2018 STUDENT DESIGN SHOW THANKS!

The 2018 STUDENT DESIGN SHOW
[the 20th annual show]

Thanks to everyone who attended and made the event spectacular!


SPECIAL THANKS to:

  • The Graphic Comm instructors districtwide (John, Laura, Michelle, Sue, Michael, and Max)
  • The Graphic Comm Dean: Joe Fullington
  • The Graphic Comm Administrative Assistants (Elizabeth with the support of Kelly)
  • The students who entered their work in this years show (all of ‘youse guys’)
  • Laura Lois of the GTC Print SHOP.
  • Roseanne Mattefs for this year’s catering services
  • The Horticulture and Landscaping Students for their work (Kate Field and Jane Edwards for coordinating)
  • The Interior Design Program Instructor and Students for exhibiting their work (Rita Serpe)
  • The Kenosha Campus Dean, Gary Flynn (and the faculty!) for sharing their space.
  • The maintenance crew at all 3 campuses that transport the display panels—with special thanks this year to Nathan Maluchnick and the Kenosha crew!
  • Local companies who support us and our mission
  • Kristen Cajka for creating this years identity; featuring the Gateway Technical College Red Hawk in a colorful depiction soaring upwards.
  • John Zehren and the FABLAB staff for helping with Kristen’s award design
  • SPUNKSHINE for the original music played during the show

A VERY SPECIAL THANKS to:

  • The JUDGES (and their companies and supervisors) who agreed to help us by assessing the work in this years show. Please see the JUDGES page.
  • The AMAZING GTC I.T. TECH SUPPORT TEAM: all of you  (especially Lorie, Anthony, and others).
  • The students who helped set up and take down the show.
  • … and the very tolerant families of everyone involved with the show.

The student work is left on the site (along with previous years design shows) as a reference archive. Please see the category TOP 5 winners, as well as a collection of the category submissions.