2024 School of Design EXPO

SCHOOL OF DESIGN

SCHOOL OF DESIGN

WELCOME

TREVOR BULLEN

Academic Dean, School of Design

KORRIN HOWARD

Associate Dean, School of Design

Each year we pause to reflect on our shared journey, take stock of the strides we’ve made, and celebrate the accomplishments of our graduates in the School of Design. Our students never fail to inspire with their creativity, passion, grit, and dedication. They remind us not only of how far they have come, but of how bright the future of our design professions is. This book is an expression of their immense talents and was designed entirely by our students under the guidance of our dedicated faculty. We are grateful for their efforts in bringing this project to life, as well as the continued support of our industry partners, Program Advisory Committees (PAC), and the Dunwoody College of Technology community.

The goal of this book is to showcase the work of our students and provide a glimpse into our vibrant and diverse learning community. It provides a snapshot of a moment in time and serves as an archive of our shared history. The book is structured into three parts, highlighting the work in each School of Design program: architecture, graphic design, and interior design. While each program has a distinct character and focus, they share a common underpinning grounded in a hands-on applied education coupled with real-world problem solving.

This publication accompanies our School of Design Expo; an annual celebration of a year-in-the-life of our school. It is an opportunity for our industry and community partners to engage with our students as they prepare to enter their professions. Employers consistently tell us that our graduates are technically competent, creative thinkers, ready and able to contribute on day one. We value our industry relationships and owe much of our success to the industry professionals who enrich our student experience by serving as studio reviewers, mentors, PAC members, and adjunct faculty.

On behalf of the faculty and staff of the School of Design, we would like to thank our students, colleagues, and industry partners, along with family and friends whose support has made this work possible. We hope that you will enjoy the work presented in the pages ahead and invite you to get involved, stay connected, and celebrate our graduates as they embark on their careers. It is with a sense of anticipation, excitement, and great pride that we bid farewell to the Class of 2024!

FACULTY

Architecture

Marissa Alexander

Andrew Blaisdell

Pete Deutz

Beata Fleischmann

Katie Kangas

Jennifer Klein

Beth Koeppel

Niko Kubota

Teri Kwant

Choy Leow

Colin Montoute

Jena Quast

Alonso Sierralta

Paul Strother

Jeff Swiontkowski

Lauren Wells

James Wheeler

Bruce Wright

Dan Zutte

Interior Design Graphic Design

Jessica Ainsworth-Truong

Christy Davis

Jess Kiel-Wornson

Lisa Loudon

Erin Moren

Taylor Morgan

Sarah North

Jack Dalke

Pam Glander

Valeria Lopez-Torres

Pete Rivard

Melissa Sisk

GET INVOLVED

FOR DOERS, THERE’S NO BETTER HOME THAN AT DUNWOODY

Here, an entire generation of makers, problem solvers, and innovators reside to transform their passions into professions.

Learn more about how to get involved!

Program Advisory Committee

Guest Reviewers

Post Job Opportunities

Career Fair and Campus Events

Summer Camp

Speaker Series

Project Partnerships and Tours

Scholarships and Sponsorships

Joining us as Faculty

GRAPHIC DESIGN & PRODUCTION

Dunwoody’s Graphic Design & Production Program is a two-year Associate of Applied Science degree.

A degree from Dunwoody’s School of Design involves community engagement, hands-on, real-world experience, and leadership in the profession. Our distinctive position within a college of technology gives us access to collaborations across a variety of technical disciplines. Our students work intimately with an on-campus print shop, state-of-the-art design and production equipment, and learn from industry experts.

Students understand design theory and production work-flows through projectbased learning, preparing to work in a variety of creative fields, including marketing, advertising, publishing, packaging, and display design.

Our Graduates are Industry-Ready and Born to Design

DESIGN GRAPHIC

FAIZA ABSHIR

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

It’s important to prioritize time management and not settle for the first good idea. You should push your design to its limits.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

In my free time I like playing games, story creation, drawing, watching TV shows/movies, exploring fashion, and practicing self-care.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I have Pinterest boards for almost everything. I love browsing through other people’s work and feeling inspired. Music and a clean work space help too.

What is your greatest design strength?

I am confident in my ability to think creatively, try new things, solve problems, and pay attention to detail.

What’s your dream job?

To do it all if I could! I am particularly interested in working in the 3D design space. I would love to bring my designs to life and share them with others, whether it be through animation or selling merchandise. My dream job would allow me to work while traveling the world.

XINH BEARDMORE

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I highly enjoy being around other doers! The buzz of energy, creativity, and productivity during finals week in a design school is unique to this industry and I find it extremely contagious, inspiring, and invigorating.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I am a ball of energy and need to keep busy throughout the day. I love getting things done — cleaning, cooking, reading, exercising, staying ahead of deadlines.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I gather and consume abundant inspirational material. Sometimes, I need to walk away to come back with a fresh perspective.

What is your greatest design strength?

I embrace the design exploration process, ideating (sketching, prototyping, etc.) until I find the right solution to the design problem.

What’s your dream job?

