{"id":23576,"date":"2019-03-22T09:33:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T13:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=23576"},"modified":"2019-03-22T09:33:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T13:33:13","slug":"detroit-grand-prix-poster-contest-winner-crowned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/detroit-grand-prix-poster-contest-winner-crowned","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Grand Prix poster contest winner crowned"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Detroit<\/p>\n<\/div>

Detroit \u2014<\/em>\u00a0For the the 30th time this May, the Detroit Grand Prix roars into the Motor City. And for the 30th time it will have a gorgeous, color poster for fans to take home in memory of the event.<\/p>\n

This year the official commemorative poster for the 2019 Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix presented by Lear comes courtesy of Allie Fedak, a junior designer at the College for Creative Studies.<\/p>\n

Fedak’s festive design of Belle Isle’s Scott\u00a0Fountain flanked by a race car and winning podium of drivers captured\u00a0the attention of a panel of seven judges (including this author) \u2014\u00a0as well as more than 100 IndyCar fans online. Last year’s Grand Prix located the\u00a0winner’s circle in front of the fountain for the first time,\u00a0making it one of the most dramatic backdrops in the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how to put into words what winning this competition means,\u201d said Fedak, who let out a shriek when her name was announced. \u201cI wanted to create the most ideal celebration of the Grand Prix possible with the car crossing the finish line and also in the winner\u2019s circle.”<\/p>\n

Fedak’s design took the gold out of a field of five strong CCS contenders that included juniors Jonathan Kimble, Gabby Lipski, K. Rose Valerius, and Haley Smith.<\/p>\n

Valerius’s design was chosen runner-up, and\u00a0Smith grabbed bronze.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe beauty of what these students at CCS create every year in this competition is amazing,\u201d Grand Prix chairman Bud Denker said. \u201cWe had five great designs we saw today and it was hard to choose one of them, but Allie\u00a0is our winner, and she is going to be a great ambassador with her excitement and enthusiasm.”<\/p>\n

The posters have become collectors items across the Grand Prix’s four decades, and a switch from Formula\u00a0One racing on the streets of Detroit to the current IndyCar race\u00a0course on Belle\u00a0Isle.<\/p>\n

For the last seven years, the Grand Prix has worked with CCS for the poster contest. This year, 18 students from the school’s Intermediate digital illustration class \u2014\u00a0under the watchful eye of professor\u00a0Brian Kotulis \u2014\u00a0submitted entries. The field was then narrowed to five for presentation Wednesday before the poster jury.<\/p>\n

In addition to providing a memento for the walls of IndyCar fans, Kotulis says the poster process is a career-building experience for students.<\/p>\n

“In addition to developing a contextual narrative with their art,” said the CCS professor, “the designers have to speak to the audience that they are trying to engage. The strongest entries brought a natural interest to the forefront as well doing justice to their client.”<\/p>\n

Fedak’s work has just begun. She now will work with veteran Detroit Grand Prix designer Jim Tocco to finalize her design over the next month. The final, official poster will be unveiled April 30 when 2017 IndyCar champ Josef\u00a0Newgarten comes to town for the annual Grand Prix media lunch with the Detroit Sports Media organization.<\/p>\n

The 2019 poster will available for purchase then at www.DetroitGP.com.<\/p>\n

Poster contest judges<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u25ba Bud Denker, Grand Prix chairman<\/p>\n

\u25ba\u00a0Stuart Cooper,\u00a0GM industrial design manager<\/p>\n

\u25ba\u00a0Jeanette Puig-Pey,\u00a0Lear Corporation global design manager<\/p>\n

\u25ba\u00a0Jamie Edmonds,\u00a0WDIV-TV Channel 4 (NBC) sports reporter\/anchor<\/p>\n

\u25ba Henry Payne,\u00a0Detroit News editorial cartoonist and auto columnist<\/p>\n

\u25ba\u00a0Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press assistant sports editor<\/p>\n

\u25ba Vince Carducci, dean of undergraduate studies at College for Creative Studies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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