💡Internship Spotlight: Devan McHugh at @rdgmuseum! Here’s what Devan is thinking of her experience: This semester I’ve had the amazing opportunity to intern at The Reading Public Museum along side my amazing mentor, Kevin Montalvo. After doing school projects I’ve had the opportunity to learn what it is like to design for a client. I’ve been assisting on projects for things like their annual Gala, banners for different exhibits, and flyers for things happening in the Museum. I am so grateful for this opportunity working along side of my mentor at The Reading Public Museum, and for everything I’ve learned with my time spent them. #studentintern #kutztownuniversity #communicationdesign

Hope you didn’t forget that advising is TODAY for all CD majors😉! Grab your lunch and log in to zoom through your email, meeting starts at 11am sharp‼️

💡Internship Spotlight: Nhat Nghia Nguyen at @craftedaction! Here’s what Nhat is thinking of his experience: I’m having a wonderful time interning at Crafted Action. Even though the internship is fully remote, we were able to have an in-person session to discuss and brainstorm one of the project development phases, which was a really valuable experience for me. During my internship, I’ve learned a lot about the experience design industry and had the opportunity to contribute UI/UX ideas for multiple large-scale digital screens. Through this project, I received a lot of helpful feedback and realized how many things need to be considered from a UX perspective, such as ADA accessibility, reach, ergonomics, and how people actually interact with a screen. This experience has helped me become more thoughtful about my design decisions and reminded me to always keep the user in mind, not just how the design looks. Thank you, Brad, for being so patient when explaining things and for giving me clear guidance on each assignment. I’m very grateful for this opportunity to intern at Crafted Action and everything I’ve able to learn from everyone along the way! #studentintern #kucd #kutztownuniversity

Creative Code senior sem exhibition opens Thursday 10/8 at 11am in Sharadin 209a and the New Media Gallery. Amazing work this year 🔥🔥. Show will be up through 10/15. Hope to see you at the opening, there will be 🍪

Introduction to Illustration’s portraits and caricatures! (Part 2) ✍️The assignment was to create a portrait or caricature of a public figure. Students were required to create one version in black and white on gray paper, and another using mixed media, specifically colored pencils over rolled acrylic paint. Our Artists: Catherine Shade Emily Brown Avery Johnson Erin McCay Aidan Bender Alexia Andino Carley Youngman Coen Shoemaker Avery Dunn #studentgallery #illustration #kutztownuniversity

Return of the KUCD Grads! On Friday, we held one of our biggest events of the year: David Bullock’s annual Return of the KUCD Grads. We welcomed back two incredible alumni from the class of 2015 to talk about their experience after Kutztown. Nicholas Stover is a multidisciplinary designer who worked at New York studios Carbone Smolan and Order, is now a Senior Art Director at Apple in Cupertino, California. Meg Yoder designs product and packaging for home brands like Anthropologie and Studio McGee, translating the vision of chefs, artists, and tastemakers into market ready decor. Thank you to Nicholas and Meg for your time and expertise, we wish you endless success throughout your career! Thank you to the faculty for arranging the event, and to David Bullock for initiating this tradition. And thank you to Sarah Love for designing the poster advertisement. 👏 #kucd #communicationdesign #kutztownuniversity

Introduction to Illustration’s portraits and caricatures! (Part 1) ✍️The assignment was to create a portrait or caricature of a public figure. Students were required to create one version in black and white on gray paper, and another using mixed media, specifically colored pencils over rolled acrylic paint. Our Artists: Isabella Hollinger Lee O’Donnell Ky Peterson Kate Egan Silas Soto Delaney McFadden Neo Safouan Ghost Fischer Paige Salvatore #illustration #studentwork #kutztownuniversity #talent

💡Internship Spotlight: Chloe Casey at @weidenhammerdigital ! Here’s what she had to say about her experience: My internship at Weidenhammer has been a really eye-opening experience because the professional design world is so different from what I expected. Going from working on projects in school to being part of an actual creative team has been a much bigger jump than I anticipated. There have been moments where seeing the difference between my work and the work of experienced professionals has made me question my confidence, but I’m continuing to learn and improve. I’m getting a better understanding of what I want from a job, and I’m becoming more comfortable speaking up about my ideas and feelings. Learning the expectations and adapting to them has been tricky, but I think this experience is helping me grow into the designer and professional I want to become. #studentintern #kucd #kutztownuniversity

It’s that time of year! KUCD is holding a MANDATORY group advising meeting Tuesday, Oct. 6th during free hour 📢✍️ Watch from anywhere, link provided in your KU email #kucd #advising #springsemester