AIGA BlueRidge hosted the Fourth Annual Flux Student Design Competition. Eligible work was designed by undergraduate and graduate students between August 2008–October 2009. Freelance, Pro Bono and internship work completed by students was also eligible. Submitted work was selected by a panel of accomplished designers. The selected entries were displayed at the Blue Elephant art center in downtown Frederick, MD. Get more detailed info at the Flux 09 official website.

http://fluxdesigncompetition.org

As always, Lauren LaRocca from the Frederick News Post wrote and excellent article about the show, you can check it out online at this link

FNP Online Flux 09 Article

 
Art Alchemy Circle and Gala Events, Inc. (amoung others) were proud sponsors of Flux 09 this year. Tom Kemp worked with Kristin Kaineg to design the decor and the Blue Elephant looked amazing! Also, Colin Smallwood and Tom Kemp will had an artalchemycircle sponsor booth set up with a lot of promotional stuff. Check out pics from the show!
 
 
 
The idea for the decor was mimic the postcard, which had a CMYK color scheme, and an ornate boarder. We translated the colorful orbs in the postcard into hanging Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow lanterns, with Black napkins and re-created the ornate boarder as a stencil to outline the finalists' work. For added color, we installed colorful CMY blocks of translucent material in the open rectanglular areas all around the gallery space. It was a really great way to utilize our small budget to create the perfect decor for Flux 09.    

 

 

 

 

Thanks to Matt Wilt for the roomshots