Congrats to Our 2013 Student Design Competition Runners-Up!

Congrats to Our 2013 Student Design Competition Runners-Up! We're continuing our announcement of 2013 Student Design Competition with this year's Runners-Up. We had an awesome group of finalists, making those top placement positions an extra-hard decision. Congrats to these talented students for their great work ... check it out after the jump.


  • Spread 1 from Sarah Tan, University of California - Davis // Senior // Instructor: Gale Okumura // Category: Entertainment // Image Sources: www. Design-Museum.de and EamesDesigns.com
    Spread 1 from Sarah Tan, University of California - Davis  // Senior // Instructor: Gale Okumura // Category: Entertainment // Image Sources: www. Design-Museum.de and EamesDesigns.com
  • Spread 2 from Sarah Tan, University of California - Davis // Senior // Instructor: Gale Okumura // Category: Entertainment // Image Sources: www. Design-Museum.de and EamesDesigns.com
    Spread 2 from Sarah Tan, University of California - Davis  // Senior // Instructor: Gale Okumura // Category: Entertainment // Image Sources: www. Design-Museum.de and EamesDesigns.com
  • Spread 1 from Ben Grandgenett, School of Visual Arts, NYC // Senior // Instructor: Leslie Steiger // Category: Entertainment // Image Source: Braun
    Spread 1 from Ben Grandgenett, School of Visual Arts, NYC // Senior // Instructor: Leslie Steiger // Category: Entertainment // Image Source: Braun
  • Spread 2 from Ben Grandgenett, School of Visual Arts, NYC // Senior // Instructor: Leslie Steiger // Category: Entertainment
    Spread 2 from Ben Grandgenett, School of Visual Arts, NYC // Senior // Instructor: Leslie Steiger // Category: Entertainment
  • Spread 1 from Elizabeth Kelley, Portfolio Center, Atlanta // 6th Quarter // Instructor: Hank Richardson // Category: How-To // Image Sources: Photos by Brett Falcon; Button Design by Elizabeth Kelley
    Spread 1 from Elizabeth Kelley, Portfolio Center, Atlanta // 6th Quarter // Instructor: Hank Richardson // Category: How-To // Image Sources: Photos by Brett Falcon; Button Design by Elizabeth Kelley
  • Spread 2 from Elizabeth Kelley, Portfolio Center, Atlanta // 6th Quarter // Instructor: Hank Richardson // Category: How-To // Image Sources: Photos by Brett Falcon; Button Design by Elizabeth Kelley
    Spread 2 from Elizabeth Kelley, Portfolio Center, Atlanta // 6th Quarter // Instructor: Hank Richardson // Category: How-To // Image Sources: Photos by Brett Falcon; Button Design by Elizabeth Kelley
  • Spread 1 from Zipeng Zhu, School of Visual Arts, NYC // Senior // Instructor: Terry Koppel // Category: Entertainment
    Spread 1 from Zipeng Zhu, School of Visual Arts, NYC // Senior // Instructor: Terry Koppel // Category: Entertainment
  • Spread 2 from Zipeng Zhu, School of Visual Arts, NYC // Senior // Instructor: Terry Koppel // Category: Entertainment
    Spread 2 from Zipeng Zhu, School of Visual Arts, NYC // Senior // Instructor: Terry Koppel // Category: Entertainment
  • Spread 1 from Veronica Cordero, Auckland School of Design, Massey University, New Zealand // Senior // Instructor: Eric Thompson // Category: How-To // Image Sources: Photos by Veronica Cordero
    Spread 1 from Veronica Cordero, Auckland School of Design, Massey University, New Zealand // Senior // Instructor: Eric Thompson // Category: How-To // Image Sources: Photos by Veronica Cordero
  • Spread 2 from Veronica Cordero, Auckland School of Design, Massey University, New Zealand // Senior // Instructor: Eric Thompson // Category: How-To // Image Sources: Photos by Veronica Cordero
    Spread 2 from Veronica Cordero, Auckland School of Design, Massey University, New Zealand // Senior // Instructor: Eric Thompson // Category: How-To // Image Sources: Photos by Veronica Cordero
  • Spread 1 from Chris Allen, University of Maryland, College Park // Junior // Instructor: Damien Franze // Category: Sports/Adventure // Image Source: Robert Seale/SI Photo
    Spread 1 from Chris Allen, University of Maryland, College Park // Junior // Instructor: Damien Franze // Category: Sports/Adventure // Image Source: Robert Seale/SI Photo
