Indiana 2023 Annual Student Competition

The Annual Student Competition is offered to all eight schools in the state that offer interior design programs. Each invited school may submit up to five projects.  This year’s submitting schools were Ball State, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Purdue University West Lafayette.

The focus and the partners for the project change yearly. This year’s project was a restuarant operation taht had to include a full service restaurant with a local ethnicity focus. Students submitted a multi-page pdf document that told the full story of their design, from programming through conceptual and design development.

We are so grateful to ALL of the students that worked on this project! We are even more grateful for instructors ???, Emily McLaughlin, Suining Ding, and Barb Young, for leading the students through the months-long process.

Thanks also to the sponsors who donated to the competition:  Daltile, Dan Binfordand Associates, Interface, and Willsomart, for their generosity in funding the prize money.

                                  

Last but not least, a huge thank you to our judges, local design professionals working in the industry.  They evaluated the projects in a double-blind setting. Judges were Robin Bradford (Daltile),  Kelly Kirkhoff (Dan Binford and Assiciates), and Monica Dietterick (???).  It takes a lot of time and energy to review all the presentations; thanks for giving back to the profession and supporting interior design education!  

For more details, check out:

2023 Competition Parameters

About the Judges/ Instructors

2023 Submissions

• A Allen / Oishi / IUPUI
• Autum Brubaker / Thai Place / Ball State
• Lauren Burke / Astrea’s Artisan Greek Cuisine / IUPUI     FIRST PLACE
• J Chenet / Oleicole / Purdue
• M Herron / Forno Casa / Purdue
• T Johnson / Par L’eau / Purdue      SECOND PLACE
• Kristine Miller / Taste Vietnam / PFW
• M Moore / Elia Dentro  / IUPUI
• Emma Motz / Stubborn Goat / Ball State
• D Story /  La Tierra / IUPUI
• A Takahashi / Fuji Maki / Purdue
• H Zylstra / Copacabana / Purdue
• S Pitts / Stare Miastro / Ball State
• K Wilkinson / Paper Lantern / Ball State     THIRD PLACE

 

WINNERS!

FIRST PLACE             Lauren Burke        IUPUI   

SECOND PLACE        Taylor Johnson     PURDUE WEST LAFAYETTE   

THIRD PLACE             K Wilkinson          BALL STATE