Alumni Spotlight: Ainsley Dreher, BID 2010
Ainsley Dreher (BID 2010), president and owner of Design Innovations in Birmingham, Alabama, never expected that she would be directing her own interior design firm this soon in her career. Upon graduating from LSU…
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Future Innovation in Healthcare Takes Off at Design, Health & Wellness Symposium
Dozens of healthcare professionals convened with LSU faculty, students, and administrators at the LSU College of Art & Design this weekend to investigate how professionals in the social sciences, art and design, business, and…
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Professor Jun Zou Dives into Real-World Lighting Design at Tillotson Design Associates
LSU’s Jun Zou spent summer 2017 learning about contemporary lighting design at Tillotson Design Associates in New York City. “It was an excellent experience in a real-world lighting design firm,” said Zou, associate professor…
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Marsha Cuddeback Named Director of the LSU School of Interior Design
Ruth Z. McCoy Professor Marsha Cuddeback has been named director of the LSU College of Art & Design’s School of Interior Design. “Director Cuddeback’s appointment is a natural extension of her long and diverse…
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Instructor John Campbell Named Fellow of the American Society of Interior Designers
LSU School of Interior Design Instructor John Campbell was inducted into the American Society of Interior Designers Council of Fellows for his work within the organization promoting professionalism and licensure of interior designers in…
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Student Profile: Katharina Beliveau, BID 2017
Katharina Beliveau, a fourth-year student in the LSU School of Interior Design, is busy: busy preparing her capstone project before graduating in December; as a member of the Louisiana Army National Guard; as a…
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Alumni Spotlight: Meredith Hom, BID 2010
Meredith Hom’s interest in interior design started with her love of Disney. “Disney World was practically a second home for me growing up. As soon as I was old enough to understand there was…
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Professor Jun Zou Receives 2016-17 CCELL Happy Award
Jun Zou, associate professor of the LSU School of Interior Design, received a 2016-17 Happy Award from the LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning & Leadership. CCELL bestows this award annually to celebrate the…
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Edward Steinfeld Named 2016–17 Nadine Carter Russell Chair in Interior Design
Professor, architect, and gerontologist Edward Steinfeld has been named the 2016–17 Nadine Carter Russell Chair in the LSU College of Art & Design. The four disciplines in the college share the rotating residency; this…
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Students Investigate Components in Rising Water Installation
To commemorate the recent flooding in Louisiana, LSU College of Art & Design students in Professional in Residence Lee Kean’s components course created a large-scale installation for exhibit in the LSU Design Building Atrium….
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Interior Design Students Gain Universal Design Experience
If there was a theme for the School of Interior Design’s 2016–17 academic year, it would be Universal Design—an inclusive design practice that considers the access, understanding, and use of an environment by all…
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From One Boot to Another: LSU Students Spend a Semester in Rome
Students expand their world-view in LSU’s first semester-long Academic Program Abroad The results of a comprehensive survey exploring the long-term impact of studying abroad conducted by the Institute for the International Education of Students…
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Designing for Senior Living
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (aoa.acl.gov), America’s population of people 65 years or older numbered 44.7 million in 2013—about one in every seven Americans. The…
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Marsha Cuddeback Receives Inaugural CxC Outstanding Faculty Award
Beginning in 2016, the LSU Office of Academic Affairs will annually recognize a faculty member who has contributed to and participated in the Communication across the Curriculum (CxC) program in multiple ways. CxC depends on…
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Spring 2016 Final Reviews
Instruction and experience in design, technical knowledge, and representation comprise the professional components of the architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture curricula at the LSU College of Art & Design—with the studio environment as…
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Internationally Renowned Watercolor Artist Leads Workshops at LSU School of Interior Design
LSU interior design students enrolled in the second-year color theory course had the opportunity to learn from highly respected, internationally recognized painter Judi Betts in a special four-session workshop focused on watercolor rendering with…
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The First Hearsts
In summer 2015, The Hearst Foundations granted $80,000 toward current-use scholarships for incoming undergraduate minority students in the LSU College of Art & Design. The Hearst Foundations are national philanthropic resources for organizations working…
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Alumni Spotlight: Logan Ledford, BID 2009
Logan Ledford’s entire family went to LSU. Logan graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Interior Design. Her father, Paul, majored in animal science; her mother, Lindsay, in sociology. The two met in the 1980s…
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Marsha Cuddeback Elected to Interior Design Educators Council Board of Directors
Associate Professor Marsha Cuddeback of the LSU School of Interior Design was elected to the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) 2016–17 Board of Directors as director-at-large of the organization’s Teaching Collaborative. Cuddeback will assume…
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