In early January, the interior design and landscape architecture departments within Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning (ECAP) launched DesignWeek, a collaborative design event that engaged more than 200 students across both disciplines this semester.<\/p>\n
What is DesignWeek?<\/strong> Why do we do this?<\/strong> The Project:<\/strong> Project parameters include:<\/strong> Judging is by faculty, who look for, among other things:<\/strong> The event was organized by Craig Farnsworth, Roan Distinguished Professor of Practice in the Department of Landscape Architecture; Jeremy Merrill, assistant professor of landscape architecture; Sarah Alfaro, associate professor of interior design;\u00a0and April Westcott, assistant teaching professor of landscape architecture.<\/p>\n At the end of DesignWeek, a game night will give students the chance to play each others games while winning raffles and awards.<\/p>\n With all that in mind, DesignWeek sets the tone for the semester as a collaborative, creative launchpad\u2014bridging interior design and landscape architecture perspectives into a single thoughtfully crafted design project.<\/p>\n FIRST PLACE SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE
\nDesignWeek\u00a0is a judged, team-based experience designed to unite students across all years\u2014undergraduate and graduate\u2014from both ID and LA. Thirty-one mixed-discipline teams leverage their unique skills and perspectives to tackle a shared design problem. Each group is led by a student team captain, creating a studio-like environment that mirrors professional practice.<\/p>\n
\nAt its core, DesignWeek is about learning to collaborate and developing a shared design language\u00a0between two closely allied CAP professions. It\u2019s a chance to think beyond disciplinary boundaries, communicate ideas clearly, and design together from day one.<\/p>\n
\nThis year\u2019s challenge is playful\u2014and serious at the same time. Teams will design and build a four-player game\u00a0that meaningfully integrates both interior design and landscape architecture concepts.<\/p>\n
\nA board or \u201cplaying space\u201d
\nClear, quickly understood rules
\nA fully self-explanatory game (no designers are present to explain it to judges)<\/p>\n
\nCreativity and originality
\nQuality of\u00a0craftsmanship
\nClear integration of both disciplines
\nEducational value\u2014can you learn about ID and LA while playing?
\nEase of use and clarity<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Common Threads:<\/strong>
\nAbby Shaw, Lilliana Sensibaugh, Morgan Clark, Keira Snow, Ayden Napier<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>House Party: <\/strong>Tatum Mastin, Darwin Hiller, Rebekah Fortman, Anna Schneider, Nicole Jones<\/p>\n
\nPath to CAP: <\/b>Jorja Wood, Ella Basarich, Liam Westlund, Cordell Turner, Angelika Villarroel, Grace Provenzano<\/p>\n\n\t\t