Mount Baker Products - Plywood Furniture Design Competition Winners 2013

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Mt. Baker Plywood Furniture Design Competition

Winner’s Announcement

Furniture Design for Bellingham

Western Washington University
Industrial Design
June 13th, 2013

Five judges have reviewed and selected their favorites among 23 furniture designs.  The project was part of the sophomore course, Sophomore ID studio 2 (Etec 216), led by Associate Professor Jason Morris.

The objective was to design and construct a unique furniture solution for a community non-profit organization for their current needs.  The furniture will be then given to that organization as a gift.

Mount Baker Products has generously donated all of the high quality FSC hardwood plywood for the project and has also donated $6000 for scholarships for the winners.

            Student designers choice award - $300
Colton Sanford - Lego and craft table for the Boys and Girls Club of America

            
Jordan Steranka - Snohomish,WA. "Explore" part furniture part play structure for Blossom Childcare. 4th place - $700


Kathryn Bachen - Bainbridge Island, WA.  "Pull", a wagon train to be used in therapy session activities with kids at WWU Speech-Language Hearing Clinic.  1st Place $2000


           Sarah Burley - Olympia, WA. Sensory table for tactile exploration and learning for the special needs classroom of Wade King Elementary School.  2nd place - $1500


            
Sarah O'Sell - Kenmore, WA. "Cave" A multi-stool interactive play tunnel for special needs preschool children at Happy Valley Elementary. 5th place - $500


           
Tianyi Geng - Issaquah, WA. "Marble" a marble run for special needs classroom of Wade King Elementary School.  3rd place - $1000

Judges:
Entries were judged on concept, creativity, functionality, structure, craftsmanship and form.  They were judged by Lisa Van Doren, Paul Kearsley, Keri Lester, Kyle Thomas, and Michael Flaherty.  Lisa is an owner of Ideal, a design shop on 1227 Cornwall Ave. in Bellingham.  Paul Kearsley is a designer and part time design faculty at WWU.  Michael is a professional woodworker at Flaherty Woodworking. Keri Lester is a teacher at Wade King Elementary School. And Kyle Thomas is the lead industrial designer at Architectural Elements, Bellingham.

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.


The Mt. Baker Plywood Furniture project involved the local community through designing for various organizations and donating the furniture to them upon completion.  Design students were required to conceive, design, build, and finish a piece of furniture that responds to the needs of their client.  

Comments

Unknown said…
'Pull' wagon train. I can see children getting their fingers jammed on the corners of the facing wagons when the wagons are turningturning.
July 8, 2013 at 2:59 PM
Unknown said…
'Pull' wagon train. I can see children getting their fingers jammed on the corners of the facing wagons when the wagons are turningturning.
July 8, 2013 at 2:59 PM
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