I would love to design an experience, whether it be designing a virtual reality world via an AR headset or an entire immersive exhibit that physically invites you to a new world within reality.

High

Energy

Persistent Driven

COURTNEY BERGHORST

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Active listening, less is more, be curious, look things up, do what you love, technology will come with time, feel good about what you create, find what makes you unique.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Listen to music, eat, be around people who know me best, reminisce, ride bike, cleaning raises my vibration and calms my mind, arts, crafts, and sewing.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Taking walks boosts my imagination. I glance at other designers’ work for inspiration. Also I like to peek at what’s trending in fashion and design, and go through album covers I love.

What is your greatest design strength?

Imagination

What’s your dream job?

Set director/set designer

Loyal Empathetic Optimistic

GRANT DOKKEN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

It is important to develop a growth mindset and embrace change.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I enjoy skateboarding, working out, and resting.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Listen to groovy music.

What is your greatest design strength?

Receiving constructive criticism without getting upset.

What’s your dream job?

Creative director

MATTHEW GILLUND

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

That anything is possible as long as you put your time and effort into it.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I like photography, specifically landscape and nature.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I like to take a quick break, think about it for 5-10 minutes, and then come back to it.

What is your greatest design strength?

I would say attention to detail.

What’s your dream job?

Work as a photographer and a graphic designer for a sports team.

Creative Motivated Determined

NATE HASPEL

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

The biggest thing I’ve taken away is that collaboration and networking is key to being successful in any professional field.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

When I’m not designing I like to go fishing or biking. I enjoy any outdoor activity! Otherwise if it’s not nice outside I’ll play video games.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

What really inspires me is the work of others. Whether that’s the projects we work on in class or the packaging I see in the real world.

What is your greatest design strength?

In my opinion my biggest strength is my math skills when it comes to designing packaging. This helps to keep it mathematically correct so that it folds the correct way.

What’s your dream job?

I want to manage my own CAD department at a packaging company.

Loyal Detailed Hardworking

ANYA HATTEN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

So unbelievably much, but I think the most important thing I’ve learned is to embrace your strengths, but don’t let it distract you from the overall goal. Sometimes, passion can be a distraction.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

If I’m not creating in my free time, then I’m either playing video games or consuming Marvel movies, books, and shows.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

The right music helps me get out of any creative block! Music is so impactful to our moods, so I use that to my advantage!

What is your greatest design strength?

My ability to quickly adapt to any tools I have. I’ve sketched with a $17 Huion tablet on the floor, photoshopped in a free animation program, and drawn on a bumpy train in the mountains of Switzerland on my phone using a cheap stylus I bought at a gift shop.

What’s your dream job?

No matter the role, I would work happily in indie comics!

KAYLEIGH KAPISHKOWIT

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I learned more about software like Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, etc. Also broadened my abilities as a designer in layout.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

In my free time, I like to bake and listen to music.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I like sitting in a quiet environment while listening to the music I like.

What is your greatest design strength?

I am a very good listener and can apply changes to designs. I also like to think I am good at illustrating.

What’s your dream job?

I’m hoping to get a job in layout. An example is supporting the people within my culture and other youth.

LUKAS MARKEL

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Dunwoody is the first place I was respected, and therefore given the space to become an individual. I’ve learned so many life skills and gained confidence during my time here. Because of this, I was able to find myself here and become the guy I am today.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Mainly I’m into digital illustration, but I also like listening to punk rock and thrash metal, working out, and gardening in the spring.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Going on walks and letting my music guide my steps helps with creative thinking and the will to get something done.

What is your greatest design strength?

Page layout is a strength of mine because of how often I do it.

What’s your dream job?

I’m unsure where I want to end up exactly, but someday I want my designs to advocate for groups of people facing discrimination, so that their struggles can be heard and the overall public can become more educated on them.

WYLIE PETERSON

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

That I can acclimate to any environment and succeed.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Ideally I’d like to be walking my dog in the sun or editing videos.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I train my mind to find inspiration in everything.

What is your greatest design strength?

Taste or vision

What’s your dream job?

Working at Disney or Pixar

ZAKARIA QAWLE

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

The connection and understanding of the field and its history as well as the possible progression of my chosen field.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I like to read books or learn about the culture and history of other places.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I like to watch other people create things that are unrelated to what I’m doing and try to think of how I would change it or what I would do in the situation.

What is your greatest design strength?

My design strength is the ability to balance aesthetics with functionality and create solutions that are both visually appealing and highly practical.

What’s your dream job?

Digital designer

Intuitive Adaptable Versatile

LILY SCHREIFELS

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

My main takeaway was education! If you asked me 2 years ago what I was going to do with my life, I never would’ve imagined going back to school. Dunwoody’s learning style encouraged me to go out of my comfort zone and do things I never thought I would have.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I like to play video games, hang out with friends, and I also like writing.

I have a goofy dog named Opal that keeps me busy. She’s a Husky mutt with unlimited energy! (Just like me!)

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Taking a break can help me get creative again. Sometimes listening to podcasts, and even going for a walk can work. If I’m stuck on a design problem, I like to search through Pinterest or Behance to gain some inspiration.

