Loughborough University Grads Awarded For Competition Entries
As part of their final module ‘Destination in Graphic Communication and Illustration Practice’, led by Andy Selby, Senior Lecturer in Illustration and Animation, students worked on self-led briefs, including competitions that some students chose to enter.
These competitions included the RSA Student Design Awards, Adobe Digital Edge Awards, Pearlfisher Fresh Pearls competition, D&AD New Blood Awards and New Blood Academy 2023 Scholarship.
The graduate winners are as follows:
D&AD Awards
Joanna Nicholl, Yellow Pencil Winner for A Voicemail With Values and D&AD New Blood Best in Show
Sammy Rudkin, Yellow Pencil Winner for The Power of IMAX
Nitya Thawani, Yellow Pencil Winner for Bubble by Barclays and New Blood Academy 2023 Scholarship Winner
David Hitchcock, Graphite Pencil Winner for Heineken Moments
Dan Fitton, New Blood Academy 2023 Scholarship Winner
Adobe Digital Edge Awards
Sammy Rudkin, Shortlisted
RSA Student Design Awards
Millie Falla, Highly Commended for PowerUp
Pearlfisher Fresh Pearls Competition ‘Design for Life on Mars’
Sam Flower, Winner
Rebecca Phipps, Highly Commended
The D&AD Awards ceremony took place on 6 July and followed the D&AD New Blood exhibition in London, where Loughborough students exhibited their work among other universities, organised by Richard Johnson, Graphic Communication and Illustration Teacher.
On the graduates’ success, Richard said: “The staff are incredibly proud of the work that our Graphic Communication and Illustration graduates have produced this year. Our graduates walked away with a clutch of highly prestigious awards, acknowledged amongst entries from both national and international institutions. Prizes are given for the quality of concept, the ability to solve design problems through original thinking and which demonstrate exceptional practical execution.
“It is highly gratifying to see our graduates leading the way in the subject area and validates the quality of the student output and the teaching of the programme. The staff wish the cohort well in the next stage of their creative journeys.”