Senior Trip Marks 10th Year




This year marked the 10th anniversary for the Senior Trip! Returning to Seattle the 34 Montana State students visited top design firms, advertising agencies and in-house design departments. The long list included Teague, Ames Bros, Wexley School for Girls, Creature, Possible, Square Tomato, Starbucks, K2 Skis, Ride Snowboards, Microsoft and Eddie Bauer. Once again Jack and Barb Anderson at Hornall Anderson hosted an exceptional reception for the MSU students and Seattle alumni. Next year we have our sites set on Denver and Boulder…hope to see you there!

2012 National ADDY Winners


Montana State students rocked the 2012 National ADDY Award Competition.  Winners brought home 2 Gold ADDYs and 2 Silver ADDYs. Shown from left to right: Nikki Simon received a Silver ADDY for Poster Design, Bret Sander was awarded a Gold ADDY for Editorial Design Series, Vanessa Swenson received a Gold ADDY for Illustration and Carson Wiser won a Silver ADDY for Editorial Design Series. The AAF Student ADDY Awards Competition is a unique national awards program designed specially for college students. These 4 MSU students' work was entered at the state level, then moved up to the regional level and finally to the last level of national judging.

2012 Northwest ADDY Awards
















Once again the Graphic Design students from Montana State University demonstrated their creative skills by bringing home 3 Gold ADDY Awards and 11 Silver ADDY Awards from the 2012 Northwest ADDY Awards Competition. The district competition held this time in Boise, Idaho is the middle level of a three-tiered national competition where students compete against 5 Western states and 2 Canadian Provinces.

Packaging
Silver ADDY / David Driscoll / Spike Seasoning Redesign / Packaging

Brochure
Silver ADDY / Chris Stanick / Time 100 / Brochure
Silver ADDY / Nikki Romero / Time 100 / Brochure

Poster
Gold ADDY / Nicole Simon / Wolfmother / Poster
Silver ADDY / Dominic Scariano / AFI Top 100 / Poster

Editorial Design Cover
Silver ADDY / Kellee Kackman / Time Magazine / Editorial Design Cover

Editorial Design Series
Silver ADDY / Carson Wiser / Craigslist / Editorial Design Series
Silver ADDY/ Nicole Simon / Simon Says / Editorial Design Series
Silver ADDY / Bret Sander / Amazing Mustaches / Editorial Design Series

Non-Traditional Advertising
Gold ADDY / Samantha Delvo & Krystle Horton / Eggo Waffles Street Ad /
Non-Traditional
Gold ADDY / North Bryan & J. Sheehan / Amnesty International /
Non-Traditional
Silver ADDY/ Samantha Delvo / Not For Sale Campaign /
Non-Traditional

Illustration
Silver ADDY / Vanessa Swenson / Iron and Wine / Illustration
Silver ADDY / Shane Johnson / Space is the Place / Illustration