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Spotlight on: The School of Arts & Creative Industries Kate Caven CREATIVE INDUSTRIES BLAZES A TRAIL THROUGH AWARDS CEREMONIES Creative students and graduates from Edinburgh Napier enjoyed incredible success at a number of award cere monies during 2016. D&AD New Blood Awards Our BDes (Hons) Graphic Design students won Best Stand at the prestigious D&AD New Blood Awards for the third year running. The London event, which showcases the design and advertising stars of the future, also saw the University run up an impressive haul of individual awards. Meanwhile, students from the design/photography/advertising subject group also did the University proud with four big wins at the Creative Conscience Awards at the rooftop offices of the Unilever Building in London. Senior staff in the School of Arts & Creative Industries said our winners at the D&AD New Blood event at London’s Truman Brewery were up against a truly international field. 16 Sabrina Friman, BDes (Hons) Graphic Design Yme Gorter and Paul de Ridder Creative Conscience Awards The following students and graduates received Gold Awards at the Creative Conscience Awards in London, hosted by Sir Jonathon Porritt. They emerged as winners from more than 500 entries after being judged by influential industry practitioners. Sabina Friman - Touchpoint, My Alopecia Story; Film & Photography Studio Alfresco by Lewis Brooks, BDes (Hons) Graphic Design The winners were: D&AD Yellow Pencil - Dr Martins - Joanna Cassidy Osborne MSc Creative Advertising D&AD Graphite Pencil - Nationwide - Alan McLardy and Gio Isnenghi - MSc Creative Advertising D&AD Wood Pencil - TOMS - Aisling Holling and Judit Kajel MSc Creative Advertising D&AD Wood Pencil - Design Bridge - Arnas Samulis - BDes (Hons) Graphic Design D&AD Wood Pencil - Shutterstock - Fiona Winchester - BDes (Hons) Graphic Design Individual ‘One to Watch’ notes went to Lewis Brooks and Natasha Broomfield both BDes (Hons) Graphic Design students. Dr Iain Macdonald, subject group leader of Design, Photography and Advertising, said: “There were winners from many international universities and advertising schools as well as familiar UK institutions. We are proudly standing on a world stage with our winners.” Spotlight on: The School of Arts & Creative Industries Courtney Yule - The Endopod; Product & Structural Design Lewis Brooks - Studio Alfresco; Graphics Yme Gorter and Paul de Ridder - Sabunman; Advertising Meanwhile, in photography Anete Atvare, Elina Kadirzhova, Susan McFadzean, Katie Matthews, Anete Tisanova & Denitsa Toshirova, Graduands, 2016 BA (Hons) Photography, were invited to exhibit at DECK Gallery in Singapore in July as part of a collaboration between Nanyung Technological University and Edinburgh Napier. Dafni Kalkairinou and Rebecca Sandelin, Graduands, 2016 BA (Hons) Photography, was selected for Futureproof, best of Scottish Photography graduates in Scotland 2016, and exhibited at The Lillie Gallery Ayr in July. Kirsty Mclachlan, BA (Hons) Photography student was selected from open submission to exhibit in ‘Images from Mongolia’ at Edinburgh Castle organised by Friends of Scotland/Mongolia and the Embassy of Mongolia, in London. Sarah Vesty Creative Industries graduate highlights Congratulations to MFA graduate Ben Sharrock who landed the prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film. His work stood out amongst the 160 features and 130 short films screened at this year’s 70th edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Product Design graduate Kate Caven was nominated for “Young Innovator of the Year” for her business Kids Creative as part of the Made in Scotland awards. Kate came up with the idea for the children’s furniture business after graduating in 2015 and launched the company at the Scottish Learning Festival in Glasgow. There was a double celebration for 24-year-old Sarah Vesty who was crowned Young Journalist of the Year twice. Sarah, who now works at the Daily Record, first won the award at her employer’s Trinity Mirror Excellence Awards in London before going on to win the same title at the annual Scottish Newspaper Society Awards in Glasgow. Associate Professor, Sandy Walker, added the prestigious Red Dot Award to his list of accomplishments and successes. Sandy has had an impressive career across the world since completing his BSc in Industrial Design & Technology in 1980, and now works for Flinders University in South Australia. Sophie Gerrard, Lecturer, who was commissioned by The Drug Discovery Unit at the University of Dundee, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Unit, had her work on public display outside the facilities in Dundee. Spotlight on: The School of Arts & Creative Industries 17