Our graduate students have been brewing up some great work that has been getting both national and international recognition. If you are a current student and would like to submit an award for this list, please use this form. We proudly list their achievements below in alphabetical order:
2012
Graphis Logo Design 2012 (Internationally Juried)
Pierron, Keo. Honey. Identity. Gold Medal.
San Antonio Addys: Student 2012 (Regionally Juried)
Meek, Shawn. SEN5E. Identity. Gold.
Graphis Poster Annual 2012 (Internationally Juried)
Miller, Blake. The Secret Life of Letters. Poster. Gold.
2011
The Walker Art Center–Minneapolis, MN: Graphic Design 2012 (Nationally Juried)
Pierron, Keo. c. 2050. Poster. Exhibition.
Poster4Tomorrow (Internationally Juried)
Sanders, Chuck. Silence Killer. Poster. Shortlisted best 100.
Wright, April. The Sky's the Limit. Shortlisted best 400.
LogoLounge 7 (International publication)
Solis, Genaro. Marioli Gourmet. Logo.
Graduate College Scholarship Award (2011-2012)
Lam, Anita.
San Antonio Advertising Federation (Regionally Juried)
Crowell, Lindsay. Pinwheel Girl. Environmental Graphic Design.
Graduate College Awards
Honea, Jeremy. College of Fine Arts & Communication: Outstanding Student of the Year.
Creative Summit 25 (Nationally Juried)
Lam, Anita. Play for Africa. Poster. Certificate of Excellence.
Lam, Anita. Unleash Human Rights. Poster. Certificate of Excellence.
Meek, Shawn. Sound & Cognition. Interactive Media. Coveted Memorial Ralph Award.
Miller, Blake. Secret Life of Letters. Poster. Coveted Memorial Ralph Award.
Solis, Genaro. Fin. Poster. Coveted Memorial Ralph Award.
Brass Ring Awards 25 (Nationally Juried)
Hall, Stephanie. Ducks Gone Wild. Advertisement. Silver Medal in Advertising: Out-of-Home Media.
Hall, Stephanie. School Jungle. Logo. Bronze Medal in Graphic Design: Logo.
Hall, Stephanie. Fringe. Logo. Merit: Logo.
Graphis New Talent Annual 2011 (Internationally Juried)
Pierron, Keo. Honey. Identity. Gold Medal.
Solis, Genaro. Fin. Poster. Gold Medal.
2010
Graphis: Design Annual 2010 (Internationally Juried)
Pierron, Keo. Honey. Identity. Gold Medal.
Hiiibrand 2010 (Internationally Juried)
Pierron, Keo. Ponzu Sushi House. Identity. Finalist.
Pierron, Keo. Elephant Bar. Identity. Finalist.
SHOWCASE 2010 (MFA juried exhibition. Locally juried)
Solis, Genaro. Fin. Poster. Best of Show.
Honea, Jeremy. Harvest Food Pantry. Brand Book and Website. Juror Award.
Houser, Dawn. Cinco Sieto Cinco: Loteria Haiku. Book. Juror Award.
Kenney, Danna. Nine Lives. Brand Book. Jerry's Award.
CMYK Top 100 Creatives #49
Kapila, Sameera. Dog Duty. Logo.
Lam, Anita. Play for Africa. Poster. First Place in Design Category.
Lam, Anita. Let Them be Heard. Poster.
AIGA Blue Ridge Flux 10 Student Design Competition (Nationally Juried)
Kenney, Danna . Beer Hive Pub. Logo. Honorable Mention.
Lam, Anita. Unleash Human Rights. Poster. Honorable Mention.
Lam, Anita. Play for Africa. Poster. Merit.
Lam, Anita. Whale Watching. Poster. Merit.
Lam, Anita. Twisted Cork. Logo. Merit.
Lam, Anita. Flip Happy Crêpes. Logo. Merit.
Art Director's Club of Houston (Regionally Juried)
Barnes, Sean. Gallery I & II. Marketing Materials. Bronze Medal.
Kapila, Sameera. R19GHTS. Poster. Bronze Medal.
Solis, Genaro. FIN. Poster. Bronze Medal.
