Tanya Smith, a 3rd year BA Interior and Furniture Design student, has won the 2008 Savills HOK Interior Design Competition. Julie Campbell, also from the BA Interior and Furniture Design programme, was runner-up. The competition brief was to design an innovative spatial plan for a standard three bed semi-detached house with particular attention to be given to overall spatial design, materials, storage, lighting, services and building regulations. Tanya and Julie were presented with their awards at a ceremony in Mountjoy Square on 3 May.

The final was attended by two representatives from the competition's sponsor Savills HOK, Carolyn Coyle and Gillian Patterson, programme chair Neville Knott along with students and staff of Art, Design & Printing @ DIT. Speaking at the presentation winner Tanya said; 'This competition is very prestigious. It provides us, as students, with a great opportunity to showcase our work. It also generates great publicity for us as interior architects. It is a great honour to have won.' As part of her prize Tanya won a laptop and her work, along with the other finalists, will be included in the Savills HOK supplement magazine in the Irish Independent.

There were eight finalists in total: Michelle Breslin, Julie Campbell (Runner-up), Miguel Diaz, Orla Keane, Linda Langohr, Aideen O'Neill, Tanya Smith (Winner), and Anna Ushakova.

From left: Michelle Breslin, Tanya Smith (Winner), Neville Knott (programme co-ordinator), Julie Campbell (Runner-up), Linda Langohr, Miguel Diaz, Orla Keane, Aideen O Neill, Anna Ushakova.

From left: Tanya Smith and Julie Campbell with visuals of their winning design.