Judging the JELD-WEN Student Door Design Contest for the past two years has shown me that a door isn’t just a door. The student competitors in this event have re-envisioned what a door can look like, what materials it can be made of, and how it can function both aesthetically and practically. You might say it’s been an eye-opening and door-opening event. From my perspective, the entries that rise to the top exhibit not only the principles of good design—pleasing proportions, good use of materials, and appropriate utility, but they also show that the designer was able to think beyond our usual conception of what a door is and does. They are able to expand what we think a door should be while still giving the door all the functionality and beauty we expect of it.
Leslie Ensor, Editor
Custom Home and Custom Home Outdoors
Hanley Wood Business Media
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