What is your greatest design strength?

My greatest design strength is client communication, especially through accessibility guidelines as well as logo and layout design.

What’s your dream job?

I’m not sure what my dream job is yet. There are so many directions I could take with the degree I earned. Maybe something with layout and typography for print!

Resilient Outgoing Determined

INTERIOR DESIGN

Dunwoody’s Interior Design Program is a four-year Bachelor of Science degree accredited by CIDA.

A degree from Dunwoody’s School of Design involves community engagement, leadership in the profession, and a responsibility to health, safety, and well-being. Our distinctive position within a college of technology gives us access to collaborations across a variety of technical disciplines. Our students work intimately with industry software,

fabrication tools, and learn from industry experts.

Students understand depth of concept, design theories, material integrity, spatial relationships, and present unique designs to peers and industry professionals.

Our Graduates are Industry-Ready and Born to Design

DESIGN INTERIOR

MAVLUDA ABDUKADYROV

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

This journey shaped me into a versatile designer equipped with both technical expertise and a deep passion for the power of creativity in transforming spaces.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen and indulging my adventurous spirit through yoga sessions.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Seeking new experiences, attending workshops, and engaging in activities like sketching and modeling.

What is your greatest design strength?

Blending functionality with aesthetics to create transformative spaces.

What’s your dream job?

Leading design projects that leave lasting impressions.

Versatile Visionary Passionate

DABREN BAHN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I would say meaningful connections. Yes, I learned a lot, but the people I met while doing so made my experience a positive one. I can honestly say I enjoyed coming to school. Even if it was at 8a.m. P.S. I didn’t LOVE that part. I can’t wait to see us all thrive in the industry!

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I enjoy consuming Korean culture (drama, movies, music, cuisine). Yes, I’m also learning the language. On an off chance you catch me out of my house, I’m probably at lunch / dinner or live theater with some of my favorite humans or taking a walk or a drive. I have a thing for trees.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I love to travel and immerse myself in different cultures. I also follow many designers, artists, and content from all over the world. Lastly, I gain inspiration from things around me. I love nature as well as city walks. Did I mention my love of trees?

What is your greatest design strength?

Putting together concept/schemes and FF&E sourcing. I find joy in each step of the design process but that is where I thrive. I love putting together a well thought out, cohesive design.

What’s your dream job?

A senior interior designer at a multi-disciplinary design firm (area of focus: hospitality) or high-end residential design firm. My time at Dunwoody has taught me that I am a leader. One that loves fostering growth in others and open to learning from each member of the team.

MADELINE BAUMANN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Every challenge is a new learning opportunity.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Read, listen to music, creative activities like making art or doing crafts.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Remembering to rest, doing or making creative things just for fun, and following creatives and trends online.

What is your greatest design strength?

Rendering

What’s your dream job?

A job where I can travel, experience new things, and always continue to learn and grow.

Adaptable Observant Collaborative

AMBER BEAVENS

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Networking, the importance of asking questions, and continuing to push yourself.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Having game nights with friends and family.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Utilizing design magazines, Pinterest, and looking at projects done in the past.

What is your greatest design strength?

All things concept. Concept words, phrases, and mood boards.

What’s your dream job?

Creative Director at a design firm and an adjunct professor.

Energized Resourceful Driven

MARISSA BRITTAIN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Sustainable design is so important in the design world and should always be thought about when designing a space.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I love spending time with my family and friends.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Traveling and taking inspiration from places I have been, finding inspo online, and creating mood boards/collages.

What is your greatest design strength?

Space planning and creating renderings.

What’s your dream job?

Hospitality interior designer, space planner, cruise ship designer

PEYTON BROWER

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

The most important takeaway I have gained is the ability to think critically about creative ideas.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I enjoy reading and puzzles.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I spend time in nature, finding that my deep appreciation often lends itself to new inspiration.

What is your greatest design strength?

I am a strong communicator, both through visual mediums such as sketches as well as using articulate and engaging language.

What’s your dream job?

I would love to design mental health facilities with extended resident stays that are conducive to the healing process.

JOSETTE GUREGHIAN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Ask lots of questions and make use of all available resources!

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I love traveling, reading, and spending time outside.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Looking through design magazines and making collages.

What is your greatest design strength?

Concept and schematics are when I feel most creative.

What’s your dream job?

Working at a high-end residential firm.

EMILY HORN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

It really is all about who you know in the industry.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I really enjoy spending quality time with my close friends and family, bonus points if it’s outside. I also love reading!

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I find a lot of inspiration from being outdoors and seeing all of the beauty nature has to offer.

What is your greatest design strength?

My attention to detail.

What’s your dream job?

One day I would love to have my own interior design company.

DAKARI HOWELL

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Networking and communication is very important.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I enjoy watching documentaries and traveling.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I keep my creative juices flowing by scrolling through social media, watching design related videos, sketching, and perusing through Zillow.

What is your greatest design strength?

Designing aesthetically pleasing spaces, while making sure they are functional and sustainable.

What’s your dream job?

To have my own or be a partner at a firm that focuses on sustainable design.

