UAB Design Students Sweep 2013 Addys!

UAB Graphic Design Students were awarded 12 Student Addy awards at the 2013 Addys. Design students (above) Daniel Twieg, Empress Searight, Tammy Watson, and Amy Clark (not pictured) were awarded Best of Show for student work.

Best of Show - Student

• Daniel Twieg, Amy Clark, Tammy Watson, Empress Searight: Sloss Rebranding Campaign, Steam Punk Since 1882

Gold - Student 

• Jenny Waycaster - Packaging: Dixieland Delights
• Daniel Twieg - Photography: Sloss Furnaces

Silver - Student

• Umair Khan - Packaging: Golden Egg Co.
• Jenny Waycaster - Point of Purchase: The Mandarin, Menu
• Jin Chung- Illustration: See Birmingham!
• Daniel Twieg, Amy Clark, Tammy Watson, Empress Searight: Sloss Rebranding Campaign, Steam Punk Since 1882
• Miranda Hart - Publication: Naked Lunch, Book Cover
• Shannon Robinson - Poster: Beer, Poster/Info Graphic
• Charles Carraway - Poster: Boating Safety, Poster/Info Graphic
• Emily Kerley - Publication: Wedding Invitation Guide
• Jenny Waycaster, Katelyn Armstong, Katie Brasfield, Jasmine Goodman: The Lost Years of Sloss, Branding Campaign

UAB Alum awarded Best in Show

UAB Design Alum, Chris Murphy, was awarded first place in the AIGA Birmingham 25th Anniversary Poster Competition. The theme of the competition was Design for Good. His poster, titled I NEED YOU was chosen as Best of Show by renowned illustrator/designer Luba Lukova. Lukova was in Birmingham for the opening of her show at the UAB Gallery and as guest juror for the AIGA event. Chris is currently working as a junior designer at Luckie Branding in Birmginham. Luckie created a special page to note Chris award.

UAB Design Graduate Awarded CORE77

Last week, Alyssa Lauren Mitchell was awarded a Student Runner-up award in the Packaging category for the Core77 2012 Design Awards program. The project, Split Milk, is for the Earth Fare milk products made of French Paper Company’s Smart White line to employ the mill’s commitment to conservation. The concept highlights a growing trend in America’s eating habits. The cows that appear across the packaging rotates so that the cartons form a shelf stable system and also encourages the consumer to interact with the product.

Recognizing excellence in all areas of design enterprise, the Core77 Design Awards celebrates the richness of the design profession and its practitioners. In 2012 there were 17 categories of entry, providing designers, researchers and writers a unique opportunity to communicate the intent, rigor and passion behind their efforts. From client work to self-initiated projects, entrepreneurial to pro-bono engagements, the Core77 Design Awards embrace a wide diversity of enterprise: commercial, cultural, social, environmental and discursive.

For more information about the full awards program please go to Core77DesignAwards.com

Brandi Wilson-Sides BFA Exhibition

UAB Design graduate Brandi Wilson-Sides' BFA exhibition is on display from November 21 thru December 19, at the UAB Mervyn-Sterne Library. The BFA work is on display in the first floor display cases.

"This exhibition features three campaigns based on companies that represent standards that I find admirable and unique," said Brandi. Each campaign contains a business system, a product, and product packaging. You can see all three of these campaigns as well as a diagram and examples of the process used to create them.

UAB Art Faculty to Show at the GMA

UAB art faculty will show recent work at the Gadsden Museum of Art's Alabama's Best invitational art exhibition. Alabama's Best is on display from November 1st to December 31st, with an opening on November 20th. UAB artists featured include: Gary Chapman, Sonja Reiger, Jim Alexander, Erin Wright, John Powers, Doug Baulos, Christopher Lowther, and Doug Barrett.

The goal of the Gadsden Museum of Art is to support and maintain a museum of local history and to support and maintain a museum dedicated to Southern artists. The museum is open Monday - Saturday from 10am - 4pm.