International Design Competition | Spark Awards

"...one of our Pottery Barn designers attended and said the event was awesome. He found it very exciting and incredibly inspiring."

"...Some AWESOME Spark! Awards this year... I love the new One Laptop Per Child device. Not sure that I understand the yo-yo yet though! The brail watch is amazing as well. So cool." John Cary, Public Architecture

Clark Kellogg, Collective Invention & Lisa Sullivan, Places Magazine

"...have made this happen and now the ground work is there -- design can manifest change. And we have a role in getting our country back on track." Lisa Sullivan

David Chavez, Spark! Winner, Haptica Braille Watch

"...Everything looks great. Congratulations on your many efforts with this awards forum. I’m sure it will continue to be successful in the years to come. It was a pleasure for my wife and I to meet you at the awards celebration. We are very appreciative to have been a part of it."

"...What a great pleasure it was meeting you at the awards reception at Autodesk last Friday evening. It was a lovely event for all who attended, and the entire ceremony and presentation generated an inspirational sense of connection between colleagues. It was a well-presented reminder of why we became designers! We're very proud of our newly minted Spark Awards and I look forward to visiting with you again and often in the months and years ahead." Tom White, Executive Vice President RKS

Spark Winner Niels Eilmus, Sr Ind. Designer, Kohler (on right) Jessie Canon, Chief Programmer, FGI (formerly Red Clay Interactive)

Jason Medal-Katz & Matthew Tierney, Autodesk

"...Congratulations on a very successful 2008 season. We are happy to be part of the Spark family."

Kit Hinrichs, Pentagram Partner & Peter Kuchnicki, Spark

Sam Lucente, VP Design, Hewlett-Packard

Left-- Sam & Peter Lawrence, Corporate Design Foundation

Left to right: Scot Refsland, Andrew Grinaker, Nate Mclaughlin, Jessie Canon of FGI, plus
PFK, Clark Kellogg deep in plans for '09 Spark website

Clark, Peter and Exhibition Managers Theresa Hulme & Antonio Barros

"...Spark, this is a celebration of all you have achieved. Congratulations!"

All photos courtesy Theresa Hulme & Antonio Barros