More On: Creative Work

GDES Students Present Biodesign Projects in NYC
A meal made from invasive aquatic species and a lantern made from cypress needles—that’s what Auburn Graphic Design students presented to designers and scientists as finalists in a recent international conference.

Auburn Professors Collaborate on Emancipation Exhibition
Graphic Design Associate Professor Robert Finkel teamed up with History Associate Professor Elijah Gaddis to create an exhibition that traced the stories of emancipated families in Harpersville, Ala.

Recipients named for Auburn’s 2025 research and creative works internal awards
Recipients of Auburn University’s internal research and creative works funding awards programs have been named for 2025.

CADC Celebrates Creative Scholarship in Extensive SHOWCASE 2025 Exhibition
Twenty-five projects, from prints made from brewer’s yeast to an Alexander Calder-inspired kinetic orchid mobile, are on display at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, representing the College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC) faculty’s contribution to SHOWCASE 2025.

Showcase 2025 highlights unique creative research
When is art not just art? When it’s creative scholarship, the academic work that combines traditional research methods with creative practices.

Auburn alumnus’s work exhibited at The Met
Exhibition marks the first retrospective of Modernist Architect Paul Rudolph ’40

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.

Weekend Workshop Explores Design and Technology
When planning for Urban Studio’s permanent home in the former Hood-McPherson building, Director Alex Krumdieck ’86 knew one of the important aspects of the new space would be to inspire interdisciplinary collaboration within the College of Architecture, Design and Construction (CADC).

GDES Faculty Recognized with 2025 Graphis Award
Courtney Windham and Mario Bocanegra, faculty in Auburn’s School of Industrial and Graphic Design (SIGD), have been recognized with a 2025 Graphis Poster Design Award.

SIGD’s Kelly Bryant Named South Arts’ Alabama Fellow and Southern Prize Finalist
Kelly Bryant, professor of graphic design in SIGD, has been named the 2023 Alabama State Fellow and a Southern Prize Finalist by South Arts.