Solis, Genaro. Siempre Mexico. Poster. Merit.
Solis, Genaro. New York Type Conference 2010. Marketing Materials. Merit.
WOLDA—The Worldwide Logo Design Annual (Internationally Juried)
Pierron, Keo. Ponzu Sushi House. Identity. Wolda Talent: Best of World.
Designboom (Internationally Juried)
Pierron, Keo. C2050. Poster. Shortlisted best 100.
Mediabistro Logo Awards 2010 (Internationally Juried)
Pierron, Keo. Bathtub Rescue. Identity. Renovation category: Bronze Award.
Pierron, Keo. Honey. Identity. Entertainment category: Bronze Award.
Pierron, Keo. Ponzu Sushi House. Identity. Entertainment category: Gold Award.
Graphic Design USA (Nationally Juried)
Pierron, Keo. C2050. Poster. 2010 American Graphic Design Award.
UCDA
Honea, Jeremy. 3rd Annual J. Charles Walker + John Brett Buchanan Foundation Educational Scholarship (Portfolio award).
GOOD50X70 Poster Competition: The Project That Helps Social Communication (Internationally juried.)
Lam, Anita. Let Them be Heard. Merit top 30 in category & special mention.
Lam, Anita. Play for Africa. Merit top 30 in category.
McVey, Ben. Play for Africa. Merit top 30 in category.
Martinez, Miguel. AIDS/Travel discrimination. Merit top 30 in category.
Martinez, Miguel. Universal Healthcare. Merit top 30 in category.
Martinez, Miguel. Mafia. Merit top 30 in category.
Solis, Genaro. Play for Africa. Merit top 30 in category.
Solis, Genaro. Whale Shortage. Merit top 30 in category.
Ward, Sam. AIDS/Travel discrimination. Merit top 30 in category.
Creative Quarterly 19, The Journal of Art & Design (national)
Barnes, Sean. Busy Bone. Ad. Student Graphic Design. Runner up.
Green Patroit Posters (Book Publication)
Pierron, Keo. C2050. Poster.
Graduate College Scholarship Awards (2010-2011)
Honea, Jeremy.
Kapila, Sameera.
CMYK Top 100 Creatives #47
Honea, Jeremy. Private Testing. Poster.
Meek, Shawn. Hell's Diner. Logo.
Meek, Shawn. Knit or Die. Logo.
LogoLounge 6 (International publication)
Haffelder, Hoyt. Olive Juice. Logo.
Haffelder, Hoyt. Sin City. Logo.
Honea, Jeremy. Aquarelle. Logo.
Meek, Shawn. House Doctor. Logo.
Pierron, Keo. Ponzu Sushi House. Logo.
Pierron, Keo. Elephant Bar. Logo.
Solis, Genaro. Stay Dog Hotel. Logo.
Solis, Genaro. Red Caboose. Logo.
Graduate College Awards
Kapila, Sameera. College of Fine Arts & Communication: Graduate Student of the Year.
College of Fine Arts & Communication Dean's Scholarship (2010)
Kapila, Sameera.
Creative Summit 24
Barnes, Sean. The 3 Bears. Book. Michael Cronan Stewardship Award.
Barnes, Sean. The 3 Bears. Book. Award of Excellence.
Barnes, Sean. Bob Dylan. Book. Award of Excellence.
Garner, Gram. Swiss Post. Stamps. Special recognition.
Garner, Gram. Swiss Post. Stamps. Coveted Memorial Ralph Award.
Garner, Gram. Left-handed Transformation of the Univers. Flip-book. Special recognition.
Garner, Gram. Left-handed Transformation of the Univers. Flip-book. Coveted Memorial Ralph Award
Garner, Gram. Electronic Univers Flip Book. Digital Book. Award of Excellence.
Garner, Gram. Amensty.org. Poster. Award of Excellence.
Garner, Gram. Left-handed Transformation of the Univers. Flip-book. Award of Excellence.
Honea, Jeremy. Dia del Humidor. Cigar Book. Award of Excellence.
Jastilliana, Marvin. Fiesta Mart. Identity. Award of Excellence.
