{"id":29260,"date":"2026-08-14T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/2026\/08\/14\/the-2026-designlife-magazine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T12:00:00","slug":"the-2026-designlife-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/2026\/08\/14\/the-2026-designlife-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2026 Designlife Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dean&#8217;s Message<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The past ten years have been a time of continued excellence in the College of Design. As I make a transition to the faculty this summer, I\u2019d like to take a moment to thank NC State for the opportunity to serve as dean of this terrific college. To the faculty, thank you for your commitment to our students, to teaching and creation of knowledge, and to national and international leadership in great design and design education. To the staff, thank you for all you do to implement our vision and support our students. To our alumni, thank you for your service on reviews, committees, and boards, for your generous financial support, and for simply staying in touch. And to our students, thank you for stepping up to generate design solutions that solve the challenges of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Serving as your dean has been the highlight of my career. I leave knowing the college will continue to punch above its weight in every way. Here&#8217;s to great design!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warmly,<br>Mark Elison Hoversten, PhD<br>FASLA, FCELA, AICP<br>Dean, College of Design North Carolina State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Stories:<\/h2>\n\n\n<aside class=\"with-image wp-block-ncst-highlight\">\n    <h2 class=\"highlight__label\">Related<\/h2>\n    <a \n      href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/07\/09\/ten-years-of-transformative-leadership\/\"\n      class=\"highlight__link\"\n    >\n              <div class=\"highlight__image-container\">\n          <div class=\"highlight__image-background\">\n            <img \n              decoding=\"async\"\n              class=\"highlight__image wp-image-42069\"\n              src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/VPL-3.jpg\"\n              alt=\"Chancellor Howell and Dean Hoversten in front of LED wall in virtual production lab\">\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"highlight__text-container\">\n        <h3 class=\"highlight__heading\">A Decade of Vision: Ten Years of Transformative Leadership<\/h3>\n                  <p class=\"highlight__teaser\">Over the past decade, Dean Hoversten has led the NC State College of Design through a period of growth, expanded impact and deepened community.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/aside>\n\n\n<aside class=\"with-image wp-block-ncst-highlight\">\n    <h2 class=\"highlight__label\">Related<\/h2>\n    <a \n      href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/07\/21\/old-tree-gets-new-life\/\"\n      class=\"highlight__link\"\n    >\n              <div class=\"highlight__image-container\">\n          <div class=\"highlight__image-background\">\n            <img \n              decoding=\"async\"\n              class=\"highlight__image wp-image-42094\"\n              src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UrbanWood-45-web.jpg\"\n              alt=\"Lindsay Dotson cuts wood from a felled tree at the College of Design for her studio project.\">\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"highlight__text-container\">\n        <h3 class=\"highlight__heading\">Designing with Sustainability: Old Tree Gets New Life in Urban Wood Course<\/h3>\n                  <p class=\"highlight__teaser\">When a dying oak tree in the Brooks Hall courtyard had to be taken down, Audrey Barnes \u201903 decided to give it new life.\u00a0In spring 2026, the tree was ready to begin its next chapter.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/aside>\n\n\n<aside class=\"with-image wp-block-ncst-highlight\">\n    <h2 class=\"highlight__label\">Related<\/h2>\n    <a \n      href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/07\/30\/ted-givens-and-discovering-tomorrows-hidden-season\/\"\n      class=\"highlight__link\"\n    >\n              <div class=\"highlight__image-container\">\n          <div class=\"highlight__image-background\">\n            <img \n              decoding=\"async\"\n              class=\"highlight__image wp-image-42284\"\n              src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ted-givens-4.jpg\"\n              alt=\"Ted Givens talks with students about his process.\">\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"highlight__text-container\">\n        <h3 class=\"highlight__heading\">Ted Givens and Discovering Tomorrow\u2019s Hidden Season<\/h3>\n                  <p class=\"highlight__teaser\">Based between Asheville and a global network of projects spanning the Caribbean, Asia and the Middle East, Givens has built a career defined by movement. His path hasn\u2019t followed a traditional trajectory, and has been primarily driven by instinct, timing and a willingness to take risks. <\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/aside>\n\n\n<aside class=\"with-image wp-block-ncst-highlight\">\n    <h2 class=\"highlight__label\">Related<\/h2>\n    <a \n      href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/07\/14\/investing-in-future-designers\/\"\n      class=\"highlight__link\"\n    >\n              <div class=\"highlight__image-container\">\n          <div class=\"highlight__image-background\">\n            <img \n              decoding=\"async\"\n              class=\"highlight__image wp-image-42105\"\n              src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mac-Dameron-18-web.jpg\"\n              alt=\"Mac Dameron used her funding to purchase an iPad, an essential tool for bringing her animations to life.