(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Doha: Radheya Visperas Ponce, a 2017 Virginia Commonwealth University of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) graduate in Fashion Design, has won the coveted Red Dot Award Design Concept for her work.
The current Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) post-graduate research student was recognized for her design concept, Metamorphosis, using scrap materials. The Red Dot Design Awards are considered one of the preeminent award programs in the design field.
The award places Ponce amongst an elite group of artists and designers such as Michael Brandis and Inga Sempe. Red Dot has recognized companies such as Apple, Motorola, Dyson, and Berendsohn since the award was initiated in 1955. This year, over 4000 artists and designers from 52 countries sent in applications to the awarding body based in Germany.
Ponce, who is in the final year of her MFA program at SCAD, was encouraged by one of her professors to send a portfolio of her work to the Red Dot jury.
'My Fibers Professor in Textile Innovation nominated me to submit my work to Red Dot, Ponce says. 'I submitted my entry early this year while also preparing to finish my thesis. Over the next few months, I learned that winning a Red Dot award was an honour that enhanced the credentials of artists and designers by default. Naturally, when I received my award letter from Red Dot in the first week of July, I was elated.
Metamorphosis is a collection of hand-manipulated textiles made from second-hand fabrics, collected as memorabilia from different people and places. Some of the donors who sent in scrap material also shared brief descriptions of what those pieces of cloth meant to them at various points in their lives.
Ponce said the piece encourages personal and sensory interaction with the viewer, evoking a sustainable and enduring legacy of poignant, joyful, and ordinary moments that make up our daily lives.
'The four years at VCUarts Qatar triggered me to think of fashion as something beyond designing apparel, opening up a world of possibilities that were both sustainable and beautiful, she said. 'Moving forward, it is a pathway that I would like to pursue; my ultimate goal is to set up my studio practice that offers sustainable art and design.
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