The University of Akron Myers School of Art Graphic Design

05/05/2022

A special thank you to all those who have supported Bold! As this chapter for the seniors close, they hope everyone remembers to stay bold.

05/04/2022

These individuals are being spotlighted today for being single teams! Thank you all for your hard work!

05/03/2022

Spotlighting our motion team today. Thank you all for everything you helped create and helped Bold accomplish!

05/02/2022

And today we are spotlighting the team behind all of these pictures! Thank you to the photo team for playing such a crucial part of helping not only the entire senior class, but especially the social and web teams!

05/01/2022

Today we are spotlighting our food team! We would like to thank them for organizing both events to have such amazing food!

04/30/2022

Thank you to everyone who came and saw bold! We are still going to spotlight a few more teams and then it is time for the seniors to close this chapter. However, they will never stop redefining bold.

04/29/2022

Join us tonight for the friends and family reception! Don’t miss out on seeing Bold!

04/28/2022

Today’s team spotlight is the social media team! Follow along as they continue to post about Bold, and come meet all of them, as well as all the seniors at the friends and family reception tomorrow from 6-8 pm!

04/27/2022

Our next team spotlight is the web team! Not only did they all do an amazing job on the website, you can see it and view more information about bold by clicking on the link in our bio!

04/27/2022

Following the poster team, our next team to spotlight is our screenprint and giveaway team. Thank you all for your hard work!

04/25/2022

Next up is our poster team! You can check out the wonderful posters these seniors worked hard on designing up until Friday. You don’t want to miss out on seeing Bold!

04/24/2022

Our first team spotlight is the build out team! The senior class as a whole thanks you for all your hard work and dedication to build out Bold!

04/23/2022

A special thank you to all the professionals who came out last night, we loved meeting you! You can still see Bold next Friday as we celebrate our reception with friends and family from 6-8 pm or view during gallery hours M–F: 10 am–6 pm and Saturday, April 23: 12–4 pm.

04/22/2022

Bold is finally here! Professionals only, join us tonight for our opening!

04/21/2022

All of the seniors hard work is shining through as they have all worked alongside one another to establish their exhibition, Bold. The exhibition will have a professionals only opening tomorrow. Click on our website in our bio to learn how you can experience Bold for yourself!

04/20/2022

Sav is a curious graphic designer, artist, and innovator searching for a design position that allows her to continue to learn, grow, and fulfill her artistic passion. In her studies at the The University of Akron Myers School of Art, she has developed interests in typography, illustration, packaging, photography, and printmaking. She prides herself on being a fast learner, creative problem sovler, and independent thinker. As she enters the workforce, she is eager to try new things that will advance her career while also allowing her creativity to thrive.

04/19/2022

Natalie is a hardworking designer with a passion for clean design solutions, branding, and typography. Her goal is to create designs that are both thoughtful and meaningful, all while focusing on attention to detail. She feels like her numerous life and work experiences are the key to her success as a designer today. These skills are valuable and are ones that will only continue to grow in her professional career.

04/18/2022

Shonna is a graphic designer with a focus on brand identity and packaging design. She also is passionate about incorporating design and marketing into aspects such as social media marketing. Her involvement throughout campus and my various work experiences have shaped her as a designer as well as leader and she cannot wait to incorporate all of her skills for the work realm!

04/17/2022

Mariam is an artist and a graphic designer, who is as most graphic designers, a generalist. Her high school art education is Egyptian while her undergraduate education is American. In her artwork, she combines the best from both educations. However, she always try to be the citizen of the world. Process, development and continuous improvement are the keys for her design. She strives to encourage her audience to dive deep into their subconscious to grasp and engage with her visual art.

04/16/2022

Kelly is a designer who is beyond excited to finally begin her career and demonstrate her creativity and passion for art every day. She has several years of experience working in customer service and in an office setting. She has a very strong work ethic and has proven to be successful in completing deadlines, collaborating as a team, and completing every task that comes her way.

04/15/2022

Emily is a meticulous designer who attacks her work as a problem solver, focusing on integrating strategy into each of her pieces. She aims to produce art and designs which are visually stimulating and satisfying. Her ultimate goal is to create pieces that have deeper meaning and convey messages to the audience while allowing for multiple interpretations. She prides herself on the process, progress, and constant improvement of my designs. Through her experience, she has developed organic and creative concepts that are conceivable not only to professional graphic designers and artists but to the general public as well.

04/14/2022

Stephen is a designer who, when not helping other students with their production needs or assisting classmates in our Makerspace, he is off learning more about design. While he is passionate about all areas of design, his more favored areas are concept, typography, 3D modeling, branding, and packaging. He’d like to take his talents and work in branding, advertising, marketing, or any fields that allow him to help people get their message across to their community.

04/13/2022

Daniel is a Graphic Designer, Brand Developer, and Photographer in Akron, Ohio. He has a creative attitude towards problem solving, meaning he will due whatever needed to fully accomplish and surpass any problem that there might be. He thinks his of skills that he has developed through design and other jobs will lead him to great communication between corporation and client as well as the ability to change the way that a client can see design.

04/12/2022

Janae is a huge fan of all things weird and spooky. An enthusiast for all forms of art. And a Graphic Designer and Illustrator. They always are excited to take on new projects and their challenges. They have the most fun in their work when getting to learn new things and work with awesome like-minded folks. They are a hard worker that works well in team settings but also has the initiative to get tasks completed on their own. They are confident in their style, proud of their accomplishments, and always ready for any project or commission.

