CHAIR, GRAPHIC DESIGN DEPARTMENT Jack Lancaster Wendy Redfield Richard R. Wilkinson Lynn Crisp TECHNICIAN, MATERIALS LABORATORY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ARCHITECTURE PROFESSOR EMERITUS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE LIBRARY ASSISTANT, Glenn E. Lewis Bob Reed HARRYE B. LYONS DESIGN LIBRARY PROFESSOR OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY, ARCHITECTURE Leslie Young Meredith Davis UNIVERSAL DESIGN TRAINING SPECIALIST, Arthur C. Rice RESEARCH, EXTENSION AND ENGAGEMENT PROFESSOR OF GRAPHIC DESIGN PROFESSOR OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE The Design Guild is an association of alumni, CONTENTS friends, design professionals and industry CONTENTS leaders established in 1996 to promote design education at the NC State University College of Design through private contributions and DEAN’S MESSAGE gifts. The publication of the news is fully supported by Design Guild funds. 2 Purpose and Legitimacy in Design We welcome your submission of alumni news OUR COMMUNITY items in addition to your comments about this publication. To receive our electronic newsletter, 4 Richard Curtis to Receive DESIGNlife, please send us your e-mail address. Design Guild Award 5 2003 Distinguished Alumnus [email protected] 5 College Travels to Meet Alumni, Friends or address correspondence to: 7 Looking Back NC State University 7 Scholarship Reception College of Design Campus Box 7701 Raleigh, NC 27695-7701 COLLEGE LIFE 919 /515-8313 18 Celebrating Halloween 19 The Student Publication Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA 19 SECAC/Tri-state Sculptors Conference dean 20 Partnerships 21 Student Achievers Recognized Carla Abramczyk 21 Center for Universal Design news director of development 22 Fall 2003 College Commencement Address Jean Marie Livaudais director of professional relations Emily Freeman NOTES FEATURES development assistant 24 Alumni and Friends Sherry McIntyre 26 Students 8 Glenn Lewis Stretches Center editor 28 Faculty & Staff of Influence director of communications 32 Support 10 Design Student Takes Team 33 Calendar Approach to Solve Town's Craig McDuffie (BGD 1983) Dilemma designer 11 A CAT's New Spots 12 Students Design with Compassion CORRECTION 15 Henry Sanoff Retires In the Alumni Designs Benefit Triangle YAF/ 16 Voting Yes on Proposition 20 Habitat for Humanity story in the Fall 2003 17 Poster Project news, Sarah Susanka, AIA, was listed as a juror in the contest, but she was unable to participate. Sorry for the inaccuracy. COVER Images by the team of Sofia Noble and Christina Eichel represent ideas for Capital Area Transit senior graphic design studio project. See story, page 11. and the possibility of civil unrest and the Design is given purpose by possibility of looting placed the entire nation on watch. The concern was a natural engagement with the extension of the preconceptions of the threatening dark. The calm and maturity needs of society exhibited by the citizens of New York and transcended these preconceptions and provided another kind of illu- DEAN’S MESSAGE it is given legitimacy when mination that can only come from intense self-reflection. the designer accepts Suddenly the most basic public services were interrupted and the tools for living accountability for the became the subject of conversa- tion. The New York Times took up by Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA, Dean outcomes of its process. this conversation offering ideas from the creative adaptive use of ight as an inspiration for design materials and products intended for other L weaves together the subtleties of the purposes to serve as shelter, cell phones designed artifact and the metaphor for the with a built in flashlight, an electronic design search and its dependence on the locator that would serve to connect family excitement for discovery. When the light and loved ones in an emergency, and an goes on the implied effect is greater under- inflatable clothing line that would allow an standing and inspired creativity activity. To individual to sleep on the sidewalk. be in the dark is to be out of the loop, it is to be without a clue and perhaps even At the time of the New York power outage irrelevant. The lights of Las Vegas imply members of our student and faculty commu- an outrageous lifestyle while the lights of a nity were attending a national meeting of the small town imply a warm and welcoming Industrial Design Society of America. The glow and the night skyline of New York coincidence of this meeting and such an emanates possibility and industriousness occurrence serves as a powerful reminder of that inspires a world culture. When the the importance of the role of the designer in lights go out the inspirational becomes contemporary society. It further challenges haunting, the safe transforms to threaten- the educator in a public university to consider ing and the magical becomes uninspired. the importance of engaging with the issues of everyday importance. Design should not When the lights went out in New York