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ASFD salutes student designers

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, May 27, 2007

High Point — The American Society of Furniture Designers presented its 2007 David Kline Memorial Scholarships during its spring High Point Market dinner.

Hardware supplier Hafele America co-sponsored the contest. Design students across the country were asked to design a piece of furniture using Hafele's honeycomb connector.

Diane McCabe, a senior at Kendall College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids, Mich., took the first place award of $3,500 for her "Platform" bed.

Fiona Dickenson, a senior at Savannah College of Art & Design in Savannah, Ga., received the $1,000 second place award for "The Passage," a wall-mounted, sleek entry-way cabinet.

Thor Taber, a junior at Kendall, received a $500 honorable mention award for his "Manchester," a free-standing closet system/media center intended for the contemporary loft market.

Philip Martin, Hafele's senior manager of business development, made the presentations to the top winners.

"We were delighted with the number of entries and creative designs the students presented using light-weight panels and Hafele's honeycomb connector," he said.

Contest judges included Martin; Philip Behrens, ASFD and president of Natura Design; Gray Pennell, merchandising director of Furnitureland South; Lori Reed, director, corporate fashion at Century Furniture; and Rick Hargrove, associate professor of marketing for home furnishings programs, High Point University.

The ASFD annual scholarship contest was named in honor of the late David Kline, who was a West Coast designer and former ASFD president.

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