The winning projects got got Best Design and Best Impact awards were developed by teams with design majors. 

Founded by Industrial Design alum Jerred Mace (BDes 2023), OneCourt is a Seattle-based startup dedicated to making live sports more accessible for people with blindness or low-vision.

indira allegra's exhibition, The Book of Zero, navigates themes of death, rebirth, and transformation, encouraging visitors to consider what they want to let go of and reflect on the prospect of change.
 

Rachael Z. DeLue's lecture will examine the relationship between art and science in response to astronomical phenomena in nineteenth-century Europe and North America.

To be published in fall 2026, The Ill-Fated Afterlife examines the emergence of paintings of Buddhist hells in thirteenth-century Japan. 

Alum Emma Teal Laukitis, MDes ’18, and her sister Claire co-founded Salmon Sisters, a women-owned business dedicated to providing food security in their home state, Alaska. 

Anthony Sonnenberg (MFA 2012) is among this year's 50 artists across the country awarded the prestigious United States Artists Fellowship.

We’re excited to share January’s roundup featuring upcoming events, student opportunities, info sessions, and key deadlines across the School of Art + Art History + Design and UW Seattle. 

Announcing the 2026 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency culminating exhibition opening on February 4, 5–7pm, as well as a series of community-centered opportunities to engage with Indira’s practice. 

Explore how Coast Salish weavers are highlighting how tradition, history, and contemporary practice come together in a new exhibit at the Burke Museum.Read more at Cascade PBS.