KU to sponsor design contest and program
By NED VALENTINE
KU has still another "Big Eight conference" to hurdle.
The KU interior design branch of the department of design will host a design competition and program for members of the Big Eight and other Midwest schools April 29, George Hixson, professor of interior design, said.
THE PROGRAM, the first one of its size in the Midwest, is intended to promote professional design schools in the area, Hixon said. It is an attempt to make people aware of the role of interior designers and of professional interior design schools.
"Interior design is no longer a social profession," Hixon said. "It has become a necessity in our modern culture."
A major part of the program will be a presentation by Kittinger Furniture Co. of Buffalo, N.Y. The Kittinger company participated in the restoration of colonial Williamsburg. The program will concern the restoration.
A problem in interior design was sent to all schools in the Big Eight, Hixson said. Interested design students are eligible to submit an entry to their school's design department.
THE PROBLEM stresses creativity with an emphasis on originality, functionality, and newness. Each entry will consist of a drawing and a floor plan of the room and a perspective, colored view of the floor plan.
Elimination processes will bring three representatives from each school for the final judging here. Hisixon, a member of the National Educational Council for Interior Design, said the final judging will be done by national officers of the American Institute of Interior Designers (AID). First prize will be $150, second will be $100, and third will be $50, all awarded by the AID.
Besides the program and competition there will be student discussions, award presentations, and a campanile recital by Albert C. Gerken, carillonnier. The KU Interior Design department will have an exhibit.
OTHER SCHOOLS invited to participate are Drake University, Misouri University, K-State Oklahoma University and Oklahoma State, Colorado State and Denver University.
"These schools were invited because they have professional interior design schools accredited by the AID," Hixson explained.
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