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wide angle shot of Ride the Synthwave event sponsored by Nelda Studios featuring projection mapping on Winship building at UT Austin
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SDCT's Top 10: Year in Review

Look back on the show-stopping events, national recognition, and milestones we're celebrating from the 2022-2023 academic year.

Ride the Synthwave logo over aerial shot of UT campus

Ride the Synthwave

November 21, 2022

Ride the Synthwave was an unforgettable night from the School of Design and Creative Technologies sponsored by Nelda Studios.

Tower Tumbles Video Game Projected on UT Tower

UT Austin turns historic tower into gaming screen

November 19, 2022

Marin Clark, majoring in Arts and Entertainment Technologies, works with faculty to create “Tower Tumbles” the first video game played on the facade of the UT tower.

Photo of student playing "Tower Tumble," an original video game designed by AET students and faculty, on the UT Austin Tower through projection mapping

SDCT projects video game on UT Tower, looks towards future of immersive experiences on campus

November 14, 2022

About a hundred people gathered around the Tower the night of Nov. 3 to watch a video game that was projected onto the building.

AET Professor Yuliya Lanina interviews with Spectrum News about film Gelfite Fish

AET Professor Yuliya Lanina uses film to fight antisemitism

November 7, 2022

Texans use film to fight antisemitism and create opportunities to open up a conversation at the Austin Jewish Film Festival (AJFF).

AET Alum Olivia Moriarty

Inside the Studio with AET Alumna Olivia Moriarty

October 25, 2022

Olivia Moriarty is an Associate Experience Designer at ILMxLAB creating immersive experiences. She discusses her role in storytelling through virtual and mixed-reality experiences at the studio.

New "I voted" sticker designed by UT student debuts in travis county

New ‘I Voted’ sticker created by UT design senior Ashwara Pillai debuts in Travis County

October 21, 2022

The Travis County Clerk’s Office launched a design contest earlier this year asking local college students to create a new sticker, and Ashwara Pillai’s submission won. The University of Texas at Austin senior made time during the middle of her finals week to craft a design depicting a bluebonnet in check mark form with the words “I Voted” next to it.

Reviving Erased History: How Associate Professor Kate Catterall used design to resurface a Belfast memory

Reviving Erased History: Associate Professor Kate Catterall

October 14, 2022

Associate Professor Kate Catterall used design to resurface the Ring of Steel, a Belfast memory buried for 25 years, with a 12-hour performative event that sparked a conversation between generations and across sectarian divides.

Gefilte Fish Animation by Yuliya Lanina

Digitality in the Arts: Yuliya Lanina explores intergenerational trauma from Holocaust in stop-animation film Gefilte Fish

October 14, 2022

How technologies are transforming scholarship, practice, and archival work including work from an Arts and Entertainment Technologies professor.

2022 New CoFA Faculty

UT College of Fine Arts welcomes diverse cohort of new faculty members

October 12, 2022

The College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin has appointed 13 new career faculty members, including 5 across The School of Design and Creative Technologies for 2022-2023. This cohort of new faculty members represents a diverse array of cultural and scholarly backgrounds and expands research and creative practice opportunities across the college.

Fall 2022 student fellows at The Texas Tribune, including senior Design major and SDCT student ambassador Juleanna Culilap

Design senior Juleanna Culilap named fall 2022 student design fellow

August 25, 2022

As a new academic year begins, it’s time for The Texas Tribune to welcome fall fellows. Juleanna Culilap, a senior Design major, is a design fellow. She is design editor at The Daily Texan, design director of Spark Magazine and a student ambassador for the School of Design and Creative Technologies. Previously, Juleanna was a print graphic design intern for Victoria’s Secret’s Pink and a participant in the 2022 Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection summer residency.