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Directors' Choice Exhibition 2023

Dates: May 15th - August 3rd, 2023

The Directors’ Choice specifically highlights the outstanding capstone projects, first presented as a part of DAAPworks that demonstrate exceptional knowledge, creativity, and skill that has been applied to a focused idea and then most effectively communicated by visual means.

Each year the Directors from all four schools within DAAP, along with the Director of DAAP Galleries, review the project submissions from all of the school programs. The Directors take into consideration the recommendations they are provided by the faculty that work with these students daily. After much deliberation a consensus is reached to make the selections of Directors’ Choice award winners.

To see all of the DAAPworks projects, including the Directors' Choice winners use the following link: https://daapworks.uc.edu/

Virtual Exhibit

Reed Gallery Entry Way

Click on the 360 link to the left to view the 3-D tour.

Gallery A

Reed Gallery Entrance

Reed Gallery Entrance

Reed Gallery Entrance

Reed Gallery Entrance

Reed Gallery Entrance

Reed Gallery Entrance

Ashton Templeton

Bachelor of Science in Interior Design - Directors' Choice Award

Adapting Obsolete Sports Architecture: Reimagining the Astrodome?

Adapting Obsolete Sports Architecture: Reimagining the Astrodome?

print on paper

print on paper

Rose Bacon

Bachelor of Science in Design - Communication Design

Graphic Design Directors' Choice Award

Focus Here book

Focus Here

printed bound book

printed bound book

Lamia Albunnie

Master of Architecture - Directors' Choice Award

Migrating Sandscapes: From the Microparticle to the Architecture

Migrating Sandscapes: From the Microparticle to the Architecture

prints on canvas, wood, cardboard and plastic models, sand

prints on canvas, wood, cardboard and plastic models, sand

Madelyn Shae

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Directors' Choice Award

Grey Escape

Grey Escape

silicone, fabric, dirt

silicone, fabric, dirt

Jennifer Ellison

Bachelor of Science in Design - Industrial Design

Mobility Design Directors' Choice Award

E-VOLVE

E-VOLVE

prints on paper, printed book

prints on paper, printed book

Gallery B

Reed Gallery B Entrance

Reed Gallery B Entrance

Reed Gallery B Entrance

Reed Gallery B Entrance

Reed Gallery B Entrance

Reed Gallery B Entrance

Gauri Patil

Master of Landscape Architecture - Directors' Choice Award

Urban Escape

Urban Escape

print on paper, printed book

print on paper, printed book

Anna Maria Rose

Bachelor of Science in Design - Fashion Design - Directors' Choice Award

Prakriti

Prakriti

print on paper

print on paper

Stella Dionysiou and James McLaughlin

Bachelor of Science - Horticulture - Directors' Choice Group Project Award

Buffer and Vegetative Groundcovers

Buffer and Vegetative Groundcovers

print on paper

print on paper

Annah Saladonis

Bachelor of Science - Urban Studies - Directors' Choice Award

Why is Guaranteed Basic Income a Women's Issue?

Why is Guaranteed Basic Income a Women's Issue?

print on paper

print on paper

Anna Mueller

Master of Community Planning - Directors' Choice Award

Climate Resilient Mobility: A Playbook for a Greener, More Sustainable Future?

Climate Resilient Mobility: A Playbook for a Greener, More Sustainable Future?

print on paper

print on paper

Sarah Tengen

Bachelor of Urban Planning - Directors' Choice Award

What if the Purple People Bridge could be the catalyst for Biophilic design in Cincinnati?

What if the Purple People Bridge could be the catalyst for Biophilic design in Cincinnati?

print on paper

print on paper

Kyle Gibbs and Gabe Weber

Bachelor of Urban Planning - Simpson Urban Futures Award

What if the Miami-Erie Canal is revived in Downtown Cincinnati?

