This year the senior living condo project has been shifted to the Spring semester. The third year students are tasked with creating a hypothetical new-build condo unit and building in Greenville, incorporating features that will allow seniors to age in place. One student explores the design for a Ronald McDonald House, also incorporating Universal Design … Read more
This Spring, the 3202 design studio returns to the design of a co-working space. The site is the Edgeworth Building, located on Tobacco Row overlooking the James River in Richmond Virginia. Pirate Sarah Hunt Clair, currently designing for HKS in one of the office suites inside Edgeworth, shared insights with the students regarding context as … Read more
For this project the interior design students worked with merchandising students, who created branding for a hypothetical retail client. The ID students then used the branding imagery to design boutiques in Uptown Greenville, in existing storefronts at the corner of 5th and Cotanche Streets. Because Asians are the third largest ethnic group in Pitt County, … Read more
This Spring our interior design students return once again to retail design, beginning with pop up venues. Working in teams of three, they created pop up spaces based upon a specific word prompt: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Entertainment, Wellness, Energy, Vehicle, or Wild Card. Each team repurposed eastern North Carolina flue-cured tobacco barns for their pop … Read more
Best Overall: Aspyre “Aspyre inspired us all. We stopped taking notes and listened. They were so engaging with their presentation skills, their knowledge of our product, and their well-developed concept. Our time with them felt comfortable and conversational.” Aspyre-3 https://vimeo.com/265465589
Best Connection to Real-World Application: Triple You Design Triple You Design makes direct connections to actual people and how they work, integrating elements of human-centered design into their thought process.This type of thinking will win projects. Clients and users always want to feel that the designer is really considering how, what, when and where. Triple … Read more
Because of the high quality of the semifinalist entries in this pilot competition, the Knoll judges awarded each team a prize for a specific aspect of the design package. Best Marketing Package: Pic-Tur-Esque Pic-Tur-Esque best captures a marketing package that relates to Knoll. Their deliverable is flawlessy executed. The format, organization and clean lines are … Read more
Last week three teams of semifinalists presented their completed designs to representatives of Knoll and Carolina Business Interiors in Raleigh. The judges included (l to r) Scarlett Salter of Knoll, organizer of the competition, Meghan Ickes of CBI, Mary Haddad of Knoll, Charles Gustina of ECU (observing), and Cindy Suarez of Knoll. Award to be … Read more
As stated earlier, the students this semester have been participating in the pilot of a design competition with Knoll furniture. Here’s more information about the competition: https://news.ecu.edu/2018/03/29/design-challenge/
The students finalized their planning, added furniture and finishes, and created rendered perspectives of the showroom in Revit. Click the link below each thumbnail to access each team’s slideshow. After completion of their designs, students were required to create a walkthrough of their space within their Revit model. The vimeo link below each thumbnail will … Read more