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Gavin Smith at AFAC conference 2025.

September 23, 2025

Rethinking Disaster Resilience: A Call for Strategic Relocation

At the AFAC Conference in Perth, Australia, Dr. Gavin Smith highlighted the profound impact of climate change on community design and the necessity of strategic relocation from high-risk, flood-prone areas. Gavin Smith, PhD, FAICP, a professor of landscape architecture and environmental planning at the NC State College of Design, advocated for a mix of diverse resilience strategies, including new building codes and elevating homes, while also acknowledging the complex financial, political and social hurdles of implementing these measures.

Ben Marsigli at his desk

September 18, 2025

A Creative Compass: How Ben Marsigli Brings Collegiate Spirit into the Apparel Market

Ben Marsigli, creative director at Rhoback, shares how his time as a design studies major prepared him to create apparel for the brand, including an NC State collection. 
A collection of plant and flower specimens from Henry David Thoreau's collection at the Harvard University Herbaria.

September 09, 2025

Walden’s Way South

In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers, a new exhibit designed by an interdisciplinary team of Wolfpackers, opens at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design this week.
Students pictured through camera lens

August 12, 2025

Virtual Production Studio Relies on Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Design announced that Raleigh-based NC State’s Virtual Production Lab utilizes Blackmagic Design Products to help students experience a diverse range of applications, including filmmaking, AR/VR, concept development and live events.
Graduate student Taynara Possebom walks a visitor through her research poster display at the Graduate Student Research Symposium.

July 30, 2025

Soundbites of Graduate Student Research

The annual Graduate Student Research Symposium provides a bird’s eye view of the diversity and quality of research being conducted at NC State. Six graduate student presenters share the societal challenges that motivate them to Think and Do.

July 21, 2025

From Self-Doubt to Servant Leadership: Josue Avalos Jimenez’s Journey at Nintendo

When Josue Avalos Jimenez first joined the Caldwell Fellows program, he wrote his personal essay about how little he considered himself a leader. Today, as he completes a transformative summer…
Filming for NC State's eSports tournament taking place in the Virtual Production Lab

July 16, 2025

Designed to Play: The College of Design Makes Its Mark on Esports at NC State

NC State University’s esports program partnered with the College of Design to produce promotional content for the 2025 College League of Legends and Valorant Championship Grand Finals. Using virtual production technology, students created high-impact visuals that reflect the growing role of design and media in collegiate esports.
Designlife magazine cover 2025

June 10, 2025

Spring 2025 Designlife Magazine

The spring issue of Designlife magazine is here! Explore this issue for stories on the magazine’s new look and feel, the incredible work done by faculty, students and alumni and more. Explore the Issue Dean’s Message: Designing for Impact The College of Design continues to design for impact – to positively impact the human experience…
Lee Cherry in 3D fabrication lab

June 10, 2025

Scaling with Empathy: AI Solutions for Urban Planning

As cities and towns incorporate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) into urban planning, Lee Cherry is asking an important question: how can they best ensure AI is used fairly and ethically? The concept is at the heart of Cherry’s research as he pursues his Doctor of Design from NC State’s College of Design.
Jabria Oliver shares the focus of her research as a Master of Industrial Design student: a lack of menstrual hygiene for unhoused populations, a human-centered approach to a design problem.

June 10, 2025

Designing Dignity: Jabria Oliver’s Fight Against Period Poverty

Period poverty, defined as the lack of access to menstrual hygiene products, safe facilities and adequate education, is a global issue affecting millions of people. For women experiencing homelessness, this often-overlooked challenge exacerbates an already precarious situation, forcing them to make impossible choices between basic needs. In an industry crowded with consumer electronics, automobiles and medical devices, Jabria Oliver, a recent graduate of the Master of Industrial Design program, is working to create a prominent space designing for social impact.
Students from Design Camp 2024 celebrate another year of successful programming. Campers are pictured in white t-shirts, while support staff wear black in the first row.

June 10, 2025

Celebrating 45 Years of Creative Awakening at Design Camp

For 45 years, the NC State College of Design’s Design Camp has been inspiring generations of middle and high school students to explore their creative potential and imagine a future in design. What began as a bold initiative by Professor Charles Joyner in 1980 has grown into a transformative experience that has touched the lives…
Maraffi instructs students on how to use the motion capture suit in front of the LED wall of the Virtual Production Lab.

June 10, 2025

At the Forefront: Making a Place in Virtual Production

A giant talking octopus in a lab nestled in the South American jungle. Actors and Hollywood filmmakers working to complete a Sci-Fi short over just four days. Off screen, technicians, camera operators and support staff create the immersive world displayed on the giant LED wall, using 3D printed props, Epic Games’ Unreal Engine and generative AI. This is just another day in the Virtual Production Lab, where students and educators innovate and learn within this burgeoning field.
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Designlife Magazine is here!

Designlife™ is a publication of the NC State College of Design made possible through the Designlife Fund and an engaged community of College of Design alumni, friends and design enthusiasts from around the world.

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