ISP Student Design Competition

Winners create unique and functional designs for a children’s clothing retailer
Reprinted Courtesy Display and Design Ideas, July 2006

The Institute of Store Planners (ISP) annual Student Design Competition always brings innovative design to the forefront. This year’s contest was no exception. Tasking college students with creating a prototype design for a fictitious children’s clothing retailer, ISP presented four awards in this year’s competition.

First place went to Carly Hillman of Kansas State University for her combination children’s art gallery and retail store. “Adults can enjoy a sophisticated relaxed shopping experience, while children can engage in a focused and educational yet intriguing and exciting activity,” Hillman said in her concept statement. “Children can take part in creating an artistic environment as they interact with technological resources provided within the space.”

Second place was awarded to Kristie Morrison of Washington State University for her Mother-of-Pearl store design. “Just as oyster shell protects its pearl in a protective embrace, so does a mother to her child, and so does the store to its customers,” Morrison said. Third place was a tie between Kimberly Kolkovich of Kansas State University and Susan Schreibe of Washington State University.

The judges were David Kloman, Kenneth Cole; Andrew McQuilkin, FRCH Design Worldwide; Edward Calabrese, Mancini-Duffy; Joseph Nevin, Bergmeyer Associates Inc.; and Sojourner M. Judson-Auguste, The Children’s Place.

Hillman is a fourth-year interior architecture and product design student in the College of Architecture, Planning and Design from Overland Park, Kansas. Also a fourth-year interior architecture and product design student, Kolkovich is from St. Louis, Missouri.

The winning designs were produced in a spring 2006 third-year interior architecture studio taught by Professor Neal Hubbell.

For more information, contact:
Neal Hubbell,785.532.5992
Diane Potts, 785.532.1090