2009 IDSA Student Merit Award - Atlanta Chapter

IDSA Atlanta is pleased to announce the recipients of this years Student Merit Award from schools within our chapter.
For those of you bound for New Orleans and the Southern District Conference, please take time Saturday afternoon to encourage and support our student representatives.

The winners for the class of 2009 are:

  Alex Marshall - Savannah College of Art and Design
All aspects of design interest him, and he loves to explore all types of subject matter and methodologies. He has been inspired by the work of RKS and Astro studios where he sees cutting edge design language in their designs, supported by strong user research in the creation of outstanding solutions. Alex is originally from Tyler, TX.
coroflot: www.coroflot.com/alexmarshall
blog: www.byronalexmarshall.blogspot.com

  Stephen Kennedy - Georgia Institute of Technology
Stephen is the outgoing president of the IDSA Student Chapter at Georgia Tech. During the Merit Award process, reviewers commented that Stephen represented the new breed of designer - one able to produce results in areas outside of traditional industrial design. Stephen grew up in Metro Atlanta.
blog: www.stephenjameskennedy.com

Paul Possien - Auburn University
Paul's studio experience includes multiple industry collaborations. His career interests include furniture and point-of-purchase design, and he hopes to launch his own studio one day. Paul is from Daphne, AL.
coroflot: www.coroflot.com/Paul_Possien

About the student merit awards program:
In an effort to encourage, reward and celebrate excellence in industrial design education, IDSA encourages student chapters to nominate its best and brightest for the Chapter Student Merit Award Competition. Each student chapter holds a competition, juried by professional designers, to select the one Student Merit winner who will represent their school at the District Conference. The winner from each school presents at the District Conference, and a jury of professional designers select the National Student Merit Award winner for the district.