This 50th Anniversary brand concept was for Kansas State University’s Interior Architecture & Product Design Department in their College of Architecture Planning and Design.
Graduates depart the program having undergone a rigorous curriculum that puts great emphasis on designing the whole environment. There is a shift in this program that engages both the “planning” and “making” aspects of the industry.
From space planning for a hospitality or retail space, to designing and fabricating the furniture for project solar house competition or a design-build project, we felt it important that the identity celebrate both the planning and making sides of the industry. As you can see in the graphic below there are a number of subtleties in the design cues of this mark that pander to the specifics of the IAPD student experience, and that will undoubtedly be the foundation for future success.
