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Awards and Accolades

2023

  • Paula Rhodes Award: Students April Chien and Syed Osama Hussein were awarded the Paula Rhodes Award, which recognizes students in each SVA department who demonstrate quality and originality in their thesis conception.

2022

  • Paula Rhodes Award: Student Brenda Hawley was awarded the Paula Rhodes Award, which recognizes students in each SVA department who demonstrate quality and originality in their thesis conception.

2021

  • Paula Rhodes Award: Students Poonam Patel and Bowen Shen won the Paula Rhodes Award which awards students in each SVA department who demonstrate quality and originality in their thesis conception.
  • Annual Designpreneurs Hackathon: Junbae Choi and his team member Martins Udotai of NYU took first prize in “Investment Ready” with their product SitEat.

2020

  • Paula Rhodes Award: Students Leanne Carroll and Ravi Seethapathy won the Paula Rhodes Award which awards students in each SVA department who demonstrate quality and originality in their thesis conception.

2019

2018

2017

  • NYC Media Lab Verizon Challenge: Students Elushika Weerakoon, Paola Rangel, and Uijun Park‘s Kiwi wins the Verizon Challenge in the Augmented and Mixed Reality category. Kiwi is a mobile application scanner for physical textbooks that enhances the reading experience for high school students.
  • IxDA Student Design Challenge: Students Tyler Gumb and Janel Wong‘s Telly wins second place in the IxDA Student Design Challenge. Telly is a simple interface for the elderly to text with their younger loved ones.
  • Runner Up Service Design Award at Core77 Design Awards: Alum Kohzy Koh, along with Products of Design students Gahnee Kang, and Doug Fertig, won the Runner Up for Sift, their platform that helps canners quickly figure out which containers can be returned for money in their state, while establishing a stronger connection between recycling center and canner.
  • Paula Rhodes Award: Students David Al-Ibrahim and Ruth Tupe won the Paula Rhodes Award which awards students in each SVA department who demonstrate quality and originality in their thesis conception.

2016

2015

2014

  • Code for America Fellowship: Alumni Jennings Hanna received a 2014 Code for America Fellowship to assist the Mayor’s Office of the City of Albuquerque in building a product that helps residents get access to financial wellness tools. Learn more about his year as a fellow here.
  • 2014 Yelp School of Visual Arts MFA Interaction Design ScholarshipLuke Stern won this award, an award intended to recognize and reward a student in the field of interaction and product design as it relates to community building, personal storytelling, local business evangelism, or entrepreneurship.
  • Paula Rhodes Award: Student Tyler Davidson won the Paula Rhodes Award which awards students in each SVA department who demonstrate quality and originality in their thesis conception.

2013

  • National Design AwardLocal Projects founder and faculty emeritus Jake Barton accepts the 2013 National Design Award. See the acceptance speech.
  • 2013 Interaction Award: Faculty Jodi Leo was on the team that received the Interaction Award for “People’s Choice” for her project, UX for Good: New Orleans. See the winning entries.
  • KPCB Design FellowKleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers selected student Willa Tracosas as one of the fellows to launch their new program for design students, which offers top U.S. college and graduate students a chance to work inside innovative Silicon Valley startups. See the winning projects.
  • Paula Rhodes Award: Student Tony Chu won the Paula Rhodes Award which awards students in each SVA department who demonstrate quality and originality in their thesis conception.

2012

  • Good Design HackathonStudents Tony ChuMichael YapPrachi Pundeer, and Tom Harman took Best in Show in this first of GOOD’s Design Hackathons. Second-year Tina Ye‘s work took Most Innovative.
  • Paula Rhodes Award: Student David Bellona won the Paula Rhodes Award which awards students in each SVA department who demonstrate quality and originality in their thesis conception.

2011