IWF Design Emphasis is one of the foremost furniture design competitions for U.S. college students.
Sponsored by IWF and its owners WMIA and WMMA, the Design Emphasis competition affords students a platform to demonstrate design skills and talent in an independent adjudication conducted by furniture industry designers, manufacturing and retail executives, and representatives from the design media community.
The competition provides a global stage housed in an international trade show environment where students from across the U.S. engage in idea exchange, make key career contacts and capture the attention of the design community.
IWF 2022 Design Emphasis adjudication has yielded 48 finalist projects from a field of 75 entries.
The finalists, their projects and the colleges and universities in which they are enrolled are:
Allen Audette Jr | Vermont Wood Working School | Category: Accent Tables
Chelsea Cheung | Art Center College of Design | Category: Seating
Tyler Cook | Appalachian State University | Category: Design Creativity
Taely Freeman | University of Kentucky | Category: Seating
Liam Glynn | Buffalo State College | Category: Case Goods (2 entries)
Sophia Goos | Bucks County Community College | Category: Case Goods
Huston Hamlin | Appalachian State University | Category: Case Goods
Seth Hodges | Appalachian State University | Category: Design Creativity
Isabella Iguchi | Columbus College of Art and Design | Category: Commercial/Office Furniture
Rebecca Juliette-Duex | Haywood Community College | Category: Design Creativity
Jon Kannapell | Appalachian State University | Category: Commercial/Office Furniture
Banner Knowles | Appalachian State University | Category: Design Creativity
Seth Lawrence | Appalachian State University | Category: Case Goods, Design Creativity, and Seating (3 entries)
Litian Li | Buffalo State College | Category: Accent Tables and Commercial/Office Furniture (2 entries)
Austin Liebgott | Appalachian State University | Category: Accent Tables
Hunter Locker | University of Kansas | Category: Accent Tables
Johannes (Shengyuan) Lu | Art Center College of Design | Category: Seating
Duncan MacLeslie | Hennepin Technical College | Category: Accent Tables
Elaine Mansure | Appalachian State University | Category: Case Goods
Austin Marion | Appalachian State University | Category: Case Goods
Mia Martin | Appalachian State University | Category: Accent Tables
Haroon Matties | James Madison University | Category: Design Creativity
Cam McGookey | Herron School of Art and Design | Category: Accent Tables
Alecia Munnings | James Madison University | Category: Design Creativity
Tomoki Nomura | Art Center College of Design | Category: Seating
Mason O'Connor | James Madison University | Category: Seating
Daniel Robinson | Haywood Community College | Category: Accent Tables and Seating (2 entries)
Madison Schaefer | University of Kansas | Category: Accent Tables
Nathan Sheu | California College of the Arts | Category: Design Creativity
Annie Sinchai | Herron School of Art and Design | Category: Case Goods
Ella Spillman | University of Kansas | Category: Accent Tables
Dylan Timoney | Appalachian State University | Category: Commercial/Office Furniture and Seating (2 entries)
Lilly Tomandl | Herron School of Art and Design | Category: Accent Tables
Ethan Urquhart | Edinboro University of Pennsylvania | Category: Design Creativity
Asher Vasa | Appalachian State University | Category: Case Goods
Nicole Wong | California College of the Arts | Category: Case Goods, Design Creativity, and Commercial/Office Furniture (3
entries)
Xiaorui Yin | Art Center College of Design | Category: Seating
Amanda Yoder | Haywood Community College | Category: Case Goods
Soojung Yoo | Art Center College of Design | Category: Commercial/Office Furniture
Yujia Zhong | Art Center College of Design | Category: Seating