\">\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"highlight__text-container\">\n        <h3 class=\"highlight__heading\">Investing in Future Designers<\/h3>\n                  <p class=\"highlight__teaser\">Through essential funding and a community of mentors and peers, the Design Pathways Program supports design students in need of financial aid, empowering them to achieve their academic goals.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/aside>\n\n\n<aside class=\"with-image wp-block-ncst-highlight\">\n    <h2 class=\"highlight__label\">Related<\/h2>\n    <a \n      href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/06\/23\/designing-together-inside-the-first-gxdid-joint-studio-with-lenovo\/\"\n      class=\"highlight__link\"\n    >\n              <div class=\"highlight__image-container\">\n          <div class=\"highlight__image-background\">\n            <img \n              decoding=\"async\"\n              class=\"highlight__image wp-image-41832\"\n              src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LenovoStudio-web.jpg\"\n              alt=\"Byungsoo Kim, student Sam Lesser, Brian Leonard, Katie Gray Jackson, student Danielle Varner and David Oh.\">\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"highlight__text-container\">\n        <h3 class=\"highlight__heading\">Designing Together: Inside the First GXD+ID Joint Studio with Lenovo<\/h3>\n                  <p class=\"highlight__teaser\">In a new sponsored studio from Lenovo, students from industrial design and graphic u0026amp; experience design came together to work as unified, holistic design teams. The studio asks a fundamental question: what happens when hardware and software designers learn to think and build together from the start?<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/aside>\n\n\n<aside class=\"with-image wp-block-ncst-highlight\">\n    <h2 class=\"highlight__label\">Related<\/h2>\n    <a \n      href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/06\/30\/from-campus-to-cop30-how-landscape-architects-are-leading-climate-action\/\"\n      class=\"highlight__link\"\n    >\n              <div class=\"highlight__image-container\">\n          <div class=\"highlight__image-background\">\n            <img \n              decoding=\"async\"\n              class=\"highlight__image wp-image-42015\"\n              src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/calkins-cop30-2.jpg\"\n              alt=\"Calkins spoke at Peru\u2019s Resilience Hub during the COP30 conference in a presentation entitled \u201cPublic open space as equitable, nature-based solutions for urban climate resilience\u201d.\">\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"highlight__text-container\">\n        <h3 class=\"highlight__heading\">From Campus to COP30: How Landscape Architects are Leading Climate Action<\/h3>\n                  <p class=\"highlight__teaser\">Heat islands, urban deserts, dwindling biodiversity. Increased extreme weather events. As the world continues to experience the rapidly increasing effects of climate change, landscape architects like Meg Calkins, FASLA, FCELA are emerging as shaping solutions to the challenges affecting our physical environments today.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/aside>\n\n\n<aside class=\"with-image wp-block-ncst-highlight\">\n    <h2 class=\"highlight__label\">Related<\/h2>\n    <a \n      href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/08\/05\/playing-is-learning-making-the-case-for-going-outside\/\"\n      class=\"highlight__link\"\n    >\n              <div class=\"highlight__image-container\">\n          <div class=\"highlight__image-background\">\n            <img \n              decoding=\"async\"\n              class=\"highlight__image wp-image-42327\"\n              src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nli-image-web.jpg\"\n              alt=\"aerial shot of kids in playground\">\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"highlight__text-container\">\n        <h3 class=\"highlight__heading\">Playing is Learning: Making the Case for Going Outside<\/h3>\n                  <p class=\"highlight__teaser\">The Natural Learning Initiative celebrated its 25th anniversary last year. See how it uses landscape architecture to promote child development and health outcomes.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/aside>\n\n\n<aside class=\"with-image wp-block-ncst-highlight\">\n    <h2 class=\"highlight__label\">Related<\/h2>\n    <a \n      href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/07\/28\/rebuilding-a-student-legacy-design-councils-momentous-push\/\"\n      class=\"highlight__link\"\n    >\n              <div class=\"highlight__image-container\">\n          <div class=\"highlight__image-background\">\n            <img \n              decoding=\"async\"\n              class=\"highlight__image wp-image-42295\"\n              src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/design-council-1.jpg\"\n              alt=\"Students screenprinted their own t-shirts and built a shack as part of the university\u2019s Shack-A-Thon, a student-run fundraiser that brings awareness of affordable housing and supports Habitat for Humanity of Wake County.\">\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"highlight__text-container\">\n        <h3 class=\"highlight__heading\">Rebuilding a Student Legacy: Design Council\u2019s Momentous Push<\/h3>\n                  <p class=\"highlight__teaser\">Design Council is rebuilding from the ground up, after a slowdown in the 2010s and near-extinction during the pandemic. Now, Pearson Foster and his team are writing the next chapter for the student organization.