Growing in Illinois State University’s Horticulture Center’s vegetable garden—a living canvas of leafy greens and vibrant heirloom tomatoes—a slender, fingerlike purple pepper caught Jalen Cunningham’s artistic eye. “What’s that one?” Cunningham asked Horticulture Center Director Jessica Chambers ’93. Jalen Cunningham’s vegetable garden design. “It’s a buena mulata pepper,” Chambers said with a smile. She pulled one from the plant and handed it to Cunningham. “I didn’t know vegetables could look that cool,” he said. “I really want to draw these.” A senior graphic design major, Cunningham spent the summer designing an original clothing line inspired by the Horticulture Center which he’ll showcase at the center’s Autumnal Festival, Saturday, September 10,…