Notworking at the D&AD Awards

Earlier this week, I attended the D&AD Student Awards Ceremony at Old Spitalfields Market, London, along with HND Graduate Artur Pasiek and Tutor David Wilson. Students and Tutors from as far away as Stockholm, San Francisco and Hong Kong attended the event.

It was a great way to end a hugely successful year for the Design Team. We had a place at the Body Shop table, accompanied by Body Shop's Design Director Scott Corbett, and the Brand Communciations winners - Maarten Nefkens, Menno Drontmann and their tutor Wim Michels - from Hallo Academy of Applied Creativity in Amsterdam.

For Artur, this was a chance to reap the benefits of his hard work. He already has a number of agency offers on the table, and now has the prospect of a two week placement with the Body Shop in London.

As well as awarding lots of well-deserved Yellow Pencils, the D&AD people provided some great hospitality. including a brilliant afterparty and BBQ which took place at The Vibe Bar and was organised by Notworking specialists, Glug.


David and Artur @ D&AD



We Love Design!


Artur and Chris celebrate @ D&AD Awards.


Artur does a bit of Notworking @ D&AD Awards.


Check out D&AD's official photos of the event on flickr.


More:
D&AD Nominations Gallery
Glug Notworking / D&AD Awards

D&AD New Blood Gallery

As a University Network Member, we've been given a course profile page on the D&AD website.

This is a new feature which D&AD have been working on to try and give all the network members a chance to showcase their students' work. It gets the design work out there in front of agencies and industry leaders and raises the profile of the schools and institutions involved.

The site has just gone live and Edinburgh's Telford College is one of the featured institutes - our online profile showcases HND 2's Graded Unit work.

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D&AD New Blood Profiles

Final Exhibition Opening @ Dovecot

A small selection of pictures from Thursday's Private View of the Final Exhibition.
The Dovecot is a great venue and the place was packed out. Well done to all the organisers and participants, this year has set a new benchmark in what we can achieve in terms of the quality of student work and the College's ability to show it off in style. More images soon...


D&AD In-Book Award Winner Artur Pasiek's exhibits.


Artur gets a Significant Achievement Award.


Hannah Bloomfield with her Portobello Proms work.


A great view of the exhibition.


Helena celebrates with Miles Dibsdall, the new Principal.

HND Graphic Design Industry Night @ Studio 128

Image:Ian Millar.

Congratulations to all our HND Year 2 students, who wowed a select group from the Creative Industries last night at the Industry Night Show. The show took place at Paul Bock's Studio 128 and was a terrific success. Each student present a work-in-progress of their final project, and all received plenty of insightful and positive feedback from the creatives and professionals in attendance.

The Design Team, the Industry Mentors, and Year 2 students all wore red 'Not Another Student Show' t-shirts, and the HND Year 1 lent a hand and wore the black and white version. Edinburgh Telford's New Principal Miles Dibsdall also managed to come along and was impressed by the quality of the work and professionalism of the whole show.

The DRUM today features a short review and some photography by Ian Millar who captured the events of the evening. We'll put a gallery of imges up as soon as we have all the images.

Next up will be the Great Big Art Show, where out NC Graphics are exhibiting, and then the Final Exhibition, beginning 10 June at the Dovecot Gallery.

The Great Big Art Show

As part of the Great Big Art Show, our NC Graphics students will get their first chance to exhibit their design work.

The show is being run by the Fine Art Team and celebrates the project work of learners from the following courses:

BTEC Foundation Diploma in Art & Design studies
BTEC National Certificate Art & Design
BTEC First Diploma Art & Design
NC Graphics
NC Photography
HND Year1 Contemporary Art Practice
HND Year1 Illustration
HND Theatre Costume
HND Year1 Interior Design
HND Floristry
HND New Media

Viewing times:

Thu. 3rd June - Opening Night (Private View)
Fri. 4th June 9am – 4pm
Sat. 5th June 10am – 4pm
Mon. 7th June 9am – 4pm

Venue:

The Hub, Edinburgh's Telford College,
350 West Granton Road, Edinburgh.

More:
www.etcshow.net/big

D&AD In Book Award Winner - Artur Pasiek

More than 3000 students entered the D&AD Student Awards this year from almost 300 colleges – up 20% on 2009. Of those, 83 were nominated for Yellow Pencils, and 200 made it to In-Book.

One of those was our very own HND Year 2 student Artur Pasiek. A D&AD Award is a fantastic achievement, and a huge career boost – 43% of D&AD winners are in employment within four weeks of gaining their award.

Artur will be attending the Award ceremony in London on June 29th, along with tutors David Wilson and Chris Hughes.


Award Details:
Title: Advertising - Brand Communications
Sponsor: The Body Shop
Task : Create an unconventional brand campaign for The Body Shop to reinstate its position as the original pioneer of ethical beauty.

Artur’s solution was to produce strong edgy straplines with a contemporary tone, and an organic feel. This clear and simple approach harked back to the Body Shop’s original successes in communicating their brand as unambiguous, ground-breaking, and ethically attractive.











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D&AD Nomination & In Book for Branding Communications