In the News: Dwell & Lutron Announce Designer Challenge Winner

A winner has finally been picked for the Dwell Magazine and Lutron textile design challenge.

A panel of professional textile designers and scholars selected their top 10 submissions and let the public vote on the Grand Prize winner.

The winning design was Ladybug, created by Beth Loudenberg, a graphic designer from Santa Monica, California. Beth told us she was inspired by the organic creations of her favorite British textile designer Lucienne Day to create Ladybug's design. She started with paper cutouts and then scanned her work into a computer to create her final design.

"With its playful shapes, texture and minimalist color palette, Ladybug was my homage to Lucienne Day!" said Beth.

Beth's design earned over 700 votes and will be used for a custom fabric design for a Kirbé vertical drapery, a shading solution that moves the treatment vertically while maintaining fabric pleats. The winning designer’s pattern will also become part of Lutron's internationally sold collection of fabrics.