KU design students recognized at AIGA-Kansas City awards celebration

LAWRENCE — Visual Communication Design students from the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design won a total of eight awards at the 2022 AIGA Kansas City Design Awards & Celebration held Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.  

Class of 2022 graduates Bhroovi Gupta and Katelyn Van Hoosen, and current students Abigail Miles and Conner O’Neill were all awarded in the Student Print category. Gupta, Miles, and Van Hoosen also won Juror’s Choice awards.  

See KU projects: 

• Abigail Miles and Connor O’Neill: KU Design Week (image above) 

• Abigail Miles: Dahlia Typeface 

• Abigail Miles: Collective Typeface 

• Bhroovi Gupta: Deck of Cards 

• Katelyn Van Hoosen: Lipstick Traces 

The awarded projects were mentored by the following KU visual communication design faculty: KU Design Week, Jeremy Shellhorn; Dahlia and Collective typefaces, Andrea Herstowski; Deck of Cards, Sam Yates Meier; Lipstick Traces, Tim Hossler.  

The Visual Communication Design program at the University of Kansas teaches students how to apply creative talent, evidenced-based design, and technical expertise to clarify, entertain, and move people through effective visual solutions. Graduates of the program work in mobile and web UX/UI design, branding, fashion, advertising, corporate marketing, publishing, packaging design, exhibition and environmental design, motion graphics, and more. Learn more about the program: BFA in Visual Communication Design

Image: Risograph-printed 2022 KU Design Week posters by Abigail Miles and Connor O’Neill.