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Instructor Greg Plant checks out Sydney Melnyk’s design for the 2016 NKBA competition.
TWELVE YEARS OF WINNING Interior design technology students excel in two competitions
design competitions received hundreds of entries from NKBA student members at colleges and universities across North America.
Lakeland College’s interior design technology program’s winning streak in student design competitions is still alive.
“I’m very proud of the students and the fabulous work they did,” says McLeod, noting the ongoing success definitely requires some luck, but it’s also a reflection of the quality of students in the program at the Vermilion campus. “Our students work hard and we try to have this program replicate a professional design firm. They are expected to meet deadlines and create quality work.”
Current students and instructors Fiona McLeod, Greg Plant, and Rochelle Horne watched a webinar in the fall that revealed the winners of the 2014-15 National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) student kitchen design and charette competitions. There was plenty of cheering in the classroom as several members of the Class of 2015 were recognized: • Laura Cobb placed first in the NKBA/General Electric Charette Competition and won a $5,000 scholarship; • Bree-Anne Hubick finished third and received a $3,000 scholarship; • Kayla Soto won the NKBA Student Kitchen Design Competition and earned a $2,500 scholarship; and • Cobb finished third in the NKBA Student Kitchen Design Competition and collected a $1,000 scholarship. Both Soto and Cobb also received a trip to the 2016 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas. The student
In fact the work that Soto created for the kitchen design competition was of such high standard that real-life clients Dean and Barbara incorporated her design into their East Tennessee home. This is the 12th year in a row that at least one Lakeland student has placed in a design competition. Current secondyear interior design students are now working on their NKBA Design Competition entries. The interior design technology program is a two-year program based at Lakeland’s Vermilion campus. Students learn in a studio setting where they master design fundamentals, drafting, space planning and more. Learn more at lakelandcollege.ca/design.
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