Posted June 13, 2016

 

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – AATCC announced the winners of the 2016 AATCC Concept 2 Consumer® Student Design Competition.

 

AATCC received 56 entries, with 76 students participating from 14 colleges and universities. This year’s theme, Metamorphosis, challenged students to create a garment that transformed. Examples of transformations could include changing color, serving multiple purposes or changing through the actual design of the fabric. The color palette could be chosen from the PANTONEVIEW Colour Planner Summer 2016. See the full competition guidelines for more details.

 

Awards included a first place cash award of $1,000 along with a copy of Pantone’s Cotton Passport, $100 Spoonflower gift certificate and Datacolor Spyder 5; a $750 award for second place along with a copy of Pantone’s Cotton Passport, $100 Spoonflower gift certificate and Datacolor Spyder 5; and two $100 awards for honorable mentions along with a $50 Spoonflower gift certificate and Datacolor Spyder 5.  

 

The winners include:

 

• 1st Place – Traveling Cloud by Darya Karenskaya, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

• 2nd Place – Unveil by Emily Kopcik, University of Delaware

• Honorable Mention – Sweet Summer Days by Anne Cops, University of Wisconsin-Stout 

• Honorable Mention – Rain Daze by Cory Schneiders, Drexel University.

 

AATCC would like to extend appreciation to the following developers, judges and sponsors. Without their expertise and assistance, the competition would not have been possible. Special thanks to Karen Kyllo, deputy vice president of Global Softlines at SGS USA, chair of the Concept 2 Consumer® Interest Group.

 

Developers:

• Brooks Tippett, VP of Operations at Pantone

• Heidi Carvalho, textile technology consultant at TTACC

• Kerry King, vice president, R&D at Spoonflower, Inc.

• Mary Brannon, Apparel Technology coordinator at Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

• Nora Khanna, product development manager at Pantone

 

Judges:

• Carrie Yates, manager of Product Development at Cotton Incorporated

• Marie Cordella, owner at Cordella Bridal

• Rachel Lessne, owner at Green Envy Eco-Boutique

• Sara Engelhard, product development associate at Spoonflower, Inc. 

• Tina Beauvais, president at EmBraced In Comfort

 

For additional information on AATCC Student awards and competitions, and a list of previous recipients, visit http://www.aatcc.org/stu/awards-competitions/.

 

Source: AATCC