Thank you to Macy’s for sponsoring the 2009 Student Design Competition.

Congratulations to the PAVE 2009 Student Design Competition Winners:

Overall Store Design Category Winners
$3,000 - 1st Place – Yoon Jung Claire Cho, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
$2,000 - 2nd Place – Airida Turner, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
$1,500 - 3rd Place – Fernando Djohan, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
$500 - Honorable Mention – Laura J. Heekin, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
$500 - Honorable Mention – Chao-Chen Kao, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
$500 - Honorable Mention – Christina Maroni, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
$500 - Honorable Mention – Lindsey Richards, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
With Merit - Joyce Li, University College of Falmouth, Penryn, Cornwall, England

Visual Merchandising Category
$3,000 - 1st Place – Cassandra Reed, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
$2,000 - 2nd Place – Marisa Carter, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
$1,500 - 3rd Place – Hayeon Choi, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York
$500 - Honorable Mention – Genna Fellhauer, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati
$500 - Honorable Mention – Lindsay Rodabaugh, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York

Schools with students placing in the top three of each category receive $1,000 for each placing student:
$2,000 – Fashion Institute of Technology, Interior Design
$1,000 – Fashion Institute of Technology, Visual and Exhibition Design
$1,000 – San Jose State University
$1,000 – Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
$1,000 – University of Cincinnati

This year’s winners faced a competitive field; 373 entries were submitted, 238 in the overall store design category and 135 in the visual merchandising category.

"It is PAVE's mission to encourage students to study in the field of retail design, planning and visual merchandising. The interaction and support of design students is critical to our industry's future. Macy's sponsorship has once again resulted in outstanding entries that are accomplished examples of today's students capabilities and talent," said James Bellante, group vice president, visual merchandising, Macy's.

The design challenges for the 2009 competition challenged students to develop concepts in line with the Macy’s branding, product lines, and retail stores. Macy’s executives developed the design challenges along with PAVE's Education Chair Eric Feigenbaum of LIM College, New York, and PAVE’s education committee members. The competition’s design challenges consisted of a visual merchandising category focusing on jewelry and a store design category focusing on women’s shoes.


Click here for images of winning entries.

The judges for the 2009 competition were:

James Bellante, group vice president, visual merchandising, Macy’s
Joe Feczko, senior vice president, innovation, integration & broadcast, Macy’s
Kathleen Jordan, principal, Gensler
Laura H. Kirkpatrick, vice president, creative planning, visual merchandising, Macy’s
Victor A. Lewis, vice president, visual merchandising, Macy’s
Karen Meskey, senior vice president, store design and planning, Macy’s
Christine Nakaoka, partner, nakaoka/roberts
Ken Nisch, chairman, JGA
Jim Sloss, vice president, design, Macy’s
Alec Zaballero, principal, TPG Architecture

Contact Catharine Scott at PAVE, 954-893-7225, ext. 4834, fax 954-893-8375