Digital Photography Student, Samantha Hunter, won the coveted Golden Holga award.

Digital Photography Student, Samantha Hunter, won the coveted Golden Holga award, an award given annually to the student whose work was deemed Best of Show at the annual Digital Photography student & faculty gallery show.

Constantine D. Vasilios, AIA, NCARB, IIDA faculty, Harrington College of Design, has been recognized by AIA Illinois as the 2008 recipient of the Nathan Clifford Ricker Honor award.

The award is bestowed annually to a faculty member in the state of Illinois for teaching excellence and service

New Life Competition
Chicago, Illinois
Fall 2008 to Spring 2009

Our client and sponsor is Mig and Tig of Chicago and Mortise and Tenon of Los Angeles. They asked us to design two furniture pieces for them: an Audio Visual Cabinet and a Sofa. We referenced the past, and redesigned furniture to give the pieces a new interpretation and a New Life. The winner, second and third place received a design grant sponsored from Mig and Tig and Mortise and Tenon. The 4th to 10th places received an honorable mention.

This Competition was open for all Harrington Interior Design Students. See the results! And the winners are:

The Audio Visual Cabinet: http://tinyurl.com/TheAVFurniture

The Sofa: http://tinyurl.com/thesofa

Harrington Interior Design Competition with Frank Fontana HGTV celebrity designer and host of DESIGN ON A DIME.

Frank Fontana has teamed up with David Dunworth & Peter Klick at Harrington College of Design to offer students the amazing opportunity to be a key part of Frank Fontana’s design team. Students will participate in the creation of the room designs, renderings, and actual build out of rooms that will be photographed for his new book titled, “Frank Fontana's Dirty Little Secrets of Design". This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for students to work side by side with Frank and to be featured in a real design book. The chosen students will be included in the book by giving special thanks as well as a possible group photo and letter of recommendation from Frank Fontana.

Frank will be coming to Harrington College of Design on Tuesday, March 24th at noon in room 101 to meet the students and give them an opportunity to ask all questions needed to complete said projects.

The contest: In order to qualify for this opportunity students must:

1. Sign a non-disclosure agreement
2. Keep budget and material cost in mind
3. Make designs applicable for today’s economy
4. Submit and present design concepts and renderings based on the following rooms:

Entreveue (Dirty little secret to Frugal, Functional, and Fashionable First impressions)

Living Spaces (Low cost, high style -Living rooms and Dens)

Entertaining Spaces (secrets to glam game rooms, luxe lounges, and everything fun)

Tasty Spaces (Secrets to cool kitchens and divine dinning rooms)

Outer Spaces (The secret to a Posh Porch, and perfect patios)

Green Spaces (The Dirty Little secret of Eco Friendly Design)

Peter Klick’s summer semester Experimental Design class has been chosen for this competition!
The competition is open for all students! Teams of two are possible.
Check out his site: http://www.frankfontana.net

Harrington student wins the first IIDA-Illinois Michelle Roberts Scholarship

Venessa Jimenez, a Harrington College of Design interior design student, is the winner of the first Michelle Roberts IIDA Scholarship. Venessa Jimenez’s work was judged the best out of high-quality applications from interior design students throughout the State of Illinois.

Venessa Jimenez will be presented with the $2,500 scholarship award on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 5:30 pm at an event in the Allsteel showroom in the Merchandise Mart, Chicago. Prior to the award presentation, Carlos Martinez, Regional Design Director for Gensler, will speak on design and education.

Harrington College of Design Students Honored in Southern Accents Magazine Contest

Rebecca Otto, of Plainfield, and R.J. Reynertson of Chicago, seniors at Harrington College of Design, took first-runner up for their kitchen design in the “Last Designer Standing” rendering competition, jointly sponsored by Southern Accents magazine, ASID (American Society of Interior Design) and KitchenAid.

The design competition called for junior or senior level ASID student members to design a kitchen using a 15´x 20´ rectangular floor plan. The design had to include at least three KitchenAid appliances and incorporate a living and/or dining area. Door and window placements were left up to the designers. Otto and Reynertson´s design includes detailed moldings and trim on the cabinetry, windows and doors. All pieces serve multiple purposes for a busy family with children. The design also incorporates plenty of storage, a “drop zone” for kid´s coats, shoes and backpacks, and a separate microwave and refrigerator for after-school snacks.