Creative Detail Oriented Visionary

KAITLYN HUBBARD

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

New skills but also with the knowledge that even professionals aren’t prepared.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Spending time with family or playing video games.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Try not to get stuck and go out and explore.

What is your greatest design strength?

Empathy

What’s your dream job?

I don’t have one in mind. I’ll go wherever God takes me.

Empathetic Imaginative Amiable

JADYN KAROW

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

It’s important to know people and make new connections

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Bedazzling, watching tv, and going boating on the lake.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Pinterest

What is your greatest design strength?

Lighting design

What’s your dream job?

To design hospitality projects and specialize in lighting.

LYDIA KROESE

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

My self-perception as a person and designer has expanded while studying interior design at Dunwoody. I have grown substantially in my appreciation for design and architecture, and I enjoy the design stimulation of being in/near downtown Minneapolis. I really respect Dunwoody’s mission to expand the opportunity of college education to a diverse body of students.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I love to be outdoors and engaged in gardening, walking, and biking. I very much enjoy reading fiction— dystopias, mysteries, realistic, and historical.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

My creativity is best stimulated by getting outside and appreciating the beauty around me while I take a walk. I often have my best design ideas while cultivating mental quiet.

What is your greatest design strength?

Empathy for the users of my design

What’s your dream job?

Designing workplaces and public spaces that inspire and delight people, with few budget limitations, of course!

Optimistic Visual Learner

FATMA MOHAMED

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

One thing I’ve taken from my time here is the importance of connections in the industry.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Outside of design, I split my time between reading and working on my small business, Nabad Candles.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

A couple of ways I keep my creativity flowing are reconnecting with nature and crafting.

What is your greatest design strength?

My greatest design strength is 3D modeling and rendering.

What’s

your dream job?

My dream job is one that will allow me to make a difference using the knowledge and skills I have gained over the past four years.

Passionate Ambitious Dependable

EMMA MORALES

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Having professionals with rich knowledge and experience guide me through my education has been a great experience. This has allowed me to have confidence in the skillset I am starting with as I step into the professional world.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I enjoy going on adventures, reading, and spending time with friends.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I’m always trying to look at things with a new perspective and finding inspiration in my daily life.

What is your greatest design strength?

Problem solving and planning for functionality.

What’s your dream job?

I’m not entirely sure yet, I just want to see where my career takes me and what I find the most enjoyable.

CHASE MUELLER

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

My time at Dunwoody has really shown me how much is possible if I simply have the confidence and drive to push forward.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

In my own time I love to read and do plenty of gaming online with my friends.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

A hot coffee and good book of poetry helps me keep focused. Also finding inspiration in my peers always helps me find a path forward.

What is your greatest design strength?

My ability to take myself out of my designs and my willingness to try any two contrasting ideas together.

What’s your dream job?

An interior designer part of a team that is willing to take risks and advocate for sustainability.

LUCY PARADAY

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Only I can make myself succeed.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Try new foods and restaurants with friends, read, and go on walks.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Design books or magazines. Looking at inspiration and seeing visually that big ideas can come to life helps me push my design choices.

What is your greatest design strength?

Material exploration takes time, but it pays off to put that energy into FF+E.

What’s your dream job?

My dream job would be an interior designer specializing in restaurant and bar design.

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

Dunwoody’s Architecture Programs are uniquely structured as two-plus-three stackable credentials: Associate of Applied Science and Bachelor of Architecture.

Accredited by NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board) and participating in IPAL (Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure) the program is structured to reduce barriers to the practice of architecture.

A degree from Dunwoody’s School of Design involves community engagement and social responsibility, both locally and globally. Our distinctive position within a college of

technology gives us access to collaborations across a variety of technical disciplines. Our students work intimately with fabrication tools, participate in designbuild projects, and present unique designs to peers and industry professionals.

Students understand the effects architecture has on the global context and their local communities.

Our Graduates are Industry-Ready and Born to Design

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE

DAVIS BACH

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Perseverance

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Sculpting, drawing, painting. I am also a bit of a cinephile.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Reading, museums, hardcore pits, Pinot Noir

What is your greatest design strength?

Form building and public art

What’s your dream job?

To run my own art and architecture firm

SAM COOPERMAN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

A comprehensive view of how to maintain design ideas through conception, critique, and construction.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Think about how I should get back to designing.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I’m constantly talking about my work, sometimes to a fault.

What is your greatest design strength?

My ability to get immersed in projects and problems.

What’s your dream job?

Too many to count. Creative Director? Curator? Candle Critic?

LATOYA DENNIS

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Dunwoody has allowed me to see the bigger picture and identify how important it is for me, an African American woman, to have a seat and a voice at the table of Architects.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

When I am not designing, I like to hang out with my family, play flag football, or ride ATVs and other off-road vehicles.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I am a dissectologist, which means I am a puzzle enthusiast. Jigsaw, logic, crossword, you name it, I love it!

What is your greatest design strength?

My greatest design strength is my ability to be flexible, listen to others, and pivot when needed.

What’s your dream job?

