AUK host Senior Capstone Graphic Design Exhibition

The Graphic Design program at the American University of Kuwait hosted an exhibition on January 18th, 2011 where 15 senior graphic design students were able to showcase their semester long work for GDES 490. GDES 490 is the graphic design program's capstone course, which must be completed by all graphic design majors before they graduate from AUK. 

This semester GDES 490 was taught by Assistant Professor Marcella Kulchitsky who along with Campus Services organized the exhibit. According to Professor Kulchitsky, the Capstone course gives AUK students an opportunity to transform an idea or concept into a creative expression that communicates a message. She explains, "This is an important process that every graphic design student should experience before they enter the design market place." 

Professor Kulchitsky also points out that AUK takes a different approach to learning the discipline of graphic design than vocationally oriented institutions. She explains, "vocationally oriented schools treat the design process as secondary to the student's learning and emphasize the end product. Consequently, students have flashy project but portfolios with very little substance." She continues, "At AUK we are committed to preparing our students to have the capacity to think before they begin the design process." According to Professor Kulchitsky this will make AUK students much better designers in the long run. 

The exhibition was open to all AUK faculty and staff, as well as their families. The students exhibiting their work were: 

Abdulaziz Al-Mudhaf 
Danah Jbara 
Ehab Mahran 
Faisal Al-Mutawaa 
Fatima Al-Sughayer 
Fatma Jawhar 
Jassem Al-Wazzan 
Meshari Al-Muhaini 
Mohammad Al-Aradi 
Mohammad Al-Wuqayyan 
Noor Makki 
Othman Al-Othman 
Shahed Al-Matrouk 
Slaiman Anbar 
Talal Al-Mutawaa. 
 

A group photo of Assistant Professor Marcella Kulchitsky with students