Thank You!
We thank the invited professional jurors and UIC Design alumni for their participation in the undergraduate student awards program.
Professional Jurors
Antonio Alcala, Studio A
Michael Carabetta, Chronicle Books
Joseph Michael Essex, J.M.Essex, Ltd.
Iker Gil, MAS Studio / MAS Context
Patrick Gosnell, Austin Peay State University
Connie Harvey
Amanda Horton, University of Central Oklahoma
Max Kleiner, Kirkland & Ellis
Emily Litten, Rose Design LLC
Martin Thaler, Institute of Design
Rodrigo Torres
Guy Villa, Jr., Columbia College Chicago
David Williams, Morningstar
Tanner Woodford, Design Museum of Chicago
Faculty
Pouya Ahmadi, BDes Thesis Faculty
Brian Anderson
Don Bergh
Linda Bracamontes
Dakota Brown
Ted Burdett, MDes Thesis Faculty
Philip Burton
Josh Cook
Ted Davis
Meghan Ferrill, BDes Thesis Faculty
Felicia Ferrone, MDes Thesis Faculty
Jack Henrie Fisher
Sung Jang, BDes Thesis Faculty
Michal Janicki
Dawn Joseph
Marcia Lausen
Mischa Leiner
Emily Litten
John Massey
Jonathan Mekinda, BA Thesis Faculty
Stephen Melamed
Pedro Neves
Lauren Manning Nichols
Sharon Oiga, BDes/MDes Thesis Faculty
TJ O’Keefe, BDes/MDes Thesis Faculty
Peter Pfanner
Michael Renner
Oliver Roeger
Jake Rynkiewicz
Daniel Schaumann
Aaron Scott
Michael Seskauskas
Rotimi Solola
Alex Sommerville
Grace Spee
Susan Stirling
Marco Susani
Norman Teague
Cheryl Towler Weese, BA/MDes Thesis Faculty
Daria Tsoupikova-Preuss
Jason Vaccarello
Eric Von Haynes
Jennifer Wandro
Noah Wangerin
Kimberlee Wilkens, BDes Thesis Faculty
Robert Zolna
YES! 2022 Team
Abril Azpeitia
Ted Burdett
Emma Dwyer
Meghan Ferrill
Faye Gozon
Raven Jacobs
Jessica Katrein
Marcia Lausen
Itzel Lopez
Sharon Oiga
Grace Spee, Lead
Messages to the Class of 2022:
I am incredibly amazed by the breadth and depth of work our industrial design students have output this past year. Congratulations!
— Kimberlee Wilkens, UIC School of Design
Congratulations class of 2022!
— Tanner Woodford, Design Museum of Chicago
Really enjoyed viewing all of the work…I learned something new from each project. Thank you!
— Connie Harvey
Congrats to every single one of you, and thank you for sharing such beautiful, intimate, exquisite work. Well done Class of 2022!!
— Grace Spee, UIC School of Design
A wonderful range of high-value projects; admirable work from everyone! Congratulations!
— Martin Thaler, Institute of Design
Congratulations to all the students! Great work!
— Rodrigo Torres
It is so rewarding to see students engaging in topics that are so personally meaningful, and often underrepresented in our visual culture. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and visions with me.
— Antonio Alcala, Studio A
Congratulations all on such beautiful, thoughtful and exciting work!
— Max Kleiner, Kirkland & Ellis
As a cohort, your work is powerful, impactful, and exciting. Individually, you define opportunities for reflection and change; the topics addressed explore a meaningful conversation around design and its role in social impact. Congratulations on all of your hard work, and discovery.
— Jennifer Wandro, UIC School of Design
Congrats to all for brave new work that breaks bounds of the expected!
— Michael Carabetta, Chronicle Books
Inspiring work.
— Philip Burton, UIC School of Design
Through another year of the pandemic, where day-to-day life continues to be challenging, you have all managed to develop such wonderful and important work. I am extremely proud! Congrats, Class of 2022!
— Sharon Oiga, UIC School of Design