College students win eight awards in Graphic Design USA’s annual competitors

MACON – Six graphic design alumni and college students from Mercer College’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences lately gained a complete of eight awards in Graphic Design USA’s (GD USA) American Graphic Design Awards competitors.

“I’m so pleased with the profitable college students for this prestigious recognition,” mentioned Tennille Shuster, affiliate professor and director of the graphic design program. “This 12 months’s profitable initiatives symbolize all kinds of codecs and expertise which can be taught in Mercer’s graphic design program, together with print design, illustration, packaging design, publication design, kinetic typography, and interplay/app design. I recognize the judges’ picks as they successfully symbolize the wide range of coursework out there in Mercer’s design program.”

Class of 2022 graduates Ivy Allen and Savannah Duringer every gained two awards. Allen was acknowledged for her Pasta Social Membership eNewsletter/Subscription Pop-up and Wine Packaging Design, whereas Duringer was chosen for her Youngsters’s E book Illustration/Design and Zoo App Design.

Fellow Class of 2022 alumnae Olivia Cleveland and Ali Dupree every gained an award for his or her Round City/Mercer App Design and an Exhibition Catalog, respectively.

Moreover, present college students Yuuki Ando and Vicky Nguyen every gained an award for his or her USPS Stamp Design and Kinetic Typography, respectively.

Coming into its sixtieth 12 months, Graphic Design USA has lengthy sponsored competitions that elevate areas of excellence and alternative for the artistic group.The American Graphic Design Awards is the group’s authentic and the flagship competitors, open to everybody in the neighborhood and honoring excellent work of all types and throughout all media.

Greater than 10,000 entries have been submitted this 12 months, and solely 10% have been chosen as winners, acknowledged with a certificates, and will probably be featured within the GDUSA Design Awards Annual.

Mercer’s complete graphic design main encourages the investigation of up to date instructions in artwork, imaging, and visible communication in a variety of print and interactive media to assist college students in creating a cohesive portfolio acceptable for the pursuit of graduate research or skilled apply. Principle, methodology, and industry-standard expertise are studied and utilized to arrange college students for achievement on this frequently evolving area of examine.

“These expertise serve the scholars far past the classroom, and the excellence of a GD USA award instills confidence as they embark on their careers,” mentioned Shuster. “It’s an honor to see Mercer’s design program acknowledged – for the second 12 months in a row – for producing a number of the highest high quality work within the {industry}.”

In regards to the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Mercer College’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences serves as the tutorial cornerstone of considered one of America’s oldest and most distinctive establishments of upper studying. The oldest and largest of Mercer’s 12 colleges and faculties, it’s a various and vibrant group, enrolling greater than 1,900 college students, devoted to studying and repair by the apply of mental curiosity, respectful dialogue and accountable citizenry. The Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences affords majors in additional than 30 areas of examine, together with greater than a dozen pre-professional tutorial tracks, with courses taught by an impressive school of students. In 2015, Mercer was awarded a chapter of The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation’s most prestigious tutorial honor society that acknowledges distinctive achievement within the arts and sciences. For extra info, go to liberalarts.mercer.edu.