The IND program is proud to announce that Agnes Recato, class of 2013 graduate, was awarded third place in a recently judged ASID NYU/CE student design competition. Agnes entered her senior thesis project, a proposal for the New Scotland Armory, which had been completed in Lynn Capirsello’s Capstone design course. Agnes attended the awards presentation in Syracuse on Saturday, September 21st. Congratulations, Agnes!
It’s now the second week of classes and we are so glad to be back for the fall semester! Today we held a full meeting of all Art and Design majors. Big news: our department has changed its name to the Department of Art + Design. We’ve also updated our building on campus so that now all Art + Design majors are in the same building. There is a new Tech Center on the first floor of ADB and we’ve got a full schedule of events planned for the Interior Design club this year. The IND Program is now on Twitter and Instagram; look for SageINDprogram. We’re very excited about all of the changes taking place! To all of our students – Welcome back!
The newly formed Interior Design Club was pleased to welcome three guest speakers on Friday night. Sage graduates Lilia Duran and Allison Parkes spoke about their experiences working at local architecture firms. Lauren Zacher, board member of our regional ASID chapter, spoke about student memberships and an upcoming design competition. Attendees gained valuable insights into the design profession and enjoyed refreshments and camaraderie with their fellow students.
Interior Design students visited Philips Lighting’s 20,000 s.f. Application Center in Somerset, New Jersey on Wednesday, March 20th. Everyone experienced an incredible 6 hour interactive presentation on lighting design. Included were ‘hands on’ experiences with lighting lamps and the opportunity to design lighting solutions and present them. The marvel of LED lighting, variety of color availability, and compelling economics of use were covered. Accessibility of control apps. and integrated lamp electronics offer great future promise.
Students from the Interior Design program participated in NY11+ on Monday, March 11th at the NYS Legislative Office building. NY11+ is a coalition of New York State educational institutions offering 4-year programs in interior design. Student work was on display for three days and is now being transported to a new display space in Manhattan. The Sage Interior Design program will be traveling on Wednesday to take part in the opening of this new exhibit of work. Learn more about New York Eleven Plus here: http://www.ny11plus.org
The successful Rethinking the Armory show came to a close on February 18th. This year’s exhibition of senior work featured projects from Lynn Capirsello’s fall semester IND 405 course. Students conducted extensive research into the needs of the college, standards for treatment of historic buildings, and trends in education design. Congratulations to everyone involved in the show!
Sophomore Interior Design student Robert Brisson won in the student design category at the New York Tri-State NKBA awards ceremony. Robert submitted a rendering from his Residential Design project last semester and was awarded “Best Kitchen or Bathroom” in the student design/rendering category. Congratulations, Robert!
The International Facilities Management Association (IFMA) Tech Valley Chapter invited Interior Design students from Sage College of Albany to join them in touring the new University at Albany School of Business building. The tour was led by Tony Alfieri, Associate Principal for Perkins & Will, New York, the project’s architect. The building is currently under construction and due to be completed late Summer of 2013.
The building was fully enclosed with most drywall partitions installed. An office furniture mockup was visible as were finished ceilings. It was interesting for the students to see a building with significant design features in the construction phase and to be able to connect what they had seen in textbooks and presentations to reality. Site safety considerations required dressing in hard hats, safety vests and wearing closed toe shoes, a new experience for our students.
Planning prinicipals for this building were reviewed by our guide. These included a significant role as a thoroughfare and gateway to the campus from a nearby bustop; an enormous challenge. Use of conference meeting spaces by the public and the incorporation of sustainable principles including skylights and a “butterfly” clerestory design. There were also “living room” type spaces to encourage random encounters and interaction amongs students.
Our students benefitted from this visit by seeing a construction site firsthand, and by interacting with other professionals and feeling what it might be like to be ‘part of the team’. Visits such as this one allow classroom learning to ‘come alive’ for students and provide an experience context in which to place that learning.
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We are fortunate to have truly amazing Sage graduates who are eager to come back to Sage and participate in design education of the next generation. Nancy Moore is one of those graduates! Nancy is a kitchen designer at Millbrook Custom Kitchens and an active NKBA member. She has been generous enough to lead showroom tours for our Residential Design students for two years in a row. Tours like this provide students with hands-on experiences that simply can’t take place within the classroom. Thank you, Nancy, for your time and commitment to our students!
Last week we had a little fun with our junior and senior Interior Design Students. An unannounced critique brought both classes together to review and comment on projects. The junior class is working on a Bonobos retail design for the PAVE competition. Seniors are developing their personal logos to be used in portfolios and other marketing materials.
