Here we list a few recent news items about our students and
alumni that have come to our attention. See individual posts
for details about their current work and accomplishments.
The A’ Design Award and Competition has announced that Helen S.
Koo, assistant professor of design, Jason Lin, design student,
and Jasmine Zhou, electrical and computer engineering student,
have won A’Awards for Enfold:
Smart Transformation Transformable fabric. Their creation was
developed in the Fashion Design and Technology Lab (FT
Lab).
At the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in
Asheville, North Carolina, Jason Lin presented his Honors
Thesis Project on disabilities and illness and its inclusion in
children’s books.
At the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in
Asheville, North Carolina, Darin Reyes presented his Honors
Thesis Project on student’s emotional health and creative
expression.
Last week, students from the department of Design visited six San
Francisco design firms. The field trip was arranged by SEGD
(Society for Experiential Graphic Design), and included visits
to:
Media Objectives at VDTA
Gensler
Kate Keating Associates
Volume, Inc.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Rapt Studio
On April 23, 2015, graduating design students had the opportunity
to visit two well-respected design companies in San Francisco.
The first stop was SY Partners, a consulting firm that works with
CEOs of other companies to set “vision and strategy.” Students
were welcomed with a presentation of a current project at SY
Partners by Managing Creative Director Thomas Winkelmann and UC
Davis design alumna Liz Sutton.
UC Davis Design student Marissa Meier won the poster design
competition this year for the UC Davis Farmers Market. Her
fun, bright poster was chosen to notify people of the
on-campus farmers market that’s happening on the North Quad
on Wednesdays of spring quarter. Although you may see
an altered version of Marissa’s work on the day of the
farmers market, her original design is displayed here
online.
Student, Sac State Credential ProgramInterests: world textiles, surface design, pattern, fair trade
Design alumna Charlotte Semmes is working toward her
teaching credential to teach Art and Design at the high school
level. At the moment she is completing her student teaching at
George Washington Carver School of Arts and Sciences, a
Waldorf-themed charter high school with an environmental and
social justice pathway. Charlotte adds, “When I’m not at the high
school or Sac State (which is 80% of my time) I’m at my sewing
machine working on projects.”
Anel Zarate, Design ‘15, received the 2014 SDA Creative Promise
Award. The Creative Promise Award for Student Excellence is given
once a year by the Surface Design Association to recognize
excellence in a body of work by two outstanding students, one
undergraduate and one graduate. Each student is awarded $750,
which may be applied to tuition, materials, equipment,
educational travel, or any other expenses related to professional
development. In addition, the winner’s work is featured in an
issue of the Surface Design Journal.
Leah Huntsinger, Design ’04, visited the White House on October
8th, 2014 with her employer, Christy Rilling Studio, a high
profile tailoring and custom design Atelier/Agency. As part of
her job, Leah works with celebrities, fashion magazines and
production companies, fitting and tailoring clothes for events,
advertisements and editorials. According to Leah, “we work with
Vogue a lot, and I’ve done shoots with Glamour and WSJ magazine.
I travelled in July with Tonne Goodman, of Vogue, to shoot
October’s cover and photo spread of Reese Witherspoon in
Nashville.
What are you doing these days? We want to hear about your life
since you graduated with a Design degree. Are you working,
attending grad school, or starting a family? Please fill out this
form to tell us about your travels, accomplishments or
future plans. If you have a website we would like to post a link
to that as well.
