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Three Alumni Honored in *I.D.* Magazine's Annual Student Design Review
Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2006, by Brenda Tucker
Every year I.D. magazine searches for the best work from the top design schools around the world. Three CCA alumni from the class of 2005 were recently honored in the Student Design Review 2006.
CCA alumna Wen-Hua Hu (Graphic Design '05) won the competition's top prize for her thesis project, Trans-sensing: Seeing Music, in which she developed a complex graphic system to explore what it would be like to see music. She based the project on the idea of synesthesia, literally "joined perception," the rare neurological condition in which the senses cross. For example, a synesthete might see colors in response to numbers and letters or hear sounds in response to smells. Luke Williams, one of the jurors for the awards, praised Hu's depth of creativity, calling her project "so thought provoking it almost transcends the award."
Honorable mentions were given to two other CCA alumni. Vivian Barad (Industrial Design '05) was cited for The Bold Cane, a lightweight and stylish take on the traditional walking aid. Katherine Wakid (Industrial Design '05) created Stitchories, a cozy cotton blanket with a built-in computer.
The 2006 Student Design Review was open to any student enrolled in a college-level design program (undergraduate or graduate), anywhere in the world. All entries were the result of a classroom/academic assignment completed in the 2004–5 academic year. In addition to Luke Williams, the jurors were Charlie Lazor and Kali Nikitas.
The winning entries are published in the September/October 2006 issue of I.D. and online at www.idonline.com/sdr06.
For more information about CCA's Graphic Design and Industrial Design Programs, see Graphic Design and Industrial Design.