{"id":2419,"date":"2016-03-14T08:11:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/designlife\/?p=2419"},"modified":"2016-03-14T08:11:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T12:11:09","slug":"fall-2015-commencement-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/2016\/03\/14\/fall-2015-commencement-address\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2015 Commencement Address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Haig-Fall-Commencement.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2423\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2423\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Haig-Fall-Commencement.png\" alt=\"Haig Fall Commencement\" width=\"689\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dear graduating students, parents, friends, Dean Malecha, College faculty and staff, and honored guests!<\/p>\n<p>Welcome and congratulations to All, who contributed to the culmination of this grand day !!!<\/p>\n<p>First of all, I would like to thank Marvin for his many years of enlightened leadership, wise mentorship, and great friendship. The adjectives are all interchangeable.<\/p>\n<p>It is an honor and pleasure to be with You on this day of recognition and celebration\u2026a true milestone. I hope that you all enjoy it to its fullest meaning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I wish to summarize this occasion with that wonderfully misunderstood expression \u2013 \u201cBreak-A-Leg\u201d or in this particular case \u201cNot-So-Much\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/no-so-much.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2427\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2427\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/no-so-much-e1457739393128.png\" alt=\"no so much\" width=\"180\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instead, I wish you to use other parts of your body to achieve a more rich and meaningful life, and that You fulfill it with Design, as its Motivator; or as we say around the College\u2026a <strong>Design<\/strong>life.<\/p>\n<p>Before I explore those other parts with You, I would like to go back to the origins of the noted expression, mainly because I am curious and fascinated by the source of things\u2026actually, the who, what, where, why and how of things.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve heard it said often enough, that you feel you already know its meaning\u2026I can assure you that it\u2019s more revealing and interesting to consider its sources.<\/p>\n<p>The idiom comes from the theatre, in that you wish a performer \u2018Good Luck\u2019 in an ironic way. This is done before a performance, since theatre people are very superstitious and by wishing \u201cGood Luck\u201d, it is actually considered Bad Luck. Thus, the opposite is said with great import and gusto.<\/p>\n<p>The theatre is an apt metaphor for designers, since we perform on many different stages, indoor and outdoor, small and large, and private and public. We have a multi-role definition\u2026wear many hats; and try to convince our audiences of our intentions with props, costumes, and spectacle with various media.<\/p>\n<p>There are numerous theories about the phrase\u2019s origins: Bowing, Yiddish, Lincoln, Non-Literal, Richard III, and Vaudeville:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BOWING \u2013 is archaic slang for bending at the knee or curtsying. Bowing to an audience after a performance and encoring, if it was a great success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>YIDDISH \u2013 is a linguistic twist from a Yiddish phrase for (success and blessing) to a German phrase for (a neck and leg fracture), because of their very similar pronunciations. The <em>Red Baron, <\/em>during WWI, said it was used to wish other pilots luck before a flight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>LINCOLN \u2013 is a false etymology from John Wilkes Booth, the actor-assassin, in breaking his leg during the leap on to the stage of Ford\u2019s Theatre. It is now simply related to a grand performance, regardless of the final or terrible results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>NON-LITERAL \u2013 involves rushing on stage through the curtains to take bows; and the side curtains are called \u201cLegs\u201d\u2026thus breaking-a-leg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>RICHARD III \u2013 is based upon the famous 18<sup>th<\/sup> C actor, David Garrick, who was so involved with his performance, that he was unaware of having a fracture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>VAUDEVILLE \u2013 more performers were booked than could be used on stage. Therefore, to make it on stage, one had to enter the audience\u2019s line of sight (from the side curtains), in order to be paid. Thus, they broke-a-leg by passing through the curtain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It reminds me that VISIBILITY is still important in terms of getting paid. It was Woody Allen, who said that \u2013 <em>90%<\/em> <em>of success is just showing-up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In professional dance circles they say \u2013 \u201cMerde\u201d; and\u00a0\u00a0 in Spain for performances, it is \u201cMucho Mierda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well enough on socio-linguistics, let\u2019s move on to my icons and our real topic at-hand, literally. As you go forward from today, I wish you to employ these parts of your body, and leave the legs to superstition. Also, as designers, we are not superstitious; instead, we are really more spontaneous, serendipitous and generous.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/4-part-system.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2428\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2428\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/4-part-system-300x300.png\" alt=\"4-part system\" width=\"192\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EYES<\/li>\n<li>MIND<\/li>\n<li>HEART<\/li>\n<li>HANDS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><u style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/eye.