On View
Third Space Gallery, University of Houston
December 2021-January 2022

Deliverables
Identity System
Exhibition design
Marketing materials

Design Team
Colton McKinney, team lead
Andrea Barela, brand identity
Yoo-Ell Lee, motion designer
Braden Turrentine, marketing materials

Collaborators
University of Houston MFA Creative Writing students

Photography
Courtesy of Alexandria Dziezdic

Using the research on water issues facing Gulf Coast ecologies, six teams from the senior graphic design course presented exhibition proposals with the interpretation of data as the goal. The winning proposal Un|filtered, capitalized on the dualities of purified and polluted, drought and flood, by creating a series of hanging layered scrims that referenced the function of a filtration system. Each scrim, designed by the remaining teams, featured quotes and data around a unique aspect of water issues.

As students, this was our first time executing a project of this scale, with minimal experience leading exhibition design. In the beginning of the process, it was a learning curve navigating communication across five teams, while also ensuring a cohesive design direction was instilled throughout each asset.

This project was awarded the 2022 SEGD Global Design Merit Award in the Exhibition Category.