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.
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.
Images from The Exhibition
A group photo of Assistant Professor Marcella Kulchitsky with students