We were tasked with reimagining the Harrye B. Lyons Design Library as a vibrant, collaborative hub that meets the diverse needs of students, faculty, staff, and the greater community.
Our proposals focus on cultivating spaces that foster connection, inspiration, wellness, and learning, and positioning the library as the heart of the College of Design and a destination for wider audiences.
Bright and airy
Very high decorated ceilings
Muddied space designation; unclear where social and quiet spaces start and begin
The Design Library should be a multipurpose space for students, faculty, staff, and the greater community to better connect with design, resources, each other, and themselves.
that fills the needs of students and faculty’s learning and everyday needs. highlights the library’s collection of books, posters, and other design media resourcse
for our community where people can connect, study together, and collaborate.
where anybody can have solo study time and decompress with wellness and self care activities.
Folded Poetry
Folded Poetry acoustic installations by NC State alum Eliza Redmann.
Plant Life highlights the library’s collection of books, posters, and other design media resourcse
Implementing color and design elements in simple yet striking ways.
for our community where people can connect, study together, and collaborate.
markers to tracing paper. Resource Hub
Room ideas.
A blank slate room for anyone to reserve and use as needed. Well-lit, and simple furniture so users can focus on work.
Modular seating will make up a majority of the couches and chairs to create custom forms. Accompanying are various single chairs and charging options.
Wooden seating platform dually functions as a stage making it the perfect space for events, designer talks, workshops, and more.
Design Display Bookshelf
On the central, S-shaped bookshelf, we’ll be housing plants and a rotating mini-exhibits, featuring work of students, alumni, and professionals.
want a quiet area with few distractions to complete their work.
decompression crafts for anyone to relax or solo work after a long day in studio. It serves as the Design Library’s version of DH Hill Library’s wellness events and an alternative to the reservation-only Brooks Wellness Room.
Our primary motif is inspired by the decorative symbols that can be found on the domed ceilings of the Design Library. It’s an ode to the natural light that the library is known for as well as the newer, more expansive offerings of the library.
The yellow, orange, and aqua colors from our primary palette are sourced from the NC State color palette. The purple is our addition to represent the College of Design’s unique identity.
Our secondary color palette is constructed with pastel tints of our primary colors.
Our typefaces are Roboto Slab and Roboto. These fonts match NC State’s official branding guide, creating an association between the Design Library and the larger NC State identity. Roboto Slab is to be used for signage and headings, as seen on our signs and in our logo. Roboto should be used for all other secondary or body text.
We have designed a dynamic branding system that has the ability to adapt to different viewing contexts. Instead of pasting an identical logo onto every piece of branded material, we carry the main logo icon, color palette, and typefaces of our visual identity through all of our branded materials and apply the same style.
The allows the library’s visual identity to be flexible yet distinct with uniting consistent core elements.
We want it to feel less like a traditional library and more like the design experience it is.
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