Camenisch Design Associates was founded in 2003 by Aaron Camenisch in Lexington, Kentucky. Aaron has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (BFA) with an emphasis in graphic design and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Integrated Strategic Communications (ISC) with an emphasis in creative marketing. Aaron has worked with the University of Kentucky College of Engineering and the Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments (Vis Center) since his graduation from the University of Kentucky College of Fine Arts in 2003. Over the years, Aaron has worked to build brand identities for businesses large and small such as EcoLox Dyes, AnnuLox Technologies, Benezet & Associates and Lexington Heart Specialists. He specializes in creative branding, print design, photography, illustration, 3D modeling and animation and residential architectural drafting.

In June of 2026, I had the incredible opportunity to work closely with Brent Seales and his team of computer scientist at the Pigman College of Engineering EduceLab and the Vesuvius Challenge technical team to help tell their amazing story of the technological breakthroughs in virtually unwrapping ancient carbonized scroll from Herculaneum after the devastating eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. These scroll are so delicate and fragile, they cannot be physically opened. To do this, I help the technical teams create scale models of the wrapped scrolls, created stitched composites of scroll segments that are warped and rendered in individual pieces to create a seamless 10 foot and 20 foot long seamless scrolls, created the presentation for the press event and developed a Vesuvius Challenge Press Event storybook digital publication for distribution to international media outlets to help tell their incredible story.

You can view the Vesuvius Challenge Press Event digital storybook here.

Below is a 3D model and animated video demonstrating the process of virtual unwrapping the carbonized scroll from Herculaneum.

While working at the University of Kentucky College of Engineering’s Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments (VisCenter), Aaron worked with Professor of Computer Science Ruigang Yang and his team or researchers at the Institute of Automation at the Chinese Academy of Sciences to help develop a proof of concept that demonstrated the ability to create realistic, view-dependent, 3D models of glasses through the use of high-resolution photography, UV texture mapping, specular highlights and ray tracing.

Self-portrait at night at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall in New Taipei, Taiwan for the 2013 TELDAP International Conference.

Google France in Paris, France 2013.