2013 Robert Taylor Scholarship

AIGA Colorado is pleased to announce the 2013 Robert Taylor Scholarship Finalists and Winners. Thank you to all who applied and we look forward to the 2014 Scholarship Competition.

Gustavo Esquinca

2013 Robert Taylor Scholarship Winner

What piece of advice would you give to an aspiring designer to help them be successful?


Jarrod Joplin

2nd Place Winner

What piece of advice would you give to an aspiring designer to help them be successful?


Kacey Underwood

Scholarship Finalist

What piece of advice would you give to an aspiring designer to help them be successful?

A hard or long week can be punctuated by even a moment of powerful inspiration. Inspiration may come from design blogs, online portfolios, publications, respected historical works, individual designers, and friendly competition.


Steven Parisi

Scholarship Finalist

What piece of advice would you give to an aspiring designer to help them be successful?

I’d express clearly that no designer do work for free! Even if it’s meant to end up in their portfolio. In our industry, we need to have a common goal of seeing the value in our own work and passing that along to clients and employers.


Jacob Trahan

Scholarship Finalist

What piece of advice would you give to an aspiring designer to help them be successful?

If I could give any budding designer, who is seeking a piece of advice about design, it would be to go out there and explore the industry and the world of ever expansive, elusive, Graphic Design.


Silvia Minguzzi

Scholarship Finalist

What piece of advice would you give to an aspiring designer to help them be successful?

I realized that I need to believe in the company’s mission to be satisfied. I create better designs when I’m engaged in my work not only from an artistic point of view, but from an intellectual and social stand point.