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Sources: Katrina M. Lewis, 785-532-5992, katrina@k-state.edu;
and Robert Bullock, 785-532-5992, bullock@k-state.edu
Photos available. Contact media@k-state.edu or 785-532-6415.
News release prepared by: Diane Potts, 785-532-1090, potts@k-state.edu

Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008

K-STATE INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND PRODUCT DESIGN STUDENTS REDESIGN THE CLOTHESLINE FOR SPECIAL COMPETITION

MANHATTAN -- Second-year students in Kansas State University's interior architecture and product design program took honors in a competition to reinvent the clothesline.

The Innovative Clothesline Design Competition asked designers and students to design a clothesline that met three of the following six criteria: made of environmentally friendly materials; made to complement an urban, rural or suburban environment; cost less than $100 to make; easy to use; portable; and permanent.

Heather Lagergren, Colorado Springs, Colo., received second place; Kayla Sorensen, Muscatine, Iowa, received third place; and Sarah Masalskis, Ballwin, Mo., earned honorable mention for best model.

Interior architecture and product design faculty members Robert Bullock, associate professor, and Katrina Lewis, assistant professor, guided development of the student entries during a two-week studio exercise.

The competition was sponsored by Groton Grange and Groton Local, and was funded, in part, by the Massachusetts Cultural Council in Groton, Mass.

"The Kansas State University students played a wonderful and important part in our clothesline design contest," said Katherine Bell, competition organizer. "We were very impressed with the quality of their imagination and presentation."