BLACKSBURG, Va., April 19 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
At the School of Design, interior design faculty Elif and Alp Tural teach students how empathy, accessibility, and well-being can shape the spaces designers create.
After earning their degrees at Arizona State University, the Turals moved to Blacksburg, where they now help prepare the next generation of interior designers in theCollege of Architecture, Arts, and Design. Their approach asks students to think carefully about how spaces affect the people who use them every day.
"Many of our students enter the design program with the idea that they want to design for people," Elif Tural said. "Our job is to help them understand...