Architect and agent of change

Creative Compassionate Artist

NOAH FJERSTAD

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I have learned better communication skills, how collaborate with my peers, and manage my time effectively in order to reach deadlines.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I enjoy doing anything that allows me to be creative.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Caffeine

What is your greatest design strength?

Problem-solving

What’s your dream job?

Architect

KATIE HINZ

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

More creative way of thinking and designing

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Playing handbells

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Go on walks

What is your greatest design strength?

Hand sketches and handwriting

What’s your dream job?

Historical restoration and preservation area

DERRICK ISAACSON

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

A steady foundation to back up my designs and allow them to exist in reality

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Playing sports, watching TV or reading

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Keep pushing

What is your greatest design strength?

The ability to keep trying

What’s your dream job?

A job that allows me to design in the ways I want to

PRESTON JONES

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I’ve taken away that with a lot of time and effort you can really accomplish anything you put your mind to. It’s given me critical thinking skills and it’s pushed my creative mind to places I didn’t know existed. I’ll walk away feeling proud of myself because of the character development and technical improvements I’ve gathered from attending Dunwoody.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I like to explore new places, whether that be outdoors, going on hiking trips or new locations around the city. I enjoy going on long drives while listening to my favorite music. Spending time with friends and family is something I always make sure I have time for as well.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I take inspiration from all around me, like nature, art, books, and cool tech stuff. I’m always trying new things and chatting with different people to get fresh ideas. It’s all about staying curious and openminded while sketching new things that come to mind.

What is your greatest design strength?

My greatest design strength is the ability to think on a broader level of design and rather focus on a single design technique or aesthetic, I’m able to create a broad level of different buildings and designs that don’t look similar, but have hints of my style scattered throughout all of them.

What’s your dream job?

My dream job one day is to create my own practice. I would love to develop my skills as an architect throughout a various number of commercial projects and later on explore the realm of the residential design. I want to run my own residential architecture firm working on a variety of high-end homes that still push the boundaries of modern design.

Analytical Compassionate Curious

JONAH JOSEPHS

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

The belief that I can succeed at much greater things than I thought I was capable of. And most importantly, all of the new and amazing people I got to meet along the way. I will always remember them.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I like drawing, writing stories while listening to music. Both allow me to continue to express my mind.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Music. Listening to music is my way to imagine new worlds and ideas. Once I find something, I can dive in and everything clicks.

What is your greatest design strength?

To seek the input of others. This allows me to better hone my skills and create better designs in the end.

What’s your dream job?

My dream would be a place where I could be myself, have wonderful co-workers, grow in my design skills, and a place where I can be continually intrigued and curious.

Creative Determined Imaginative

ANNA KEILLOR

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Creatively, time consuming

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Spend time with my daughter, play soccer, hopefully hockey again.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Looking up inspiration from any media platform.

What is your greatest design strength?

Being more proficient in Adobe programs, Sketchup, Revit, and rendering programs.

What’s your dream job?

Work with a team in making the world a better place by designing a structure that is very impactful to the user of the building and community.

Hardworking Outgoing Busy

YASMEEN KHAN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I have grown a huge respect for the complexity of work within the design field and an immense admiration for those who are able to make those designs a reality. Additionally, I have made friends and connections with professors whose wisdom, help, and support I will cherish for a lifetime.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I am currently learning to knit which has become quite a delightful pastime. I also like to hike and spend time in nature and I am an avid reader.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Learning and continuing education is definitely a huge source of inspiration for me. Understanding what is in the realm of possibility makes it easy for me to imagine that anything is possible.

What is your greatest design strength?

I am a great visualizer and I am able to come up with big picture concepts and ideas. I use the excitement of the big picture to help me through the detail work which is necessary to make that big dream tangible.

What’s your dream job?

To design schools, libraries, and public buildings. Ideally, I would love to work with my city in their urban planning and development sector to create a better environment for everyone.

RAIJA LANGHOFF

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

You have to put in the work to get the results you want.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I love to dance, spin fire, and enjoy my time with my friends and family and my pets.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I love to bounce ideas off of fellow creatives and listen to music to get me going.

What

is your greatest design strength?

I love thinking outside of the box. I like to stretch the limits of design.

What’s your dream job?

I would love to do work for underrepresented communities and be on a board to help design urban developments.

MADELINE MYRLONN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

That the impossible is possible. I couldn’t have accomplished what I have without Dunwoody.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I love to hike and cross country ski with my family. I love running and just being outdoors and spending time with the people I love.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I like to challenge myself to think outside of the box. That is where my creativity really starts to thrive.

What is your greatest design strength?

Understanding what people can’t articulate or identify what they like about something. I can help bring forward what it is they are striving for with excellence and comprehension.

What’s your dream job?

My dream job is designing luxury single family homes on the East Coast.

Determined Ambitious Leader

DREW NORTHRUP

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Some great friends and connections

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I enjoy spending time outdoors, spending time with friends

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Spending time in nature

What is your greatest design strength?

Problem solving skills

What’s your dream job?

Space cowboy sounds pretty cool.

Otherwise an architect

Friendly Inquisitive Resilient

SEGUNDO PINGUIL

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

The improved ability to communicate with professionalism.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I like to share memorable moments with my family and friends by doing different social activities.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Observing, imagining, and navigating different ideas.

