Design at La Roche

A big thank you to our reviewers who helped our seniors practice presenting their portfolios..time to polish up and hit the job market!

This year’s seniors in Graphic Design, Interior Architecture and Design, and Design Studies will present their capstone projects on Thursday, April 23, 2026. The senior capstone represents the culmination of their academic experience at La Roche, inviting students to pursue an in-depth exploration of a topic of their choosing. Each project is grounded in research and supported by a substantial body of work that reflects the knowledge, creativity, and skills students have developed during their time at the university.

We joined an excellent tour of the new airport terminal last evening led by the lead wayfinding and environmental graphics team from Gensler and the Pittsburgh airport authority. Such an interesting space and great example of how clear communication and artwork can help to create a successful user experience

Thanks to our SEGD community group for putting this together

We want to thank all of the high school students who attended our Meet Design Day this past Monday. We’re thrilled to share our programs, faculty and students with you all and hope to see you back as students with us!

If you missed us this time around and are interested in learning more, please attend our spring open house on Saturday April 11th.

Registration link is in the bio

Over the course of a semester, students of UXII worked with the Washington County Watershed Alliance to redesign the nonprofit’s website. The students followed a typical UX methodology which included conducting and analyzing research based on interviews, surveys, observations, analytics, and so on. Then they synthesized this data to generate insights and created designs using Figma. From here they validated the designs with real people through usability testing. Based on what they found, they iterated upon the designs and eventually built a live website using Wix - the client’s preferred platform. At the end of the course, students presented directly to the client.