IARC has two finalist in Janus et Cie: 2024 Student Design Competition

Awarded Most Playful - KINECTION by Emmett Lockridge, ' 24 IARC
Awarded Best Presentation - RELAXPLORATION by JC Stewart, '24 IARC

IAID Student wins Janus et Cie: 2022 Urban Playground Design Competition

Ian Reimschisel, '22, was named the first international winner of the Janus et Cie: Urban Playground Design Competition for his project "Topside".

"Heritage furniture brand JANUS et Cie announced the winner of its first ever Global Student Design Competition in collaboration with architectural design firm Populous in an intimate ceremony at NeoCon. Ian Reimschisel of Kansas State University took home top honors with TopSide, which offers playground visitors a whimsical, multi-functional seating element."

Zachary Spearman, McPherson, KS, a fifth-year graduate student in industrial design was also a finalist.

The students were challenged to design a furniture product for the perimeter participants of an urban playground that is used year-round. The five finalists were selected by an international jury of furniture industry professionals and architects that included Giulio Cappellini, art director of Cappellini.

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APDesign students earn honors in 2022 Steelcase NEXT student design competition

Henry Hammes, Lenexa, KS, and Christa Gorman, Irving, TX, both fourth-year graduate students in interior architecture & industrial design in the College of Architecture, Planning & Design, were selected as a semifinalist and an honorable mention respectively in the 2022 Steelcase Student Design Competition out of more than 1260 participating students.

The NEXT competition challenges undergraduates to imagine a workplace for the future. For the 2022 entries, the prompt outlined a robotics company based in the Seaport District of Boston, Massachusetts that wanted a space to not only reflect their overall company brand and culture but draw inspiration from the local region.

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Previous K-State Winners, Semifinalists, and Honorable Mentions:

Juliana Schwartz - 2021 Semifinalist
Chloe Cudney - 2019 Winner
Reid Thornburg - 2019 Semifinalist
Kanoa San Miguel - 2018 Winner
Caleb Amundson - 2015 Winner
Alexandra Marschman - 2015 Semifinalist
Garrett Steinlage - 2015 Honorable Mention
Emma Montgomery - 2014 Winner

Interior architecture and product design student wins 2019 Angelo Donghia Foundation $30,000 scholarship

Kanoa San Miguel, Longmont, Colorado, fifth-year graduate student in the College of Architecture, Planning & Design's interior architecture and industrial design department, was selected as the recipient of a $30,000 scholarship from the Angelo Donghia Foundation for his design work.  San Miguel's design was one of 12 selected from student project nominations submitted by accredited design schools from across the nation.

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Previous Winner
Taylor Hegarty - 2018 scholarship recipient

2024 Lang Lighting Competition

1st place - Isaac Caire
2nd Place - Hanna Scheck
3rd Place - Maegan Brookshire
Finalists - Minnie Adams, Ella Beth, and Olivia Zimmerman

2023 Lang Lighting Competition

1st place - Maddie Lane
2nd Place - Maia Smith
3rd Place - Chloe Auf Der Heide
Finalists - Kara Davis, Lily Turner, and Analiese Wilhauk

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2022 Lang Lighting Competition

1st place - Hannah Harris
2nd Place - Drew Thompson
3rd Place - Henry Hammes
Finalist - Alexis Davies, Madeleine Carey, and JC Stewart

 

"Plit Side Chair" by Assistant Professor Dr. Kutay Guler is Bronze Design Award winner in 2020-2021 A'Design Award & Competition Furniture Design Award Category

The typical seat is imagined as a static entity, designed to support the body in a linear fashion. Plit chair proposes a novel way to support the dynamically shifting body weight and changing postures of the user. The seating surface is split on the vertical axis to create two sides that react to the user weight independently as they re-adjust their pose. Instead of dictating an ideal posture, Plit chair conforms and warps. The continuous flowing curves, flexible materials, and the prominent abstract rift in the center communicate an impression of fluidity, independence, and leniency.

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Associate Professor Vibhavari Jani selected to receive International Interior Design Association Foundation Diversity Award

Vibhavari Jani, associate professor in the College of Architecture, Planning & Design's interior architecture & industrial design department, has been selected for the 2018 International Interior Design Association, or IIDA Foundation Diversity Award.

The award recognizes and celebrates an educator who is a representative of a diverse background and is making a significant contribution to interior design education today, has made contributions to the teaching profession for advancing the practice of interior design, and is actively advancing diversity in the interior design industry.

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Assistant professor Kendra Kirchmer receives TreanorHL Architects Faculty Award

Kendra Kirchmer, assistant professor in the interior architecture & industrial design department in the College of Architecture, Planning & Design, or APDesign, received the 2023 TreanorHL Architects Faculty Award. This award is to recognize a faculty member from APDesign who best exemplifies the tie between practice and the academy.

Jani earns 2022 Wayne Hunt McElwee Faculty Award

Vibhavari Jani, professor of interior architecture in the College of Architecture, Planning & Design, is the 2022 Wayne Hunt McElwee Faculty Award, recipient.

The award is given to a faculty member for being an outstanding teacher as designated by the dean of the college, based upon the recommendations of both students and faculty.

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Associate Professor Katrina Lewis honored for excellence in undergraduate teaching

Four Kansas State University faculty members are recipients of the 2020 Commerce Bank and W.T. Kemper Foundation Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. Among the four, Associate Professor Katrina Lewis, is director of Environmental Design and International Programs in the College of Architecture, Planning & Design, and serves as coordinator of the interior architecture and industrial design graduate program. She teaches Environmental Design Studio 1, Survey of the Design Professions, Environmental Design Studio Seminar, Study Abroad Orientation and Environmental Design Studio 2. Lewis' teaching philosophy and methodology have evolved from her experiences as a student, professional and a person who views the world as the greatest arena from which to be inspired.

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Associate professor Neal Hubbell receives TreanorHL Architects Faculty Award

Neal Hubbell, associate professor in the interior architecture & industrial design department in the College of Architecture, Planning & Design, or APDesign, received the 2018 TreanorHL Architects Faculty Award. This award is to recognize a faculty member from APDesign who best exemplifies the tie between practice and the academy.

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