Category: Students to Watch 2018

PRATTMWP Hyojung was born and spent most of her formative years in South Korea and moved to the US with her family in 2008. A Maryland resident, she spends her time searching for cafes, bars, and vintage shops in her area. Hyojung cultivated an interest in fashion at a young age, but fell in love […]

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY Tiffany is currently completing a BFA in Communications Design in the School of Design. She has always had a passion for helping others, and she found a creative outlet for that passion when she discovered design and its potential. Tiffany is not only drawn by the power of visual communication but is […]

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY I’m Jesse, I’m 25, and I love making stuff. I’m married to my favorite artist and we have the cutest dog ever. I was in the Navy before going to school. That kind of sucked, but I was lucky enough to live in Italy and travel throughout Europe and Africa. During my […]

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI (DAAP) Alex is a multidisciplinary designer with a background in print and interactive design. He’s currently finishing up his final semester at the University of Cincinnati where he studies Graphic Communication Design. Over the past few years Alex has worked in creative agencies, on in-house marketing teams, and as a freelancer to […]

MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART (MICA) Iris is a undergraduate senior graphic design student. Her main past time is hanging out with strangers, and she believes red and green is an underutilized color combination. Currently, she is most interested in boundaries — natural and manifested. Her main research topics of interest include ethnic minority populations […]

ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY Justin Lee is a multidisciplinary visual designer who loves combining different mediums and technologies in collaborative spaces. Born on the east coast and raised in the west, he left home to seek a BA at San Diego State University. After working as a fisherman in Alaska, he returned home to pursue […]

SCHOOL OF ADVERTISING ART (SAA) Lauren is a second-year graphic design student whose specialties include conceptual photography, package design, front-end web design, and branding. Lauren’s favorite part of the design process is without a doubt the concepting phase. She loves attention to detail and making every element of a design or photograph have a strong […]

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY Hayden is a senior graphic design major at LSU, also minoring in photography. His work encompasses branding, publications, illustration and film photography. Hayden is a Libra. As such, his work often strives to find a balance between opposing elements, be they contrasting themes, materials or aesthetics. When not hunched over a computer […]

ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN My name is Masha. I was born in Russia, in a small town called Tula during Perestroika, so it was an interesting and particular childhood. At 17, I moved to Paris to work as a fashion model. A new world opened up to me. I was exposed to completely different […]

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD) Marie is currently an MFA candidate at the Rhode Island School of Design. Originally from Japan, she moved to the States in middle school. Her BA was at the University of Chicago in Interdisciplinary Studies with a minor in French. She eventually realized graphic design could be a way […]