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It touches everything around us. It drives innovation. And it has the power to make life better for everyone.
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Design is a love language, pass it on.
Happy #ValentinesDay, Pack. 💖🐺
🎨: Caroline Coyle [B.Arch] for the 2024 Shawcroft Drawing Competition.
![Design is a love language, pass it on.
Happy #ValentinesDay, Pack. 💖🐺
🎨: Caroline Coyle [B.Arch] for the 2024 Shawcroft Drawing Competition.](https://design.ncsu.edu/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
Design is a love language, pass it on.
Happy #ValentinesDay, Pack. 💖🐺
🎨: Caroline Coyle [B.Arch] for the 2024 Shawcroft Drawing Competition.
Happy Wellness Day, Pack! 🧘🐺
No classes today = the perfect time to recharge. But what about the days when your to-do list feels overwhelming?
Welcome to our first Mental Health Minute - a new series where we share quick tips to support your well-being. Today, our embedded counselor, Emily, introduces the 45-15 rule: work for 45 minutes, then take a 15-minute break to reset.
Small pauses can make a big difference in your focus and stress levels. 😎
📩🧠 Do you have a topic you’d like us to cover relating to being a design student and wellness? Let us know in the comments or send us a DM!

Happy Wellness Day, Pack! 🧘🐺
No classes today = the perfect time to recharge. But what about the days when your to-do list feels overwhelming?
Welcome to our first Mental Health Minute - a new series where we share quick tips to support your well-being. Today, our embedded counselor, Emily, introduces the 45-15 rule: work for 45 minutes, then take a 15-minute break to reset.
Small pauses can make a big difference in your focus and stress levels. 😎
📩🧠 Do you have a topic you’d like us to cover relating to being a design student and wellness? Let us know in the comments or send us a DM!
🖼️✨ How is AI reshaping artistic authorship, agency and expression?
output:reflect:input: explores these questions through interactive and traditional media, showcasing work by artists Pat Fitzgerald (COD’s Director of Graduate Programs in MADTech), Ian Boyd (MAD ‘24) and local artist Allison Coleman. Special thanks to Lee Cherry and Mike Cindric for their contributions.
📍 Birdland, 706 Mountford Ave, Raleigh, NC
🗓️ Exhibition: Feb. 1–23, 2025
🎉 Free opening reception: Feb. 1, 3–5 p.m.
Step into this evolving dialogue between art and AI, produced by @the.grid.project. Learn more about the show at the link in our bio!

🖼️✨ How is AI reshaping artistic authorship, agency and expression?
output:reflect:input: explores these questions through interactive and traditional media, showcasing work by artists Pat Fitzgerald (COD’s Director of Graduate Programs in MADTech), Ian Boyd (MAD ‘24) and local artist Allison Coleman. Special thanks to Lee Cherry and Mike Cindric for their contributions.
📍 Birdland, 706 Mountford Ave, Raleigh, NC
🗓️ Exhibition: Feb. 1–23, 2025
🎉 Free opening reception: Feb. 1, 3–5 p.m.
Step into this evolving dialogue between art and AI, produced by @the.grid.project. Learn more about the show at the link in our bio!
Eight student teams were recognized at the @ncarchitecture Design and Chapter Awards.
The School of Architecture was also recognized for teaching excellence through its Educator of the Year, Kamphoefner Prize, F. Carter Williams Gold Medal and Associate Award.
The AIA North Carolina Design and Chapter Awards, held on Thursday, November 14th, 2024, at @naturalsciences in Raleigh, NC, is a statewide awards program that recognizes design that exceeds benchmarks for outstanding architectural design, structural composition, and application of design theory.
Over 130 projects were submitted to this year’s program and 26 were awarded.
📰 Read the story in our bio to learn more about each project!
📸 Winning projects in order:
🏆 "Anchors: Connecting Community and Landscape" by Maggie Kroening
🏆 "Bridged Artistry" by Maryam Osman
🏆 "Layered Stories" by Kinsley Stevens & Abigail Lundergan
🏆 "Market Place at Shockoe Slip" by Gargi Wadodkar
🏆 R.E.C. by Lucas Stott
🏆 "Richmond Repository of Urban Memory" by Ethan Hall
🏆 "Rooted: the Embrace of Earth + Water" by Maggie Kroening
🏆 "Squeezed Out: Mapping Diverse Dimensions of Raleigh NC’s Housing Crisis" by Raja Bandari, Kole Retterath, Dillon Patel, Lira Gomes, Gabrielle Schiltz, Ariana Farquharson, Lucas Stott, Neil Bowen, Noelle Robinson, Maggie Kroening

Eight student teams were recognized at the @ncarchitecture Design and Chapter Awards.
The School of Architecture was also recognized for teaching excellence through its Educator of the Year, Kamphoefner Prize, F. Carter Williams Gold Medal and Associate Award.
The AIA North Carolina Design and Chapter Awards, held on Thursday, November 14th, 2024, at @naturalsciences in Raleigh, NC, is a statewide awards program that recognizes design that exceeds benchmarks for outstanding architectural design, structural composition, and application of design theory.
Over 130 projects were submitted to this year’s program and 26 were awarded.
📰 Read the story in our bio to learn more about each project!
📸 Winning projects in order:
🏆 "Anchors: Connecting Community and Landscape" by Maggie Kroening
🏆 "Bridged Artistry" by Maryam Osman
🏆 "Layered Stories" by Kinsley Stevens & Abigail Lundergan
🏆 "Market Place at Shockoe Slip" by Gargi Wadodkar
🏆 R.E.C. by Lucas Stott
🏆 "Richmond Repository of Urban Memory" by Ethan Hall
🏆 "Rooted: the Embrace of Earth + Water" by Maggie Kroening
🏆 "Squeezed Out: Mapping Diverse Dimensions of Raleigh NC’s Housing Crisis" by Raja Bandari, Kole Retterath, Dillon Patel, Lira Gomes, Gabrielle Schiltz, Ariana Farquharson, Lucas Stott, Neil Bowen, Noelle Robinson, Maggie Kroening
POV: It’s 2003, and you just set your AIM away message because it`s time to kick it with your friends in the studio. 🐺🤘
📸 Feeling nostalgic? #HowlBack, and tag us in your favorite throwback pic from your time at the COD!

POV: It’s 2003, and you just set your AIM away message because it`s time to kick it with your friends in the studio. 🐺🤘
📸 Feeling nostalgic? #HowlBack, and tag us in your favorite throwback pic from your time at the COD!
Our 🧠 is saying don`t slip on the bricks but our ❤️ is wondering which hill is best for sledding.
Seriously, though. Please be careful with the bricks.

Our 🧠 is saying don`t slip on the bricks but our ❤️ is wondering which hill is best for sledding.
Seriously, though. Please be careful with the bricks.

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