What if the Miami-Erie Canal is revived in Downtown Cincinnati?

print on paper

print on paper

Lauren McCarroll

Bachelor of Science in Architecture - Directors' Choice Award

Re-Defining [Failure]

Re-Defining [Failure]

prints on paper, chipboard model, wood installation

prints on paper, chipboard model, wood installation

Danielle Schuster

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Directors' Choice Award

Silent Calls of Falling Trees

Silent Calls of Falling Trees

enhanced matte photo prints, bound books

enhanced matte photo prints, bound books

Gallery C

Reed Gallery C Entrance

Reed Gallery C Entrance

Reed Gallery C Entrance

Reed Gallery C Entrance

Reed Gallery C Entrance

Reed Gallery C Entrance

Riley Ewing and Jake Kuhn

Bachelor of Science in Architecture - Directors' Choice Group Project Award

Memorial Orchard

Memorial Orchard

print on paper, wood and foam models, printed book

print on paper, wood and foam models, printed book

Amanda Casey

Bachelor of Science in Design - Communication Design

Interaction Design Directors' Choice Award

Good Riddance!

Good Riddance!

Good Riddance!

Good Riddance!

Jacob Bernans

Master of Architecture - Directors' Choice Award

An Epistle on Beauty: The Composition of Belief

An Epistle on Beauty: The Composition of Belief

prints on canvas, plastic models

prints on canvas, plastic models

Shelby Schaffer

Master of Design - Directors' Choice Award

Full Circle Futures

Full Circle Futures

print on sublimated recycled polyester canvas

print on sublimated recycled polyester canvas

Steven Almond

Master of Architecture - Simpson Urban Futures Award

The Irony of Fate: Tbilisi's Soviet Catalyst

The Irony of Fate: Tbilisi's Soviet Catalyst

prints on paper, wood models

prints on paper, wood models

James McKenna

Master of Fine Arts - Directors' Choice Award

Resurgence

Resurgence

steel, canvas

steel, canvas

Stephanie Krekeler

Bachelor of Science in Design - Communication Design

Motion Design Directors' Choice Award

Reverse Cowboy

Reverse Cowboy

video, print on paper

video, print on paper

Gallery D

Reed Gallery D Entrance

Reed Gallery D Entrance

Reed Gallery D Entrance

Reed Gallery D Entrance

Reed Gallery D Entrance

Reed Gallery D Entrance

Andrea Jeffers

Bachelor of Arts - History of Art - Directors' Choice Award

Suzanne Valadon: Defying the Definition of Gender in Life and Art

Suzanne Valadon: Defying the Definition of Gender in Life and Art

print on paper

print on paper

Caroline Leyes

Bachelor of Science in Design - Industrial Design

Product Design Directors' Choice Award

Scoop: Breaststroke Training Gear

Scoop: Breaststroke Training Gear

prints on paper, printed book, plastic prototypes

prints on paper, printed book, plastic prototypes

Vernay Monroe

Bachelor of Fine Arts - Directors' Choice Award

UNKNOWABLE

UNKNOWABLE

graphite on paper

graphite on paper

Ellie Dedrick and Brie Voetberg

Bachelor of Science in Architecture - Directors' Choice Group Project Award

Urban Fabric

Urban Fabric

prints on paper, plastic and silicone models, fabric

prints on paper, plastic and silicone models, fabric

Planning Your Visit

The Reed Gallery

Hours: Sunday - Thursday 10am-5pm

Phone: (513) 556-2839

Location and visiting instructions for the Reed Gallery:

When visiting the Reed Gallery enter the DAAP building by the third-floor entrance located at the bottom of Clifton Court next to the Clifton Court Garage. Proceed to the Reed Gallery located on the 5th Floor Rm 5275, and please wait outside the gallery for attendant to let you in.
Metered parking is available on Clifton Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive; hourly parking is available in the Clifton Court Garage.
Directions: From Martin Luther King Dr. turn right onto Clifton Ave. towards McMillan Ave. (DAAP will be on left). Street and garage parking are available (garage accepts cash or credit upon exit). Gallery is on the fifth floor.
It may be helpful to view a campus map here

Contact Information

DAAP Galleries

daapgalleries@uc.edu

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