Senior graphic design students showcased their best work Oct. 26 for family, faculty and employers.

“Just My Type” featured the work of 20 seniors who will graduate in December. The tables were filled with class projects and independent work in Memorial Union’s Stotler Lounge.

Senior Dana Smith creates pamphlets and posters for the Student Design Center and the Missouri Theatre. Perhaps her most recognizable works are the light blue event posters for the Women’s Center and the orange posters for August’s Mizzou H20 event.

“I try to keep my colors muted and use earthy tones,” Smith said. “I also try to make my designs interactive so they have more than one use.”

Though daunted by a looming December graduation date, Smith is excited about her future career.

“I would love to work in California or Colorado or somewhere like that,” Smith said. “But really I’m looking for a job that I love more than anything else. That’s the important thing.”

Contrasting Smith’s table of soft colors, senior Matt Will’s table featured bright posters with penguins wearing jetpacks and talking tacos.

“I originally came to MU to study (traditional) art,” Will said. “But a professor recommended that I try graphic design.”

Graphic design students are required to take classes in drawing, painting and ceramics. Senior Stephanie Wiedmier work in design began as an application of her art knowledge.

“I’ve always been passionate about art, and this is a practical application of it,” Wiedmier said.

Professors attended the student-organized show to celebrate their students’ work.

“We’ve known these kids since the beginning,” said Deborah Huelsbergen, an associate professor of art who works with the design students.

“We shook their hands at Summer Welcome,” Huelsbergen said. “We’re like a family — they look after each other and me.”

The art improves each year, Huelsbergen said.

“I think people don’t know that people are doing this here,” Huelsbergen said. “Every year the work gets better.”

Alumni, family and professors were not the only people in attendance. Marshall Maxwell, a freshman journalism student with an interest in advertising, attended to see the work of fellow students.

“I went to the showcase because I’m thinking about minoring in graphic design,” Maxwell said. “I feel like it would help with advertising, my other intended major.”

Maxwell said he talked to the students about typography and other techniques.

“I talked to one girl about her handmade fonts, and it was really interesting,” he said. “I think it’s an interesting discipline that is being lost in the modern era.”

The Senior Graphic Design Show is a biannual event. The one that occurs in the spring semester features students graduating in May.