Jon Key, co-founder of the Brooklyn-based design studio Morcos Key who was featured in Forbes magazine’s “30 under 30 Art and Style” list in 2020, will join the Stuckeman School at Penn State remotely via WPSU at 6 p.m. on Jan. 19 as part of the school’s Lecture and Exhibit Series.
Darshika Agrawal, a master of architecture student within the Stuckeman School, was named the recipient of the 2021 Jawaid Haider Award for Design Excellence in Graduate Studies for her thesis titled “Designing Resiliency for Perennial Flooding: The case of Majuli.”
IMAGE: Provided by the 2021 graphic design seniors
The students, who are handling everything from the messaging to the branding and social media promotion for the event, installed their posters, which are printed and wheat-pasted, on the back of the State Theatre on Calder Way in downtown State College earlier this week. They also designed sticker boxes containing stickers that promote their event, which have been distributed to local businesses so customers can grab one while in the stores.
“Our goal with this modified format is to make every aspect of the exhibition an experience,” said fourth-year student Christie Warren. “From our poster installation, to social media, to our website, to our film and presentations, we ve worked hard to not only create cohesion but also make sure our audience gets something different from each aspect.”
IMAGE: Felecia Davis
In order to demonstrate her research, Davis created a quilt to connect with residents of the Hill District in Pittsburgh. Each panel on the quilt reflects a different image of importance in the history of the Hill District, which is a grouping of historically African American neighborhoods in the city. When the copper fabric on the quilt is touched, sensors activate the narration of the panel story which plays through a small speaker that is incorporated at the bottom of the quilt. District residents will be able to add their own panels and stories to the quilt over time. The quilt is part of a duo transmitting/receiving textile installation that will be shown in the MoMA gallery.