04/11/2022

Ethan is a graphic and motion designer based in Akron, Ohio. Currently, he is pursuing his bachelors degree in graphic design at the University of Akron. He loves to take a stream of consciousness approach to his work and is always coming up with new ideas and solutions to complex problems on the fly and he sees solving design problems as a fluid motion rather than remaining static.

04/10/2022

Elysia is a illustrator and graphic designer. She has also played the violin since age 4 and that musical foundation has had a significant impact on her creative process. The ability to solve problems with both a creative and practical solution motivates her work. She enjoys collaborating with other people, and works well with or without a team.

04/09/2022

Kaitlyn is a designer who has special interests are incorporating hand-drawn elements into her designs and painting in my free time. Her style of work includes contrasting colors and elements that bounce off of each other to catch the viewers eye. When it comes down to creating her designs, she enjoys learning new skills and challenging herself to her fullest capacity.

04/08/2022

Adam is a designer, illustrator, and printmaker who loves to incorporate drawing into his design work. He is focused on accessibility, diversity, and cultural sensitivity in design, and how design is used to improve the lives of others. A jack of all trades, Adam has a wide variety of skills and enjoys challenging himself to learn new things.

04/07/2022

Isabella is going to be graduating with a Bachelor of Fine arts in Graphic Design, and minors in printmaking, photography, and emerging technologies. She has had several design internship experiences including: The University of Akron Development Office and the UNKNWN Akron Retail Project. Experimenting with color and combining graphic design, printmaking, and photography are what her school and personal projects consist of. She is a creative problem-solver, skilled in the Adobe Suite, who is motivated working alone and in a team.

04/06/2022

Join us for the 2022 Senior Graphic Design Portfolio Exhibition! We will be hosting a professionals only opening on Friday, April 22nd, and the show will be open to the public from Saturday, April 23rd through Friday, April 29th when we will close the show with a special friends and family celebration. Check out our website that is linked in our bio for further details and to see more about each of the seniors!

04/05/2022

Spencer is a creative problem-solver, graphic designer and illustrator. His favorite areas of design are typography and illustration, and he is interested in designing in music industry. He enjoys multi-tasking and working with a team, as well as having opportunities to learn and exceed expectations.

04/04/2022

Marissa is a designer who has work that consists of illustrations that are in a paper cut, rough style mixed with decorative type. The photography is more focused on lifestyle and showcases the contrasts of colors. Each work in her portfolio has a diverse range of images with color, gray tones, and black and white. From food photography and illustration, fashion illustrations, portrait photography, and commercial/ marketing photography all bring the viewer to life with all the vibrant colors we see. She connects each piece of typography to her skills in photography and illustration.

04/03/2022

Rachel is a Graphic Designer that likes to use photography to integrate into her work. If able to, she uses her own photography. Along with photography, she tries to use typography and imagery to design works that stand out. She is open to learning new skills and wants to keep growing as a designer.

04/02/2022

Halle is pursuing a graphic design major and illustration minor. She has a very open mind when it comes to her design process and is unafraid to go back to the drawing board when something is not working. She likes to work with imagery and colors but intergrating type is a challenge she enjoys too. She loves to sketch and learn the ins and outs of design. She looks forward to furthering her skills as a designer.

04/01/2022

Derick is from Wooster, Ohio. He has had an avid interest in all facets of art and design for as long as he can remember. Drawing in particular has always come naturally to him. Most of his art prior to coming back to school was primarily focused in traditional mediums such as; sketching, painting and some craft work. However, since coming to Myers, digital art has become his new passion. He has taken an interest in 3D modeling, animation and motion graphics.

03/31/2022

Brittany is a graphic designer with a minor in Emerging Technology. Her three passions in life are design, fashion, and tattoos. She loves creative thinking and conceptualization to get a project headed in the right direction. She is passionate about always pushing herself to expand her knowledge on any subject. She has a wide variety of skill sets in many programs which makes her a versatile worker. Overall, she always like to accept a challenge when it comes to figuring out something she may not know and stepping into the fear with full confidence.

03/30/2022

Kel is a Graphic Designer pursuing both a Bachelor of Fine Art in graphic design and a minor in illustration. She has a creative mind with big ideas to bring to the table. Furthermore, she likes to think outside of the box for solutions that are not always obvious, and strives to impress with her work.

03/29/2022

Jacob is a graphic designer dedicated to creating precise, quality work in both traditional fields of print and web, but also through emerging technologies such as 3D and augmented/virtual reality. No matter where he is, his goal is to take on ambitious new projects and seek out ways of solving problems which hadn’t been considered. Pushing the boundaries of what is possible is what he loves most, and applying these projects to real scenarios is always his intention.

03/28/2022

The University of Akron Myers School of Art Graphic Design updated their website address.

The University of Akron Myers School of Art Graphic Design updated their website address.

04/25/2021

We want to take the time this week to celebrate & thank the committees that helped put the show together!

For our final team we have Social Media Committee! This team worked hard to bring sneak peeks, design graphics, and promote the show from start to finish!

You can visit Unmuted virtually by following the link below!

2021.uakrondesign.com