Jastilliana, Marvin. Extinction. Poster.
Kapila, Sameera. Ammendment R19HTS. Poster. Award of Excellence.
Kapila, Sameera. 2050. Poster. Award of Excellence.
McVey, Benjamin. Haiti Red Cross. Poster. Special Recognition.
McVey, Benjamin. That is Unbelievable! Process Book. Coveted Memorial Ralph Award.
McVey, Benjamin. Haiti Red Cross. Poster. Special Recognition.
McVey, Benjamin. That is Unbelievable! Process Book. Coveted Memorial Ralph Award.
Nixon, Kelley. D-Day. Book. Award of Excellence.
Nixon, Kelley. Pic-type-o-gram. Typography game. Award of Excellence.
Creative Quarterly, The Journal of Art & Design
Pierron, Keo. Merit. Design. Runner-up. Nationally juried.
2009
Poster4Tomorrow (Internationally juried)
Bartels, Frauke. Call for global freedom of speech. Shortlisted best 100.
Garner, Gramercy. Weapon of Choice. Shortlisted best 100.
Kapila, Sameera. R19GHTS. Shortlisted best 100.
Poursmaeili, Mehran. Unveiling Women's Freedom. Shortlisted best 100.
Art Director's Club of Houston (Regionally juried)
Honea, Jeremy. Gallery Materials. Bronze medal.
Honea, Jeremy. The Almighty Bean. Merit.
Kapila, Sameera. Child Labour is Growing. Silver medal.
Lawrence, Grayson. Clif Bar Rebranding Kit., Silver medal.
AIGA Blue Ridge Flux 09 Student Design Competition (Nationally Juried)
Honea, Jeremy. Please Do Not Feed the Fish. Poster. Merit.
Honea, Jeremy. Stop the Labor force. Poster. Merit.
Honea, Jeremy. Voices Not Violence. Poster. Merit.
Kapila, Sameera. Dog Duty. Identity. Merit.
Kapila, Sameera. Gator Textbooks. Identity. Merit.
Kapila, Sameera. Chopstix. Identity. Merit.
Kapila, Sameera. Dream Bakery. Identity. Merit.
Kapila, Sameera. Mermaid's. Identity. Merit.
Kapila, Sameera. 2050. Poster. Merit.
Kapila, Sameera. Child Labor is Growing. Poster. Merit.
Lawrence, Grayson. Clif Rebranding Kit. Publication. Merit.
Meek, Shawn. Knit or Die. Identity. Merit.
Meek, Shawn. Urban Gardener. Identity. Merit.
Pierron, Keo. Cook au Vin. Identity. Merit.
Pierron, Keo. Bathtub Rescue. Identity. Merit.
Pierron, Keo. Dovetail Design and Consulting. Identity. Merit.
Pierron, Keo. Horseshoe Cafe. Identity. Merit.
Pierron, Keo. Empire Design Build. Identity. Merit.
Pierron, Keo. Honey. Identity. Merit.
Pierron, Keo. Ponzu Sushi House. Identity. Honorable Mention.
LogoLounge (Publication)
Haffelder, Hoyt. Animals and Mythology. Second book of Master Library Series, Published 2010. Nationally juried.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design Canary Project (Nationally juried)
Pierron, Keo. C2050. Poster. Exhibited.
College of Fine Arts & Communication Dean's Scholarship (2010)
Haffelder, Hoyt.
GOOD50X70 Poster Competition: The Project That Helps Social Communication (Internationally juried.)
Haffelder, Hoyt. Corporate Warfare. Merit top 30 in category.
Honea, Jeremy. Stop the Labor Force. Merit top 30 in category.
Houser, Dawn. Just Another Number. Merit top 30 in category.
Jastillana, Marvin. Extinction. Merit top 30 in category.
Jastillana, Marvin. HIV is Not a Crime. Merit top 30 in category.
Kapila, Sameera. 2050. Merit top 30 in category.
Kapila, Sameera. Child Labor is Growing. Merit top 30 in category.
Step Inside Design Step 100 Competition (March/April edition)
Haffelder, Hoyt. Poster. Nationally juried.
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