Undergraduates honored for excellence in printing and design

Several undergraduates were recently recognized with Lohmann & Van Sinderen Prizes for excellence in printing and design.

This year’s entries featured a wide variety of personal, academic, and extracurricular pieces made individually and collaboratively.

First prize in the letterpress category was awarded to Jessica Kong (BF ’21) for her book “Kong Rong Gives Away Pears.” When the book is opened completely with the two covers touching, the pages reveal a pear shape. Second prize was awarded to Julia Ma and Tommy Huang (both JE ’19) for their joint body of work entry, which included a variety of posters, cards, and printed bags. Bix Archer (BK ’19) was awarded an honorable mention for her silkscreened book “Oceanic Feeling/Traumatic Brain Injury,” and Noah Parnes (DC ’21) was awarded an honorable mention for his poster “Gaga.”

First prize in the digital category was awarded to Julia Ma (JE ’19) for her body of work, including “New Leaf,” The Yale Literary Magazine, “Irma Boom,” and “Vowels and Consonants.” Second prize was awarded to Tommy Huang (JE ’19) for his piece “Dada Chapbook,” and honorable mention was awarded to Jacob Brussel Faria (DC ’18) for Seltzer Magazine.

The judges for this year’s competition were Raleigh D’Adamo ’53 B.A.; Molly Dotson; John Gambell ’81 M.F.A.; Maura Gianakos; Basie Gitlin ’10 B.A.; Rebecca Martz; Miko McGinty ’93 B.A., ’98 M.F.A.; and Richard Rose.

The Lohmann & Van Sinderen Prizes for Excellence in Undergraduate Printing and Design recognize and celebrate the broad range of interest in planning, craft, and invention that gives undergraduate design and printing at Yale its singular character. The judges are eager to see printed work of all kinds in order to reward skill, discipline, and imagination. The prizes were established in 1967 in honor of Carl C. Lohmann, Class of 1910, founding member of the honorable company of college printers, lifelong typophile, and secretary of the university from 1927 to 1953.