Jefferson Textile Design Students Sweep ITA Virginia Jackson Design Competition

Jefferson Textile Design students were awarded all of the top prizes in the 2018 International Textile Alliance Virginia Jackson Design Competition.  This national competition awards excellence in residential upholstery design in jacquard woven, dobby woven and print categories.  All award recipients receive cash prizes.  First place students also receive an all-expenses paid trip to Showtime, the pre-eminent home furnishings show in the country.

First place in Jacquard: A. Zurinah Nuri (in the M.S. Textile Design program)

First Place in Print: A. Zurinah Nuri

First Place in Dobby: Ji Young Park (in the M.S. Textile Design program)

2nd Place in Dobby: Emily Reppert (in the M.S. Textile Design program)

2nd Place in Jacquard: Emily Olsen (in the M.S. Textile Design program)

Honorable Mention in Jacquard: Nina Nickerson, B.S. Textile Design 

Congratulations to all of the Jefferson students for their excellent design work!