Read news stories from local and national publications featuring the IU Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design and its faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
Two years since winning design challenge, Emma Taylor helms RSO, wins Abloh award
Back in April 2023, IU sophomore Emma Taylor was all over Instagram when Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton wore her design. This week, the RSO convenes another "Fashion Within Sports" panel, the networking event that originally gave Emma, now RSO president and Abloh Post-Modern Scholar, the high-profile design opportunity.
Merchandising major Sydney Geis is one of IU's 2025 "Post-Modern" Scholars
A merchandising major with minors in fashion design and marketing, senior Sydney Geis has recently added another bona fide to her impressive resume: Virgil Abloh Post-Modern Scholar. Sharing her cultural identity in her work “happens naturally,” said Geis, who also described why she chose merchandising and the opportunities she's found at IU.
IU honors Eskenazi's Jon Racek with Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award
Teaching Professor Jon Racek has received IU's Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award. Recognized for creating learning opportunities beyond the classroom that engage students in their local community, the comp design director is one of seven faculty members being honored with the 2025 University Teaching and Service Awards.
Meet the IU alumna who designed Lil Baby's house
Long before she was designing interiors for celebrities, Annysa LaMantia was an Eskenazi School student who also reported for the Indiana Daily Student (IDS). This week, the IDS reports on the star alum, whose commission for the musician Lil Baby was featured in Architectural Digest, "like getting a Grammy for interior design," she says.
Town of Elnora envisions new possibilities with IU design program
Through the Sustaining Hoosiers Communities (SHC) initiative, Eskenazi comp design students have developed 30 different architectural designs for Elnora, Indiana, a Daviess County town of 600 residents. SHC seeks to enhance the vitality of rural places and provide meaningful learning experiences with real-world impact.
