exceptional furniture Design to Sponsor HPU Design competition

The six successful temper boards will be displayed at excessive point MarketPosted on September 1, 2016 via Andrea Lillo

excessive aspect, N.C.—select high aspect college college students have an opportunity to practice their capabilities to a furnishings advertising assignment in a design competitors sponsored by means of quality furnishings Design.

The 17 participating college students in HPU's Branding, Licensing and ownership route, taught by way of Victoria Brown, assistant professor of visible merchandising design on the HPU school of art and Design, will design temper boards—an arrangement of images, substances and furniture industry phrases—that communicates key purchaser tips concerning a new assortment that should be delivered with the aid of the case items and fabric manufacturer at October's excessive point Market.

"The college students will create mood boards that visually represent the demographics, psychographics and typical tradition of patrons that would furnish their homes with the brand new Meritage collection," referred to Brown. "i am overjoyed to present this mission for my students to observe their passion for design in a real world company scenario while additionally demonstrating the importance of manufacturer messaging in visual merchandising."

Brown will supply the students with product positioning statements and sketches of the assortment, and may then randomly assign each and every scholar one among three consumer profiles: millennials, Gen-X and child Boomers. The profiles encompass suggestions comparable to age, income, schooling, occupation, browsing habits and private pastimes. great furnishings Design's management group will choose the correct six temper boards that they choose as having ideal met the goal and will award each and every of those college students $500 in scholarship dollars to use towards their training.

nice furnishings Design will monitor the profitable temper boards in their showroom right through market and may invite the college students to attend the business's kickoff birthday party for buyers on Oct. 21.

"Our founder, Larry Moh, changed into committed to aiding schooling via his very generous involvement with scholarships," mentioned Eric Graham, president of first-rate furnishings Design. "We're proud to continue that way of life, particularly in aid of high aspect institution, which is any such unbelievable asset to our group."

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