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Design. Rewind. Repeat. 📹📼🎬

Josue Avalos (@josueavalosdesign) is an undergraduate Graphic and Experience Design student at the COD, and he's driven to create meaningful work regardless of the medium.

"In the simplest sense, I love to create cool things. I try to wake up every morning and feel inspired by even the smallest things around me. For some reason, my best ideas always seem to appear from unexpected places. This idea to record with a VHS camera was a complete accident. I was searching for a (more modern) video camera for another project and stumbled upon my dad's old camera, one he used before I was born. I decided to start playing with it and see what I could make."

🗣 Are you a student with a story to tell? We're collecting student-generated content to showcase on our website and social media channels! Personal and studio projects and anything else that might tell the story of your life at the College of Design are welcome.

💌 DM us for more details!

Design. Rewind. Repeat. 📹📼🎬

Josue Avalos (@josueavalosdesign) is an undergraduate Graphic and Experience Design student at the COD, and he`s driven to create meaningful work regardless of the medium.

"In the simplest sense, I love to create cool things. I try to wake up every morning and feel inspired by even the smallest things around me. For some reason, my best ideas always seem to appear from unexpected places. This idea to record with a VHS camera was a complete accident. I was searching for a (more modern) video camera for another project and stumbled upon my dad`s old camera, one he used before I was born. I decided to start playing with it and see what I could make."

🗣 Are you a student with a story to tell? We`re collecting student-generated content to showcase on our website and social media channels! Personal and studio projects and anything else that might tell the story of your life at the College of Design are welcome.

💌 DM us for more details!
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We're grateful for a lot of things, but we're especially grateful to be a part of this Pack. 🦃♥️🐺

Happy Thanksgiving, designers.

We`re grateful for a lot of things, but we`re especially grateful to be a part of this Pack. 🦃♥️🐺

Happy Thanksgiving, designers.
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The vibe is vibin’ 🍂🍁

The vibe is vibin’ 🍂🍁 ...

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Weatherly is a sophomore in Design Studies, and she believes design is an avenue to tell stories that uplift others. 🎨📚✨

To her, being a student in the Design Studies program has enabled her to maximize a multitude of passions involving illustration, entrepreneurship and storytelling.

Recently, Weatherly illustrated her first children’s book titled, “Young Andy Gets a Trombone.” Based on a true story, the book showcases how Andy Griffith got interested in becoming an entertainer – from wanting to be a trombone player to working to achieve his dream.

🐺🗣️ Are you interested in sharing your design philosophy? DM us to be featured in the next installment of NC State Creatives!

Weatherly is a sophomore in Design Studies, and she believes design is an avenue to tell stories that uplift others. 🎨📚✨

To her, being a student in the Design Studies program has enabled her to maximize a multitude of passions involving illustration, entrepreneurship and storytelling.

Recently, Weatherly illustrated her first children’s book titled, “Young Andy Gets a Trombone.” Based on a true story, the book showcases how Andy Griffith got interested in becoming an entertainer – from wanting to be a trombone player to working to achieve his dream.

🐺🗣️ Are you interested in sharing your design philosophy? DM us to be featured in the next installment of NC State Creatives!
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Have a safe (and spooky) Halloween, Wolfpack! 👻🎃

Have a safe (and spooky) Halloween, Wolfpack! 👻🎃 ...

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The Designlife Podcast is back! 🎙🐺

In this episode, we discuss the impacts of studying abroad as a designer with Kermit Bailey. Kermit is an Associate Professor of Graphic & Experience Design at the COD, and was also one of the founding faculty members of NC State’s interdisciplinary study abroad program in Ghana.

He subsequently used his experiences overseas to support his research on how graphic design can be used as a cultural mediation tool.

In this episode, Kermit dives into the origins of the program, student and faculty experiences in a new culture, and how study abroad as a concept has evolved since its early days at NC State in the mid-1990s.

Subscribe to the Designlife Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also find a direct link to this episode in our bio.

The Designlife Podcast is back! 🎙🐺

In this episode, we discuss the impacts of studying abroad as a designer with Kermit Bailey. Kermit is an Associate Professor of Graphic & Experience Design at the COD, and was also one of the founding faculty members of NC State’s interdisciplinary study abroad program in Ghana.

He subsequently used his experiences overseas to support his research on how graphic design can be used as a cultural mediation tool.

In this episode, Kermit dives into the origins of the program, student and faculty experiences in a new culture, and how study abroad as a concept has evolved since its early days at NC State in the mid-1990s.

Subscribe to the Designlife Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also find a direct link to this episode in our bio.
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At the College of Design, paper isn’t just a medium - it’s a lifestyle. 📄📰🔖

This year’s First Year Experience Paper project was all about connection – the connections we make with others, with our surroundings, and with ourselves. 

First-year students in the College of Design were tasked with creating a wearable or inhabitable structure that examines how we relate to one another. 

Pieces created by the students were meant to raise awareness of interpersonal relationships in new and nuanced ways, and were primarily constructed using paper or fiber with minimal fasteners, adhesives or support.

We interviewed a few of the students about their designs and explored what connection meant to them. You can see a display of the projects in the Brooks Hall Gallery, and learn more about selected projects - 🔗 in bio.

At the College of Design, paper isn’t just a medium - it’s a lifestyle. 📄📰🔖

This year’s First Year Experience Paper project was all about connection – the connections we make with others, with our surroundings, and with ourselves.

First-year students in the College of Design were tasked with creating a wearable or inhabitable structure that examines how we relate to one another.

Pieces created by the students were meant to raise awareness of interpersonal relationships in new and nuanced ways, and were primarily constructed using paper or fiber with minimal fasteners, adhesives or support.

We interviewed a few of the students about their designs and explored what connection meant to them. You can see a display of the projects in the Brooks Hall Gallery, and learn more about selected projects - 🔗 in bio.
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