It makes me endlessly happy to finish up this year’s posting schedule by announcing our 2012 D*S Scholarship winners. Every year, it’s the highlight of my work season to look through applicants and get inspired all over again by the amazing wealth of talent in our community. From budding high school artists to more seasoned…
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Monday December 24th, 2012
Thursday December 20th, 2012
2012 D*S Scholarship: Grad Student Voting!
Since the very first Design*Sponge Scholarship back in 2007, I have been honored to look through some incredible applications and beautiful artwork. But no group has stood out to me as much as this year’s graduate student applicants. From incredible textiles and woodworking to beautiful painting and installation work, this year’s finalists truly took my…
Wednesday December 19th, 2012
2012 D*S Scholarship: Undergraduate Voting!
This year’s undergraduate students represented a wide range of work and I was so excited to narrow the selections down from hundreds of talented artists to these amazing top 10. I hope you’ll enjoy viewing their work and choosing your favorite artists and designers for the award! Thanks to everyone who took the time to…
Tuesday December 18th, 2012
2012 D*S Scholarship Finalists: High School Voting!
After weeks of applications and thousands of entries, the 2012 D*S Scholarship is closed, and the finalists have been chosen! Tomorrow we’ll start voting for the college and graduate school contestants, but today I’m happy to share the top five finalists for our first-ever high school award. This year, I wanted to extend the competition…
Wednesday November 21st, 2012
2012 Design*Sponge Scholarship Reminder
Most of us here in the states will be taking a few days off this week to spend time with friends and family for the Thanksgiving holiday. But before we pack up and head out for a bit, I wanted to post a quick reminder about this year’s scholarship, which is open to all current…
Tuesday November 6th, 2012
The 2012 D*S Scholarship: Applications!
Amid the devastation of Hurricane Sandy and the political tension that’s floating around, I feel incredibly fortunate- and excited- to have a bright spot to focus on today: The 2012 Design*Sponge Scholarship is here! Since 2007 I’ve been organizing this scholarship as a way to celebrate and support the next generation of up and coming…
Wednesday October 10th, 2012
2012 d*s scholarship: sponsor needed
One of the most important things to me and my work/life here at Design*Sponge is giving back. Whether we’re donating time, supplies or financial awards, I try to make sure our focus never wavers from supporting the artists and designers we love so much. Since 2007, I’ve been organizing and hosting a Design*Sponge Scholarship to…
Friday December 23rd, 2011
weekly wrap up + 2011 d*s scholarship winners!
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…
Tuesday December 20th, 2011
2011 d*s scholarship: grad finalists + voting!
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…
Monday December 19th, 2011
2011 d*s scholarship: undergrad finalists + voting!
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…
Monday November 28th, 2011
coralie bickford-smith + d*s event + scholarship reminder
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…
Wednesday November 23rd, 2011
thanksgiving notes + scholarship/rsvp reminders
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…
Tuesday November 1st, 2011
2011 design*sponge scholarship!
*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…
Thursday December 23rd, 2010
2010 d*s scholarship winners!
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…
Wednesday December 22nd, 2010
reminder: last day of scholarship voting!
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!…
Friday December 17th, 2010
2010 scholarship voting: part 2 (grad students)
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…
2010 scholarship voting: part 1 (undergrads)
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…
Thursday December 16th, 2010
d*s scholarship UPDATE: voting begins friday
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….
Wednesday December 15th, 2010
d*s scholarship: UPDATE (finalists thursday)
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…
Wednesday December 8th, 2010
d*s scholarship reminder
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,…
