Five interior design students from College of the Canyons won the People’s Choice Award at the International Interior Design Association’s L.A. Haunt Couture show.

On Oct. 24, five interior design students from College of the Canyons won the People’s Choice Award at the International Interior Design Association’s L.A. Haunt Couture show.

“This is our fourth win in five years,” said Holly Hitt-Zuniga, an assistant professor of interior design at the college. “We have now become ‘the team to beat.’ As their faculty advisor, I’m so proud of our students, even though each of them balances a full-time class load while working. They pulled together a great costume and performance in six weeks.”

The show, held at Avalon Hollywood, is a culmination of fashion, design and architecture. It featured a runway fashion show, with work from various Los Angeles designers and architects, according to officials.

Abigail Ornelas, Rachel Provencal, Jesse Franco, Kimberly Meza, and Melanie Ornelas worked together to create a couture design portraying the symptoms of claustrophobia, according to officials

“This event teaches our interior design and architecture students about stretching their creativity, the importance of collaboration, meeting fast deadlines and networking,” Hitt-Zuniga said. “It is a fantastic event our students get the opportunity to participate in, earning them contacts for future jobs, as well as a design competition participation they can add to their resumes.”

The competition fuses fashion, design and architecture while challenging designers to create and construct inspiring haute couture fashion from interior design materials, according to officials.

For more information about the college’s interior design program, visit the department’s site here.

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