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June 24, 2021

Students Earn Top Honors at Core 77 Design Awards 2021

Among 18 categories honored, ArtCenter student work placed in ten with a total of 16 projects recognized as winners, notables or runner up

Congratulations are plentiful throughout the campus community today as ArtCenter College of Design students are notified of 18 awards earned in the prestigious Core 77 Design Awards competition. Among the more than 200 designs honored by the Core 77 Design Awards jury teams this year, 16 were designed by ArtCenter students and recognized as winners, notables or runner-up.

Recognizing excellence in all areas of design enterprise, the Core77 Design Awards annually celebrates the richness of the design profession as well as the insight and perseverance of its practitioners.

“We’re incredibly proud of our students,” said Karen Hofmann, provost, ArtCenter College of Design. “This high-profile recognition from leaders in the design field is a tribute to the exemplary talent and dedication of our community of students, faculty and support staff.”

“It is very rewarding to receive this validation for innovative work that beautifully illustrates how design and education converge to make reality-based solutions with potential to positively impact lives,” Hofmann continued.

Following is a list of the ArtCenter winning, notable and runner up projects and the students who created the award-winning work:

Built Environment Category

  • Winner – Weixin “Hélène” Huang (Environmental Design), George Weng (Product Design) and Shannon Tsai (Graphic Design) for Designmatters Strong Apart: Hosten, a communal dining and social experience for a senior-friendly society.

Furniture and Lighting Category

  • Winner ­– Jingyi “Jez” Sun (Product Design) for Grow N Glow, an intelligent countertop garden designed to bring a breath of nature and sunshine to urban homes.
  • Notable - David Hwang (Product Design) for NEUT stool/table
  • Notable - Lijie Liu (Product Design) for Caring Crib

Home and Living Category

  • Runner Up - Lara Villa (Product Design) for MAIA dinnerware

Packaging Category

  • Winner – Yi Mao (Graduate Graphic Design) for East-West/West-East
  • Runner Up – Qiran Li (Product Design) and Yanqi Li (Product Design) for Plus ovulation and pregnancy test kit
  • Notable – Berly Dai (Product Design) and Sylvia Xiao (Product Design) for Chocolit
  • Notable – Esther Kim (Product Design), Osbaldo “Ozzy” Alvarez (Product Design), Andi Li (Product Design) for Urth Biodegradable Lipstick
  • Notable – Anqi Qiao (Product Design) for Cosmo Pie

Service Design Category

  • Notable – Weixin “Helene” Huang (Environmental Design), George Weng (Product Design) and Shannon Tsai (Graphic Design) for Designmatters Strong Apart: Hosten, a communal dining and social experience for a senior-friendly society.

Speculative Design Category

  • Winner – Aishwarya Janwadkar (Graduate Media Design Practices) for Negentropic Landscapes which imagines a way of life that explores an "inside-out" hospice model

Design for Social Impact Category

  • Winner – Jiaqi “Rachel” Qian (Product Design) for CareU

Sports and Recreation Category

  • Runner Up – Yinyifan Mo (Product Design) for Peloton Vibe

Strategy and Research Category

  • Notable – Esther Kim (Product Design), Osbaldo “Ozzy” Alvarez (Product Design), Andi Li (Product Design), Urth Biodegradable Lipstick

Visual Communication Category

About ArtCenter: Founded in 1930 and located in Pasadena, California, ArtCenter College of Design is a global leader in art and design education. ArtCenter offers 11 undergraduate and seven graduate degrees in a wide variety of industrial design disciplines as well as visual and applied arts. In addition to its top-ranked academic programs, the College also serves members of the general public through a highly regarded series of year-round extension programs for all ages and levels of experience. Renowned for both its ties to industry and its social impact initiatives, ArtCenter is the first design school to receive the United Nations’ Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) status. Throughout the College’s long and storied history, ArtCenter alumni have had a profound impact on popular culture, the way we live and important issues in our society.

Contact:

Teri Bond, Director of Media Relations
ArtCenter College of Design
teri.bond@artcenter.edu
626 396-2385

Plus: Ovulation & Pregnancy Test Kit was recognized for packaging and created by Product Design majors Qiran Li and Yanqi Li. Image credit: Qiran Li.
Plus: Ovulation & Pregnancy Test Kit, created by Product Design majors Qiran Li and Yanqi Li, was honored for packaging. Image credit: Qiran Li.
Urth, a refillable lipstick using algae that biodegrades at its end-of-life
Urth, a refillable lipstick using algae that biodegrades at its end-of-life, won awards for packaging and strategy and research. The team of Product Design majors Esther Kim, Osbaldo “Ozzy” Alvarez and Andi Li worked closely with researcher Luca Bonanomi on the invention.