The entries were evaluated by a representative from each of the three sponsoring organizations who judged on functionality, utility, originality, skillful execution and comfort. The top designs, including that of Otto and Reynertson, will be featured in the November/December 2005 issue of Southern Accents, as well as the Winter 2006 issue of ASID ICON.

“We´re tremendously proud of our students for entering such a high level competition,” says Constantine Vasilios, an interior design instructor at Harrington. It is even more exciting to see them place among the top designs. What a wonderful affirmation of their talent and skills.”

Harrington College of Design Graduate Receives New Wave Award

Thomas Shoner, a Harrington College of Design graduate, recently received the New Wave Award in Interior Design. Shoner has won several awards in the past since starting his own business in 1999. Thomas Shoner Associates is a full-service design firm with offices in Chicago and San Francisco serving an impressive list of restaurants, nightclub, retail, corporate and residential clients. Visit his website at http://www.toshodesign.com to view the interior images for the well-known Chicago nightclub, Crobar, plus many other creative spaces!

Harrington College of Design Digital Photography Student Chosen As A Finalist For MAC-On-Campus Resource Guide

Last spring the Mac Group announced a nationwide "call for entries" for images to be used in the next MAC-On-Campus Student Resource Guide. More than 500 submissions were received and they were absolutely blown away by the quality of the images. Jessica Sladek, a digital photography student at Harrington College of Design, was included in the final edition among the 15 finalists. One of the goals of the resource guide is to show an assortment of work that other students might be interested in seeing from a variety of schools. The result is a nice blend of black, white, color, commercial, fine art, film based, and digital images reflecting many disciplines of photography today. The MAC-On-Campus Student Resource Guide acts as an asset to professional photographers and the schools and instructors that help shape them.

Harrington College of Design Digital Photography Instructor Chosen For International Silicon Sands Exhibit

Tim Arroyo, a digital photography instructor at Harrington College of Design, has been chosen as one of 37 international photographers to be featured in the Silicon Sands exhibition starting November 4 at Las Cruces Museum of Fine Arts in New Mexico. Silicon Sands is an international, juried competition open to digital imagery of any subject completed in the last year.

Arroyo was chosen for his digital composite of two photographs, which features a number of textural combinations and color enhancements. The image, called Ariel´s Submission, is intended to depict an internal struggle. Arroyo´s photo was chosen from 222 entries. This is his first museum exhibition.

“This is an exhibition I really wanted to be a part of,” says Arroyo. “Because this was an international competition, being chosen was a great honor.”

In addition to Las Cruces Museum, Arroyo´s photo also will be featured in an upcoming issue of Photo Techniques Magazine, a national photography magazine.

Harrington College of Design Students Win New Condominium Development Competition in Chicago

The Kreiter Development Group recently held a competition for their new condominium development in Chicago. Harrington College of Design students excelled in this competition as Tom Hurd placed first, Linnea Rehnk placed second and Melissa Formeister placed third. The students were given architectural plans and asked to create an interior to suit the possible inhabitant demographics of the area. Each student provided solutions for the furniture, built-ins and modifications to the initial proposed layout. Additionally, each student was asked to submit one board 20 x 30 with a plan as revised at 1/8 "=1'-0", and a generous perspective that would give the viewer the intended solution to the interior space, including furniture, built-ins if applicable, textiles and wall colors.

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Harrington College of Design Digital Photography Instructor Chosen For International Silicon Sands Exhibit

Tim Arroyo, a digital photography instructor at Harrington College of Design, has been chosen as one of 37 international photographers to be featured in the Silicon Sands exhibition starting November 4 at Las Cruces Museum of Fine Arts in New Mexico. Silicon Sands is an international, juried competition open to digital imagery of any subject completed in the last year.

Arroyo was chosen for his digital composite of two photographs, which features a number of textural combinations and color enhancements. The image, called Ariel´s Submission, is intended to depict an internal struggle. Arroyo´s photo was chosen from 222 entries. This is his first museum exhibition.

“This is an exhibition I really wanted to be a part of,” says Arroyo. “Because this was an international competition, being chosen was a great honor.”

In addition to Las Cruces Museum, Arroyo´s photo also will be featured in an upcoming issue of Photo Techniques Magazine, a national photography magazine.

