LWTech Design

From Concept to Creation: The BAS Design Capstone Exhibition

Event Details:
📅 Date: Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
🕒 Time: 3:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Location: LWTech, Room E 207

Join us for the Bachelor of Applied Science in Design Capstone Exhibition at Lake Washington Institute of Technology.

Our graduating students will be showcasing their final capstone projects, representing the culmination of their work in the design program. The exhibition features a range of industry-focused projects highlighting skills in:

💻 User-Centered Design (UX/UI)

🎨 Visual Communication

🏷️ Branding & Identity

🎬 Digital Media

This is a great opportunity to explore the work, meet the graduating designers, and connect with local creative professionals.

We hope to see you there to help celebrate our students' achievements as they transition into the design industry.

🎨 Hello Future Designers 👋
Ready to take your design skills further and make real-world impact?

Join our BASD Info Session and learn how design can solve complex, human-centered challenges.

✨ Curriculum overview
🧠 Real-world design strategy & systems
🎓 Application tips
👋 Meet Prof. Steve Ater

📍 East Building, Room E207
🗓 Wed 1/21
⏰ 4:00 PM

Evening classes 🌙 | Designed for working students
More dates available—can’t make it? DM us or email [email protected]

And how does that make you feel? 🤔

Students in our Typography 2 class worked together to manipulate type to invoke different emotions 🎭

🗣️ Join us for the Design AAS-T Portfolio Show! Students will be sharing their portfolios and receiving feedback from industry professionals joining us from Microsoft, Starbucks, eBay, Amazon, and many more 🤩

Light refreshments will be provided 😊

Design + Illustration Presentations:
🗓️ Date: May 30
⏰ Time: 10am-1pm
📍 Location: Room A102

UX/UI Presentations:
🗓️ Date: June 6
⏰ Morning Session: 10am-1:15pm
⏰ Afternoon Session: 2pm-4:15pm
📍 Location: Room A102

🎓✨ Senior Capstone Showcase 2025

Join us in celebrating the hard work, creativity, and innovation of this year’s graduating design students from Lake Washington Institute of Technology!

🗓️ June 13
🕑 2PM–8PM
📍 E207, Lake Washington Institute of Technology

🖼️ Featuring projects by:
Andrea Anesh
Nahkari Yoeum
Ivanka Gomilko
Natalie Hilker
Paige Miller
Natalia Vechkutova
Eli Phillips
Seung Gwon Cho

Expect design that’s bold, thoughtful, and full of future-thinking—from UX/UI and product design to branding and illustration

✨ Come support emerging talent and see what the next generation of designers is dreaming up!

Thinking about your next move in design?
The BASD program at LWTech offers 2 more years of in-depth, hands-on design education after your associate degree.

🗓️ Info Sessions:
📍 Room E207, East Building
🔹 Tues, May 13 @ 4 PM
🔹 Tues, June 10 @ 4 PM

✨ Meet Professor Steve Ater
✨ See student work
✨ Learn how to apply
✨ Evening classes = work + study balance

🗓 Wednesday, 3/19 at 4 PM
📍 Room E207, East Building
🌟 Exciting things ahead as we wrap up the quarter—new opportunities, creativity, and growth await! 🌱💡
👋 Future Designers,
Ready to level up your design career? Join us for an info session about the Bachelor of Applied Science in Design (BASD) program! 🎨✨
Meet Professor Steve Ater 👨‍🏫 and get the scoop on the curriculum 📚, application process 📝, and more!
Check out amazing student projects from the BASD program 📸 https://basdesignshow.com/coursesnprojectspotlight/.

Plus, our program offers flexibility with evening courses 🌙, so you can balance your day job 💼 while earning your degree.
Can’t make it? No worries! Feel free to email Professor Steve Ater at [email protected] 📧💬.

See you there! 🙌

So proud of the Winter quarter Portfolio students! Both reviews—Design and illustration was last week, UX on Friday 3.14
— were stellar. Received some great feedback from the panelists from Microsoft, Amazon Music and Nordstrom. Pictured here are the User-centered students.

Fun poster by Brianna Ramos.