{"id":28128,"date":"2021-02-22T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/?p=28128"},"modified":"2021-09-30T08:46:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T12:46:51","slug":"design-identities-edwin-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/blog\/2021\/02\/22\/design-identities-edwin-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Identities: Edwin Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Co-founder of\u00a0EVOKE Studio Architecture<\/a>, Edwin Harris believes that remarkable architecture enhances the lives of its occupants. For over a decade, he has consistently generated exciting designs that are decisive, focused, and rooted in clear objectives and novel concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was initially drawn to car design and shoe design – I didn\u2019t even know that industrial design was a thing,\u201d said Edwin Harris, co-founder and design principal at EVOKE Studio and professor of the practice at the College of Design. \u201cThen my grandfather suggested I become an architect \u2013 at that point, I couldn\u2019t name one architect. I had never met one, I didn\u2019t know anything but that architects design buildings. All I knew is that you get to create things, you get to draw, and so from that point on, I pushed towards architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edwin\u2019s grandfather was a pivotal figure in his career trajectory towards becoming the architect he is today. After introducing the idea of architecture as a career path, his grandfather continued to help him achieve his dreams. Edwin applied to the College of Design three times \u2013 two unsuccessfully, before finally being accepted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy grandfather called up Phil Freelon<\/a> and told him that my grandson wants to become an architect,\u201d Edwin remembers. \u201cSo, Phil Freelon met with me on a Friday in his office and he said \u2018we\u2019re going to get you into the school of design.\u2019\u201d He maintained a positive relationship with Phil, even working at the Freelon Group for nine years before founding EVOKE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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