Pottstown Resident Wins Design Award

From Harcum College:

Harcum College senior Interior Design student Lauren Manorek of Pottstown, Pa., placed third in the 10^th Annual KlingStubbins Student Design Competition. The award was presented November 10, 2011, at the Westin Hotel in Philadelphia.

The Harcum winner faced tough competition from undergraduate and graduate students at Arcadia University, The Art Institute of Philadelphia, Drexel University, Moore College of Art and Design and Philadelphia University, as well as seven students from Harcum’s Interior Design Program. This is the second win for a Harcum student in the prestigious competition; the first was recognized in 2009. KlingStubbins, an international firm providing more than 60 years of interior design, engineering, architecture, planning and landscape architecture services, sponsored the event. 

This year’s KlingStubbins Competition was a seven-hour design “charette” during which students received a building shell and a program description to design a commercial space. The process required floor plans, perspective drawings and material finishes on two boards. Manorek’s winning entry included a design concept for an interactive dining experience with space for a restaurant, cooking school and demonstration kitchen. As third place winner, Manorek received a framed award, a winner's ribbon and a cash prize.

“I’m very proud of Lauren for placing third in this competition,” said Harcum Interior Design Program Director Heidi Techner. “In her time at Harcum, she has developed great design skills, as well as a strong capacity to think creatively, so this award is well deserved. Lauren is a strong example of how Harcum students turn what they learn into real-world accomplishments.”

Harcum College’s Interior Design program offers a practical, humanistic approach to the art of conceiving, planning and creating interior spaces to serve people in a variety of settings. Intended for both full-time and part-time students, the Interior Design Program provides students with hands-on studio experience to complement classroom learning. Harcum also offers a Residential Design Certificate Program through its School of Continuing & Professional Studies, which focuses on designing and decorating residential interior spaces. For information about Harcum’s design programs, visit the program website or call 610-526-6105.

About Harcum College

Harcum College, one of Pennsylvania’s first independent, two-year colleges, was founded in Bryn Mawr, PA in 1915 and was the first college in Pennsylvania chartered by the state to grant associate degrees. Harcum offers fully accredited, career-ready majors in nursing, the allied health professions, business and human services on campus, online, and regionally, as well as lifelong learning programs and corporate training.