Student Competition

From the Student Competition Archives: The Inaugural Year of 1994-Part 2

As you can see on the homepage, SPD is celebrating our 50th Anniversary! And while SPD has been honoring professional editorial design work since its inception, the first Student Competition wasn't held until 1994 with the winning pieces published in the Pub 30 annual. In the beginning, the Student Competition was more like our current SPD-U Spotlight Online Gallery Show, where it highlighted the best work being done by students over the past year.

Last week, we showed you the top Gold and Silver Winners from that first competition. This week we're showing the Merit Winners from that year (including illustration and photography pieces). Look for the next year's winners next week, as well as the start of our interview series with some of the past winning designers. But for now, click through to see the rest of 1994's winning student work...

Merit Winner 1 :: Yoomi Chong, School of Visual Arts :: Entry title: Exit :: Category: Publication Design & Design/Spreads
Merit Winner 1 (continued) :: Yoomi Chong, School of Visual Arts :: Entry title: Exit :: Category: Publication Design & Design/Spreads
Merit Winner 1 (continued) :: Yoomi Chong, School of Visual Arts :: Entry title: Exit :: Category: Publication Design & Design/Spreads
Merit Winner 2 :: Thomas Noller, Pratt Institute :: Entry title: Frame :: Category: Publication Design
Merit Winner 2 (continued) :: Thomas Noller, Pratt Institute :: Entry title: Frame :: Category: Publication Design
Merit Winner 2 (continued) :: Thomas Noller, Pratt Institute :: Entry title: Frame :: Category: Publication Design
Merit Winner 3 :: Kevin Reid, University of North Texas :: Entry title: Bodyboarding :: Category: Redesign
Merit Winner 3 (continued) :: Kevin Reid, University of North Texas :: Entry title: Bodyboarding :: Category: Redesign
Merit Winner 3 (continued) :: Kevin Reid, University of North Texas :: Entry title: Bodyboarding :: Category: Redesign
Merit Winner 4 :: Joanna Berzowska, Concordia University, Quebec :: Entry title: Volute :: Category: Redesign
Merit Winner 4 (continued) :: Joanna Berzowska, Concordia University, Quebec :: Entry title: Volute :: Category: Redesign
Merit Winner 4 (continued) :: Joanna Berzowska, Concordia University, Quebec :: Entry title: Volute :: Category: Redesign
Merit Winner 5 :: David Harley, Parsons School of Design :: Entry title: Crack House Poem :: Category: Design/Single
Merit Winner 6 :: David Byun, School of Visual Arts :: Entry title: Music :: Category: Design/Spread
Merit Winner 7 :: April Papenfuss, School of Visual Arts :: Entry title: Music :: Category: Design/Stories & Photography
Merit Winner 7 (continued) :: April Papenfuss, School of Visual Arts :: Entry title: Music :: Category: Design/Stories & Photography
Merit Winner 7 (continued) :: April Papenfuss, School of Visual Arts :: Entry title: Music :: Category: Design/Stories & Photography
Merit Winner 8 :: Jay Simmons, University of North Texas :: Entry title: Propaganda :: Category: Redesign
Merit Winner 8 (continued) :: Jay Simmons, University of North Texas :: Entry title: Propaganda :: Category: Redesign
Merit Winner 8 (continued) :: Jay Simmons, University of North Texas :: Entry title: Propaganda :: Category: Redesign
Merit Winner 9 :: Anna Tan, Rochester Institute of Technology :: Entry title: Elvis :: Category: Design/Spreads
Merit Winner 9 (continued) :: Anna Tan, Rochester Institute of Technology :: Entry title: Elvis :: Category: Design/Spreads
Merit Winner 9 (continued) :: Anna Tan, Rochester Institute of Technology :: Entry title: Elvis :: Category: Design/Spreads
Merit Winner 10 :: James Scola, School of Visual Arts :: Entry title: War & Peace :: Category: Illustration
Merit Winner 11 :: Lane Twitchell, School of Visual Arts :: Entry title: Song :: Category: Illustration
Merit Winner 12 :: Riccardo Vecchio, School of Visual Arts :: Entry title: Union Square Subway Workers :: Category: Illustration
Merit Winner 13 :: Neil Robbins, Rochester Institute of Technology :: Entry title: Phobias :: Category: Photography
Merit Winner 13 (continued) :: Neil Robbins, Rochester Institute of Technology :: Entry title: Phobias :: Category: Photography
Merit Winner 14 :: Cedric DeSouza, Atlanta College of Art :: Entry title: Consequence of Honesty :: Category: Illustration