PAVE Announces Winners of Student Design Competition

The Planning and Visual Education Partnership (PAVE) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 PAVE Student Design Competition sponsored by Bank of America. This annual competition is geared toward college-level students involved in retail planning, visual merchandising, and branding programs.

The competition's design challenge provides an excellent opportunity for students to obtain real-life retail design experience. Prizes included grants to students and schools, and winning students may even see their designs come to life. The competition was open to undergraduate students only. Judging took place on November 13, 2019 at The Bank of America design offices in New York, New York.

Congratulations to the following PAVE 2019 Student Design Competition Winners:

• 1st Place – $8,000  – Kareena Sankreacha, Humber College
• 2nd Place – $5,500 – Alyson Arnold & Sam Charlinski, Fanshawe College
• 3rd Place – $3,000 – Jake Still, Appalachian State University
• Honorable Mention – Evelin Tracz, New York School of Interior Design

School Awards for Students Placing in the Top Three

• $1,000 – Humber College
• $1,000 – Fanshawe College
• $1,000 – Appalachian State University

This year's winners faced a competitive field of over 350 entries.

Judging the 2019 competition were:

• Rebekah Sigfrids – Senior Vice President, Financial Center Design & Innovation, Bank of America
• Malcolm Lee – Design Director & Strategist, Bank of America
• Aaron Birney – Global Retail Leader/Design Principal, Gensler
• Todd Bracher – Strategic Designer/Creative Director, Todd Bracher Studio
• Lena Lim – Vice President, Business Development, B+N Industries
• Karen Pearse – CEO & President, Karen Pearse Global Direct
• Cindi Kato – Vice President, CallisonRTKL
• Norman Roberts – Vice President/Managing Creative Director, FRCH NELSON

About PAVE, www.paveglobal.org
Founded in 1992, the Planning and Visual Education Partnership's (PAVE) objective is to encourage students to study in the field of retail design and planning and visual merchandising. Additionally, PAVE seeks to encourage retail management, store planners, visual merchandisers, architects and manufacturers to interact with and support design students. These objectives are accomplished through competitions, projects, seminars, workshops and grants and scholarships funded by the annual Bash, Gala and other fundraising initiatives. PAVE is a 501(c)(3) educational foundation.

If you would like more information, please contact Dash Nagel at 954-241-4834, or email dash@paveglobal.org.