The White Schoolhouse, The White Schoolhouse

Name: Dina M. Posner

Class: Design Studies 322, Interior Design II, Lesley Sager
Major: Interior Design

This piece is connected to deign because it challenged me to design a space that is accessible according to the standards of the Americans With Disabilities Act, while also coming up with a design that is creative, innovative, sustainable, and aesthetically pleasing. First, we needed to think about how design relates to those with disabilities. This meant coming up with design that facilitates easy use and access around the space. This included making sure that there was a sixty inch turn around in critical spaces to allow for wheelchairs, and making sure all doors, corridors, and surfaces were safe and accessible for everyone. This project was a study in universal design and challenged us as students to consider multiple types of people and scenarios.


*Recipient of the Best in Interior Design Award

Textile Design, Riot Fest Rust

Student: Emily L. R. Adams

Major: Textile Design

My work is connected to design because of the process involved to create it. As an artist and designer I carefully consider every detail along the way, the smallest change can cause a ripple in the outcome. The interaction of imagery and materials is part of the magic of designing that begins to take on a life of its own. I use photographic screen-printing techniques to achieve a variety of 'looks' on different fabrics. For me the design process happens organically, yet I am constantly thinking one step ahead of my actions. For example, in the "Polaroid Cloth" I used a snow dye process to add color to the fabric first and then printed the geometric Polaroid pattern using a chemical agent to pull the dye back out of the fabric. The push and pull of layering process and combining results in one, the fabric becomes rich with evidence to how it was created.

*Recipient of the Best in Textile and Apparel Design Award

In Search of Shadows

Name: Melissa Dock, Elton Yuan, Kelsey Cousland
Class: DS 220, Design: Fundamentals II
Major: Interior Design

“In Search of Shadows”, involves design in several ways. There was measuring, scaling, and idea generation involved in the first steps. Then, we began to form the gallery according to the theme we were given. Design is incorporated everywhere in the gallery because each piece was given thought to communicate an effective and interactive design for the viewer. The goal was to allow the viewer an interactive, life-like experience and the shadows throughout our gallery do just that.


*Recipient of the Best in Foundations Class Award

Property of the Viewer

Name: Sadie Laing
Class: DS 228, Structural Enrichment 1
Major: Apparel Design

The design of this cowl scarf serves the purpose of furthering the piece's political message. The intent of this piece is to satirize and challenge the global perception of women as objects. The wearer, by covering the majority of their face with the phrase "PROPERTY OF THE VIEWER", forces any viewer to acknowledge their own judgement of women's appearances. This piece was created to combat the alarmingly common phenomenon of women being told by strangers to smile. The cowl's stark design references warning labels and the aesthetics of punk rock. These design decisions help to solidify the piece's overall message, which is that giving others control over one's appearance creates a dangerous imbalance of power between the viewers and the viewed.

*Recipient of the Ruth Davis Design Gallery Choice Award

Dye Plant Sampler - Quilt

Name: Mali Mrotinski
Major: Textile Design

My art practice has focused on the integration of research and object making within the studio and directly with the urban landscape. I look to historical textiles and processes to grater influence that I translate into a contemporary context. Through the foraging of my own dye plants and creating my own tools for harvest, I have been mapping my own process. I am interested in how the research process can be articulated through the creation of objects.

*Honorable Mention recipient

Reclaimed Travel Bag

Name: Emma Wimberley
Class: DS215 Patternmaking for 3D Forms
Major: Textile Design

Bag made out of an old futon cover and discarded upholstery samples. Side snaps allow it to collapse in at the sides to minimize or maximize space.

Composition Piece, Final Project

Name: Abigail Schaefer
Class: Design Studies 120, Fundamentals 1, Jung-hye Shin
Major: Interior Design

This project took the acoustic aspects of a song and turned them into a visual composition. This specific piece was showing the visual details from the indie music genre.