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Aimee Crane (Visual Communication Design - BFA ’09, MFA ’12) has the distinction of being the Kent State graduate whose work might just go the farthest. The farthest away from the Earth, that is. Currently the Artemis Brand Manager for NASA, Crane designed the mission patch for t...
During the Spring 2022 semester, Visual Communication Design students in the Glyphix Design Research Lab have been working on an intergenerational research project combining storytelling and design.
Associate Professor Jaime Kennedy's challenging, complex piece blends 3D printing, audio, painting and photography with a dash of randomness and now hangs in the Mahoning Valley Innovation and Commercialization Center in Youngstown, Ohio.
The School of Visual Communication Design is pleased to announce the winners of our scholarships for the next academic year. We are incredibly proud of these students' hard work and dedication to their craft.
As tensions simmered around the world in the summer of 2020, two Kent State University alumnae from the School of Visual Communication Design’s M.F.A. program began conversing about the experience of Black designers, artists, educators and others. The result is their anthology.
VCD alumna Cece Bell won a Newberry Medal for her graphic novel "El Deafo" and now she's bringing the adaptation to Apple TV.
The Associated Collegiate Press “promotes the standards and ethics of good journalism” and recognizes these media practices at its yearly conference. Kent State Student Media made an impact at the 2021 conference, winning three awards:...
In today’s world of design and emerging technologies, digital production is a tool that’s widely used and here to stay. Assistant Professor Chad Lewis in the School of Visual Communication Design is incorporating these new technologies into the classroom to further develop studen...
The CCI course Media and Movements explores social movements of our time through storytelling, strategy and advocacy. Fall 2021's seminar, themed “Building a Better World,” required students to select a specific human rights or human dignity issue that impacts their Kent State pe...
At the start of Fall 2021, students in the Visual Communication Design course Glyphix Research Lab were asked the question, “How can design be used as an agent of change to create meaningful human experiences and build connections?” Here are some of their answers.