this year’s scholarship has been such an honor to hold- from the moment we started receiving applications i’ve been overwhelmed by the amount of talent among applicants from all across the country (and canada). we had over 2,000 applicants this year and with the help of everyone at d*s and our incredible sponsors- 2modern, domino magazine, paper studio and alison riley- we narrowed down the 2,000 to 12. thousands of you voted and now the results are in! so without further a do, here are the winners of the 2008 d*s scholarship. congratulations to all of them and a big thank you to all of the incredibly talented students who entered this year’s scholarship contest.

and a special thank you again to this year’s sponsors who made it possible to give away over $11,000 is scholarship funds. thank you to: domino magazine, 2modern.com, paper studio and alison riley of set editions.

*first place: jamie karoses

jamie will receive a scholarship award of $5,500

*second place: talia bromstad

talia will receive a scholarship award of $2,750

*third place: julia bonnell

julia will receive a scholarship award of $1,650

*fourth place: sharon levy

sharon will receive a scholarship award of $1,300

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thank you again to our generous 2008 sponsors:

the polls are open and today you can vote for your favorite contestant in the 2008 d*s scholarship! this year’s talent pool was really fantastic so i’ll be featuring some of the incredible designers that we unfortunately couldn’t fit into the final 12. thank you to everyone who entered and thank you to our incredible sponsors this year: 2modern.com, domino magazine, paper studio and set editions. voting will be open through 10pm next thursday so click here to place a vote. to see the finalists again, just follow these links: finalists 1-2, finalists 3-4, finalists 5-6, finalists 7-8, finalists 9-12.

[image above: new gift wrap from whigby]

i’m heading off to pick up some extra camera supplies for the shows this weekend so stay tuned on monday for coverage of this weekend’s shows! it’s going to be a busy 4 days. until then, here is a summary of this week’s highlights:

[top image above: hookmaker from designglut]

• new diy projects: kate’s recycled cake stands, jessica jones’ office supply makeover
• new product guide: patterned rugs part two
• new sneak peeks: joanna of looolo textiles, eleanor grosch, and johanna clark
• bklyn designs 2008: coverage part 1, part two and part three
• thank you to julia rothman for her incredible posts on the d*s guest blog this week!
• icff pre-show coverage: furniture from brastilo, lighting from lindsey adelman, lighting from niche modern, furniture from iannone design, reiko kaneko ceramics, showpony textiles and bags, wallpaper from flavor paper
• nss pre-show coverage: sub-studio notebooks, cat seto eco-calendars, alee and press
• new: transparent house concrete floor patterns
• interior inspiration: hell’s kitchen loft
• new: tea-time stationery from paper stories
• new: patterns from open face sandwich
• new: pattern design from argyle academy
• new: wallpaper designs from natalie wright

[finalist #9: paige smith]

-paige is a senior studying fibers at the savannah college of art and design (those are her pattern designs above)
-click here for more of paige’s work
-click here to vote for paige smith (voting opens at 1pm)

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[finalist #10: zena pesta]

-zena is an undergraduate studying ceramics at the cleveland institute of art
-click here for more of zena’s work
-click here to vote for zena pesta (voting opens at 1pm)

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[finalist #11: sharon levy]

-sharon is a junior at the art center college of design
-click here for more of sharon’s work
-click here to vote for sharon levy (voting opens at 1pm)

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[finalist #12: reina takahashi]

-reina takahashi is studying communication/graphic design at carnegie mellon university
-click here and here for more of reina’s work
-click here to vote for reina takahashi (voting opens at 1pm)

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[finalist #7: meg boling]

-meg is a senior at the university of georgia
-click here for more of meg’s work
-click here to vote for meg boling (voting will open at 1pm)

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[finalist #8: jamie karoses]

-jamie is a senior studying graphic design and print making at the university of wisconsin stevens point
-click here and here for more of jamie’s work
-click here to vote for jamie karoses (voting will open at 1pm)

[finalist #5: julia bonnell]

-julia is a sophomore studying furniture design at the sheridan institute
-click here to view more of julia’s work
-click here to vote for julia bonnell (voting will open at 1pm)

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[finalist #6: katie jung]

-katie is a senior at concordia university (the images above are her weavings)
-click here to view more of katie’s work
-click here to vote for katie jung (voting will open at 1pm)

[finalist #3: chris wronski]

-chris is a freshman studying industrial design at the savannah college of art and design
-click here to view more of chris’s work
-click here to vote for chris wronski (voting will open at 1pm)

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[finalist #4: talia bromstad]

-talia is a junior studying printmaking and book arts at the university of georgia
-click here to view more of talia’s work
-click here to vote for talia bromstad (voting will open at 1pm)

sifting through nearly 2,000 applicants for this year’s scholarship was a herculean task. i was completely bowled over by the talent and thoughtfulness of each applicant. to narrow this group down to a top eleven twelve would only have been possible with the help and input of our judging panel: the d*s staff (contributing writers and ad team) and this year’s scholarship sponsors: domino magazine, 2modern, and paper studio. we narrowed it to a top ten and i had to add one two more candidate that i felt really deserved to be in the final round. 2 finalists will be introduced every hour until 1pm, at which point the voting survey will become active and votes will be recorded. voting will continue until 10pm next thursday, may 22. and our winners will be announced the next day, friday may 23. and now, for our first two finalists- drumroll please…..

[finalist #1: chelsea walkenhorst]

-chelsea is a junior studying interior design at utah state university
-click here to view more of chelsea’s work.
-click here to vote for chelsea walkenhorst (voting will open at 1pm)

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[finalist #2: yeawon kim]

-yaewon is a senior studying textile design at the ontario college of art & design
-click here to view more of yaewon’s work.
-Click click here to vote for yaewon kim (voting will open at 1pm)