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2440\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2440\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/eye-150x150.png\" alt=\"eye\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>EYE(S)<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See clearly and deeply<\/li>\n<li>See potentials and opportunities in all things<\/li>\n<li>See things not as they are, but what they can become<\/li>\n<li>See ahead, but also, act now\u2026timing is everything<\/li>\n<li>See goodness, make good<\/li>\n<li>See beauty as a worthy and given goal<\/li>\n<li>See where you are needed and go there<\/li>\n<li>See inside yourself<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s impossible to fill them and easy to fool them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mind.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2429\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2429\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mind-300x300.png\" alt=\"mind\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>MIND<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nourish and cherish your imagination<\/li>\n<li>Always keep it open<\/li>\n<li>Exercise it daily<\/li>\n<li>Think good thoughts and act on them<\/li>\n<li>Think about everyone, not just yourself<\/li>\n<li>Explore and feed it with books, movies, plays, museums, music, cultures and foods<\/li>\n<li>Explore the world and process its meanings<\/li>\n<li>Question anything you want<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s the hardest to satisfy and is boundless in capacity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/heart.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2430\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2430\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/heart-300x300.png\" alt=\"heart\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>HEART<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have an open heart<\/li>\n<li>Love what you do; do what you love<\/li>\n<li>Love your planet, parents, family, friends, and humankind (not necessarily in that order)<\/li>\n<li>Forgive and carry-on<\/li>\n<li>Embrace all problems, projects and persons with it<\/li>\n<li>Be inspired by your aspirations<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t be half-hearted or heavy-hearted; try to be whole-hearted and light-hearted<\/li>\n<li>Always give love a chance<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s always where happiness resides<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hand.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2431\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2431\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hand-300x300.png\" alt=\"hand\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>HAND(S)<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shake a hand warmly<\/li>\n<li>Hold on to what you have and also give it away when needed<\/li>\n<li>Always lend a hand, so many need it<\/li>\n<li>Clap for excellence in all its forms, and especially when you recognize it<\/li>\n<li>Make beauty with them always<\/li>\n<li>Create words, drawings, models, objects and environments with them<\/li>\n<li>Grasp what\u2019s important\u2026like your lover<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s having a soft touch and a strong grip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/4-part-harmony.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2433\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2433\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/4-part-harmony-300x300.png\" alt=\"4 part harmony\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I would like you to use these four powerful parts in an integrated, harmonic, and natural way.<\/p>\n<p>Also, each of you can keep adding your own insights to my shortlists.<\/p>\n<p>To show you that I\u2019m not too far-off with my Four-Part Behavior Model\u2026Louis Nizer, a famous legal mind said \u2013<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Who works with his hands is a laborer; \u2026who works with his hands and brain is a craftsman; \u2026who works with his hand and his brain and his heart is an artist (designer).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do we not all want to become Artists in\/of our lives?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/birdsbees.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2434\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2434\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/birdsbees-300x300.png\" alt=\"birds+bees\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>We haven\u2019t yet discussed the Birds &amp; the Bees. As a professor and <\/span>back-up<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> parent, I want you to flourish and be prolific, symbolically and professionally, that is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/left-knife.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2435\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2435\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/left-knife-150x150.png\" alt=\"left knife\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lido-knife.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2436\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2436\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lido-knife-150x150.png\" alt=\"lido knife\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, don\u2019t be a bland butter knife, instead be a Swiss Army &#8211; Super Tinker Lido Knife with lots of interesting edges and tools, prepared to carve a place for yourself, and definitely ready to tackle life\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Fly-High-Nest.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2438\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2438\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Fly-High-Nest-150x150.png\" alt=\"Fly High + Nest\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>You are all, each and every one of you, the College of Design\u2019s most important product; so act like it !!! Be proud that you are a creative individual with limitless possibilities and an enormous amount of works to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Go into the world and change it for the better\u2026not for the butter !!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/thank-you.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2441\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2441\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/thank-you-150x150.png\" alt=\"thank you\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mille Grazie \u2013 A Thousand Thanks for your kind attention !!! I say this because I just found out this year, through genetic testing, that I\u2019m 20% Italian; when all along, I thought I was 100% Armenian. I\u2019m always learning something new about myself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Commencement Address by Professor of Industrial Design Haig Khachatoorian<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"<a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Haig-Fall-Commencement.