The annual Chair Affair competition attracted architecture and package design students from 49 colleges and universities across the USA .Chair design submissions had to be made of corrugated board and glue, and were required to elevate a user of an undetermined size off the ground comfortably for an extended period of time.
The designs were judged by celebrity judge Vern Yip (from TLC's Trading Spaces, HGTV's Deserving Design, and Design Star fame), on a criteria of comprehendible design, originality, how ergonomically comfortable, aesthetically pleasing, and the cleverness of craft and details.
The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF) and the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Chair Affair student competition for architecture students was developed to introduce students to structural design careers in the corrugated packaging and display industry. The top entries win cash prizes.
The First Place winner is Jessica Leung from Cuesta College for Hole ‘n Hole. Second Place is a tie between Sarah Clement and Michael Wallace from Louisiana State University for A Corrugated Chair and Winston Mi and Jessica Brown from the Rhode Island School of Design for Profile and Silhouette.
Honorable Mentions include Brad Smith from Cuesta College for Caterpillared; Keith Holman, Benjamin Shullaw, Neal Birchum and Sean McDow from the University of Oklahoma for Adjustable; Jonathan Coop from California State University Long Beach for Corrugated Board Chair; and Mateusz Dzierzanowski, and Christopher Brown from Catholic University of America for Studio Furniture: The Scissor Chair.
The winning entries will be on display at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. from July 23-26.
Visit: http://www.aias.org/chairaffair/ or http://www.careersincorrugated.org
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