The Utah Arts Council Design Arts Program proudly continues the annual salute and celebration of Utah’s designers with the fourth annual exhibition DesignArts Utah ’06. This year’s exhibit will be hosted at the Rio Gallery in the Rio Grande train depot (300 South Rio Grande) in Salt Lake City from June 16 through July 28, 2006.

Designers living in Utah and working in any design field were encouraged to submit an application and documentation of their work to be reviewed by this year’s esteemed juror, Susan S. Szenasy. Past design exhibitions have featured the work of architects, landscape architects, industrial designers, furniture, fashion, commuter jets, automobiles, stage set design, mobility designs for physically challenged, books, graphic design, textiles, environmental, etc.

The Utah designers selected for this year's exhibition are:

Juror:

Ms. Szenasy is Editor in Chief of Metropolis magazine based in New York City since 1986. She holds an MA in Modern European History from Rutgers University and teaches design history and design ethics at New York's Parsons School of Design. 

Metropolis magazine examines contemporary life through design--architecture, interior design, product design, graphic design, crafts, planning, and preservation. Subjects range from the sprawling urban environment to intimate living spaces to small objects of everyday use. In looking for why design happens in a certain way, Metropolis explores the economic, environmental, social, cultural, political, and technological context.