High School Design

The High School Student Design Program was designed to educate students and their families about the decorative arts by encouraging student interest and involvement in the field through a project administered by high school teachers and highlighted at the Philadelphia Furniture & Furnishings Show. And for families to experience the Philadelphia decorative arts community, as a vibrant and supportive lifestyle enabling its members to construct lucrative and rewarding careers.The project is based upon the theme of “the chair,” the results of which could be a functional chair, an impractical chair, a model of a chair, a chair designed for a specific purpose or person, or a traditional looking chair created out of unusual materials — as long as the object is three-dimensional. Individual schools select one or two students from the participating classes whose work will be exhibited at the Philadelphia Furniture & Furnishings Show.

2005 Winners