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/aside>\n\n\n<aside class=\"with-image wp-block-ncst-highlight\">\n    <h2 class=\"highlight__label\">Related<\/h2>\n    <a \n      href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/06\/09\/from-midwifery-to-systems-thinking\/\"\n      class=\"highlight__link\"\n    >\n              <div class=\"highlight__image-container\">\n          <div class=\"highlight__image-background\">\n            <img \n              decoding=\"async\"\n              class=\"highlight__image wp-image-41787\"\n              src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/meghan-bausone-headshot.jpg\"\n              alt=\"Meghan Bausone headshot\">\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"highlight__text-container\">\n        <h3 class=\"highlight__heading\">From Midwifery to Systems Thinking: Designing Change in Maternal Health<\/h3>\n                  <p class=\"highlight__teaser\">Meghan Bausone thought she wanted to be a midwife. Now, she\u2019s exploring complex problems in maternal health as part of her Doctor of Design dissertation, using systems thinking to find answers to wicked problems.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/aside>\n\n\n<aside class=\"with-image wp-block-ncst-highlight\">\n    <h2 class=\"highlight__label\">Related<\/h2>\n    <a \n      href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/06\/16\/reenvision-the-design-library\/\"\n      class=\"highlight__link\"\n    >\n              <div class=\"highlight__image-container\">\n          <div class=\"highlight__image-background\">\n            <img \n              decoding=\"async\"\n              class=\"highlight__image wp-image-41781\"\n              src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/design-library-redesign-1.jpg\"\n              alt=\"McKinnon Stewart, a Design Studies senior, works on a model of the Design Library as part of T\u00e9llez\u2019s Design Studies class.\">\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"highlight__text-container\">\n        <h3 class=\"highlight__heading\">A Cross-College Collaboration to Re-envision how the Design Library will Serve the Future<\/h3>\n                  <p class=\"highlight__teaser\">The Design Library in Brooks Hall is due for an update. For design students, a renovation project on their own campus is a rare chance to apply what they&#8217;re learning to a real-world scenario. The ReDesign Library Project is exactly that \u2014 an opportunity for College of Design classes to explore creative possibilities and leave a lasting legacy.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See the Full Magazine on Issuu:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/designislife\/docs\/2026_designlife_magazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-Designlife-Magazine-web-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Designlife magazine 2026 Cover\" class=\"wp-image-41778\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Supporting Contributors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dean: Mark Hoversten, PhD, FASLA, AICP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Editor: Christine Klocke <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Designers: \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Amber McCullough<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Krista Padilla <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faculty Design Advisor: Jarrett Fuller <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contributing Photography: Max Cohen <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contributing Writers:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Miriam Antelis <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Max Cohen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>H&#8217;Rina DeTroy <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sam Gunnels <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Christine Klocke <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erin Zanders <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>This post was <a href=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/08\/14\/the-2026-designlife-magazine\/\">originally published<\/a> in College of Design Blog.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false,"raw":"<!-- wp:ncst\/dynamic-header {\"block\":\"ncst\/default-post-header\"} -->\n<!-- wp:ncst\/default-post-header {\"displayCategoryID\":0,\"showAuthor\":false,\"subtitle\":\"The 2026 issue of the annual Designlife Magazine is here! Read about what our students, faculty and alumni have been up to over the past year. \"} \/-->\n<!-- \/wp:ncst\/dynamic-header -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3,\"levelOptions\":[2,3,4,5,6]} -->\n<h3>Dean's Message<\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The past ten years have been a time of continued excellence in the College of Design. As I make a transition to the faculty this summer, I\u2019d like to take a moment to thank NC State for the opportunity to serve as dean of this terrific college. To the faculty, thank you for your commitment to our students, to teaching and creation of knowledge, and to national and international leadership in great design and design education. To the staff, thank you for all you do to implement our vision and support our students. To our alumni, thank you for your service on reviews, committees, and boards, for your generous financial support, and for simply staying in touch. And to our students, thank you for stepping up to generate design solutions that solve the challenges of the future.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Serving as your dean has been the highlight of my career. I leave knowing the college will continue to punch above its weight in every way. Here's to great design!