We're sharing our 2024 Student Competition winners this week and we're happy to share our 3rd-place winner in Photography, Katy Alldridge. Congrats Katy!
School: Norwich University of Arts
Instructor: Andrew Johnson
Course Leader: Glen Robinson
Category: Fashion/Beauty
We had so many amazing submissions in the 2024 Student Competition that we’re excited to share a few noteworthy entries from the Design and Illustration categories. Check them out below!
In alphabetical order…
School: State University of New York, New Paltz
Instructor: Etsuko Rosenblum
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle
School: Kutztown University
Instructor: Denise Bosler
Category: How-To
School: Kean University
Instructor: Nancy Campbell
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle
School: Kutztown University
Instructor: Denise Bosler
Category: City/Regional
School: Moore College of Art and Design
Instructor: Professor Gigi McGee
Category: News
School: San Diego City College
Instructor: Sean Bacon
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle
School: Kutztown University
Instructor: Holly Tienken
Category: How-To
School: North Metropolitan TAFE
Instructor: Amie Mason
Category: Conceptual
School: University of Delaware
Instructor: David Brinley
Category: Editorial
School: Pratt Institute
Instructor: David Cooper
Category: Politics
School: University of Delaware
Instructor: David Brinley
Category: GIFs
School: Maryland Institute of College of Art
Instructor: Andrew Haener
School: School of Visual Arts
Instructor: Jensine Eckwall
After our virtual judging, we’ve picked the top winners in our 2024 SPD-U Student Competition! We’ll be announcing them over the next week and updating the list here. Special thanks to our judges Rachel Gogel, Emil Lendof, Alexandra Mooney, Nick Mrozowski, and Lily Qian for taking the time to review all of this year’s submissions and to our Student Competition Committee Chairs David Cooper and Josue Evilla for organizing.
This competition marked the 26th year of hosting our annual SPD-U Student Competition. After multiple rounds of virtual judging and Zoom meetings, our panel of judges carefully chose their picks from all the great student work submitted. They selected first, second, and third-place winners as well as some noteworthy entries. Click their names below to see the winning work.
Congratulations to all of our winners and to all the wonderful entries we received!
School: Norwich University of the Arts
Level: Third Year
Instructor: Andrew Johnson & Glen Robinson
Category: City/Regional
School: North Metropolitan TAFE
Instructor: Amie Mason
Category: Conceptual
School: Norwich University of Arts
Level: Third Year
Instructor: Andrew Johnson & Glen Robinson
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle
School: Norwich University of the Arts
Level: Third Year
Instructor: Andrew Johnson & Glen Robinson
Category: Sports/Adventure
School: University of Hartford
Level: Junior
Instructor: Brian Lutz
Category: Conceptual
School: Miami Ad School
Instructor: Sarah Wood
Category: Portrait
School: Norwich University of the Arts
Year: Third Year
Instructor: Andrew Johnson & Glen Robinson
Category: Sports/Adventure
School: University of Hartford
Instructor: Brian Lutz
Category: Editorial
School: Norwich University of Arts
Level: Third Year
Instructor: Andrew Johnson & Glen Robinson
Category: Fashion/Beauty
School: State University of New York, New Paltz
Instructor: Etsuko Rosenblum
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle
School: Kutztown University
Instructor: Denise Bosler
Category: How-To
School: Kean University
Level: Senior
Instructor: Nancy Campbell
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle
School: Kutztown University
Instructor: Denise Bosler
Category: City/Regional
School: Moore College of Art and Design
Instructor: Gigi McGee
Category: News
School: San Diego City College
Instructor: Sean Bacon
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle
School: Kutztown University
Instructor: Holly Tienken
Category: How-To
School: North Metropolitan TAFE
Instructor: Amie Mason
Category: Conceptual
School: University of Delaware
Instructor: David Brinley
Category: Editorial
School: Pratt Institute
Level: Senior
Instructor: David Cooper
Category: Politics
School: University of Delaware
Instructor: David Brinley
Category: GIFs
School: Maryland Institute of College of Art
Instructor: Andrew Haener
Category: Conceptual
School: School of Visual Arts
Level: Senior
Instructor: Jensine Eckwall
Category: Portrait
We are excited to announce the winners of the SPD-U Show & Tell Student Competition!
