Graphic Design majors Melanie Egan and Michelle Reynolds were awarded 2nd and 3rd Place in the Denali Home Collection Fifth Annual Design-A-Throw competition, respectively. Their designs were selected from 506 submissions from 21 higher education institutions from across the United States.<\/p>\n
The Denali Home Collection is a division of Monterey Mills, a major manufacturer of high-quality pile and fleece products for over 60 years, and their products are made in the U.S., with plants in North Carolina and Wisconsin. The Design-A-Throw Competition is a nationwide pattern design competition open to college and university students enrolled in a graphic design, fashion, interior design, textile or any other related field. Every spring and fall semester, students can submit unlimited designs that fit the competition’s themes.<\/p>\n
The theme for this year\u2019s Design-A-Throw competition was \u201cVintage\u201d and was open to interpretation by the entrants. Students in Professor John Luttropp\u2019s Graphic Design, Beginning II class created initial concepts as part of a bi-weekly one-hour design challenge he had incorporated into the course. After the one-hour session, students were given one week to refine and prepare their designs for submission.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Melanie Egan\u2019s design is a black and white composition combining vintage elements of Art Nouveau and Vienna Secession styles. Transfer student (Junior\/Senior) Michelle Reynolds created a warm pastel-colored pattern of antique skeleton keys against a yellow background, referencing vintage 1890s Victorian design themes.<\/p>\n
Melanie won a $500 award for her 2nd Place finish, and Michelle won an award of $200. The Graphic Design program was also awarded a prize of $500 from Monterey Mills for meeting the deadline for early entries, and the prize will will be awarded to a sophomore graphic design major at the CART Convocation ceremony in May 2016.<\/p>\n