Cosentino has issued a call for submissions for its 9th International Cosentino Design Challenge (CDC) for students in two categories: Architecture and Design.
For more than eight years, the international competition has fostered the development of future architecture and design professionals by providing students the opportunity to showcase original concepts for innovative approaches to design and material integration featuring surfaces by Cosentino. This year Cosentino has partnered with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), which will hold a voting seat on the jury.
“Cosentino North America is thrilled to bring our international student design competition to the talented pool of ASID student members once again,” said Lorenzo Marquez, vice president of marketing for Cosentino North America. “The competition gives participants a chance to showcase their creative design concepts to other students both in the U.S. and around the world.”
In its ninth year, the competition will extend its reach to include students from the U.S., U.K., Europe, Asia and Australia. This year, students in the design category are tasked with creating a concept that takes into consideration the relationship between space, the observer and the Cosentino materials. In the architecture category, “Playground: Fun with Surfaces,” submissions should focus on spaces intended for recreation and leisure, using any Cosentino materials in imaginative and experimental applications.
The Cosentino Design Challenge is open to all students enrolled in the 2014-2015 academic year, studying design or architecture at any college or university around the world. All entries require conceptual drawings and plans, as well as a report explaining the design solutions. The call for entries is currently open and runs until June 1, 2015. For more details, visit http://www.cosentinodesignchallenge.org
