NC State College of Design

From drawing your first sketch to walking across the stage.

Congrats to the 45 College of Design grads of Fall 2025 who are off to change the world one line at a time. ❤️🐺

Sometimes, things line up how we need them to. And when they don't, that's just another part of the process.

To all the designers who spent their semester ideating, planning, experimenting, iterating and pushing boundaries: we're so, so proud of you.

Bridging Spaces, People and Experiences: Q&A with Hannah Wright Hannah Wright is a third-year architecture student at the College of Design. In 2023, Wright transferred to NC State from Northern Virginia Community College and shared her story with us as part of Tr...

“Design is about bridging spaces, people, and experiences to create something meaningful.”

When architecture student Hannah Wright transferred to @ncstate.bsky.social in 2023, she brought with her not just credits, but clarity. ➡️ design.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/10...

A handcrafted oak bowl, created by industrial design student Kai Kuwata, now carries the spirit of @ncstate.bsky.social from Raleigh to Japan. 🇯🇵🐺

Earlier this month, Kuwata’s bowl was given to the president of Nagoya University by Chancellor Howell himself. ➡️ design.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/10...

Empty Pedestals Earns National Honors for Reframing Confederate Monuments Empty Pedestals: Countering Confederate Narratives Through Public Design (LSU Press, 2024) has recently earned recognition at the national level for its ability to bring design and planning strategies...

🗽📘 “Monuments are anything but permanent. They are cultural and political, coming and going over a long time.”

Two @NCState Design professors earned @NationalASLA's 2025 Award of Honor for their work as co-editors of the book Empty Pedestals: ➡️
design.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/10...

Ben Marsigli's entrepreneurial spirit paired with his NC State College of Design degree prepared him for his role as creative director at Rhoback — a brand that makes collegiate apparel in partnership with 58 colleges and universities, including NC State. 🔗 http://ncst.at/j9nS50X9Kqm

Hit the snooze. Go slow. Put yourself first. Happy fall break, y’all. 🍂🧡🍁

Rethinking Disaster Resilience: A Call for Strategic Relocation At the AFAC Conference in Perth, Gavin Smith highlighted the profound impact of climate change on community design and the necessity of strategic relocation from high-risk, flood-prone areas.

"In the era of climate change, these events are becoming more severe, more common, and yet we still have these human settlements that were designed in a way that was meant to reflect that past climate, and now, as we move into a new climate era, we’ve got to adapt."

design.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/09...

🎨 Our (unofficial) fall color palette:

🍂 Cape Palliser
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🌌 Night Rider
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📔 Akaroa
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📐 Manatee
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🐺 Wolfpack Red
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Our 🧠 says it’s Monday, but our ❤️ is still stuck on Saturday.

Thank you to all of the folks who showed up to make buttons, take photos, and learn all about the joy of design at #Packapalooza!

We can’t wait to see you again next year. 🐺🤘

From architecture and UX design to AR + virtual production — collaboration fuels it all. 🎥🐺

Chancellor Kevin Howell stopped by the College of Design today to see how the Pack is pushing the future forward, together. We can't wait to have you back, Chancellor!

POV: it’s day two in the studio and you just got assigned the desk with this view 😮‍💨

Sketchbooks ➡️ OPEN

Happy #FDOC, designers! We're so excited to have you back. ✍️🫶🐺

Campus has been way too quiet, and we can’t wait to feel the buzz again. 🫶✍️

Celebrating 45 Years of Creative Awakening at Design Camp

What started in 1980 with just a few students and sketchpads has grown into a nationally recognized program that continues to spark curiosity, confidence and community in the next generation of designers.

📖 design.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/06...

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 ...

How can AI help cities grow with people, not just around them?

Explore how the COD's Lee Cherry, is using human-centered design and machine learning to create more equitable, inclusive urban planning solutions.
🧠🏙️ Read the story: design.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/06...

Long weekend mode: activated. Rest up, hydrate, and design yourself some peace. ✌️

Thirty seconds of summer ☀️

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...

🩸 50% of homeless women report having to choose between food and menstrual products.

Recent Industrial Design grad Jabria Oliver is addressing a deeply overlooked public health issue: period poverty.

Read her full story in Designlife Magazine ➡️ design.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/06...

ADU Life: Six Locals Proving Small Spaces Make a Big Impact It’s been five years since Raleigh entered her ADU era—a massive gamechanger for housing accessibility in a volatile housing market.

🗞️ From Raleigh Magazine: Raleigh’s ADU boom didn’t happen by accident, and architecture professor Tom Barrie helped lay the foundation.

Read how small dwellings are making a big impact: raleighmag.com/2025/06/adu-...

Design Camp kicks off its 45th year next week, and you're invited to kick it with us too! 🤘🎉

Learn about the events we have lined up for anyone with a love for design. 🫶 design.ncsu.edu/designcamp/d...

Mindful Design: Students Create Shade Structures for Raleigh Skate Park For architecture students in the Design + Build program, completing four shade structures for the Conlon Family Skatepark in just eleven weeks was a triumph. The second crowning achievement: spray-pai...

Making Raleigh cooler. Literally.

In just 11 weeks, NC State architecture students designed, built and installed 4 portable shade structures at the Conlon Family Skatepark. 🛹☀️

Now open to skaters, loungers and local artists who’ve already started adding their mark.

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...

In an industry crowded with consumer electronics, automobiles and medical devices, Jabria Oliver, a recent Master of Industrial Design graduate, is working to create a prominent space designing for social impact.

Read about her fight against period poverty: design.ncsu.edu/blog/2025/06...

Looking through the lens of summer. 🔎📸

📖 ✍️ The grid. The sketchbook. The process.

This year’s Designlife Magazine is a visual exploration of creativity in action — with a refreshed layout built by student designers that lets our stories speak for themselves.

Read the full issue online: issuu.com/designislife...

Imagining a Different Way Compared to most of his classmates, Xzavier Taylor ’25 took an unusual route to earning a degree from NC State’s College of Design. But overcoming challenges has helped him recognize the potential in ...

From DJ gigs and dad life to a degree in industrial design, Xzavier Taylor’s story is a masterclass in resilience and reinvention. news.giving.ncsu.edu/2025/05/imag...

tfw you're on a new social platform and trying to find your design education friends. 👁️🔎

👋 New platform, same energy.

Good design belongs everywhere.

Follow along for student work, creative process and design thinking in the wild.