Students in their final year of the product development concentration in the Department of Design and Merchandising showcase their capstone projects at an event at the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising. Their projects focused on adaptive apparel and awards were provided through a competitive grant from Cotton Incorporated.
CSU students participated in a local student design charette with the International Interior Design Association. Susan Hsin, a senior and student progressing to the regional charette, shares her experience.
Students in their final year of the bachelor’s degree in interior architecture and design at Colorado State University completed their capstone projects this semester in a culmination of years of rigorous work. Forty-six students share their work in this year’s virtual senior show.
Juniors and seniors in the Interior Architecture and Design Program travel to Denver for a large mock-interview event continuing CSU’s strong connection to the industry. For some students, the connections made at this event led to full-time positions after graduation.
The International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) Conference returned to an in-person experience in Denver, with Colorado State University as the host institution. Amid the face-to-face excitement, two recent CSU alumni, Elise Hadjis and Katie Miller, won awards for their creative design research in apparel and merchandising.
This year, CSU’s ASID student chapter will be recognized nationally as the organization’s student chapter of the year. This isn’t the first time CSU’s student chapter has received this honor. It was also recognized as chapter of the year in 2015, 2016, and 2017 making it the only student chapter to win the award more than once, and consecutively!
This year, five Colorado State University students in the apparel and merchandising major and concentrating in apparel design and production received a scholarship for their incredible work and research from Fashion Scholarship Fund: Krista Melusky, Graeme MacInnis, Caroline Floyd, Cecilia Kastner, and Latifah Hirchi-Vogl.
Alea Schmidt has been awarded a scholarship from the Interior Design Educators Council Foundation to continue her research at Colorado State University and experience mentorship in becoming an interior design educator.
For the first time since 2019, seniors in Colorado State University’s Interior Architecture and Design major in the Department of Design and Merchandising gathered in person to celebrate the work presented in their senior capstone projects.
Students and faculty from the Department of Design and Merchandising attend the Outdoor Retailer tradeshow in Denver to build industry partnerships and learn about the industry’s developments in sustainability.