Awards and Honors
Purdue Interior Design students work hard and regularly place in State and Nationwide design competitions. Here is a sampling of their most recent accomplishments.
2023
National Award Recognition
IDEC (Interior Design Educators Council) Student Design Competition
- Katlyn Pham, Madi Green, and Hotian Wang - 3rd Place
2022
National Award Recognition
IDEC (Interior Design Educators Council) Student Design Competition
- Danielle Henke & Emma Stachowski – 3rd Place
National Honor
Metropolis Future 100 Designer
- Selena Helms
Regional Award Recognition
IIDA Indiana Student Competition
- Carley Perkins – 1st Place
- Savannah Scherschel - 2nd Place
- Katlyn Pham - 3rd Place Corrin Whitus - Honorable Mention
2021
National Recognition
Steelcase’s 2021 NEXT Student Design Competition
- Abby Sayers, Interior Design '22, Honorable Mention
2019-2020
National Award Recognition
IIDA Interior Architects Diversity in Design Scholarship
- Liwam Beraki
Regional Award Recognition
ASID Indiana Student Competition
- Dakota Heims, Logann McElfresh, and Samantha Ueltschi – 3rd Place
2018-2019
National Award Recognition
IDEC (Interior Design Educators Council) Student Design Competition
- Amanda Wegener & Cassandra Crawford – 1st Place
- Laura Blythe & Laine Hertel – 2nd Place
- Sydney Gunty & Savanna Robison – Midwest Finalist
Eaton SOURCE Awards, Student Lighting Design Competition
- Cassandra Crawford – Honorable Mention
Regional Award Recognition
IIDA Indiana Student Design Competition (IDEA Awards)
- Sydney Gunty – 1st Place
- Savanna Robison – 2nd Place
ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Indiana Student Design Competition
- Liwam Beraki – 1st Place
2017-2018
Sydney Gunty won the graffiti competition (above) as part of IIDA’s national student design charrette at NeoCon in Chicago!
Amanda Wegener was awarded the Legends IN Design scholarship and Cassandra Crawford was awarded the Gwendolyn Burkhardt Scholarship both by the Interior Design Coalition of Indiana in June.
Hannah Bulow, Mercedes Arenas, Cassandra Crawford, and Laura Blythe (above) claimed four of the nine lighting awards presented at the 41st annual SOURCE Awards, a student competition focused on the use of lighting as a primary design element. This year's winners were recognized on May 7 at LIGHTFAIR International 2018 in Chicago, IL. The SOURCE Awards competition focuses on furthering the understanding, knowledge and function of lighting as a primary element in design.
Sydney Gunty, Laura Blythe and Cassandra Crawford placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd in the Indiana ASID student design competition in March.
Also in March, Graduate student, Diana Pulido Ruiz was selected as a national finalist in the IDEC student design competition.
2016-2017
Cynthia Rumas (above) was awarded the 2017 IDEA Award by the International Interior Design Association for her project, Link.
Yue Peng and Abigail Chin place first and second in the Indiana ASID student design competition
Kathleen Haines was selected as a national finalist in the Steelcase NEXT student design competition. Kathleen was flown to Grand Rapids for a 3 day event where she met and gave her final presentation in front of the judges.
Abigail chin received the Student Award of Recognition at the 40th annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition by Eaton Corporation.
In February, Interior Design major, Marisa Smith was selected as the Department of Art and Design’s Outstanding Senior.
Congratulations to these students and all the amazing students who make our classrooms more than just a major.
Hannah Densel Outstanding Interior Design Portfolio Award
This award recognizes the senior interior design major who has created the program’s best portfolio in the eyes of the faculty. The award honors the memory of Hannah Densel BA ’14 who tragically lost her life in an automobile accident the week of her senior exhibition in 2014. Her degree was awarded posthumously by the university.
- Hannah Bulow, 2019
- Abigail Chin, 2018 (above)
- Ariel Ritchie, 2017
- Taylor Pietruch, 2016
- Emily Hansen, 2015