AOD student wins Lankan Unity Buddy Bear
View(s):Academy of Design (AOD) student Katrina Lappen won the Sri Lankan ‘United Buddy Bears’ design competition from among entries received from Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
The Buddy Bear concept is unique to Berlin and is a life-size bear sculpture found across its streets.
Miss Lappen as the winner from Sri Lanka was then commissioned by the German Embassy in Colombo to paint the sculpture, which now stands at the entrance to the embassy.
Likewise, all Buddy Bears from the global competition rolled out this year are standing united on five continents as a symbol of multiculturalism.
Katrina Lappen stands beside her work with Academy of Design (AOD) Principal Karen McLeod and German Embassy Cultural Attaché Karin Grimm