In the News: ASID Student Design Day Challenge Winners Announced (Part 3)

ASID NY Metro Chapter’s recent partnership with the Decoration & Design Building for a student challenge had the DDB full of students and young professionals eager for the day's events. The schedule consisted of a full day of events with two separate student challenges, a variety of showroom tours, design industry speakers, and a keynote panel sponsored by Editor at Large.

Students and showrooms alike shared in the day's events and mutually embraced the industry and its future. The day ended with many kind words for the building and the event.

"To everyone involved in the Student Day event, I wanted to send my thanks for a superb experience," said Becky Spector, NYSID student. "As a new student at the New York School of Interior Design, I thoroughly enjoyed the event and the information provided by the guest speakers and showrooms staff. The event was very well done. I look forward to many future visits!"

The Student Group Challenge among New York Metro interior design schools produced student teams of five given the task of creating a functional, visually appealing vignette by pulling pieces from a pool of pre-selected furniture within a one-hour time limit. Out of the four teams competing in the challenge, the Art Institute (AI) of New York, was crowned the winner by the panel of judges.

Supporting showrooms Artistic Frame, Anichini, Jerry Pair, Léron, Niedermaier, Romo, Schumacher, Stark Carpets and Vaughan provided accessories and additional items to make this a fun, eclectic challenge.

In addition to the fabulous prizes of installing the winning design in a display window for the individual challenge and publication in Editor at Large for the group challenge, the winners also received the professional 2012 version of AutoCAD generously donated by Autodesk. Lynda.com provided a one-month premium subscription offering a vast array of online tutorial support, and Herman Miller contributed a copy of their new award-winning inspirational DVD, Eames: The Architect and the Painter. The ASID winning goodie bags also contained other design-related tools to help the winners transition from student life into real-world design.

Photos by Who We Are Studios & Jennan Al-Hamdouni.