Events,Gallery Shows,MFA Projects,Student News
Crisis Hour – Decoded Escape Room was an pop-up interactive design project created by MFA candidate Karine Droulers Parker in Graduate Design Studio class. Inspired by her love of escape room games, Karine designed everything from the logo and the room to the actual game itself. Participants were sent on a mission to help an […]
Department News,MFA Projects,Student News,Uncategorized,Undergraduate Work
Work from two JSU students, Stefanie Cobb and Kaitlyn Ledbetter, was selected for inclusion in this year’s FLUX Student Design Competition. FLUX is a nationwide competition that recognizes outstanding design work produced by students in the categories of Identity, Packaging, Poster, Publication, Social Impact Design, UX/UI, and Video, Television, and Motion Graphics. This year, 126 […]
Department News,MFA Projects,Student News
Congratulations to MFA graduate student Stefanie Cobb for placing in the MSU Glitch – National Student Competition. Only 39 works were accepted into this year’s National Juried Art Show from 10 universities across the country! Stefanie received 2nd Runner-up in Best in Illustration for her Flight Pattern series and Honorable Mention in Best in Typography […]
Gallery Shows,MFA Projects,Student News
This past fall, MFA student Brandon W. Vernon presented his thesis show entitled Once Upon Another Time. Brandon’s illustrations, which focus on gender identity in classical fairy tales, recently won two Addy awards. Below is a description of Brandon’s thesis work, as well as, his work entitled Shakespeare Kills Everybody!, original works based on death […]
MFA Projects,Student News,Undergraduate Work
JSU Graphic Design students claimed 10 awards at the 2018 AIGA FLUX national design competition! Flux is a nationwide student design competition presented annually by AIGA Blue Ridge. Established in 2006, Flux celebrates the best creative work produced each year by undergraduate and graduate students from across the country. Entries are selected by a jury of leading […]
Patrice N. Anderson is a recent Jacksonville State University Visual Communication Design M.F.A. graduate. Her thesis show Design Prep, focused on local outreach to high school students interested in art and design. Patrice organized a summer camp to give high students an opportunity to experience first hand what a career in design has to offer. […]
Department News,MFA Projects,Student News
The Department of Art was excited to be a part of the 2017 Arbor Day event on February 16th. Two graphic design classes participated in a poster competition guided by Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, Christian Dunn. Pictured is Dunn presenting the winning poster, designed by Stefanie Cobb. Stefanie’s concept reads as follows: The inspiration behind the design of […]
The High School Graphic Design Resource Kit ePub is a graduate group project. Created for high school teachers, the Resource Kit is a digital aid for introducing Graphic Design. The intent is to address challenges found within a high school curriculum that offered Graphic Design through its technology classes. In technology classes, the instructor may […]
For one of our graduate classes, we were assigned to make a public service announcement video. We decided to base our videos on where and how often you see art and design in your daily life. Here are each of our videos from Contemporary Media Studio. Patrice N. Anderson Lindsey B. Cannon […]
The concept for this project is a children’s learning device in the form of an alphabet book titled “Swiss Alphabetic.” The book features Swiss typography and design. The book is designed for children learning the alphabet or beginning to sound out words. A secondary audience is designers who enjoy Swiss typography or who have children […]
