In her Design Processes I course, Misty Thomas-Trout, assistant professor of art and design, reflected on the global health crisis that brought about the decision to conduct her studio course virtually in the fall of 2020. Students were asked to design a digital collage that delivers a message about the 1918 influenza pandemic (H1N1) and 2020 novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Students were asked to create the majority of the design through an analog collage process before finalizing the work in Adobe Photoshop.
In the midst of this pandemic learning structure, students had to find methods to create through the limitations of access to resources both on campus and off. Their classrooms were not accessible during this stage of the course if they had tested positive or were in mandatory quarantine. The pandemic drove the design of the project but led to incredible results.
Click through this gallery to view how students creatively approached creating off-screen works with very limited art materials. The messages delivered range from the impact of isolation on mental health to the parallel of injustice for people of color in both 1918 and 2020. Many messages were about coming together through loving one another and finding ways to bring peace. These graphic design posters exemplify students and faculty working together as we live through these unprecedented times.
The creator of each work owns copyright.
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Alazhar Al Hinai: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Alazhar Ahmed Al Hinai
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Allen Morales: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Allen Morales
- Digital collage
- 18 x 24 inches, vertical
- Mixed media
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Brandon Hines: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Brandon Hines
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Brooke Baker: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Brooke Baker
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Calan Gizelbach: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Calan Gizelbach
- 18 x 24 inches, vertical
- Mixed-media digital collage
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Cara Simmons: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Cara Simmons
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Caroline Hokanson: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Caroline Hokanson
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Cayley King: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Cayley King
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Claire Pawlecki: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Claire Pawlecki
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
- Mixed-media analog and digital collage
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Colleen Glavic: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Colleen Glavic
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 x 24 inches, vertical
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Courtney Ayres-McClinton: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Courtney Ayres-McClinton
- Digital collage
- 18 inches by 24 inches high
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Daveauntae Cotton: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Daveauntae Cotton
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Devan Moses: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Devan Moses
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Ekua Bransah: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Ekua Bransah
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Ellie Westerheide: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Ellie Westerheide
- 19 inches high, 20 inches wide
- Mixed-media digital collage
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Elliott Gilardi: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Elliott Gilardi
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide x 24 inches tall
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Grace Hughes: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Grace Erin Hughes
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Grace Parker: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Grace Parker
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Gracie King: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Gracie King
- 18 x 24 inches, vertical
- Mixed-media digital collage
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Jason Sullivan: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Jason Sullivan
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Jillian Whitson: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Jillian Whitson
- Digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Laura K. Barrett: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Laura K. Barrett
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 x 24 inches, vertical
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Leah Ramspott: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Leah Ramspott
- Digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Macaira Pucci: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Macaira Pucci
- Mixed-media digital design
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Mary Connor: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Mary Connor
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Mixed-media digital collage
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18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Max Benson: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Maxwell Benson
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Megan Emery: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Megan Emery
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Melina Durham: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Melina Durham
- Digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Mia Gaskey: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Mia Gaskey
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Mira Holifield: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Mira Holifield
- Mixed-media digital college
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Nicolette Engelmeier: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Nicolette Engelmeier
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Noah Gangloff: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Noah Gangloff
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Olivia Marklay: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Olivia Marklay
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches tall
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Peder Harvey: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Peder Harvey
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Reilly Waldoch: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Reilly Waldoch
- 18 x 24 inches, vertical
- Mixed-media digital collage
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Tash Nelson: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic
Tash Nelson
- Illustration, Digital Collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Valerie Connor: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Valerie Connor
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 inches wide, 24 inches high
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Yamilet Perez Aragon: 1918 & 2020 Pandemic Poster
Yamilet Perez Aragon
- Mixed-media digital collage
- 18 x 24 inches, vertical