There were no rules and no formulas, we just asked for students to show us their best editorial work. For the first time ever, the competition included submissions from undergraduate and graduate students while also marking the introductory of new categories that reflect SPD’s commitment to creative excellence across multiple disciplines.
Thank you to our SPD-U Student Committee members for judging the competition!
Rashida Morgan-Brown, Creative Director;
David Cooper, Illustrator/Photo Director/Educator;
Josue Evilla, Creative Director, Fortune Design;
Davian-Lynn Hopkins, Senior Designer, Pentagram; and
Nancy Stamatopoulos, Art Director/Photo Stylist/Educator
SCHOOL: Faculty of Applied Arts
GRADE: Graduated 2023
INSTRUCTOR: Milos llic, Associate Professor
INSTAGRAM: @kunkeneza
SCHOOL: School of Visual Arts
GRADE: Sophomore
INSTRUCTOR: Christian Widlic
WEBSITE: yerinlee.com
INSTAGRAM: @yrlcom
SCHOOL: Michael Graves College, Kean University
GRADE: Graduated 2023
INSTRUCTOR: Nancy Campbell and Trevett McCandliss, Professors
WEBSITE: patrycjadesigns.com
INSTAGRAM: @patrycjasdesigns
SCHOOL: Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
GRADE: Sophomore
INSTRUCTOR: Jimmy Giegerich, Junior Illustration Teacher
WEBSITE: hugowolfgrande.com
INSTAGRAM: @hugondorf_
SCHOOL: Shifta by Elisava
GRADE: Graduated 2023
INSTRUCTOR: Roger Ruppmann, Tutor TFM
WEBSITE: behance.net/FabianCardenas-
INSTAGRAM: @fabcar75
SCHOOL: Savannah College of Art and Design
GRADE: Graduated 2023
INSTRUCTOR: Jay Peteranetz, Professor
WEBSITE: seoyeonghwang.com
INSTAGRAM: @syh_art_
We're excited to wrap up our announcement of the 2023 Student Competition winners today with our 1st-place winner in Design, Aspen Gengenbacher. Congrats Aspen!
You can find links to all of this year’s winners here. Congrats to all our winners! Thanks to everyone who entered and made our judges' decision a tough one...we loved looking at your work and commend you all on your great pieces.
School: Missouri School of Journalism
Level: Senior
Instructor: Tom White
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle
We're sharing our 2023 Student Competition winners this week and we're happy to share our 1st-place winner in Illustration, Isabel Foley. Congrats to Isabel!
School: University of Delaware
Level: Senior
Instructor: David Brinley
Category: Editorial
We're sharing our 2023 Student Competition winners this week and we're happy to share our 1st-place winner in Photography, Natalie Schmidt. Congrats Natalie!
School: University of Delaware
Level: Junior
Instructor: David Brinley
Category: Portrait
We're sharing our 2023 Student Competition winners this week and we're happy to share our 2nd-place winner in Design, Kylie Mena. Congrats Kylie!
School: Kean University
Level: Senior
Instructors: Nancy Cambell and Trevett McCandliss
Category: How-To
We're sharing our 2023 Student Competition winners this week and we're happy to share our 2nd-place winner in Illustration, Bowen Shao. Congrats to Bowen!
School: University of Delaware
Level: Senior
Instructor: David Brinley
Category: GIFs
We're sharing our 2023 Student Competition winners this week and we're happy to share our 2nd-place winner in Photography, Katie Park. Congrats to Katie!
School: Cooper Union
Level: Senior
Instructor: Mackenzie Stroh
Category: Conceptual
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