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14 | Kitchen & Bath Design News | July 2015 Industry Update { Noteworthy developments impacting the kitchen and bath market } Daltile Taps Scholarship Winners Gitae laut Dallas, TX – Daltile, in conjunction with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Foundation, has named Rebecca Gardner as the winner of the fourth annual Daltile Interior Design Scholarship. As the grand-prize winner of the com- petition, Gardner was presented with a $10,000 scholarship to continue her education in the feld of interior design. Gardner's winning design was on display at NeoCon 2015, where she was Daltile's guest of honor. "On behalf of Daltile and the ASID Foundation, we congratulate Rebecca Gardner on winning the Daltile Interior Design Scholarship," said April Wil- son, director, brand marketing, Dal-Tile Corp. "Each year, students from around the country rise up to our design challenge, demonstrating that the future of interior design is brimming with talent." This year's design challenge, titled Design with a Greater Purpose, was to select a charity or non- proft to take on as a pro-bono client and to create a redesign of their current space that addressed the needs of its users and exhibited excellence in design and creativity. Students were challenged to explore the current issues faced within the space and stakeholder needs to make it a high functioning and beautiful space. Entries were judged on the space's function, aesthetic and creative use of Daltile's newest product oferings to bring each student's vision to life. As a recent graduate and young profes- sional, Rebecca Gardner hoped entering the Daltile Interior Design Scholarship contest would stretch her as a designer and push her to produce great work, and her grand prize-winning entry made that hope a reality. A student at Brigham Young University, Idaho, she found inspiration in Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, a non- proft organization in her community that strives to foster education and stewardship of the earth and its ecosystems. Using Daltile collec- tions, Gardner transformed the aquarium's interior to better support their mission of inspiring people to explore, learn and discover. This year's top scholarship recipients are: » Grand Prize: $10,000 Scholarship Winner: Re- becca Gardner, Brigham Young University, Idaho » First Prize: $2,500 Scholarship Winner: Rebecca Bruno, Southwest University of Visual Arts » Second Prize: $2,500 Scholarship Winner: Amber Ferguson, Student ASID, Southwest University of Visual Arts » Third Prize: $2,500 Scholarship Winner: Erika Larsen, Virginia Tech University Circle No. 8 on Product Card Celebrating the Daltile Interior Design Scholarship award presentation are (from l. to r.): Randy Fiser, CEO, ASID; Rebecca Gardner, 2015 Daltile Interior Design Scholarship Winner; April Wilson, director, Brand Marketing, Dal-Tile and Brad Capel, v.p. MW Region, Daltile.