Isabella Wong wins ‘Floored 2009’

Isabella Wong, Lidcombe TAFE Diploma of Interior Design and Decoration student, has won ‘Floored 2009’, a major industry rug design competition run in partnership with TAFE NSW and Designer Rugs Australia.

Floored 2009 generated some 300 rug designs entered by students across three TAFE NSW Design Colleges; Lidcombe Design, Enmore Design Centre and Nepean Design and Arts Centre.

The students were challenged to design a two-by-three-metre (2 x 3m) rug for use in a residential, hospitality, retail or corporate environment.

Lidcombe Design, a part of TAFE NSW – South Western Sydney Institute, was proud to discover that all five finalists in this year’s competition were studying at Lidcombe TAFE.

South Western Sydney Institute Director, Phil Cox said “we are extremely proud and honoured to have had such a remarkable result and to once again have one of our students win the competition” “This is recognition of not only the talent of our students but also the high standards set by the Institute and the quality and skill of our Design teachers”.

The competition was judged by five Industry experts. On the night, Yosi Tal, Director of Designer Rugs Australia and Greg Natale, of Greg Natale Designs, announced Isabella the winner with her ‘Archaic’ rug design.

The finalists, Monica Kim, Guilia Mardaga, Chris Ramsey and Michaela Stogden, will receive $200 in prize money from Designer Rugs and Isabella will now receive her rug, valued at $2,400, as her prize.

Isabella Wong’s design ‘Archaic’ aimed to reproduce the glorious colour palette of the Australian Landscape into an abstract geometric artwork.

“The design explored various shapes and angles, capturing the moment of deflection when sunlight bounces off Australia’s vibrant rocks, rugged gorges and wild coastline. After much experimentation with line and colour, surprisingly the underside of the artwork revealed an intricate graphic collage. Archaic challenges us to experiment, explore and celebrate chance,” said Ms Wong.

For information on Design courses available at Lidcombe TAFE please contact Course Information on 9643 4500. For the full range of courses available at TAFE NSW – South Western Sydney Institute, visit www.swsi.tafensw.edu.au

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