Student Design Competition Recipients
PAVE’s 18th Annual Student Design Competition Winners
Announced
Sponsored by B+N Industries
This annual competition is geared toward college-level students involved in retail planning, visual merchandising, and branding programs.
The competition’s design challenges consist of a visual merchandising category and a store design category and provide an excellent opportunity for students to obtain real-life retail design experience. Prizes include grants to students and schools and winning students may even see their designs come to life. This competition is open to undergraduate students only.
2012 Student Design Competition Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2012 Student Design Competition
Store Design Category
1st Place - $5,000 - Katie Barton, University of Cincinnati
2nd Place - $2,500 - Danielle Fraley, University of Cincinnati
3rd Place - $1,500 - Abigail Buchanan, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Honorable Mention - $500 - Lauren Burns, University of Cincinnati
Honorable Mention - $500 - Stephanie Metzger, Miami University
Honorable Mention - $500 - Hye Young Park, Fashion Institute of Technology
Honorable Mention - $500 - Holly Smith, University of Cincinnati
Honorable Mention - $500 - Stephanie Tripp, Humber College
Honorable Mention - $500 - Katie Wittes, University of Cincinnati
Visual Merchandising Category
1st Place - $5,000 - Lucie Calise, University of Cincinnati
2nd Place - $2,500 - Joshua Lunney, TAFE NSW Sydney Institute
3rd Place - $1,500 - Anastasia Ivanova, Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences
School Awards for Students Placing in the Top Three of Each Category
$3,000 University of Cincinnati
$1,000 Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences
$1,000 TAFE NSW Sydney Institute
$1,000 University of North Carolina at Greensboro
This year’s winners faced a competitive field of 428 entries, including 371 in the overall store design category and 57 in the visual merchandising category.
Judges
Eileen Conway, Bonobos Guides, Bonobos, Palo Alto, Calif.
Christian Davies, Executive Creative Director, Americas, FITCH, Inc., Columbus
Pirkko Lucchesi, Design Director, B+N Industries, Burlingame, Calif.
Kevin McPhee, Creative Director, B+N Industries, Burlingame, Calif.
Alison Embrey Medina, Executive Editor, DDI Magazine, Atlanta, Ga.
Brad Somberg, President, B+N Industries, Burlingame, Calif.
2011 Student Design Competition Winners
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Visual Merchandising Category
$5,000 First Place: Natasha Melo, FIT/Fashion Institute of Technology
$2,500 Second Place: Joanna Chen, University of Cincinnati
$1,500 Third Place: Florence Tang, FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Store Design Category
$5,000 First Place: Liz Baverman, University of Cincinnati
$2,500 Second Place: Kayla Reinbold, University of Cincinnati
$1,500 Third Place: Tracey Wright, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
$500 Honorable Mention: Sarah Hitchcock, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
$500 Honorable Mention: Lily Parker, University College Falmouth
$500 Honorable Mention: Rajiv Patel, Art Institute of Atlanta
$500 Honorable Mention: Diana Stercula, University of Cincinnati
$500 Honorable Mention: Hope Talley, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
$500 Honorable Mention: Carrie Zwisler, Colorado State University
School Awards for Students Placing in the Top Three of Each Category
$3,000 – University of Cincinnati
$1,000 – Fashion Institute of Technology
$1,000 – FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
$1,000 – University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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