Submission to ADAI Annual Student Exhibition

Entry in Design Exhibition—5 points
Total Project 3 points—5 points

Today I submitted my Hershey's packaging redesign project to the ADAI Annual Student Exhibition. I've never entered a juried exhibition or design contest before, mostly out of bashfulness. Its only recently that I've felt my work even holds its own in a comparison my peers. I've never dared to consider how I stack up to kids from other schools. Just focusin' on getting better.

But the senior practicum essentially required me to submit work to a competition, so... I did. In doing so, I did actually learn a bit. I learned a lot about photographing work, and spent a long time photoshopping my mediocre pictures. In the end I was pretty satisfied with the result. Submitting has helped me work out some presentation questions that will help me put together my analogue and digital portfolios later this semester.

However, the submission requirements were pretty nebulous regarding layout. Ultimately, rather than bother with some kind of gallery of pics, I just sent the one. We'll find out later this spring what exactly the judges are looking for.

(edit 2/16) Fender, here is proof of submission and my correspondence regarding entry fees.