Lloy Hack Memorial Fund

The Lloy Hack Memorial Fund was established in 2002 to honor the memory of IIDA member and award winning Boston interior designer, Lloy Hack. Hack was a devoted advocate of mentoring young design professionals. The Essay Competition encourages the mentoring relationship between IIDA Student Members and interior design firms.

As an IIDA Student member you are invited to enter by submitting a written essay about your experience being mentored by a design firm. The winning student essay will receive a $1,500 cash prize. IIDA Student Members who participate in IIDA’s Annual Mentoring Week are eligible to enter.

For details and deadline to submit, Student Members are encouraged to read this information sheet.

The Lloy Hack Memorial Fund Essay Competition Winner:

The winner of the 2009 Essay Competition is Caroline Landry , Student IIDA Georgia Chapter, of Savannah College of Art & Design for her participation in IIDA Student Mentoring Week at Collins Carusi Cooper Architects, Atlanta, Georgia. 

Caroline Landry, MFA candidate
Savannah College of Art and Design
2009 Lloy Hack Memorial Essay Scholarship Submittal

As a student with an interest in social issues, I am always looking for ways to design positive environments. In academia without a budget or real client, student projects often focus on sustainability and universal design, but it seems that those and so many other issues are ignored once real world stresses such as budget, client demands, and timelines are present. But thanks to my experience during mentor week at Collins Cooper Carusi Architects in Atlanta, I learned that there are firms and people designing with social concern in mind within the confines of real?world design.

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