The top 10 entrants in the 2012 competition have been selected. All 10 finalists will attend the PG Bison 1.618 Awards evening on Thursday, 4 October, where the winners will be announced and receive their prizes from PG Bison and The Foschini Group.
The judging for this year's competition took place at Arts on Main situated in The Maboneng Precinct of Johannesburg's eastern CBD. Jason Wells, Marketing Manager at PG Bison, said, "It has been very interesting to see how the students have embraced the opportunity to work with an open brief. We are also pleased that the competition has continued to grow and were pleasantly surprised this year as we received a record number of entries."
Finalists The entries that made the final 10 are listed below in no particular order.
Student Name
Lecturer Name
Institution
Department
Anneli Barnard
Wan-Chen Tsai
Potchefstroom Academy
Interior Design
Carla Slabolepszy
Barend Slabbert
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Interior Design
Kelly Golding
Marga Nagel & Janeska Brits
BHC School of Design
Interior Design
Angelique Huttingh
Gail Barry
Inscape Design College JHB
Interior Design
Antru Grundligh
Marga Nagel & Janeska Brits
BHC School of Design
Interior Design
Fareez Dollie
Alex Noble
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Architecture
Corné Johl
Ilse Prinsloo
University of Johannesburg
Interior Design
Anke de Wit
Lené Smit
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Interior Design
S.J. Lourens
Jako Olivier
University of the Free State
Architecture
Lorika Martins
Wan-Chen Tsai
Potchefstroom Academy
Interior Design
The Judging Panel The judging panel is made up of a vastly experienced group of professionals who gave generously of their time to assist in the judging process. The panel for 2012 were:
Callie van der Merwe - founder partner of The Design Partnership, Corobrik winner, and winner of the inaugural PG Bison competition
Phill Mashabane - President for the South African Council of Professional Architects (SACAP) and principle partner at Mashabane Rose & Associates
Pat Henry - Partner at MDS Architecture and founder of Design Base at MDS
Roy Naeser - Head Creative for In Store Development, Foschini
Adrian Whines - Founder, Brand DNA
The Awards evening The winners will be announced at this year's awards evening being held on Thursday 4 October 2012 at Randlords in Braamfontein. The lavish prizes are sponsored by PG Bison and The Foschini Group and the winners will be extensively featured in Designing Ways magazine.
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