College of Design

Jan 22, 2025

60 Seconds with…

From researchers to NC State icons, sit down for a lighting round chat with members of our Wolfpack community.

Nov 22, 2024

NC State Creatives: Lauren Miller

Lauren Miller, a recent graduate of NC State’s College of Design, is an award-winning animator and storyteller. With a passion for human-centered design and uplifting underrepresented communities, Lauren creates work that resonates with diverse audiences.

NC State releases red wine honoring Lake Raleigh Woods

Sep 25, 2024

NC State Announces Licensed Wine Highlighting Lake Raleigh Woods

NC State announced the fourth officially licensed wine as part of the Hallowed Places Collection, which launched in 2021. This offering features Lake Raleigh Woods on the label, one of the university’s 10 Hallowed Places.

Demarcus Williams does the Wolfie in the Free Expression Tunnel

Apr 15, 2024

Designing an Inclusive College Experience

For College of Design alumnus Demarcus Williams. giving back is about helping current and future students have the same experience or one that’s even better.

Dare Coulter in front of book illustration

Jan 25, 2024

Alumna Dare Coulter Wins 2024 Coretta Scott King Book Award

Alumna Dare Coulter ’15, illustrator of “An American Story,” is one of two winners of the 2024 Coretta Scott King Book Awards honoring African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults.

Susan Toplikar with her husband, Mike Cindric in 1996. Photo courtesy Design Dimension.

Jun 30, 2023

A Continuing Legacy: Susan Toplikar Fund Connects Students to Professionals

Through a fund named after one of the College of Design’s most missed instructors, students are gaining the opportunity to build new meaningful relationships with professionals across the Triangle.

Portrait of Luna Vanaman in front of Leazar Hall at NC State.

Jun 23, 2023

Back to the Pack: Luna Vanaman

Luna Vanaman earned her Bachelor of Industrial Design from the College of Design in 2000, and currently works as the lead interactive media producer for NC State University’s Communications Office.

Elizabeth Lee article in the Fayetteville Observer from December 30, 1985

May 22, 2023

Shattering Glass Ceilings To Shape a Modern World

Under a new dean and a new curriculum, Elizabeth Bobbit Lee thrived as the sole female graduate in a class full of men, even as she set the mold for a life well lived.

Students working at drafting tables in the College of Design, circa 1955

May 20, 2023

The Class That Started It All

The students who graduated from the School of Design in the spring of 1953 were the first to complete the new school’s five-year course load. Their commitment set the pace for everything that came after.

Mar 8, 2023

Chancellor Woodson Talks Community and Design with Professor Kofi Boone

Chancellor Woodson and Professor Kofi Boone discuss landscape architecture and environmental justice in episode five of Red Chair Chats.