Alumni Spotlight: David Lafont
On this episode of #LSU in PHX, former Mike the Tiger mascot and interior design graduate David Lafont reflects fondly on his time at LSU, discussing how his professors at LSU shaped him to…
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Kenneth Brown: Designer for the Stars
Kenneth Brown is a homegrown design celebrity with a cosmopolitan worldview. Born and raised in Baton Rouge, he received a bachelor’s degree in interior design from LSU in 1995. Kenneth is the principal and…
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Healthcare Innovation Seminar Joins Experts Across Fields
The new Healthcare Innovation Seminar offered by the School of Interior Design in spring 2019 is the first of its kind, joining together interdisciplinary scholars to combine expertise to study healthcare design from multiple…
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Design Impacts Healthcare
By: Julie Elliott In my 30-year career in healthcare design, I have witnessed the dramatic shift in the healthcare delivery model. Consumerism and self-care, uncertainty in healthcare payment reform, shifts from volume to value,…
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Art & Design Students Present at 2019 Discover Day
College of Art & Design students across disciplines presented their scholarly and creative work at LSU Discover Day Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium on April 9, 2019. Arden McMillin, BFA 2019 candidate with concentrations…
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TEDxLSU Features Work by Interior Design Students
Interior design students in professor Matthew Dunn’s Interior Design 1712 course designed displays for TEDxLSU, held in March 2019. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that…
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LSU Giving Day
The inaugural LSU Giving Day is on Tuesday, April 30, an opportunity for every Tiger to join LSU in making history and breaking the state’s record for higher education fundraising. The Fierce for the…
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Let’s Get Together: LSU Art & Design Alumni at AOS
Louisiana-based AOS Interior Environments joins LSU alumni from the fields of interior design and architecture – the firm currently has 12 LSU College of Art & Design alumni working there! LSU Alumni at AOS…
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LSU School of Interior Design Partners with Mendel University in Czech Republic
The LSU School of Interior Design collaborated with Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic in the fall 2018 semester, culminating in a design workshop for LSU and Mendel University students in Brno, and an…
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Art & Design Career Networking Day Feb. 20
Art & Design Networking Day is an open networking session for students and employers. Art & Design Career Networking Day 2019 is Wednesday, February 20, 2019, from 8:30–11:30 a.m., in the LSU Student Union –…
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Interior Design Reviews Hosted in Design Firms
In fall 2018, LSU interior design students had the opportunity to present the semester’s projects for review by design professionals, in their office locations throughout Louisiana. Presenting in a real-life office setting was an…
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Tipton Associates Travel Award – Call for Submissions
Need extra money for travel? Enter the third annual Tipton Associates Travel Award competition by February 28, 2019, for a chance to win $1,700 to be used for travel within a university-approved study abroad program…
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Interior Design Students Attend Behavioral Health Design Workshop
In September 2018, three interior design students and two faculty traveled to Baltimore for a behavioral health design workshop sponsored by The Center For Health Design. BID candidates Brianna Beall, Olivia Barron, Kourtney Russo attended,…
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LSU Art & Design Visits Hunan University in Changsha, China
This year, College of Art & Design faculty members visited Hunan University in Changsha, Hunan Province, China, to conduct workshops and hold lectures for Chinese students and faculty, and promote collaborations across the globe….
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Design Across the Globe: LSU in China
In May-June 2018, the LSU in China Program, directed by associate professor of interior design Jun Zou, brought interior design students to China to study art and design and engage with Chinese culture firsthand….
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Interior Design Alumni Work on HGTV Show Home Town
New Orleans-based interior designer Amanda Connolly (BID ’00) always enjoyed home design shows. So when she had the opportunity to work for Home & Garden Television (HGTV)’s program Home Town, she jumped at the…
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Design Event Spring 2018
The Design Event hosted by the LSU School of Interior Design was Thursday, April 26 at the LSU Design Building. There was an exhibit featuring interior design students’ work from 5:30-7:30 p.m., followed by scholarship awards…
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Interior Design Students Create Garden to Promote Wellness
LSU senior interior design students participated in a community outreach project to design a garden at a home in Louisiana for young women who have been victims of human trafficking. The organization that operates…
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