ICMAD Announces Winners in Young Designers Competition

The Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers & Distributors (ICMAD) recently announced the top three winners of the 2010 ICMAD Young Designers Competition at a dinner held in New York City.

The Young Designers competition, created in 1999, showcases the extraordinary talents of students studying package design. The goal of the Young Designers competition is to encourage and develop future creative talent.

Selected from dozens of entries submitted by finalists at six highly acclaimed schools of design, the three wining ICMAD Young Designers showed truly exemplary creativity and knowledge of cosmetic packaging needs.

Alex Pabian, a student at Miami International University of Art & Design in Miami, FL, took first place and a cash prize of $2,500 for “footsie foot scrub”; Horacio Acevedo, a student at the American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL, won second place and $1,500 for “hunny Nourishing Baby Lotion”; and Maggie McCormick, a student at Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles, CA, placed third, receiving $1,000 for “Core Daily Moisturizer.”

New this year as part of their winning prize package, the Young Designers met with Maureen Kelly, founder of Tarte Cosmetics; Kelly Kovack, founder of Purpose-Built; and Matthew Malin, founder of Malin + Goetz for a glimpse into how real-world cosmetics companies and design firms work. Later that evening, presenter and eco-jewelry designer Katy Leakey, founder of the Leakey Collection, presented the Young Designers awards.

The schools participating in this year’s program were: The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; The American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL; Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Los Angeles, CA; Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY; Miami International University of Art & Design, Miami, FL; and The Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA.

More info: www.icmad.org