By Ford Rasmussen
Interior design work that was produced by students at Utah State University was praised by a visiting professional designer during a campus lecture today.
“They all had beautiful projects,” said interior designer Caleb Anderson. "Literally, every single one I found impressive."
There are about 20 juniors in the interior design program who worked with Anderson this semester. Anderson, who works in New York City, gave the juniors a project via Skype back in January and challenged each of them to design a room that he too was personally working on.
Anderson visited the Caine College of the Arts this week and saw the student’s final projects. In a presentation at 4:00 p.m. today Anderson lauded them for their work.
"They obviously worked really hard,” Anderson said. “I think they're on the right track.”
Marion Gilson is a student who is just starting the interior design program. She said the student's work is "amazing.” She said that it is a very difficult program and the students put in a lot of time.
“We pay for it because we don’t have a social life or a good sleep pattern,” Gilson said.
Nicole Lyman is one of the juniors who worked on Anderson’s project. She said that having a professional designer come in and review their work was the highlight of the project.
“It pushed us to work hard,” she said.
At the end of the lecture, Anderson encouraged the students to learn as much as they can and get real world experience.
“But whatever you’re pursuing, it’s important to have passion,” Anderson said.
