Group of Loughborough staff and graduates standing in front of the D&AD New Blood exhibition which consisted of their graphics and illustration work on gallery walls and across three computer screens.

Graphic Communication and Illustration graduates awarded for competition entries

A group of graduates from the School of Design and Creative Arts have been awarded for their graphics and illustration projects.

Graduates Nitya Thawani, David Hitchcock and Joanna Nicholl standing in front of a sponsored backdrop at the D&AD Awards evening.

(Nitya Thawani, David Hitchcock and Joanna Nicholl at the D&AD Awards evening)

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.”

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