Last month, just before Spring Break, the LADC hosted a Kinetic Poetry presentation. The event was the result of a collaborative project between English professor Keetje Kuipers' creative writing 'Poetry Writing II' course and Graphic Design professor Courtney Windham's 'Type in Motion' course. Professor Kuipers' students submitted original pieces written earlier in the semester to Professor Windham's students who then interpreted the poems into typographic animation. The outcome was a unique and alluring show of both written and spoken word as well as visual art!

To see the students' presentations follow the links below. Click here to see photos from the event.

Rachel Davis, poet | Eddie Carmona, designer

https://vimeo.com/122705494

Jordan Danford, poet | Todd Durkee, designer

Jessica Lewis, poet | Natalie Johnson, designer
https://vimeo.com/122707220

Caroline Barr, poet | Kimberley Taylor-Duncan, desi

Kayleigh Pears, poet | Sam Reiss, designer

Nathaniel Vincent, poet | Julianna Cvetetic, designer

Claire Walters, poet | Winston Waters, designer
https://vimeo.com/122444547

Charlie Sterchi, poet | April Southerland, designer

Laura Hanna, poet | Kathryn Stalnaker, designer

Seth Sillman, poet | Rachel Morey, designer

Courtney Fair, poet | Sarah Palmer, designer

Lauren Clark, poet | Amanda Sturgis, designer
https://vimeo.com/122702573

Simon Winston, poet | Shelby Reister, designer

Emma Hyche, poet | Emily Lewis, designer

Amber Bryant, poet | Megan Wilson, designer 

When the Board of Trustees met on June 21, 2013, they designated four large departments as schools, including one within the College of Architecture, Design, & Construction. The Department of Industrial and Graphic Design (DIGD) exceeded the university's criteria for school status, which were based on degrees offered, enrollment, faculty, student credit hours and prominence within their fields. DIGD will now be known as the School of Industrial and Graphic Design!

The reclassification as a school indicates the former departments' level of achievement with a suitable title, and this new identity will allow these schools to compete even more effectively with programs of similar size at peer institutions.

Congratulations on this recognition, School of Industrial and Graphic Design!

Find more information in the news releases cited below:

Summerford, Roy. "Four academic departments gain new identity as schools." The Auburn Report, 28 June 2013, 3. 

"Department of Industrial and Graphic Design Becomes School of Industrial and Graphic Design." DIGDNews, Department of Industrial and Graphic Design, 01 July 2013.

Fabric samples and images of furniture are currently displayed in the LADC (look on our entryway bulletin board and around the first floor).  Feedback is welcome! A notepad is available by the entrance if you'd like to write comments or recommendations.

You can also view our color choices for paint, wood stain (for staining shelf ends, study tables, and wooden chairs), and carpet.

We would love to hear what you think.

During July and August, you may notice changes as we install new carpet and paint upstairs. This first phase of the LADC's renovation is scheduled from July 9 to August 24 (but we hope to finish by August 16th).

The process will involve moving books onto temporary shelving located on the ground floor and in the CADC Gallery, before the work of carpet installation and painting is to be completed on the 2^nd floor from July 16 to August 3. The assembly of temporary shelving is under way, and the shifting of books from upstairs began this week (see photos below).

We plan to have all of the books assembled in call number order on the temporary shelves (and the shelves marked with call number signs) by next week. Although the stacks will be marked, they might be difficult to navigate, so we will be happy to help you find anything you need. LADC staff and student employees will also be able to retrieve books on demand during the move.

Temporary shelving for the theses being assembled.

The shifting begins! Theses are being consolidated to make room for more temporary shelving.

The temporary location of the theses.

Two temporary stacks assembled on the ground floor for books from upstairs.

Empty shelving upstairs. The books are being shifted to the ground floor to prepare for new carpet upstairs!

Temporary location of books A 1 - NA 1011.

The LADC will host a design charrette* open to all CADC students this Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. We'll be

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