Virginia Tech AIGA Student Group

I love seeing what Virginia Tech Graphic Deaign alumni are up to! https://aad.vt.edu/engage/alumni-spotlights.html?utm_content=linkstream_link&utm_source=storystream

And Sully has given back so much to our design students :-)

Alumni Spotlights Virginia Tech was a very special place throughout my time there, and it still holds a lot of great memories to this day. One of the many things that Virginia Tech influenced me on was highlighting the sense of community. During my time on campus from 2006 to 2010, there was always a sense of communa...

Thank you to VT News and Clark Dehart for making a lovely video about our DesignUP event:

Designing for a purpose DesignUP is a one-day design-a-thon in which design professionals are paired with teams of students, and together they develop graphics for local non-profits.

We are honored to have the Graphic Design program at Virginia Tech (in the Virginia Tech School of Visual Arts ) once again be recognized as a Top Graphic Design School by Graphic Design USA!

2024 GDUSA Top Design Schools GDUSA presents our favorite institutions or programs that prepare students to work in professional graphic design. The mix is unique: it includes venerable institutions dedicated to art and design;…

I'm looking forward to Rebecca Tegtmeyer & Anne H. Berry sharing a bit about their work and experiences this Monday, April 15 in the CID Lobby (and on zoom) at 1:00pm Eastern.

Thank you Oscar Fernández for your incredible poster donation to Virginia Tech. Between the collection Dennis Ichiyama has started and your addition, we now have one of the largest Swiss poster collections outside of Switzerland!

Swiss poster collection inspires next generation of designers Virginia Tech is home to one of the largest Swiss poster collections in the United States, with the age of the posters ranging from the 1960s to the 2010s. The posters were donated by designers Dennis Ichiyama and Oscar Fernandez in 2023 with the goal of them becoming a teaching tool for young desig...

Join us for Design Week this week, including a free screening of Graphic Means at Noon tomorrow (Tuesday, April 2) at the The Lyric Theatre, Blacksburg. Thank you to Briar Levit for working with us to make this screening available to the Virginia Tech community!

Doors open at 11:30.
The film screening begins at noon.

(And stay for our "Desire Paths" symposia at 1:30!)

Final pieces coming together! Can’t wait to see you all at Design Week and DesignUP!

Congratulations to all the Virginia Tech winners (and everyone else) at this year's ADDYs! https://aafroanoke.org/aaf-roanoke-celebrates-best-advertising-2024/

I'm extra excited that the AAF Roanoke Shine Award (which recognizes the outstanding work by an organization or individual in the area of community or public service) went to John Cornthwait (who sometimes teaches at VT).

We also had senior Rachael Quan win one of the two "2 Under 32 Awards" that recognize rising stars in the industry.

Also awarded:
• Student Judges Choice: Abby Lee, Virginia Tech for The Most Lethal Parts of a Gun
• Student Gold ADDY: Katie Weyrich, Virginia Tech for Unfair Life (AR Poster)
• Student Gold ADDY: Abby Lee, Virginia Tech for The Most Lethal Parts of a Gun
• Student Silver ADDY: Rachael Quan, Virginia Tech for Estrella Expeditions
• Silver ADDY: Meaghan A Dee for Eastern Divide Brewing Company

AAF Roanoke Celebrates the Best in Professional, Student Advertising - AAF Roanoke Winners of the Western Virginia Advertising Awards, student and professional divisions, were announced March 2, 2024, for work done in 2023.

Congratulations to Devina and Katina for being featured in this year's GD USA's Students to Watch!

https://gdusa.com/studentstowatch2024/devina-bawa

https://gdusa.com/studentstowatch2024/katina-tran

https://gdusa.com/studentstowatch2024/students-to-watch-2024

2024 GDUSA Students To Watch With the help of several of America’s leading art and design schools, we once again identify top students ready to burst on the design scene.

Giving Day goes until tomorrow at noon (February 21-22). If Graphic Design can get the biggest increase in donors, we're up for a $1,500 bonus to our program. Even $5 will make a difference!

It’s and I want YOU to play along! Help me support Virginia Tech’s Graphic Design program and make an impact on our communities. It’s time to show the world what we can do: https://givingday.vt.edu/amb/design

We try to offer programs to students like Visiting Designers, design film screenings, workshops, field trips, and much more.

We are a small program and every small bit helps (even $5)!

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