In fall 2021, the College of Architecture, Design and Construction hosted the inaugural Day of Design. A celebration of architecture and design disciplines, the event marked the 75th anniversary of the School of Industrial and Graphic Design (SIGD) and incorporated the 43rd SIGD Design Interaction and the annual awards ceremony of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (APLA). Due to both the newness of the event and its scale, a large range of deliverables was required.
The day-long event opened with SIGD and APLA industry speakers in the morning and early afternoon, with a casual lunch offered in between, and concluded with an awards ceremony for scholarship recipients and donors. While the speaker sessions were open to the public, the evening awards event was by invitation only. The invitation suite included a printed invitation and envelope as well as two versions of a digital invitation, customized to fit the needs of the respective recipient list.
Promotion of the event included a small poster, social media graphics and a monitor slide to highlight the schedule of events and speakers. Day-of deliverables included speaker session programs, sponsor signage, awards programs, an awards slideshow and table numbers.