  • Spread 2 from Chris Allen, University of Maryland, College Park // Junior // Instructor: Damien Franze // Category: Sports/Adventure
    Spread 2 from Chris Allen, University of Maryland, College Park // Junior // Instructor: Damien Franze // Category: Sports/Adventure
  • Spread 1 from Grayce Holcomb, Montana State University // Senior // Instructor: Stephanie Newman // Category: How-To // Image Sources: Illustrations and Photography by Grayce Holcomb
    Spread 1 from Grayce Holcomb, Montana State University // Senior // Instructor: Stephanie Newman // Category: How-To // Image Sources: Illustrations and Photography by Grayce Holcomb
  • Spread 2 from Grayce Holcomb, Montana State University // Senior // Instructor: Stephanie Newman // Category: How-To // Image Sources: Illustrations and Photography by Grayce Holcomb
    Spread 2 from Grayce Holcomb, Montana State University // Senior // Instructor: Stephanie Newman // Category: How-To // Image Sources: Illustrations and Photography by Grayce Holcomb
  • Spread 1 from Christa Guerra, School of Visual Arts, NYC // Senior // Instructor: Jeff Glendenning // Category: Innovations
    Spread 1 from Christa Guerra, School of Visual Arts, NYC // Senior // Instructor: Jeff Glendenning // Category: Innovations
  • Spread 2 from Christa Guerra, School of Visual Arts, NYC // Senior // Instructor: Jeff Glendenning // Category: Innovations
    Spread 2 from Christa Guerra, School of Visual Arts, NYC // Senior // Instructor: Jeff Glendenning // Category: Innovations
  • Spread 1 from Tina Smith, Montana State University // Senior // Instructor: Jeff Conger // Category: Entertainment // Image Sources: Illustrations by Tina Smith
    Spread 1 from Tina Smith, Montana State University // Senior // Instructor: Jeff Conger // Category: Entertainment // Image Sources: Illustrations by Tina Smith
  • Spread 2 from Tina Smith, Montana State University // Senior // Instructor: Jeff Conger // Category: Entertainment // Image Sources: Illustrations by Tina Smith
    Spread 2 from Tina Smith, Montana State University // Senior // Instructor: Jeff Conger // Category: Entertainment // Image Sources: Illustrations by Tina Smith
  • Spread 1 from Kira Reed, University of Cincinnati // Sophomore // Instructor: Renee Seward // Category: How-to
    Spread 1 from Kira Reed, University of Cincinnati // Sophomore // Instructor: Renee Seward // Category: How-to
  • Spread 2 from Kira Reed, University of Cincinnati // Sophomore // Instructor: Renee Seward // Category: How-to
    Spread 2 from Kira Reed, University of Cincinnati // Sophomore // Instructor: Renee Seward // Category: How-to
  • Spread 1 from Gregory Liccardi, Kutztown University // Junior // Instructor: Denise Bosler // Category: Innovations // Image Source: Illustrations by Bakea
    Spread 1 from Gregory Liccardi, Kutztown University // Junior // Instructor: Denise Bosler // Category: Innovations // Image Source: Illustrations by Bakea
  • Spread 2 from Gregory Liccardi, Kutztown University // Junior // Instructor: Denise Bosler // Category: Innovations // Image Source: Illustrations by Bakea
    Spread 2 from Gregory Liccardi, Kutztown University // Junior // Instructor: Denise Bosler // Category: Innovations // Image Source: Illustrations by Bakea




2013 Student Design Competition Runners-Up


Check out the top winners in the links below. And if you think YOUR entry shoulda won, or if you have other editorial projects you've done this past year that you think deserve some recognition, enter them in our SPD-U Spotlight ... your work could be included in this online juried gallery show! Get all the details here.

See the other winners of our 2013 competition here:
FIRST-PLACE:  Jenny SavagePortfolio Center
SECOND-PLACE:  Ben GrandgenettSchool of Visual Arts
THIRD-PLACE:  Darby MinterKutztown University of Pennsylvania
FOURTH-PLACE:  Zipeng Zhu, School of Visual Arts 
FIFTH-PLACE:  Veronica Cordero, Auckland School of Design - Massey University 
SIXTH-PLACE:  James E. Mocko, Drexel University
  • lashbrooke

    Love these. So many great ones that deserve to be in the top 6, I think. Definitely a big step-up from last year's entries!

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