What is your greatest design strength?

Imagination and problemsolving skills.

What’s your dream job?

Residential Architect-Developer

CAIL TOMLIN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

How important time-management and professional connection is.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Exploring new experiences around the cities with my spouse and child, or arts and crafts and playing with our child.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Music always pulls me to a mindset of design.

What is your greatest design strength?

A determination to provide a refined product.

What’s your dream job?

Contract Architectural Consultant for Public Integration.

PETER TUAZAMA

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Learning more about architecture and the role architects play in shaping our environments.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Playing golf & walking with my wife Cookie.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Practice creative design, sketches & reading more about great Architects.

What is your greatest design strength?

Designing preliminary drawings for buildings and producing a complete set of construction working drawings.

What’s your dream job?

To be a Project Architect.

Motivated Hardworking Determined

MICHAEL YOUDERIAN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Design Skills

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Build stuff, read, relax

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Taking regular breaks and coming back with a new perspective.

What is your greatest design strength?

Program organization

What’s your dream job?

Architect

Organized Analytical Easygoing

ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING + DESIGN

Dunwoody’s Architecture Programs are uniquely structured as two-plus-three stackable credentials: Associate of Applied Science and Bachelor of Architecture.

The Bachelor of Architecture program is accredited by NAAB (National Architectural Accrediting Board) and participating in IPAL (Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure) the program is structured to reduce barriers to the practice of architecture.

A degree from Dunwoody’s School of Design prepares students for careers in architecture, building design, and construction industries. Our distinctive position within a college of technology gives us access to collaborations

across a variety of technical disciplines. Our students work intimately with physical modeling and digital fabrication as they learn design technologies and industry standards.

Students understand and acquire a strong knowledge of building systems, codes, policies, documents, and integrated design techniques.

Our Graduates are Industry-Ready and Born to Design

ARCHITECTURE

ANYSSA AUTENRIEB

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Dunwoody has taught me a lot about networking.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I enjoy walking around lakes and spending time with my cats.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Taking a coffee break with my friends!

What is your greatest design strength?

Organization

What’s your dream job?

To be an Architect in the Twin Cities.

ASIA BAKER

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I have learned how to work in an office setting, allowing collaboration and creativity to flow within (and outside) our class. I’ve found how easy it is to make friends with people who have similar interests and goals and how much support they offer.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I enjoy crafting like painting, crocheting, and drawing. I also enjoy cooking, baking, and spending time with my son.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I take mental resets when I feel my energy is running low, like taking a walk outside, crocheting, looking at inspiration on Pinterest, or cooking my favorite meal.

What is your greatest design strength?

My greatest design strengths are my odd ideas, my ability to collaborate with others, and being able to take constructive criticism.

What’s your dream job?

I aspire to be a designer.

Energetic Analytical Passionate

IMMANUEL BHONSLE

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I like the open layout of the School of Design where we are working side by side with the interior designers and the graphic designers.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I like to stay active by playing badminton and volleyball. I also like to play my guitar, bass guitar, and banjo.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I go driving around the cities and find houses that I like or on Pinterest and Behance.

What is your greatest design strength?

Having an open mind. I know people have had different experiences and are in different stages in their lives, so I like to keep an open mind to all the different perspectives that other people may have.

What’s your dream job?

My dream job would be to be a partner at a small firm.

Gregarious Collaborative Resourceful

ABIGAIL BODE

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

The wonderful friends I have made!

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I enjoy traveling, being outdoors, and I have a lot of hobbies that keep me busy.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I try not to think too deeply about things and of course, drink more coffee.

What is your greatest design strength?

Problem solving

What’s your dream job?

Own a Residential Architecture Firm

CHRIS CAMPOS

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I’ve learned that architecture is not all about the design. I learned that there is a lot more that goes into finishing a project.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I’m big into watching and playing sports. I also like to spend time with friends and family.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I observe existing and new structures out in the real world. Looking at websites also helps me get ideas.

What is your greatest design strength?

One of my greatest strengths in design is my creativity. I enjoy finding unique and creative ways to design buildings.

What’s your dream job?

My dream job is to be an architect. I have a passion for both residential and commercial, and I am interested in both types of design.

Hardworking Motivated Organized

DYLAN CAVALLO

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

One thing that I have taken away is networking is very important in architecture.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

When I’m not designing I like to snowboard or hang out with friends.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

To keep my creative juice flowing I like to look at architecture from different countries and how I can put that into my own work.

What is your greatest design strength?

My ability to always want to learn

What’s your dream job?

My dream job is working at StudioGang in Paris, France.

TYLER FARLEY

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

My time at Dunwoody has been filled with knowledgeable people and learning experiences to keep myself both creative and always looking for ways to innovate and improve. This includes not only my work but also myself.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I enjoy making music as I am a music producer, playing sports such as hockey, and reading in my spare time when I am not designing.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I enjoy thinking positively and consistently journaling my thoughts and feelings as to better understand the things and people around me to keep myself creative.

What is your greatest design strength?

