Rug design winners

Winners of the annual Student Rug Design Competition at the College for Creative Studies (CCS), in collaboration with Hagopian World of Rugs, have been announced. Each year CCS invites students to participate in the competition to earn scholarships and add to their portfolio. The winning design is made into a rug and displayed at the annual student exhibition in May where an awards ceremony is held by Hagopian for students and staff. In February Hagopian family members, CCS staff, and local interior designers, Patrick Brewis, Creative Detroit Placemakers, and Michelle Mio, Rariden Schumacher Mio, met to choose the winning designs for the 37th annual competition. This year’s theme called for students to design an area rug inspired by HipHop architecture and the student entries were intriguing. Final selections were made and this year’s student winners are;  First place – Makenzie Reed; second place – Jocelyn Picasso; third place –  Abigail Snodgrass; and two honorable mentions – Emily Bautista and Shino Ohta. This competition represents the longest partnership on record with the school. Originally conceived by the late Edgar Hagopian to mentor students and encourage interest in the textile arts, the competition continues under the direction of third generation owners Suzanne Hagopian, Edmond Hagopian and Angela Hagopian Snow and has become a much-anticipated annual event. The Hagopian family of companies (87 years in the metro-Detroit area) are long-time enthusiastic supporters of the cultural arts and community projects in metro Detroit. 

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