A design community shouldn't graduate without a shared experience.

IXD year-end event experience concept collage
Role:
Creative Director, Designer
Recognition:
RGD Student Awards Honourable Mention
Timeline:
1 week
Project Type:
Brand, Community

For the first time since COVID, my program didn’t have a year-end show. I took a hoodie design that won the popular vote among students in my program and used it to build a brand concept for a year-end show I’d run if our faculty doesn’t hold one.

The concept stems from our collective struggle to explain what interaction design means to others. Its brand touchpoints consider not just the visual design, but how the audience interacts with it.

Black and white Sheridan IXD hoodies with please don't ask me what interaction design is printed on the back
Students wearing Sheridan IXD hoodies with handmade award ribbons
Name badge with skill radar chart on a Sheridan IXD sweatshirt
Connect the dots attendee cards in blue and grey with frosted thank-you overlays
Laptop mockup of Sheridan IXD yes 2028 grad designer directory website
Grid of event branding posts for award ribbons, merch drop, and year end party
Two wheatpaste-style posters for Sheridan IXD 2028 merch and year-end show
IXD hoodie exploration with award ribbon and portfolio keychain mockup

Don’t wait for permission to create the kind of design you want to see. Design is a powerful tool for communicating a vision and supporting the causes I find meaningful.