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JUDSON’S GOLDEN CENTENNIALThis brochure was designed for Judson University’s Homecoming Week and was to reflect the celebration of the Golden Centennial and to “Paint the Town Gold”. I took photographs of gold ribbon and photoshopped them into one continuous ribbon. The continuous ribbon is to represent continuation of Judson as an institute to be celebrated.

BOOK COVER DESIGN These book covers tell the story that they contain. Each letter contains an important scene in the storyline, making it unnecessary for an abstract on the back of the book.

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MAGAZINE SPREADThis project was an assignment to interview and design a magazine spread based on the interviewee. All typography, photography, and copy are original.

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How do you think graphic design gives you guide-lines for creativity?With whatever design job I get, I will most likely have a client that knows somewhat what they want. I would have an easier time making a design for someone that knows what they want than someone who has no idea what they want because it is harder to narrow down and come up with a solution when there are too many open ends. I basically like to have freedom in moderation, I need a reason or purpose to design something.

When was the fi rst time you remember designing? My earliest memories doing artwork are with my grandmother. I used to spend most of my childhood with her and she bought me art supplies to help me express my creativity. My grandma is an artist but just did artwork for her own liking, she didn’t try to share it with the world.

She was a huge infl uence on me and she’s the reason I am doing art and design.

What do you fi nd so in-fl uential with designing without an audience?I am proud of my grandma for pursuing art for her own good, she did it because it makes her happy, not because people tell her it is good or bad. She does art for fun, in an almost relaxing manner. I feel the same way when I work on sewing projects. I start working and everything around me just stops and I’m in my own little world. When I design, I don’t want it to be about myself, I want to be able to glorify God and let others know about him through what I do.

So do you think that all design shouldn’t be done for an audience?I don’t necessarily think that all design should be made without the intention of an audience, it depends on what the design is and what it is

for. Many designers design for the glory and fame they will get out of their career, but I feel that there should always be a reason behind art and design. I think we Christian designers should be glorifying God through our talent, instead of ourselves.

How has your faith in-fl uenced your choices in design and how you went into the fi eld?During my senior year of high school I did not really know what I was going to do after graduation. I prayed and trusted God to take me where he wanted me to go and what he wanted me to do because I had no idea. All I knew was that my heart was set on going to Judson. I fi gure that since I was able to make it through the fi rst year of Visual Communications with minimal amounts of PTSD that I should be good enough to continue with this major. And now I wait for what God has planned for my future!

What’s your favorite thing about design?The thing I like most about design is learning more and more how to use computer programs to express and convey what I have going on in my head. It can be frustrating when there is something you want to put an idea down on the computer and you don’t know what tool to use in order to succeed. So that is why I am thrilled to be learning all these new things at school.

What are your three fa-vorite things about yourself?

One of my favorite things about myself is how independent I have become since being at school and how much more outgoing I am. I love my friends and my family very much, I feel like they are a lot of what defi nes me. When I am home my brother and I spend hours watching television shows. We have the same sense of humor and similar

personalities so we are pretty close with each other. The friends that I have made here at Judson are like family to me as well because I live with them and see them every day, we may as well be related. Another thing I like, oddly enough, is my hands, fi ngernails, and my feet. It sounds really funny, but I always wanted to be a hand model.

Are you and your family are pretty close?I talk about my grandma so much because she basically raised me when I was younger; I spent every day with her. That is why she has been the biggest infl uence in my life. She helped me become better as an artist. My immediate family has been through a lot so I suppose my mom, my brother and I have become pretty close. Ever since my brother came

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back home from college he and I have been much closer to each other. We are very similar people and we get along better now that we have grown up a lot more and share more of the same interests. Therefore we spend a lot of time together when I am home.

How is your family supportive of you de-sign-wise?My entire family is very artistic, but mostly musically talented. Because of my grandma, my brother developed his artistic talent as well as his musical talent. But I think that at Judson I am helped the most design-wise by the professors. I fi nd the critiques given to us SOADA students are the best because the professors tell us what works in our design and what needs to change.

A graphic design student at Judson University who uses her family and faith as reason to create.

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I think we as Christian designers should be glorifying

God through our talent, instead of

ourselves.

Introduce yourself, what do you do?

Makenzie Augenstein is who I am, and art and designing is what I do.

How did you get started in design?

I started doing art ever since I could hold a pencil. I’ve generally always been

creative and doing artsy things, ever since grade school. The reason I chose

to go into design was because I enjoyed editing pictures and working on

realized I have the need to have someone give me guidelines for my creativity,

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JUDSON UNIVERSITY CHAPELOur assignment was to design a new chapel for the Judson University campus. The goal was to design and layout a building according to a specific program. All images were done with Photoshop, Illustrator, SketchUp, AutoCad, and Podium SU.

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OMNIPRESENCE THROUGH LIGHTThis project was to create three homes in three different parts of the world based on the theme of light and a verse from the Bible. Using the Tabernacle as a precedent for my homes is in response to 2 Samuel 7:6:

“I have never lived in a house, from the day I brought the Israelites out of Egypt until this very day. I have always moved from one place to another with a tent and a Tabernacle as my dwelling.”

God says that He has never dwelt in any home, which is static and can only be in one place, but lives in the Tabernacle and moves with it. Creating a home similar to the tabernacle is to say that God is with us all the time, He moves with us. Similar to the Tabernacle’s separation of accessible areas, my homes have areas that go from most public to most private. Recreating a Tabernacle was not my goal, but to emphasize the reminder that God is always with us, just as the Tabernacle made it possible.

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ENVISION ELGINThis project is still in process. The assignment is to design a office/residential highrise for the Elgin, IL community. This design represents what the building would be used for in Elgin: a place of community, a point of interest, and a place of movement. I designed the plans to be simple so that the exterior could become an “empty canvas”. The skin represents the city of Elgin. The color brings interest and represents the movement of the city. There are points on the skin that break the stripped pattern that represent major gathering spaces throughout the city (parks, city hall...). The perforated metal exterior is the outline of the city of Elgin.

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