The senior capstone course is designed to develop the highly-competitive portfolios that will land graduates their dream jobs. Senior Capstone is a student-directed course structured with critiques, professional studio tours, and a senior thesis project. The course culminates in the annual Senior BFA Exhibition attended by alumni, recruiters, design professionals, and the public.
Student
Work
Annie Hall
Copper Ingot, Merit Award (2)
Meredith Parrish
Merit Award (2)
Orlando Porras
Merit Award
Charlie Steadman
Merit Award
Sydney Gundersen
Merit Award
Eli Domery
Copper Ingot
Jamie Stevens
Merit Award
Brian Williams
Merit Award (2)
Katelyn Jones
Merit Award (2)
Leah Anderson
Merit Award
Alex Geddes
Merit Award
WORK THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
AIGA’s 2018 show in Salt Lake City sent more than half of its student design awards home with Utah State Students. AIGA’s most prestigious award, the Copper Ingot, is awarded to only seven professionals and three students. Utah State students took home two of the three student Copper Ingots. Annie Hall was honored with the award for a digital interface and mobile application she designed in her Advanced Interface Design course. Eli Dometry received the Copper Ingot for a brand identity system he designed for the Museum of Mathematics in his Brand Identity Design Course.
In addition, the “Year of the Arts” poster campaign designed by USU professor Mike Daines’ design consultancy, Afton Klein Group, won a merit award. The “Year of the Arts” poster series was also recognized by the University and College Designers Association, a national competition for professional design created for higher education institutions. Of 1,060 submissions this year, The Year of the Arts posters were chosen as one of the 215 projects selected to be exhibited in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and received one of 12 Silver Awards. The posters are now part of the UCDA’s permanent design collection.
Featured Alumni
Ben Barns
Art Director for Utah Jazz, Owner of Barnes Design
Year of Graduation: 2004
Past Employment: RARE Design, Real Salt Lake
Lives in: West Valley City, UT
Favorite thing about USU: Basketball games at the Spectrum, a Marv N’ Joe from the TSC, and lunch at Old Grist Mill.
Noelle Newbold
Year of Graduation: 2002
Design Director at Spotify
Lives in: New York City
Past Employment: Hachette Book Group, Lowe NY, CP+B, R/GA
Awards: Cannes Titanium Grand Prix
Favorite thing about USU: “I have so many good memories in the Fine Arts Building! And Aggie Ice Cream.”
Devin Matthews
Motion Designer at BUCK
Year of Graduation: 2018
Lives in: Los Angeles
Favorite thing about USU: “I loved how accessible nature was in Logan (Utah in general). Design can be a tough business trying to stay ahead of the trend and keeping a balance between creativity and client feedback. The outdoors offered an opportunity to clear my mind and refocus whenever I began to doubt my abilities as a designer. More specific to USU’s art and design program, I was very grateful for my professors. I always felt encouraged to push boundaries even if it didn’t quite fit the assignment description.”
