Phillip Tebbutt Named Interim Director of the School of Interior Design
Phillip Tebbutt has been named the Interim Director of the School of Interior Design as of July 2026, following the retirement of former director Marsha Cuddeback. Tebbutt, Associate Professor of Interior Design, is originally…
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LSU Interior Design at Environmental Design Research Association Conference
Interior Design faculty and Master of Science in Interior Design (MSID) students represented LSU at the Environmental Design Research Association 2026 Conference hosted by University of Massachusetts Amherst. MSID students Cristina Arguelles, Jasmine Jimenez,…
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Watch Commencement Livestream
The spring 2026 LSU College of Art & Design commencement ceremony will take place Friday, May 15 at 4 p.m. in the LSU Maddox Field House. Watch ceremony recording. About the Commencement Speaker Scott…
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LSU Interior Design Students Bring Research-Driven Design to Our Lady of the Lake Emergency Department
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Hospital partnered with LSU School of Interior Design, where students were given the opportunity to redesign the hospital’s emergency department, not as an exercise, but to…
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Nolonda Jones Publishes “Alternative Reality Creation as Liberatory Ideology” in Upkeep, Repair, and Maintenance in Adaptive Interiors
Nolonda Jones, assistant professor of interior design, published her research “Alternative Reality Creation as Liberatory Ideology” in the book Upkeep, Repair, and Maintenance in Adaptive Interiors (Routledge, 2025). “This research looks at the influence of the Bantu-Kongo…
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Tanaka Jeter Awarded IIDA John J. Nelson Sr. Legacy Scholarship
Bachelor of Interior Design student Tanaka Jeter was awarded the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) John J. Nelson Sr. Legacy Scholarship 2025, one of two students selected nationally. “Interior Design has transformed my life, and…
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Huili Wang Explores How Built Environments Can Better Support Sensory Needs
Interior design assistant professor Dr. Huili Wang is leading research that rethinks how the built environment can better serve individuals with diverse sensory processing needs. Her work centers on a simple but powerful idea:…
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Exhibition & Lecture by Nadine Carter Russell Chair, Interior & Architectural Designer Ria Bravo
LSU School of Interior Design will present Ria Bravo: Interiors Under Construction January 28 through February 28 in the Clark and Laura Boyce Gallery. Interiors Under Construction explores the interior as an active, evolving…
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Designing Her Dreams: How LSU Alumna Olivia Westbrooks Is Helping Others Find Home and Joy
Olivia Westbrooks, interior designer and LSU alumna is the co-host of “Home is Where the Heart Is,” the new home design show streaming now on Hallmark+. She stars alongside Hallmark actor and woodworker…
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Alumni Spotlight: TIEK BYDAY Led by LSU Design Grads
LSU alumni-led team TIEK BYDAY are transforming spaces in South Louisiana and beyond. Their approach is decidedly interdisciplinary: as a collaborative team of architects and interior designers, they work together to create designs that…
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LSU Interior Designers Enhance Louisiana Schools, Welcome Students to Campus
Designing for Donaldsonville LSU interior design faculty and students recently enhanced common spaces in several Ascension Parish public schools, gaining work experience in real-life settings and bringing design strategies to educational environments. The initiative…
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Katharina Wang: Innovating with Glass
Katharina Wang’s creative scholarship and research explores the intersection of art, design and technology. “I’m exploring the question: how can digital fabrication support traditional glass forming techniques?” she said. With support from the Stouffer…
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LSU Architecture Team’s Post-Katrina Project Revived Community; Inspired Future Response Efforts
After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in August 2005, a team of LSU School of Architecture students and New Orleans residents began building new homes in the Lower Ninth Ward, working together to start…
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New to LSU: Meet Dean Arne Flaten
Q&A with the New Dean of the LSU College of Art & Design.
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Art & Design Students Attend LSU Disney Leadership Experience
Designers Experience the Magic of Disney This spring break, Aubrey Sorrells Landaiche, Bachelor of Art & Design junior, and Kylee Obermeyer, Bachelor of Interior Design senior, were among the LSU students who traveled to the…
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Meet Katharina Wang: MArch Student & Interior Design Instructor
Katharina Beliveau Wang, NCIDQ, has experienced LSU many ways: as an undergraduate student (she received her Bachelor of Interior Design degree in 2018,) as an alumna, and now as a graduate student pursuing her…
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LSU Interior Design Alumni Selected for Interior Design 30/30
LSU School of Interior Design continues to be a launching pad for talented professionals, as evidenced by the recent selection of three LSU alumni for Interior Design magazine’s prestigious 30 Under 30 (30/30) list….
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Huili Wang Leads Research Team Making Libraries More Accessible
Huili Wang, assistant professor of interior design, was awarded an LSU Provost’s Fund for Innovation in Research grant for her project “From Barriers to Bridges: Creating Neurodivergent-Friendly Physical Spaces in Public Libraries,” which aims…
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Arne Flaten Named Next Dean of the College of Art & Design
On Friday, January 17, Roy Haggerty, LSU Executive Vice President & Provost, announced: “I am pleased to share that Dr. Arne Flaten has been named the next dean of the LSU College of Art…
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