Apr 16, 2009, 3:00 PM
Reserve Reading Room: Richard J. Daley Library

The Image of Research
Awards Ceremony & Exhibition Opening Reception

The Image of Research, an exhibit organized by the Graduate College and the University Library to showcase the breadth and diversity of graduate research at UIC, will open with an awards ceremony to honor competition winners.

Winners and finalists from the School of Art and Design are MFA students Banan Al-Ansari (Graphic Design), Ted Davis (GD Basel), Adam Farcus (Studio Arts), Heejoo Kim (EV), Julio Obelleiro (EV), Zhen Xie (ID).

Pictured is the 2nd place entry, Typographic Cities, by Banan Al-Ansari.

Typographic Cities, relates to Al-Ansari's thesis research which explores the combination of Arabic and Latin typography. Her work seeks to define methods that visually harmonize and increase the communication efficiency of radically different typographic systems.



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