Caesarstone Student Designer Competition Judging Day 2022

Now in its 14th year, the Caesarstone Student Designer Competition has welcomed in some of the best and most dynamic design entries since its inception. This year’s Judging Day took place at the forum | embassy hill in Cape Town and the country’s top designers and architects spent the day judging the entries sent in from universities all over SA.
Our illustrious judging panel came together again: Stefan Antoni of SAOTA, Dorothy van’t Riet of Dorothy van’t Riet Design & Décor Consultants, Juliet Kavishe of IID, Jonathan Ansteyof Anstey Architects, and Michele Rhoda of ARRCC.
This year’s brief was conceptualised by Mokena Mokeka, multi-award-winning architect, and founder of Designworks, and is titled ‘From Ashes, We Rise’. It’s based around the imagining and rebuilding of the home of South African Democracy, the national assembly.
Students were encouraged to be bold in their designs and re-imagine a new national assembly in its entirety. They needed to decide on the exterior and interior design language-considering what this meant for the future of South African design. Their entries needed to reflect the traditions and symbolism of South Africa’s heritage-while showing off their unique design aesthetics and talents.
The winners were decided! Congratulations go to:
1st Place & Best Presentation Award: Wian van der Merwe (BHC School of Design)
2nd Place: Anine Naudé (CAD4ALL Institute of Applied Architecture)
3rdPlace: Nielle Crafford (BHC School of Design)
VISIT bit.ly/2022SDCTop9 to read about the top 9 finalists.
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