My greatest design strength is that I am a fast learner and always open to critique and giving and receiving new ideas, as new ideas only strengthen work and everything built today could not be, without an idea and someone to back it up.

What’s your dream job?

My dream job is to be a Lead Architect and work on a project that is both symbolic to a community and bigger than myself.

Sociable Creative Kind

JORDAN FETTER

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

The determination and skills I need to succeed in the real world. Also, a lot of new friends.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I like downhill skiing, camping, music, reading, and spending time with my friends.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

By always being open to new ideas.

What is your greatest design strength?

SketchUp, Persistence, and problem solving.

What’s your dream job?

Historic renovation or designing outdoor spaces.

ALIYAH HASSUNEH

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

That the resources are available; you just have to take advantage of them.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Spending time with family friends, focusing on my faith and fitness.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I like to visit new places and stay in nature.

What is your greatest design strength?

Searching for the best design option for the circumstances.

What’s your dream job?

A job where I can switch up my daily tasks. I want to be able to learn something every day. I also want to contribute something beautiful to society.

Hardworking Understanding Flawed

QUINN HUBANKS

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Networking is the best thing you can do for your career.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I’m either playing chess, boxing, or climbing.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Looking at old architecture keeps me in a creative mindset.

What is your greatest design strength?

My greatest design strength is problem solving.

What’s your dream job?

My dream job would be to fabricate models.

JOSHUA JOHNSON

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Throughout my time at Dunwoody, I have gained the skills to communicate with professionals, and understand the fundamentals of CAD programs.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I enjoy going to vinyl record stores, listening to music, drawing, and spending time with friends.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Pinterest helps me start a small foundation on a design and I start to branch out into my own design later.

What is your greatest design strength?

Attention to detail and aesthetics.

What’s your dream job?

Licensed Architect

Innovative Vibrant Dedicated

HUNTER JOHNSTON

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

During my time at Dunwoody, I have learned a lot about how to begin a profession in architecture and I have learned the skills needed to succeed.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I spend a lot of my free time creating artwork outside of my schoolwork. If I am not drawing, I enjoy playing video games and hanging out with friends.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Music is a big driving force behind keeping my creative juices flowing. I also love getting inspiration from Youtube, Pinterest, and Instagram.

What is your greatest design strength?

My greatest design strength is visual representation.

What’s your dream job?

Licensed Architect and partner at a firm.

Adaptable Leader Visionary

ANDREW LIEN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

My passion for Architecture has only increased.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I like to play video games with my partner.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Researching and looking at other projects for inspiration.

What is your greatest design strength?

I would say coming up with new building ideas.

What’s your dream job?

To be a residential architect.

Energetic Outgoing Determined

TATIANA LOJA MERCHAN

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

That time is precious

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Watch shows

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Coloring or drawing

What is your greatest design strength?

Having plenty of patience and being creative

What’s your dream job?

My dream job would be to design houses I enjoy and others as well

MOHAMED MOHAMED

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Technical skills. Using different softwares to design. Collaborative skills. Critical thinking and professionalism.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I like being around my family and friends and also working out.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I keep my creative juices flowing by scrolling through Pinterest and other creative platforms.

What is your greatest design strength?

My greatest design strength is being creative and organized.

What’s your dream job?

My dream job is to be an architect.

Passionate Creative Outgoing

NAIMA MOHAMED

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I learned to embrace challenges. In the field of Architecture, there will always be a problem to solve, and after that 10 more. Embracing challenges helps foster confidence and stimulates you intellectually.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

When I am not designing, I like to engage in my favorite leisure activities such as horseback riding, swimming, and catching up on reading books that I didn’t get a chance to read.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Exposure is the best way to get inspired and jumpstart creative ideas. Inspiration from nature or occupied public spaces is usually a go to for me. This can even extend beyond physical spaces. Exposure to different cultures and traditions is another great means of inspiration and creativity.

What is your greatest design strength?

Being detail-oriented.

What’s your dream job?

Being a licensed architect at an international firm.

Creative Inquisitive Determined

JORGE MORENO SANCHEZ

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I learned that we become a family here at Dunwoody and everyone cares about each other.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I love drawing and learning about new technology.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Reading and drawing.

What is your greatest design strength?

Having the creativity to put whatever is in my head, onto paper.

What’s your dream job?

Becoming a Licensed Architect.

DILLON NAGEL

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

In my time at Dunwoody, I will be walking away with many technological skills, including the use of programs such as Revit, AutoCAD, Sketchup, Bluebeam, Photoshop, and InDesign. I have also learned a lot about file management, and the processes behind designing buildings depending on what is needed.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

When I’m not designing I like to be outside. I like to partake in activities such as hiking, camping, longboarding, and playing fetch with my dogs.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I keep my creative juices flowing by allowing enough time for myself and the people I care about most. Additionally, getting enough sleep is really helpful.

What is your greatest design strength?

My greatest design strength is the ability to make a functional floorplan. I really like to consider the sun and the wind when designing and intentionally placing windows that will allow the most sunlight and air circulation through a space.

What’s your dream job?

My dream job is to be a Licensed Architect.

