Nothing makes me happier than dedicating my final post of 2011 to the next generation of great design talent. Today I’m thrilled to announce the winners of the 2011 D*S Scholarship! I am so appreciative that so many amazing students took the time to enter- thank you for sharing your work with us, it was…
The undergraduate scholarship voting is already off to a great start, and it’s been so fun to read people’s comments and see how excited they’re getting about the next generation of young designers. Today I’m equally thrilled to announce our second and final group of top 10 contenders: our graduate student finalists! These artists and…
Today I am thrilled and excited to announce the finalists for the 2011 D*S Scholarship for Undergraduate Students. After days of narrowing down hundreds of applicants to these top 10, I was again reminded of how much excitement, talent and promise exists in the students who are destined to become our next great generation of…
Good morning! After a weekend full of rest and family time (and turkey), I’m ready to dive back into D*S full time. But before I get going with today’s posts, I wanted to note two quick reminders. First, this Friday I’ll be talking with book designer (and all-around D*S favorite) Coralie Bickford-Smith about books, design…
Most of us are heading out of town or at least toward the kitchen to prep for Thanksgiving. Before we all pack up and ship out, I wanted to say a special thank you to everyone reading and to everyone who’s joined us across the country for this year’s Design*Sponge at Home book tour. It’s been…
*Illustration by Julia Rothman Today I am thrilled to announce the 2011 D*S Scholarship is live! Since the beginning, it has been one of my biggest priorities to celebrate and support the next generation of great artists and designers. Not only because they need our help, but because these are the people were are going…
After weeks of entries, selecting finalists and voting, we have our 2010 D*S Scholarship winners! This was an exceptionally talented group of students, and I’m so grateful for all of the amazing young designers who took the time to enter. It gives me such hope for the next generation of great artists — I can’t…
Good morning! I wanted to kick today off with a quick reminder that today is the last day to cast your vote in the 2010 D*S Scholarship! Voting will close at 10pm EST, so if you haven’t voted yet, follow the links below to vote for both our Top 10 Undergraduate and Graduate Student finalists!…
Alright! It’s time to dive into our next round of talented finalists- graduate students! These 10 designers have quite simply blown my mind with some of their designs and I will definitely be lining up to buy some of these pieces when they hit shelves. If you’re looking for inspiration, these designers definitely can provide…
The time has finally come to vote for the 2010 Design*Sponge Scholarship finalists! Today we’ll be voting twice, once for undergraduate finalists and once for graduate student finalists*. Today we’re starting with 10 undergraduates first- in total, they are 20 of the most talented students I’ve seen in a while! These top 20 10 undergraduates…
Hi everyone! I’m so sorry for the additional delay but after narrowing the applicants from 650 down to 60 I had to request some additional information from the applicants to help in my editing. Because some of the students are across the world, they needed a bit of extra time to gather images and information….
Hi everyone! I just wanted to post a quick update for the D*S Scholarship. I was delightfully overwhelmed by this year’s applicants (over 600 talented students applied this year) and will need an extra day to narrow down the list to our finalists. So rather than today, the finalists will be announced tomorrow. The finalists…
Hi everyone! I wanted to post a reminder about the 2010 D*S Scholarship! Today is the final day to turn in applications, which are due tonight at 11:59pm EST. This year, there are $10,000 in awards being given to both undergraduate and graduate students (international students are welcome). To read the full details and apply,…
Before we kick off today’s regular posts (we’re starting our gift guides today at 1pm!), I wanted to post a reminder about the 2010 D*S Scholarship! This year, there are $10,000 in awards being given to both undergraduate and graduate students (international students are welcome). To read the full details and apply, please visit the…
Today I am thrilled to announce the 2010 D*S Scholarship is live! Since I started Design*Sponge back in 2004, it has always been my first priority to celebrate beautiful design from artists and designers of all ages. I’ll never forget the first Pratt student show I attended and being struck by the overwhelming amount of…
this year’s scholarship has been such an honor to hold- from the moment we started receiving applications i’ve been overwhelmed by the amount of talent among applicants from all across the country (and canada). we had over 2,000 applicants this year and with the help of everyone at d*s and our incredible sponsors- 2modern, domino…
the polls are open and today you can vote for your favorite contestant in the 2008 d*s scholarship! this year’s talent pool was really fantastic so i’ll be featuring some of the incredible designers that we unfortunately couldn’t fit into the final 12. thank you to everyone who entered and thank you to our incredible…
[finalist #9: paige smith] -paige is a senior studying fibers at the savannah college of art and design (those are her pattern designs above) -click here for more of paige’s work -click here to vote for paige smith (voting opens at 1pm) _______________________________________________ [finalist #10: zena pesta] -zena is an undergraduate studying ceramics at the…
[finalist #7: meg boling] -meg is a senior at the university of georgia -click here for more of meg’s work -click here to vote for meg boling (voting will open at 1pm) _______________________________________________________ [finalist #8: jamie karoses] -jamie is a senior studying graphic design and print making at the university of wisconsin stevens point -click…
[finalist #5: julia bonnell] -julia is a sophomore studying furniture design at the sheridan institute -click here to view more of julia’s work -click here to vote for julia bonnell (voting will open at 1pm) _______________________________________________________ [finalist #6: katie jung] -katie is a senior at concordia university (the images above are her weavings) -click here…
