Kia Witherspoon Virtual Lecture
Kia Weatherspoon, Determined by Design Founder + Principal, will give a lecture titled “Equitable Communities” on Wednesday, March 3, 2020 at 5 p.m. via Zoom. The design voice of impact and change. Kia Weatherspoon,…
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“Racial and Spatial Justice,” Liz Ogbu
Virtual lecture “Racial and Spatial Justice” by Liz Ogbu, designer, urbanist, and spatial justice activist, was on Monday, February 22, 2021 via Zoom.
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LSU Art & Design Commits to Inclusion
The College of Art & Design has been working to address systematic racism on campus and throughout the fields of architecture, art, landscape architecture, and interior design, to promote inclusivity for LSU students, faculty,…
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LSU Art & Design Prepares For On-Campus Instruction
The return to on-campus instruction in the fall 2020 semester has required LSU administrators to collaborate to ensure that social distance measures are enforced in classrooms across all disciplines. This has presented a unique…
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Julian T. White Mural Honors LSU’s First Black Professor
The LSU College of Art & Design commissioned the Julian T. White memorial mural to honor the university’s first African American professor. The college worked with The Walls Project and the White family to…
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Letter From the Director of the School of Interior Design
Dear School of Interior Design community, As we head into the summer months, let’s take time to acknowledge all persons of color who continue to be impacted by systemic racism and reflect on our…
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Art & Design 2020 LSU Distinguished Communicators
During the May 2020 graduation celebration, eight College of Art & Design graduates received the LSU Distinguished Communicator Medal. LSU Communication across the Curriculum, or CxC honored 44 graduates across six colleges with the medal in 2020….
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LSU Interior Design Students Thank Louisiana Healthcare Workers
The LSU School of Interior Design works with Louisiana healthcare facilities regularly, as part of the healthcare design curriculum in which students design facility improvements for local hospitals, partnering with the staff there to…
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John Campbell Remembered
Recently retired LSU interior design faculty member John Campbell, 74, passed away Feb. 19, 2020. Read more.
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Design Students Learn Community Firsthand with Hospital Project
By: LSU interior design instructor Andrew Baqué Read more
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Students Gain Real World Experience Through Design Externships
Off-campus internships (“externships”) are a significant component to the interior design curriculum, in which undergraduate students can experience the pace of working at design firms in their chosen fields. In the fall 2019 semester…
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Design Paris
Design Paris, the first semester-long study abroad program hosted by the College of Art & Design based out of Paris, France, launched in the fall of 2018. This year the program expanded to encompass…
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LSU Students Design for Giant Pandas in China
This fall LSU design students in assistant professor Brendan Harmon’s interdisciplinary “Giant Panda Studio” are designing a new national park for giant panda conservation and tourism in the wilds of Sichuan Province, China. The…
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Art & Design Tailgate 2019
The annual College of art & Design tailgate party was Saturday, October 26, 2019.
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Career Networking Day 2019
Presented by the LSU College of Art & Design and the LSU Olinde Career Center, Art & Design Networking Day is an open networking session for students and employers. Art & Design Career Networking…
Read Full StoryAlumni 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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