Each year, the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) hosts the Student Merit Awards (SMA) competition, which highlights the best in creativity, problem solving, and design brilliance in each of IDSA’s five North American districts. Candidates are graduating seniors who have demonstrated quality in their undergraduate work.

Senior Industrial Design Students from the Columbus College of Art & Design - CCAD, The Ohio State University, and International Center for Creativity will present their projects and portfolios before a panel of local professionals for Round 1 judging. One finalist from each school will be selected to represent our district in the National Round 2 Competition!

This year, Allison Krish, Isabella Brown, and Mae Welty will represent Ohio State during Round 1. Presentations will take place during an in-person event, free and open to the public, hosted by the IDSA student chapter at the Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD) on Thursday, March 24 at 6:00 pm.