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Warmly,<br>Mark Elison Hoversten, PhD<br>FASLA, FCELA, AICP<br>Dean, College of Design North Carolina State University<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"levelOptions\":[2,3,4,5,6]} -->\n<h2>Featured Stories:<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:ncst\/highlight {\"label\":\"Dean Mark Hoversten\",\"heading\":\"A Decade of Vision: Ten Years of Transformative Leadership\",\"teaser\":\"Over the past decade, Dean Hoversten has led the NC State College of Design through a period of growth, expanded impact and deepened community.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/07\/09\/ten-years-of-transformative-leadership\/\",\"imageID\":42069,\"imageURL\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/VPL-3.jpg\",\"imageAlt\":\"Chancellor Howell and Dean Hoversten in front of LED wall in virtual production lab\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:ncst\/highlight {\"label\":\"Sustainability\",\"heading\":\"Designing with Sustainability: Old Tree Gets New Life in Urban Wood Course\",\"teaser\":\"When a dying oak tree in the Brooks Hall courtyard had to be taken down, Audrey Barnes \u201903 decided to give it new life.\u00a0In spring 2026, the tree was ready to begin its next chapter.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/07\/21\/old-tree-gets-new-life\/\",\"imageID\":42094,\"imageURL\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/UrbanWood-45-web.jpg\",\"imageAlt\":\"Lindsay Dotson cuts wood from a felled tree at the College of Design for her studio project.\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:ncst\/highlight {\"label\":\"Architecture Alumnus\",\"heading\":\"Ted Givens and Discovering Tomorrow\u2019s Hidden Season\",\"teaser\":\"Based between Asheville and a global network of projects spanning the Caribbean, Asia and the Middle East, Givens has built a career defined by movement. His path hasn\u2019t followed a traditional trajectory, and has been primarily driven by instinct, timing and a willingness to take risks. \",\"url\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/07\/30\/ted-givens-and-discovering-tomorrows-hidden-season\/\",\"imageID\":42284,\"imageURL\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ted-givens-4.jpg\",\"imageAlt\":\"Ted Givens talks with students about his process.\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:ncst\/highlight {\"label\":\"Supporting Students\",\"heading\":\"Investing in Future Designers\",\"teaser\":\"Through essential funding and a community of mentors and peers, the Design Pathways Program supports design students in need of financial aid, empowering them to achieve their academic goals.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/07\/14\/investing-in-future-designers\/\",\"imageID\":42105,\"imageURL\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Mac-Dameron-18-web.jpg\",\"imageAlt\":\"Mac Dameron used her funding to purchase an iPad, an essential tool for bringing her animations to life.\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:ncst\/highlight {\"label\":\"Collaborative Studio\",\"heading\":\"Designing Together: Inside the First GXD+ID Joint Studio with Lenovo\",\"teaser\":\"In a new sponsored studio from Lenovo, students from industrial design and graphic u0026amp; experience design came together to work as unified, holistic design teams. The studio asks a fundamental question: what happens when hardware and software designers learn to think and build together from the start?\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/06\/23\/designing-together-inside-the-first-gxdid-joint-studio-with-lenovo\/\",\"imageID\":41832,\"imageURL\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/LenovoStudio-web.jpg\",\"imageAlt\":\"Byungsoo Kim, student Sam Lesser, Brian Leonard, Katie Gray Jackson, student Danielle Varner and David Oh.\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:ncst\/highlight {\"label\":\"Climate Change\",\"heading\":\"From Campus to COP30: How Landscape Architects are Leading Climate Action\",\"teaser\":\"Heat islands, urban deserts, dwindling biodiversity. Increased extreme weather events. As the world continues to experience the rapidly increasing effects of climate change, landscape architects like Meg Calkins, FASLA, FCELA are emerging as shaping solutions to the challenges affecting our physical environments today.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/06\/30\/from-campus-to-cop30-how-landscape-architects-are-leading-climate-action\/\",\"imageID\":42015,\"imageURL\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/calkins-cop30-2.jpg\",\"imageAlt\":\"Calkins spoke at Peru\u2019s Resilience Hub during the COP30 conference in a presentation entitled \u201cPublic open space as equitable, nature-based solutions for urban climate resilience\u201d.\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:ncst\/highlight {\"label\":\"Natural Learning Initiative\",\"heading\":\"Playing is Learning: Making the Case for Going Outside\",\"teaser\":\"The Natural Learning Initiative celebrated its 25th anniversary last year. See how it uses landscape architecture to promote child development and health outcomes.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2026\/08\/05\/playing-is-learning-making-the-case-for-going-outside\/\",\"imageID\":42327,\"imageURL\":\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nli-image-web.jpg\",\"imageAlt\":\"aerial shot of kids in playground\"} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:ncst\/highlight {\"label\":\"Student Organizations\",\"heading\":\"Rebuilding a Student Legacy: Design Council\u2019s Momentous Push\",\"teaser\":\"Design Council is rebuilding from the ground up, after a slowdown in the 2010s and near-extinction during the pandemic. 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