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Li Han

March 17, 2026

Discover Our Majors: Design Studies

Meet design studies student Lia Han, and learn how her interdisciplinary design major is preparing her to pursue a career in social media marketing.

March 17, 2026

Podcast: Designing an Extraordinary Future, With Chuck Flink

On this episode of the NC State Philanthropy Podcast, we’re joined by Chuck Flink, director of the university’s Peter A. Pappas Real Estate Development Program, to talk about his decades-long relationship with NC State as a student, faculty member, volunteer and donor.
Gracie Wood

March 16, 2026

Student Spotlight: Meet Gracie Wood, Connecting Sustainability with Design

Gracie Wood is from Cary, NC, and is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Design Studies with a minor in Psychology. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, backpacking and singing a cappella. Wood sat down with CaSA to share her experience as a member of the 2025 Sustainable Futures Fellows program. What was your…
Furniture under Floating Grove pavilion

March 16, 2026

Green Unseen: Trashy Furniture in the Floating Grove

Tucked between Biltmore Hall and Jordan Hall sits one of the most sustainable structures on campus. From the infrastructure to the furniture, the Floating Grove has layers of sustainable design—and one of those layers is made from material recycled from NC State’s campus. In this installment of CaSA’s Green Unseen series, we’re diving into what…
Austin Lowrey gallery of images

March 05, 2026

Emeritus Professor Austin Lowrey Passes Away at 93

Emeritus Professor Austin Lowrey passed away on February 20, 2026. Austin was hired by the College of Design to develop “visual design” offerings in the Bachelor of Product Design program in the 1970s and continued as a pivotal member of the graphic design faculty from the department’s inception in 1991 until his retirement in 1999.
Design Den T-Shirt Design winner Sutherland Webster

March 03, 2026

Winning Tee and Design Den Pick Crowned in T-Shirt Design Contest

For a contest built on creativity, this year the Spring Student T-Shirt Design Contest introduced an exciting twist with a Design Den Pick winner being…
Suzy Buttles McIntire volunteering at the Smithosonian's FossiLab.

March 02, 2026

A Certain Immortality

Suzy Buttles McIntire ’78 MARCH discovers an ancient flying reptile that now bears her name.
Group of architecture students posing together in the Brooks Hall Lobby.

February 25, 2026

2026 AIA Triangle Scholarship Winners Announced

This year’s American Institute of Architects Triangle (AIAT) Scholarship recipients tackled social, environmental, historical and spatial contexts head-on. From Southeast Raleigh to Lake Crabtree, from diagrammatic analysis to mixed-use urban revival, these student designers asked difficult questions about who architecture serves and how it shows up in the world.

Aerial view of the Belltower and North Campus

February 25, 2026

The Alliance for Inclusive Design Takes Next Step in Bridging Academic Research and Evidence-Based Practice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | RALEIGH, NC The North Carolina State University College of Design engaged DLR Group as its founding partner, a leading integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning and building optimization for new construction, renovation and adaptive reuse with the promise of elevating the human experience through design. DLR Group will work…
Brooks Hall on NC State's campus on a snowy day.

February 06, 2026

College of Design Dean Mark Hoversten to Step Down

College of Design Dean Mark Hoversten will step down effective July 1, 2026, after dedicating a decade of service to NC State.
A stock photograph of a person at a desk sketching a vase on white paper, surrounded by other product design sketches. A laptop sits nearby.

January 28, 2026

Design Authorship in the AI Age

Assistant professor in NC State University’s College of Design Byungsoo Kim is conducting a study exploring students’ perceived sense of authorship — the comfort level in claiming designs as their own — when they incorporate AI tools into their creative process.

January 15, 2026

The Floating Grove: Inside NC State’s First Mass Timber Pavilion

Built in just eleven weeks, Floating Grove is NC State’s first mass timber pavilion designed and constructed by architecture students through the School of Architecture’s Design + Build program. From chainsaw-built jigs to cross-laminated timber experimentation, the project showcases how hands-on learning, collaboration and sustainable materials come together to create a space that now belongs to the campus community.
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At the College of Design, we conduct practical, hands-on research that solves problems, drives prosperity and benefits our communities.

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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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