Through its educational programs, ADCMW proudly engages future design professionals and provides them with real-world insight through meaningful programs and interaction with the larger design community. Programs the club offers this year to high school and college-level visual communications students include:
Keeping it Real. Announcing the Real Show 2012!
Projects for the 2012 Real Show have officially been announced! See the links below for the creative briefs, as well as project asset files to get an early start. Entries are due COB April 11, 2012. Judging will be on April 14th. All students who enter are eligible for the Brian Brown Scholarship.
Project #1: Corporate Identity
Project #2: Mobile Application
Download the creative brief
Download the project files
Project #3: 4 Page Article Layout
Download the creative brief
Download the project files
Project #4: Theatre Poster
Download the creative brief
Download the project files
Career Day
Get Real About the Start of Your Career.
This annual day-long event is April 21, 2012. You have the opportunity to have several one-on-one reviews of your portfolio with the area’s most prominent designers, and design field professionals. We are also offering a series of break-out sessions aimed at putting you on your career path.
Career Day is designed to help prepare college students for entry into the professional design world. Don't miss out!
Check back soon for more info...
Brian Brown Scholarships
So, you just submitted an entry to the Real Show (read above — it’s a prerequisite for the scholarship). So you think you’ve done some excellent work and, guess what, if our panel of esteemed judges (from across America) agrees… then you can win some GREEN. Money! Cash! Scratch!
Based solely on the merit of students’ work, we proudly award about $2,000 in scholarships each year to talented designers whose submissions excel beyond expectations.
But take note — entry is by invitation only. Students who are eligible for the Brian Brown Scholarship are selected from entries to the Real Show… so, again… you better BRING IT.
Oh, and if you want to contribute to the Brian Brown Scholarship Fund, please contact us. All donations are tax-deductible, and all students will forever be grateful to you. As will we. <3
Learn more or donate to the fund.
Studio Tours
ADCMW sponsors this semi-annual event, which takes design students on a tour of three studios, and have featured some of the DC area’s prominent design firms, such as Kinetik, Greenfield/Belser Ltd,... Students will have a first-person account of the studio’s work and current design and hiring trends. They’ll also have exclusive opportunities to ask questions of the professionals who work there… questions dealing with content and creation, strategy, client relations, real-world woes, hiring, and more!
