{"id":8769,"date":"2017-03-07T08:33:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T13:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/?p=8769"},"modified":"2017-03-07T08:33:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T13:33:55","slug":"students-snag-denali-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/textiles.ncsu.edu\/news\/2017\/03\/students-snag-denali-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Alum, Current Student Snag Honors in Denali Design-a-Throw Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In its sixth year, the Denali Design-A-Throw<\/a> competition saw record-breaking numbers. Denali Home Collection<\/a>, a division of Monterey Mills<\/a>, sponsors the competition and awards cash prizes to the top nine designs. This year’s theme, “Floral”, was open to college and university students enrolled in a graphic design, fashion, interior design, textile or related field of study. The 2016 competition was met with 763 entries from 334 students representing 22 universities across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2012, seven Wilson College of Textiles students have been finalists in the competition. This year marks the first time a student from the college has won the overall competition. Claire Gibson, a 2016 graduate of the College’s Master’s of Textiles program, took home the top prize with her design “Autumn Dahlias”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I was inspired to do this print by looking at wedding bouquets with a close friend of mine. She is planning on having an autumn or winter wedding and I fell in love with the richness of the color in all the flowers we were looking at for her. I chose dahlias because they have this great geometric look and the depth of color I wanted,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also drawing inspiration from the Dahlia flower, Jamie Harvey, a senior studying Fashion and Textile Design with a focus on Textile Design, won third place in the competition with “Dahlias”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “My design was inspired by the natural geometry of the dahlia flower, while taking into consideration the market and current style of the Denali brand,” said Harvey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n