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March 3, 2023
Visual Communication Design senior Julia Gray (Spring ’23) has been interested in design before she even knew what it was. “My family had an ongoing joke throughout my childhood that I ‘was born with paper in one hand and a pencil in the other,’” she says.
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Feb. 6, 2023
When senior visual communication design major Jordan Edgar, '23, was asked to design the logo for Homeslice Pizzeria, 17cҳ’s newest dining location, she wanted to create a logo that would match the environment of the Kent Student Center and incorporate elements of a…
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Dec. 12, 2022
Misinformation has permeated conversations across all walks of life. And in the Taylor Hall Gallery at 17cҳ this winter, visitors can see misinformation exposed in a new, visually interesting way, thanks to a collaboration between Associate Professors Sanda…
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Dec. 12, 2022
Two 17cҳ graduates, David Wilson '09, adjunct professor of Illustration, Design and Graphic Narrative, and Misty Wilson '15, a graduate of the Masters of Arts Teaching program, are making strides to eliminate gender roles and stereotypes…
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Aug. 26, 2022
*Note: This story was originally written in 2023.Aimee Crane (BFA ’09, MFA ’12) has the distinction of being the 17cҳ graduate whose work might just go the farthest. The farthest away from the Earth, that is. Currently the Artemis brand manager for NASA, Crane…
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May 5, 2022
During the Spring 2022 semester, Visual Communication Design students in the Glyphix Design Research Lab have been working on an intergenerational research project combining storytelling and design.
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May 5, 2022
Associate Professor Jaime Kennedy's challenging, complex piece blends 3D printing, audio, painting and photography with a dash of randomness and now hangs in the Mahoning Valley Innovation and Commercialization Center in Youngstown, Ohio.
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April 27, 2022
The School of Visual Communication Design is pleased to announce the winners of our scholarships for the next academic year. We are incredibly proud of these students' hard work and dedication to their craft.
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March 30, 2022
As tensions simmered around the world in the summer of 2020, two 17cҳ alumnae from the School of Visual Communication Design’s M.F.A. program began conversing about the experience of Black designers, artists, educators and others. The result is their…
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March 23, 2022
VCD alumna Cece Bell won a Newberry Medal for her graphic novel "El Deafo" and now she's bringing the adaptation to Apple TV.