Seniors studying product development in the apparel and merchandising major in the CSU Department of Design and Merchandising showcased senior projects with a reception and awards ceremony in December. The work was part of the AM 475 course and served as the senior capstone experience led by Assistant Professor Kristen Morris.
Kristen Morris, assistant professor in CSU’s Department of Design and Merchandising, won the ATEXINC Award for Excellence in Marketable Textile Design in the professional category at the virtual International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA) conference.
Last year, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, CSU Department of Design and Merchandising students brainstormed creative ways to showcase their work while unable to meet in person. The solution was a virtual show highlighting student work and the senior class of students in the Interior Architecture and Design Program.
Eunwoo Sam Jun has come a long way to get to graduation. Jun graduates this fall with a degree in interior architecture and design and is a first-generation college student, an international student from South Korea, a veteran, and an undergraduate researcher.
Vee Martinez is an unstoppable graduate from the Colorado State University Department of Design and Merchandising’s Apparel and Merchandising Program. As a first-generation student in the merchandising concentration, she’s proudly broken down barriers and faced every challenge along the way with grace and positivity.
Through her passions for Girl Scouts and sewing, first-year apparel and merchandising student, Elizabeth Gumper, was granted the opportunity to attend a national conference and launched her own resource website.
CSU interior architecture and design students have used 3D technology to document historic architecture both on the CSU campus and in Sterling, CO. The documentation has been compiled into an architectural virtual library aimed at sharing Colorado's architectural history and as an architectural resource for the community.
The CSU Department of Design and Merchandising hosted the inaugural Emerging Leaders in Apparel and Merchandising Talk and Reception thanks to the generosity of the Kotsiopulos Education Enhancement Fund.
Second-year students Cecilia Kastner and Caelan Chamberlain won third place in the prestigious Educators for Socially Responsible Apparel Practices Student Competition. Their project a business proposal, Onward, focused on the triple bottom line: people, planet, and profit.
A design and merchandising student joins a team of ambitious young women building an app to promote thrifting and clothing sustainability. Attend the Threads of Green Thrifted Fashion Show to learn more about their company and learn about the launch of their Hult Prize-funded app.