The Interior Design Educators Council 2013 South Region Conference in Atlanta, GA. I presented my thesis research's study and methodology on biophilic design and restorative environments in urban contexts.

The Interior Design Educators Council 2014 Conference in New Orleans, LA. I presented my thesis research findings on biophilic design and restorative environments in urban contexts.

2013 First Place Graduate Portfolio \\ Amanda Cleveland

Graduate group project, designing for social justice featured in ASID Access Student Magazine as a "lesson learned from sharing student work with social justice professionals". (p. 22)

Students from this year’s graduate furniture design class proudly display the FSU, Dept. of Interior Design "Studio D" sign which was designed and fabricated by them using traditional and contemporary techniques of woodworking.

The Florida State University College of Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance and its Department of Interior Design would like to congratulate Amanda Cleveland, Interior Design MFA Candidate and Teaching Assistant, for her amazing work in the International Interface Reconnect Biophilic Design Competition. Amanda was ranked one of six Regional Finalists, from over 120 submissions and was the top finalist in North America.

"The students were encouraged to make their projects relate to an area of personal interest. For example, one student, Amanda Cleveland, interested in the healing arts, developed a meditation chair and side tea table."

Furniture design competition hosted by Trendway's FEEK product line in 2013 for students and design professionals. The objective was to create a piece of furniture that would fit into the FEEK furniture line; a contemporary furniture line designed for offices and collaborative environments. Color and size parameters were given. My design submission placed third in the student category.

Students collaborated with the staff on videos documenting the student’s thesis research or project programming. During the trip they received feedback from media producers, interior designers, graphic designers, and design strategist exploring cutting edge methods on how to best communicate their ideas.

On January 20th, the College of Visual Arts, Theatre, and Dance presented the 2014 Art and Design for Social Justice Symposium, hosted by the Departments of Interior Design and Art Education. The event focused on how the tools and inherent abilities within the areas of art and design can be utilized in addressing issues confronting less advantaged groups within our local communities, states, regions, or world. It was designed to generate synergy, spawn collaborative projects among participants,

I served as the Co-Curator of the "Digital Fabrication - The Flat-pack Furniture Project" Graduate Furniture Design Gallery Show and was responsible for space planning, producing marketing and graphic materials, and installation of the furniture pieces. Two furniture pieces designed and fabricated by me were also featured in the show. The gallery show was hosted by FSU, Dept. of Interior Design and was open to the public between January 21st, 2014 and February 24th, 2014.

The Interior Design Educators Council 2014 Conference in New Orleans, LA. I presented my thesis research findings on biophilic design and restorative environments in urban contexts.

The project was to solve a privacy issue that we were experiencing in our "fishbowl" graduate student lounge. The project, started by my former chairperson consisted of finding donors, materials, and designing a graphic system that created privacy and told a story with our student work. As the current chairperson of the Graduate Visual Communications Committee, my job was to lead a team to design and execute the graphics and installation of the entire system.

Recipient of the FSU Dept. of Interior Design "Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award" and the "Innovation in Design & Fabrication Award"

Creative flat-pack furniture design and fabrication