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Thank you to CIDQ for sponsoring the 2020 Student Design Competition
This year’s IDEC Student Design Competition, sponsored by CIDQ, charged students with combining the educational structure of a vertical studio with the practice of service learning. Coordinated by the IDEC Regions, we had 38 schools submit 96 entries; 91 undergraduate and 5 graduate.
Undergraduate Winners
First Place
Hearth
Team
Students: Angela Zeit, Maeley McHale, & Valerie Eckert
Faculty Advisors: Tina Patel, Bridget Tipton, & Julia Morris
Institution: Kent State University
Region: Northeast
Second Place
The Line
Team
Students: Julia King, Hanna Olsson, and Alessandra Shorten
Instructors: Elif Tural and John Dorlini
Institution: Virginia Tech
Region: South
Third Place
Connect Basic Needs Facility
Team
Students: Ashley Michalak & Joye Gaba
Instructor: Erica Bartels
Institution: Anderson University
Region: South
Honorable Mention
Self Circle
Team
Students: Kelly Wu and Lauren Binstead
Instructors: Tiia Manson, Sharon Hollingsworth, June Fong, and Manon Pace
Institution: British Columbia Institute of Technology
Region: British Columbia
Undergraduate Finalists by Region
East Region
Midwest Region
Pacific West Region
South Region
Southwest Region
Graduate Winners
First Place
R&D
Team
Students: Julia Roath & Amicia Nametka
Faculty Advisor: Solmaz Kive
Institution: University of Oregon
Narrative
“Empowerment through support” is deeply rooted in 5 design principles, derived from our research, which we’ve placed within two ideological categories: Respect and Dignity. Our underlying design principles are: inclusion, non-judgement, con dence-building, privacy, and autonomy.
Graduate Finalists by Region
East Region
Pacific West Region
South Region
Southwest Region
Competitions
IDEC members can integrate special projects like the Student Design Competition and the Interior Design Education Video Competition into their curriculum.
