2025 Design Showcase
& Runway Show
The Annual Design Showcase + Runway Show features studio work from 9 Design courses and over 100 students. This event is an opportunity for our students to celebrate the creative and innovative projects they’ve completed over the last two semesters. Work includes prints pinned up, lighting designs, furniture prototypes, wearable designs on the runway and more.
Event Layout
The 2026 event was designed and executed by 3 faculty members and 7 students who were selected through an application process. Each faculty member led the three planning teams: Graphics, Layout, and Runway.
I was selected for the Layout team, where we worked to design the organization of the event, how to display the work, and more. Our first objective was to create a floor plan of the event, marking where each course is exhibited and how we want attendees to be able to explore the space. Below are two mockups of the floor plan before we decided on the final layout shown to the right.
The Main Entrance
One of my contributions to the event was the design and layout of the entrance of the event. This space was used to display two different courses, one where students created light sculptures and one where students made portmanteau furniture pieces. The entrance needed to be open and welcoming, allowing attendees to wander through viewing the work and be easy to enter and exit.
The furniture pieces were arranged in the center of the room, allowing attendees to walk between them. The light sculptures were placed on the sides of the room, under pipe and drape to enhance the effect of their light.
Streetcar Pavilions
Another room I was responsible for was the Streetcar Pavilion project. This room featured 14 student models of a proposed stop for streetcar riders to use while waiting during their commute.
The models were displayed on a mocked up streetcar track, with wire trees and small pink scale figures. A TV in the corner of the room displayed rendered perspective photos of the models.
Runway Show
One of the main attractions of the event is the Runway Show, featuring textile projects completed by students over the course of the year. A main feature of the layout is the runway, which takes up most of the main room and is surrounded by seating for attendees.
This year, work featured in the runway was then displayed afterwards in a back room that was only opened after the show. Attendees were led into the room by a second line as the runway show concluded. Below are some photos of the textile display.
