AND THE AWARDS JUST KEEP ON COMING!



The finished product!



Isabel Kennedy, Alicia Calderon, Sharon Gardell, Vernola Brooks, Lisa Samuelsson and Juan Russo

Cathy Hobbs (4th from left)  presenting check to group-Tory Jones is at right

Alicia Calderon and Isabel Kennedy.  Anthony Caradonna in background (left)

Ten Ai New York City Interior Design Students under the direction of instructor Tory Jones and Interior Design Department Chair Anthony Caradonna recently competed in a design competition sponsored by the Sofitel hotel chain.  Contestants submitted their sketches for a chic holiday design to grace the Manhattan property's lobby.  Ai New York City was selected for their winning design!   Students were given $13,500 budget to create the design (in the campus' Gallery annex outside Career Services), which they did entirely from the ground up!

On December 6, our students were honored by the hotel at the unveiling of their finished work.  Cathy Hobbs from HGTV's "Design Star" and former "Real Houswives of New York City" celebrity Jill Zarin of Zarin Fabrics were present at the celebration.  Ms. Hobbs presented the group with a large check for their efforts! 

The Sofitel is located at 45 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan.  If you are in the area next week, check it out!

Check out the photos above! 

Our congratulations go out to:

Isabel Kennedy
Brian DiPaolo
Sharon Gardell
Lisa Samuelsson
Rochelle Daire
David Williams
Alicia Calderon
Jessica Willias
Vernola Brooks
Juan Russo
Tory Jones (Ai New York City Faculty)
Anthony Caradonna (Department Chair) 

We are all very proud!