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Of 28 works submitted by School of Design students, 13 were selected for this year’s Context, the AIGA | Pittsburgh’s annual design competition, and three Design students received “Design Excellence Awards.” Three of our faculty members had a total of 16 entries accepted and two Design Excellence awards awarded. And, for the third year running, a Carnegie Mellon Design student took the “Best in Show” award, competing against all designers who had entries in the show.
 AIGA | Context show, opening night Annie Jacobson, a senior Communication Design student, won “Best in Show” this year, edging out all competition from students and professionals, for her hard-cover, hand-bound book, Meet the Soviet Leadership, which introduces the eight man group that led the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1991. The book is in the style of an issue of McSweeney's.  Excerpt page from Jacobson’s winning book This was the third year in a row that a Carnegie Mellon Design student took the Best in Show award. In 2009, Stephen Lim (BFA, Industrial Design, 2009) won for his entry “Look at Me,” and in 2008, new alums Lee Byron (BFA, Industrial Design, 2008) and Joannie Wu (BFA, Communication Design, 2008) won for their game “Fireflies.”  Excerpt page from Jacobson’s winning book Context is a celebration of the designer’s struggles and successes in finding solutions that are effective, meaningful and beautiful. A juried selection of the very best work produced in our region over the past year.  AIGA | Context show, opening night The opening ceremony for Context was March 11 at the Space gallery in Pittsburgh’s Downtown. View a slideshow of images from the opening show space, courtesy of the AIGA | Pittsburgh chapter. Some of the awards will be re-presented at the AIGA | Pittsburgh’s “Pecha Kucha” (pronounced pe-chak-cha) night on March 19, also at the Space gallery in Pittsburgh’s Downtown. Below is a list of School of Design students, one recent alum, and faculty members’ accepted works and awards: Winner, Design Excellence Award: Caryn Audenried, senior, Communication Design
Winner, Best In Show: Annie Jacobson, senior, Communication Design
Hannah Leiden, senior, Communication Design
Sabrina Majeed, senior, Communication Design
Winner, Design Excellence Award: Victor Ng, sophomore, Communication Design
Joanne Ong, sophomore, Communication Design
Jennifer Shirey, masters student, Communication Planning and Information Design
Vivian Wang, junior, Communication Design
Averie Youna Yang, senior, Industrial Design
David Yen, junior, Industrial Design
New alumni Annie Teng (BFA, Communication Design, 2009, with a second major in Human-Computer Interaction)
Faculty Matthew Griffin, Bearded Studio, Adjunct
Rick Landesberg, Landesberg Design, Adjunct; Design Director for the following:
 Excerpt from Legacy+Vision for the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Brett Yasko, Brett Yasko, Adjunct
Posted on Mar 15, 2010 |  |
