By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Interior design creations by 16 graduating seniors at Mississippi State are on display Friday-Saturday [April 7-8] at the university’s Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery. Free to all, the exhibit showcases the practical knowledge and range of skills that the rising professional designers have acquired throughout their participation in ...
Via Natalie Esfandiary | Gensler Cindy W. Simpson, Mississippi State University alumna and co-managing director of Gensler’s Dallas office, has been named one of the Dallas 500 Most Powerful Business Leaders in Dallas and Fort Worth for 2017 by D CEO Magazine. Divided into over 60 different categories, the prestigious standalone publication recognizes the most influential ...
All of the Mississippi State University interior design faculty are members of the national Interior Design Educators Council Inc. (IDEC), and several hold leadership roles with the organization. Assistant Professor William Riehm serves as regional chair for the Southern Region and was responsible for organizing the recent conference in conjunction with the host institution, Middle ...
[Show picture list] (Photos by William Riehm) Students in Assistant Professor William Riem’s furniture design class were recently presented with a challenge that came with not-your-typical trophy. Students were tasked with designing a piece of furniture that would be appropriate for use in a one- to four-star hotel. The winner would get the chance to ...
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Three Mississippi State interior design majors are being recognized by the nation’s premier networking resource for the hospitality industry. Seniors Mary Katherine “Katie” Hughes of Southaven and Caitlyn R. Fleming of Bartlett, Tennessee, along with junior Natalie E. Watson of Olive Branch, each are receiving scholarships from the ...
Interior design students recently went on their annual field trips, designed to expose students to different design options and as a chance to network with various professionals in the industry. Sophomores in Assistant Professor William Riehm’s studio traveled to nearby Eupora to visit School of Architecture alumna Belinda Stewart, owner of Belinda Stewart Architects P.A. ...
By Kelsey Brownlee On Thurs., Nov. 3, the interior design students gladly welcomed Olivia Alison. [Show picture list] Alison is a native of Selma, Alabama, who has earned art history degrees from Hollins College and the University of Delaware, as well as a certificate from the Sorbonne in Paris. She began her career as a ...
[Show picture list] Images via Robin Carroll (Students working in last spring’s Integrated Lighting Solutions course) A course started with funds from a national grant has been added to the Interior Design Program’s curriculum. ID 4673, Integrated Lighting Solutions, was started last spring with funds from the 2015 Nuckolls Fund Grant. (Read more here.) The ...
Interior Design is offering a dual enrollment course for Jackson Preparatory students, ID 3603 Digital Design, for the second time this year. Taught by MSU interior design alumna (2012) Rachel Lantz, NCIDQ, ASID, the semester-long course focuses on Adobe’s “big three” software programs – Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. “We have planned this class as a generic way ...
F.L. Crane Professor and School of Architecture Director Michael Berk and Interior Design Assistant Lyndsey Miller participated in a panel discussion about 3D Printing on Fri., Oct. 21. The discussion took place in the Templeton Room of the Mississippi State University Library and also included John Wyatt with Instructional Systems and Workforce Development, Charles Freeman from Fashion Design ...