Senior Graphic Design students from CMU’s Department of Art and Design participate in a group capstone exhibit each spring. This show includes a portfolio of each student’s work and a project that investigates a research topic, presented through print and electronic media.
The research theme for the 2018 exhibit The Flipside, explores creative alternatives from varied disciplines: how ideas and products are developed, and the methods, solutions and processes that are used to facilitate effective outcomes and positive change.
The student projects from this exhibit examine how alternative thinking is implemented to advance our lives by researching topics such as education and prison reform, personal development, health, social and technological transformation, improved ease of life and environmental sustainability.
From observing and defining problems to information development, strategy and aesthetic decision-making, a designer’s career is full of inspired actions that require a flipside view.