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Showcase 2025: Spotlighting creative scholarship on campus
A video game about conservation efforts on the Gulf Coast. A dress that’s a mashup of Harley-Davidson and Dior. An Art Deco-style lamp crafted with sustainable materials. A classical music album inspired by Alabama’s cultural history. Design plans for a house that can withstand a 8.0 magnitude earthquake.

Meet Virginia Patterson ’13: SIGD Advisory Council Member
This talented graphic designer and design educator wants to help change the visual of success at Auburn’s School of Industrial and Graphic Design (SIGD).

Graphic Design Student to Serve as CADC’s Fall Commencement Marshal
Kacee Bridgman of West Union, South Carolina, has been selected as the student marshal for the College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC) at Auburn University’s Fall 2024 commencement ceremony, scheduled for December 14, 2024.

Meet James Sommerville: SIGD Advisory Council Member
From The King’s Trust to leading companies, Sommerville had made an indelible mark.

Meet Morgan Searcy ‘19: SIGD Advisory Council Member
Searcy has made a career out of leadership: learning from it and embodying it.

Better than AI: Artificial intelligence + humans
Artificial intelligence (AI) is all the rage these days, but some Auburn University faculty believe the term “collective intelligence” may actually better describe the interactions between humans and computers.

SIGD Faculty Recognized with 2024 GDUSA Award
Several faculty members in Auburn’s School of Industrial and Graphic Design (SIGD) have been recognized by Graphic Design USA for their work on the visual identity for “Kaleidoscope,” a school-wide student design show.

National Academies Funds Interdisciplinary Design for the Gulf Coast
An interdisciplinary team led by Rob Holmes, Associate Professor and Director of the Landscape Infrastructure Design Lab (LIDL), received a three-year award of $744,920 from the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to fund a Gulf Adaptation Design Studio.

Meet Kat Hollister ’07: SIGD Advisory Council Member
The companies Kat Hollister ’07 has worked with in design reads more like a “Fortune 500” list than part of a resume.

GDES Alumna Designs Auburn Indy Car Graphics
Laura Bartlett ’23, a graduate of Auburn University’s School of Industrial and Graphic Design (SIGD), recently designed a new competition livery for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s full-size Indy race car.