Design A Throw Competition

Thursday, May 23, 2013

3rd Annual Design-A-Throw Competition Fall 2013 Themes: Hunting and Nautical About Design-A-Throw Competition CASH PRIZES FOR STUDENTS, SCHOLARSHIP DONATIONS FOR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES! Design-A-Throw Competition is a nationwide pattern design competition open to college and university students enrolled in a graphic design, fashion, interior design, textile or any other related field. Every Fall semester, students can submit unlimited designs that fit the competition's themes, which change each school year. Cash prizes are awarded to the top nine designs, worth $1,000, $500, and $200. The Grand Prize winner will receive $1,000, plus a luxurious, jaquard knit throw blanket of their design. All winning designers may see their patterns knit into a Denali Home Collection throw blanket! Contestants that do not win a prize will retain the rights to their designs at the completion of the contest. For more information, see our Students page or contact us at info@designathrow.com. Schools can participate and receive scholarship donations by incorporating the competition into their curriculum as a classroom assignment. Professors that do this will receive a $500 scholarship donation to their program, department or college from the Denali Home Collection and Monterey Mills. Past participating schools have used this money to purchase additional equipment and otherwise re-invest in the program. For more information on this opportunity, see our Professors page and contact us by email at info@designathrow.com. The competition is sponsored by the Denali Home Collection and Monterey Mills. See our About Us page for more information.
DATC 2012 Grand Prize Winner: "Sea of Dreams," by Hannah Reidy Left: Hannah's "Sea of Dreams" jpg Submission; Right: "Sea of Dreams," knit into a Denali Home Collection Blanket. Competition Sponsors www.denalithrows.com www.montereymills.com About The Sponsors		RECENT UPDATES (3.22.2013) March 22, 2013: All DATC 2012 submissions that did not receive a prize or honorable mention will be released back students on April 1, 2013. March 8, 2013: The DATC website has been cleaned up and newly improved in preparation for next Fall's Competition. There will be additional changes throughout the summer. While these superficial changes are being made, the core goals, awards, scholarships and rules of the competition are planned to remain the same as last year. Any changes to these items will be clearly announced and explained in this section. March 6, 2013: The scholarship donations have been sent to colleges and universities that used DATC2012 as a classroom assignment and gave us directions on to whom we should address the checks. Professors, if you have still not provided this information, please do so ASAP so that we can get your scholarship in the mail! March 5, 2013: The 2nd annual competition has come to a close! A complete wrap up is on Fall Results 2012, including the placement of the winners and their prizes, the top nine designs and the full list of schools that sent in designs. We have also announced the themes and guidelines for DATC2013. The themes will be Hunting and Nautical, two separate categories. Students, you may submit unlimited designs to either or both categories, whichever you find more inspiring! Thanks to all who participated, and we look forward to seeing your designs again next year! December 15, 2012: All DATC2012 submissions are now viewable by clicking here.

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