QUINTON PETERSON

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

My biggest take away is developing skills on software.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Whenever I’m not designing, I spend time with my family.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I like to travel throughout the Twin Cities to gain inspiration. Touring different homes, whether they are newly built, remodeled, or historic. For example, Homes by Architects Tour and the Artisan Home Tour.

What is your greatest design strength?

My greatest design strength is researching new ideas and developing them into my projects.

What’s your dream job?

Architect

ANDREW RENSTROM

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I am taking the lesson of being a team player. Working together is one of the biggest parts of architecture.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I love reading, I read all sorts of things but mainly informative psychological texts.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I love to spend time in nature, it is one of the many things that get me thinking about the world around me.

What is your greatest design strength?

I come up with ideas with relative consistency, I can also articulate my ideas in a clear manner.

What’s your dream job?

I, as many others in the architecture program, would love to own my own firm someday.

Diligent Organized Disciplined

MAKENZIE RUMBLE

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Community and network is important. What you put into it you get out of it.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Snowboard, read, spend time with family and friends, be outdoors.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

I enjoy drawing.

What is your greatest design strength?

Initial design and concept ideas.

What’s your dream job?

Residential drafting. I like the personality and character that goes into the design of individual homes or remodels to fit different people’s needs and wants.

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Networking skills. Just gaining a good understanding of how networking really goes and the works behind it that can make or break your ongoing future.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Go out with my camera or editing photos.

ALLEMU SLATTERY Creative

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Mental breaks are important to me so I study with breaks. I listen to music when it’s creative work time.

What is your greatest design strength?

Thinking outside the box when problems need solving. Great visual skill and attention to detail.

What’s your dream job?

An Architect with my own firm or business.

ALEXIS SOFIE

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I have taken away quite a bit from my time at Dunwoody. One thing that I have learned is how much goes into the planning process of any design. It is something I didn’t know a whole lot about before.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

When I am not designing, I enjoy traveling, baking, and gardening. Traveling is something that allows to me clear my mind and get out to see new places.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

One way that I try to keep my creative juices flowing is by throwing some ideas down on paper. They may not be pretty or useful, but it helps when struggling with new ideas.

What is your greatest design strength?

My biggest design strength comes with the planning process. I enjoy researching what I am able to do with the design and understanding the limitations.

What’s your dream job?

My dream architectural job would be working to design unique homes. I enjoy the different floor plans that can provide a living space and home for a family.

MEGAN SWORSKI

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

I have had the opportunity to enhance my creative skills and knowledge.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Being in nature

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Listen to music

What is your greatest design strength?

Vision

What’s your dream job?

Furniture designer

YUE PENG VANG

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Dunwoody staff and faculty are always there to help; they respond quickly.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

When I’m not designing in studio, I like to serve in my local Church. I enjoy being able to help in any capacity I can.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Tackle the situation in a different perspective! Try something new and explore contrasting ideas.

What is your greatest design strength?

Understanding contrast and spacing.

What’s your dream job?

I don’t have a particular “dream” job, but I do have many interests for my career. I want to be able to do a lot of things, whether it be Architecture, Music, Graphic Design, Art and many more endeavors.

NGHI VU

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Drafting skills, CAD skills, graphic and presentation skills and most importantly is to connect to others.

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Going for a walk while listening to music.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Reading magazines, books, and taking inspiration from daily life.

What is your greatest design strength?

Creativity

What’s your dream job?

Design Architect

ZOEY XIONG

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Manage your time well and do your best. “Go broke or go home.”

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

Arts and crafts, taking naps, reading, spending time with my siblings.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Free style sketching and reading.

What is your greatest design strength?

Hand drafting.

What’s your dream job?

Residential architecture.

KOSZETTE ZAKULA

What have you taken away from your time at Dunwoody?

Knowledge and an improved work ethic

What do you like to do when you are not designing?

I enjoy reading, exploring new places, and running.

How do you keep your creative juices flowing?

Discipline

What is your greatest design strength?

Strategic thinking

What’s your dream job?

A mother

Visionary Leader

CREDITS

Design

Cover:

Kayleigh Kapishkowit

Front & Back Matter:

Faiza Abshir and Kayleigh Kapishkowit

Interior Design:

Xinh Beardmore, Elise McNab, and Lukas Markel

Graphic Design & Production:

Lily Schreifels and Xinh Beardmore

Architectural Drafting & Design:

Anya Hatten, Courtney Berghorst, Grant Dokken, Wylie Peterson, and Kayleigh Kapishkowit

Bachelor of Architecture:

Lukas Markel, Matthew Gillund, Nathan Haspel, and Anya Hatten

Photography

Photographer:

Genea Haglund

Photo Team:

Lily Schreifels, Courtney Berghorst, Matthew Gillund, and Nathan Haspel

Production

Printer:

Smartpress, Chanhassen, MN

Production Method:

Digital, 4cp/4cp

Paper:

Cover: 100# Matte Cover

Text: 80# Matte Text

Binding:

Perfect bound

Cover:

Matte lamination with raised UV application

Typography:

Altivo and Filson Pro

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