GXD: Graphic & Experience Design Tinkering

Design students share tech-driven projects, showing how tinkering as a method and mindset fuels bold experimentation and outcomes.

On view beginning June 1, 2026

Illustrated card game on a green card table
From Meredith Overcash's and Avery Maddix's "Decision Deck," an app that helps users decide which card game to play based on their preferences.
Digital wooden tiles with Arabic script on a blue game table.
From "Letters Play Arabic," a project by Bella Templeton, Han Davenport, Raya Quintero, and Vinny Bisconti that ets learners see, feel, and build the logic of Arabic through a four-form puzzle.
Five illustrated green leaf-shaped anthropomorphic characters with different feelings.
In "Sprig: The Screen Time Sprite," Cooper Singer and Julia Clover encourage users to decrease their social media screen time by working together to keep a virtual mascot alive and happy.
Teardrop-shaped character named Sprite with an open mouth. Has a speech bubble saying
An image from Milly Collins' "Support Sprite," which is a productivity based experience that breaks down daunting daily tasks.

About This Exhibit

In an era defined by constant technological shifts, designers shape the future by treating tinkering as both a rigorous method and a vital mindset. By prioritizing hands-on play, they cultivate the nimbleness, curiosity, and critical inquiry necessary to navigate and lead within a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

GXD: Graphic & Experience Design Tinkering presents the culminating work of students in GD 210: Image & Tech Tinkering. Led by Valeria Lopez Torres, Assistant Professor of Graphic & Experience Design, and Kweku Baidoo, Graphic & Experience Design Assistant Teaching Professor, the exhibition celebrates the intersection of technical curiosity and creative risk-taking through the lens of design.

Spanning digital interfaces and immersive environments, these projects illustrate how technology can be wielded with both intention and artistry. Through the exploration of augmented reality (AR), VR, and generative AI, students investigated how emerging tools mediate our daily human interactions.
 

When

On view beginning June 1, 2026

Where

iPearl Innovation Studio, D. H. Hill Jr. Library

Admission

Free and open to the public.

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