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2423\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-2423\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Haig-Fall-Commencement.png\" alt=\"Haig Fall Commencement\" width=\"689\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>\n\nDear graduating students, parents, friends, Dean Malecha, College faculty and staff, and honored guests!\n\nWelcome and congratulations to All, who contributed to the culmination of this grand day !!!\n\nFirst of all, I would like to thank Marvin for his many years of enlightened leadership, wise mentorship, and great friendship. The adjectives are all interchangeable.\n\nIt is an honor and pleasure to be with You on this day of recognition and celebration\u2026a true milestone. I hope that you all enjoy it to its fullest meaning.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nI wish to summarize this occasion with that wonderfully misunderstood expression \u2013 \u201cBreak-A-Leg\u201d or in this particular case \u201cNot-So-Much\u201d.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/no-so-much.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2427\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-2427\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/no-so-much-e1457739393128.png\" alt=\"no so much\" width=\"180\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a>\n\nInstead, I wish you to use other parts of your body to achieve a more rich and meaningful life, and that You fulfill it with Design, as its Motivator; or as we say around the College\u2026a <strong>Design<\/strong>life.\n\nBefore I explore those other parts with You, I would like to go back to the origins of the noted expression, mainly because I am curious and fascinated by the source of things\u2026actually, the who, what, where, why and how of things.\n\nYou\u2019ve heard it said often enough, that you feel you already know its meaning\u2026I can assure you that it\u2019s more revealing and interesting to consider its sources.\n\nThe idiom comes from the theatre, in that you wish a performer \u2018Good Luck\u2019 in an ironic way. This is done before a performance, since theatre people are very superstitious and by wishing \u201cGood Luck\u201d, it is actually considered Bad Luck. Thus, the opposite is said with great import and gusto.\n\nThe theatre is an apt metaphor for designers, since we perform on many different stages, indoor and outdoor, small and large, and private and public. We have a multi-role definition\u2026wear many hats; and try to convince our audiences of our intentions with props, costumes, and spectacle with various media.\n\nThere are numerous theories about the phrase\u2019s origins: Bowing, Yiddish, Lincoln, Non-Literal, Richard III, and Vaudeville:\n<ul>\n \t<li>BOWING \u2013 is archaic slang for bending at the knee or curtsying. Bowing to an audience after a performance and encoring, if it was a great success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n \t<li>YIDDISH \u2013 is a linguistic twist from a Yiddish phrase for (success and blessing) to a German phrase for (a neck and leg fracture), because of their very similar pronunciations. The <em>Red Baron, <\/em>during WWI, said it was used to wish other pilots luck before a flight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n \t<li>LINCOLN \u2013 is a false etymology from John Wilkes Booth, the actor-assassin, in breaking his leg during the leap on to the stage of Ford\u2019s Theatre. It is now simply related to a grand performance, regardless of the final or terrible results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n \t<li>NON-LITERAL \u2013 involves rushing on stage through the curtains to take bows; and the side curtains are called \u201cLegs\u201d\u2026thus breaking-a-leg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n \t<li>RICHARD III \u2013 is based upon the famous 18<sup>th<\/sup> C actor, David Garrick, who was so involved with his performance, that he was unaware of having a fracture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n \t<li>VAUDEVILLE \u2013 more performers were booked than could be used on stage. Therefore, to make it on stage, one had to enter the audience\u2019s line of sight (from the side curtains), in order to be paid. Thus, they broke-a-leg by passing through the curtain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIt reminds me that VISIBILITY is still important in terms of getting paid. It was Woody Allen, who said that \u2013 <em>90%<\/em> <em>of success is just showing-up.<\/em>\n\nIn professional dance circles they say \u2013 \u201cMerde\u201d; and\u00a0\u00a0 in Spain for performances, it is \u201cMucho Mierda.\u201d\n\nWell enough on socio-linguistics, let\u2019s move on to my icons and our real topic at-hand, literally. As you go forward from today, I wish you to employ these parts of your body, and leave the legs to superstition. Also, as designers, we are not superstitious; instead, we are really more spontaneous, serendipitous and generous.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/4-part-system.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2428\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-2428\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/4-part-system-300x300.png\" alt=\"4-part system\" width=\"192\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a>\n<ul>\n \t<li>EYES<\/li>\n \t<li>MIND<\/li>\n \t<li>HEART<\/li>\n \t<li>HANDS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<u style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/eye.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2440\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2440\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/eye-150x150.png\" alt=\"eye\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>EYE(S)<\/u>\n<ul>\n \t<li>See clearly and deeply<\/li>\n \t<li>See potentials and opportunities in all things<\/li>\n \t<li>See things not as they are, but what they can become<\/li>\n \t<li>See ahead, but also, act now\u2026timing is everything<\/li>\n \t<li>See goodness, make good<\/li>\n \t<li>See beauty as a worthy and given goal<\/li>\n \t<li>See where you are needed and go there<\/li>\n \t<li>See inside yourself<\/li>\n \t<li>It\u2019s impossible to fill them and easy to fool them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mind.