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By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Three faculty members in Mississippi State’s School of Architecture are receiving statewide honors for their role in advancing the architecture profession. Associate professors John Poros, Hans Herrmann and Alexis Gregory were formally recognized by the American Institute of Architects’ Mississippi Chapter during the organization’s recent Public, Design, Community and ...

Final Reviews for MSU architecture students were recently held in Starkville for first through fourth-year and in Jackson for fifth-year students. [Show picture list] The final project for the first-year architecture studio was to design and build a chair for listening. Over the course of the two final weeks of the semester, students worked in teams of two ...

[Show picture list] (Photos by Megan Bean | Mississippi State University and submitted) For their final project, students in Brittany Spencer’s Design I class completed a community installation at Sudduth Elementary School in Starkville. Earlier in the semester, a committee at the elementary school chose two quotes for students to base designs on: “Plant Kindness, Grow Love” and “Throw ...

By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Mississippi State’s School of Architecture is hosting a Timber Innovations for Mississippi Buildings Reimagined (TIMBR) exhibit and student design award reception Wednesday [Dec. 7] on the Starkville campus. Free to all, the 6-7 p.m. reception will be held in the Architecture Gallery at Giles Hall, home to the ...

A series of posters celebrating MSU’s Crosby Arboretum will be featured in Sappi Fine Papers’ latest promo titled “Verticals.”  Currently in production, “Verticals” features excellent graphic design projects from universities across the country. Phillip Bajoras, a December 2015 graduate, designed the poster series in Assistant Professor Cassie Hester’s spring 2015 Intro to Print Production class. Bajoras is currently ...

[Show picture list] (photos by Aaron McElfish) Works of six fine art seniors specializing in graphic design at Mississippi State are on display Nov. 29-Dec. 7 at the Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery. A reception for “Half Dozen” was held on Thurs., Dec. 1. The “Half Dozen” exhibitors include (by hometown): BALTIMORE, Maryland—Lorianna A. Livingston. GREENVILLE—Adey ...

Trey Hardin (spring 2015 graphic design alumnus) recently won a Silver award in the international 2016 Graphis New Talent Competition. Hardin’s beverage packaging, Bauer Brewery, was created in Assistant Professor Cassie Hester’s spring 2015 Intro to Print Production class. His work is showcased in an online gallery and printed in a hardbound annual that is now available for ...

By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Works of six fine art seniors specializing in graphic design at Mississippi State are on display Nov. 29-Dec. 7 at the Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery. Free to all, the second-floor “Half Dozen” exhibition at the university’s Welcome Center celebrates the conclusion of the students’ art department studies. ...

By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Works of a graduating art/photography major at Mississippi State are on display Nov. 22-Dec. 2 in the university’s Visual Arts Center Gallery. Free to all, the “Contact F16: BFA Photography Thesis Exhibition” celebrates the final year of art department studies for Sydney V. Armer of Birmingham, Alabama. The ...

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 ...