Mt. Baker Plywood Furniture Design Competition 2012

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Plywood toolkit for the Spark Museum by Leon Wolfendale




Mt. Baker Plywood Furniture Design Competition


Winner’s Announcement

Theme: Furniture Design for the Local Community

Western Washington University Industrial Design

June 13th, 2012
Five judges have reviewed and selected their favorites among 19 designs. The project was part of the sophomore course, Sophomore ID studio 2, led by Associate Professor Jason Morris. The objective was to design and construct a unique furniture solution for an organization, either the Spark Museum or Make.Shift art space, for their current needs. The material constraint was a 4' x 4' piece of 3/4 inch FSC certified hardwood plywood. The furniture will be then given to that organization as a gift. Mount Baker Products has generously donated all of the high quality plywood for the project and has also donated $6000 for scholarships for the winners.


Here are the winners

Designs for Make.Shift Project, Bellingham

3rd place: Scott Broberg for "Shift" Low shifted shelves. $500 scholarship from Mount Baker Products. (not pictured)


2nd place and student choice award: Jonathan Mayfield for "The Roadie" A fold out amplifier stand with cable storage drawer. $1000 scholarship from Mount Baker Products.


 

1st place: Travis Malloy for "Shelving Bench" a bench that shelves flat art work underneath. $1500 scholarship from Mount Baker Products  

 
 



Designs for Spark Museum of Electrical Invention, Bellingham

3rd place: Kathleen Mahon for "Incite" a children's book shelf and display. $500 scholarship from Mount Baker Products. (not pictured)


2nd place: Matthew Lider for "Arc Step Stool" a three legged stool designed to allow children a better view. $1000 scholarship from Mount Baker Products. 

 

1st place: Aidan Borer for "Stack" a reading bench with incorporated book display. $1500 scholarship from Mount Baker Products.  (not pictured)


Art Cart storage for Make.Shift Project by Jesse Zackery
Judges:

Entries were judged on concept, creativity, functionality, structure, craftsmanship and form. They were judged by Lisa Van Doren, Dell King, Anne Bargetz, Cat Sieh, and Michael Flaherty. Lisa is an owner of Ideal, a design shop on 1227 Cornwall Ave. in Bellingham. Dell is a professor of industrial design at WWU. Anne is the Director of Education at the Spark Museum. Michael is a professional woodworker at Flaherty Woodworking. Cat is a manager at the Make.Shift Project in Bellingham.
Storage and light kit for the art studios at Make.Shift Project in Bellingham, WA by Kirk Turner

Support:

The scholarships and all of the wood were generously provided by Mount Baker Products. Thanks to Tim Shannon for being our supporter and advocate of the industrial design program at Western.   

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