We're sharing our 2020 Student Design Competition winners this week and we're happy to share our 2nd-place winner Thomas Messina. Congrats Thomas!

Second Place and Recipient of the B.W. Honeycutt Award*
Thomas Messina

School: Kutztown University
Level: Senior
Instructor: Holly Tienken
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle

*Who's B.W. Honeycutt?
The second-place prize is our B.W. Honeycutt Award, given to honor the life and work of Bruce W. Honeycutt who died on January 12, 1994 at the age of 40. As the former Art Director of Details magazine, his redesign helped it earn accolades such as "Magazine of the Year" from Advertising Age and "Top Hottest Magazine" from Adweek. Honeycutt's work has been recognized by SPD, AIGA, and the Art Directors Club of New York amongst others. He taught publication design at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and attended North Carolina University at Chapel Hill.