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The 22 students in Jason Howell's senior thesis communication design class will see their hard work pay off when The Senior Thesis Show opens 7 p.m. Dec. 12 at The Glove Factory.
The Senior Thesis Show began about a year and a half ago in conjunction with the senior thesis class. This year's show will feature projects ranging from sculpture, design applications, Powerpoint and computer-generated images.
Larry Briggs, associate professor in the School or Art and Design, said the show includes a variety of communication and package design.
"It's a large variety of things that will be considered commercial graphic design," Briggs said. "A lot of the stuff that will be hanging on the wall will end up in their portfolio."
The students have used different kinds of graphics to produce brochures, letterheads, outdoor boards and posters. According to Briggs, the projects will be graded but should not cause anyone to miss graduation.
The Show will be up in the surplus gallery Monday through Thursday with the opening Friday at The Glove Factory.
Kay Zivkovich, associate professor in the School of Art and Design, said what makes the show interesting is that the students are responsible for everything from the design of environmental graphics to the actual exhibit and the invitation posters.
"It's pretty exciting," Zivkovich said. "The most exciting part is that the University community can see exactly what the design communications students do. It's pretty broad base."
Some of the students began planning their projects a year and a half ago and began seriously working on it the beginning of the fall term.
Briggs said he has seen a lot of the projects that are going to be in the show.
"They worked really hard producing that stuff," Briggs said. "There is a lot of good design, which is what we are about. They busted their butts."
Briggs said last year's show was pretty good, but he expects this year's show to be better because of the dedication of both the students and faculty.
"It's just another exhibit, but it's a little different," Briggs said. "You're not going to see a lot of paintings, you won't see a lot of art stuff. It's more in the form of commercial design, design for everyday use.
"I invite the rest of SIU to come by and take a look at what we do."
