About Us
The Design Center was created in the fall of 2005 as part of IU Southeast’s Commitment to Excellence, a series of initiatives designed to enhance the university’s academic reputation and better serve our region’s needs.
Working under the faculty supervision of Associate Professor of Fine Arts Marilyn Whitesell and the coordination of Jeff Gillenwater, the Design Center has completed a diversity of projects for organizations both on and off campus, ranging in topic from the arts and historic preservation to small business development and low-income housing.
The quality of our students’ work has been recognized with awards from the Advertising Federation of Louisville and the Louisville Graphic Design Association and with publication in CMYK, a quarterly magazine highlighting the best student creative work from around the country.
A partial list of clients includes:
Off Campus:
Falls of the Ohio State Park
Carnegie Center for Art and History
Louisville Coalition for the Homeless
Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana
Surface Design Association
Develop New Albany
Jeffersonville Main Street
Ohio River Greenway Commission
New Directions Housing Corporation
Women’s Foundation of Southern Indiana
On Campus:
New Dynamic Records
School of Education
Common Experience Program
North American Brass Band Association Competition
Veterans Program
IU Southeast Library
Undergraduate Research Conference and Journal
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