Harrington College of Design Digital Photography Student Chosen As A Finalist For MAC-On-Campus Resource Guide

Last spring the Mac Group announced a nationwide "call for entries" for images to be used in the next MAC-On-Campus Student Resource Guide. More than 500 submissions were received and they were absolutely blown away by the quality of the images. Jessica Sladek, a digital photography student at Harrington College of Design, was included in the final edition among the 15 finalists. One of the goals of the resource guide is to show an assortment of work that other students might be interested in seeing from a variety of schools. The result is a nice blend of black, white, color, commercial, fine art, film based, and digital images reflecting many disciplines of photography today. The MAC-On-Campus Student Resource Guide acts as an asset to professional photographers and the schools and instructors that help shape them.

Harrington College of Design Graduate Receives New Wave Award

Thomas Shoner, a Harrington College of Design graduate, recently received the New Wave Award in Interior Design. Shoner has won several awards in the past since starting his own business in 1999. Thomas Shoner Associates is a full-service design firm with offices in Chicago and San Francisco serving an impressive list of restaurants, nightclub, retail, corporate and residential clients. Visit his website at http://www.toshodesign.com to view the interior images for the well-known Chicago nightclub, Crobar, plus many other creative spaces!

Harrington College of Design Students Honored in Southern Accents Magazine Contest

Rebecca Otto, of Plainfield, and R.J. Reynertson of Chicago, seniors at Harrington College of Design, took first-runner up for their kitchen design in the “Last Designer Standing” rendering competition, jointly sponsored by Southern Accents magazine, ASID (American Society of Interior Design) and KitchenAid.

The design competition called for junior or senior level ASID student members to design a kitchen using a 15´x 20´ rectangular floor plan. The design had to include at least three KitchenAid appliances and incorporate a living and/or dining area. Door and window placements were left up to the designers. Otto and Reynertson´s design includes detailed moldings and trim on the cabinetry, windows and doors. All pieces serve multiple purposes for a busy family with children. The design also incorporates plenty of storage, a “drop zone” for kid´s coats, shoes and backpacks, and a separate microwave and refrigerator for after-school snacks.

The entries were evaluated by a representative from each of the three sponsoring organizations who judged on functionality, utility, originality, skillful execution and comfort. The top designs, including that of Otto and Reynertson, will be featured in the November/December 2005 issue of Southern Accents, as well as the Winter 2006 issue of ASID ICON.

“We´re tremendously proud of our students for entering such a high level competition,” says Constantine Vasilios, an interior design instructor at Harrington. It is even more exciting to see them place among the top designs. What a wonderful affirmation of their talent and skills.”

CD Department Chair Judges National Design Competition for Clorox

Communication Design Department Chair, Brad Kisner is one of 5 national judges for the Redesign Clean competition sponsored by Clorox bleach. Visit www.redesignclean.com for more details.

Communication Design Faculty in National Magazine

Two Communication Design Faculty members, Guy Villa and Michael Renaud had their design work featured in Print Magazine’s National Design Annual 2008.

2009 Ravinia Poster Design Competition Winner

Communication Design Student, Elise Weiler, received Honorable Mention in The Ravinia Poster Design Competition, sponsored by its Women’s Board. Over 200 entries are received each year. CD student Adam Frommelt received the same honor in 2008.

CD Students are now Design Interns!

CD students have or currently are interning at Birkdesign, Inc., Complete Resources, Convia (A Herman Miller Company), Decor Galor, Element79, Instinct Incorporated, Michael Renaud Design Co., and Wilson Sporting Goods.

Communication Design and Community Outreach
The Book Worm Angels

The Communication Design Program raised $4000 for The Book Worm Angels! Students in VSC 301 Logos and Corporate Identity class are designing four separate identity packages for four separate companies. The money raised will go towards the purchase of books for classrooms in the CPS system, where students are reading far below their grade level.

Actors Theatre

Students in CDS402 Senior Design Studio ll are designing the graphic identity and marketing materials for a non-profit theatre production of Sondheim’s “Follies” in the Northern suburbs. Students are in charge of designing the graphics, scheduling and art directing the photo shoot as well as weekly client contact.

Industry Involvement - AIGA Chicago and Harrington’s AIGA Student Group

Harrington’s student group boasts an active membership of 20 plus students who engage with industry professionals on a monthly basis. Harrington recently hosted The AIGA Chicago Winter Student Portfolio Review that was attended by 18 design professionals and 34 senior level students from around the mid-west region.