The Show, hosted annually by AIGA Nebraska, exhibits the best in graphic design, photography, and illustration produced in the region, and includes entries from design professionals and students, featuring both published and unpublished work. This year, we had a record number of 516 entries which were reviewed by three judges; Kevin McConkey of gripdesign in Chicago, Maria Kennedy of Karacters Design Group in Vancouver, and Justin Ahrens of Rule29 in Chicago.

Kevin McConkey
www.gripdesign.com
This show was unique in many ways. The dichotomy between outstanding and outstandingly bad was palpable, but the real surprise came with just how great the overall talent pool is from this oft-overlooked section of the country. Putting away the thesaurus for a second, allow me to note: you guys rock! Per capita, this has to be one of the strongest shows in the nation. Each member of this fantastic chapter should be proud. It was an honor to judge your work. Thanks.

Maria Kennedy
www.karacters.com
This community should be really proud of the work it creates for clients. In a small community it is sometimes easy to get away from doing great work, but when we saw good work, it was very good, thought out and well executed.

Justin Ahrens
www.rule29.com
It was a privilege to be a judge for The Show. The winning work was conceptually very solid. I was pleasantly surprised that some of the student work was so strong. Nebraska is doing some great work and looks like it will continue to do so. The other highlight was my pure enjoyment of the Runza – big fan!

Special thanks goes out to all the sponsors.