College For Creative Studies(CCS) Rug Design Competition Winner's Gallery

Since 1988 Hagopian has worked to foster education by working with community partners to sponsor programs designed to promote higher education using both mentoring and scholarship incentives. Over twenty years ago Edgar Hagopian conceived of an idea to hold a "Rug Design Competition" for students in a related curriculum. Collaborating with Detroit's College for Creative Studies (formerly the Center for Creative Studies), he sponsored a competition for interested students. Using local judges from the design community, first, second and third place designs were selected and the students were awarded with cash incentives. The first place design was then made into a rug and displayed during the annual Student Exhibition. Putting her signature on the program started by her father, Suzanne Hagopian has expanded the competition to include scholarship moneys as well as an annual donation to the school.

That competition continues to this day and below you can see the winners from the last decade created by students who may one day be designing something that will find it's way into your home!

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