Interior design concerns itself with more than just the visual or ambient enhancement of an interior space.
It is “practical, aesthetic, and conducive to intended purposes, such as raising productivity, selling merchandise or improving lifestyle.”
– U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Washington State University proudly announces the formation of the School of Design & Construction Management
The new school:
- Integrates the disciplines of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and construction management.
- Is the only school in the nation that houses the design and construction disciplines together.
- Teaches students the skill sets required for their chosen design major and offers a series of collaborative learning experiences that give students a substantial advantage when entering the job market.
- Will provide opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to ultimately advance their career through greater collaboration and integration with allied disciplines.
Something Delicious In Store: Starbucks Store Designer Anna Robbins Is Jumping for Joy
Starbuck's interiors designed by Anna Robbins
Walk into any Starbucks store in Seattle and chances are it may have been designed by Anna Robbins, a 2006 Washington State University Interior Design alumna.
Her most recent design project was transforming an old kitchen on the 8th floor of the Starbucks headquarters into a coffee shop to celebrate the company’s 40th anniversary—a project they started last October and finished in early March.
“When I first started with Starbucks it was very much cookie cutter production,” she said. “Since then, we totally revamped the entire model and now every store has a flavor of local relevance and compliments the surrounding architecture.”
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Changing the Future of Rural Communities with Restoration and Economic Revitalization
A single semester’s work in the eastern Washington town of Ritzville has blossomed into a full-scale, ongoing project. The Rural Communities Design Initiative, founded and run by Washington State University Spokane associate professor of interior design Janetta McCoy, has tested a model of design intervention with five additional rural communities in Washington State to confirm that repurposing and renovating community buildings can lead to revitalization in the community’s economy.
Initially working with communities as part of a studio class project, students now can earn summer internship credit for participation. The goal of the RCDI is to work in rural communities of 2,000 or fewer people to redesign derelict or abandoned community buildings and transform them into functional establishments capable of producing revenue for small-town economies.
McCoy offered several reasons why the program is focused on small towns, including the fact that “rural communities represent 20 percent of the population and represent many of the voting numbers, too. These communities are also where most of our food comes from.” As rural American communities disappear, in other words, so too does the ability to produce food domestically. [MORE]