Industrial Design graduate student and multi-prize
winner Manuel Saez has won first place ($3,000) in
the New York City Parks Department Bike Rack/Tree
Guard Competition. A student from Harvard took second
place. Pictures of their designs may be viewed at
www.designtrees.com
UB Industrial Design students won three out of five
awards at the recent New York International Automobile
show. First place ($5,000) went to the team of junior
Dong Joo Choi and sophomore Joon Suk Park. Third place
($2,000) went to junior Koji Okamoto, and fifth place
($1,000) went to junior Adrian Teschemaker. Students
from six schools competed, but the only other school
with winners was Syracuse University.
Interior Design students Maiko Tanaka (sophomore)
and Hitomi Hayashi (graduate student) were members
of the team that won third place in the sketch competition
sponsored by the International Interior Design Association.
Two teams tied for third place. The competition was
held in Boston with about eight schools and over 100
students participating.