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2429\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-2429\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/mind-300x300.png\" alt=\"mind\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n\n<u>MIND<\/u>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Nourish and cherish your imagination<\/li>\n \t<li>Always keep it open<\/li>\n \t<li>Exercise it daily<\/li>\n \t<li>Think good thoughts and act on them<\/li>\n \t<li>Think about everyone, not just yourself<\/li>\n \t<li>Explore and feed it with books, movies, plays, museums, music, cultures and foods<\/li>\n \t<li>Explore the world and process its meanings<\/li>\n \t<li>Question anything you want<\/li>\n \t<li>It\u2019s the hardest to satisfy and is boundless in capacity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/heart.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2430\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-2430\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/heart-300x300.png\" alt=\"heart\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n\n<u>HEART<\/u>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Have an open heart<\/li>\n \t<li>Love what you do; do what you love<\/li>\n \t<li>Love your planet, parents, family, friends, and humankind (not necessarily in that order)<\/li>\n \t<li>Forgive and carry-on<\/li>\n \t<li>Embrace all problems, projects and persons with it<\/li>\n \t<li>Be inspired by your aspirations<\/li>\n \t<li>Don\u2019t be half-hearted or heavy-hearted; try to be whole-hearted and light-hearted<\/li>\n \t<li>Always give love a chance<\/li>\n \t<li>It\u2019s always where happiness resides<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hand.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2431\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-2431\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hand-300x300.png\" alt=\"hand\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n\n<u>HAND(S)<\/u>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Shake a hand warmly<\/li>\n \t<li>Hold on to what you have and also give it away when needed<\/li>\n \t<li>Always lend a hand, so many need it<\/li>\n \t<li>Clap for excellence in all its forms, and especially when you recognize it<\/li>\n \t<li>Make beauty with them always<\/li>\n \t<li>Create words, drawings, models, objects and environments with them<\/li>\n \t<li>Grasp what\u2019s important\u2026like your lover<\/li>\n \t<li>It\u2019s having a soft touch and a strong grip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/4-part-harmony.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2433\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-2433\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/4-part-harmony-300x300.png\" alt=\"4 part harmony\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n\nI would like you to use these four powerful parts in an integrated, harmonic, and natural way.\n\nAlso, each of you can keep adding your own insights to my shortlists.\n\nTo show you that I\u2019m not too far-off with my Four-Part Behavior Model\u2026Louis Nizer, a famous legal mind said \u2013\n\n\u201c\u2026Who works with his hands is a laborer; \u2026who works with his hands and brain is a craftsman; \u2026who works with his hand and his brain and his heart is an artist (designer).\u201d\n\nDo we not all want to become Artists in\/of our lives?\n\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/birdsbees.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2434\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-2434\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/birdsbees-300x300.png\" alt=\"birds+bees\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>We haven\u2019t yet discussed the Birds &amp; the Bees. As a professor and <\/span>back-up<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> parent, I want you to flourish and be prolific, symbolically and professionally, that is.<\/span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/left-knife.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2435\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2435\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/left-knife-150x150.png\" alt=\"left knife\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lido-knife.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2436\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2436\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/lido-knife-150x150.png\" alt=\"lido knife\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n\nIn conclusion, don\u2019t be a bland butter knife, instead be a Swiss Army - Super Tinker Lido Knife with lots of interesting edges and tools, prepared to carve a place for yourself, and definitely ready to tackle life\u2019s challenges.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Fly-High-Nest.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2438\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2438\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Fly-High-Nest-150x150.png\" alt=\"Fly High + Nest\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>You are all, each and every one of you, the College of Design\u2019s most important product; so act like it !!! Be proud that you are a creative individual with limitless possibilities and an enormous amount of works to do.<\/span>\n\nGo into the world and change it for the better\u2026not for the butter !!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/thank-you.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2441\"><img class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2441\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/thank-you-150x150.png\" alt=\"thank you\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n\nMille Grazie \u2013 A Thousand Thanks for your kind attention !!! I say this because I just found out this year, through genetic testing, that I\u2019m 20% Italian; when all along, I thought I was 100% Armenian. I\u2019m always learning something new about myself.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<em>Commencement Address by Professor of Industrial Design Haig Khachatoorian<\/em>\n\n&nbsp;"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fall Commencement Address by Professor of Industrial Design Haig Khachatoorian. A creative reflection on the life of a designer and the opportunities to make an impact. 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