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 Anna Wassell (right) ‘125…one recognisable brand, two founders and five objectives.’.
Graphic and Communication Design student, Jonathan Simmons won a ‘Best New Blood’ award with his final year portfolio of work at the D&AD Awards, last week. Cressida O’Mahony and Ekaterina Gobunova were awarded commendations. In addition, the University of Leeds’ exhibition stand was selected as one of the best five from amongst two hundred educational institutions, with its ‘living room’ concept. About 50,000 students entered the prestigious D&AD Awards, which were presented at a ceremony and exhibition last week. University of Leeds’ students nominated for awards and selected to be ‘in-book’ to showcase this years’ awards were:
D&AD (Design and Art Direction) is an educational charity. The D&AD Awards - widely recognised as the biggest and the best - reward outstanding creativity, design and innovation. They offer the creative industry and students the opportunity to be judged by over 270 top creative practitioners/experts, who judge and select the work that they consider to be well executed and most appropriate to their medium.
 The work of David Walker-Balker, lecturer on the BA in Art and Design, has been selected as a case-study to demonstrate the positive social and economic impact that may be achieved through research projects funded by the AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council). David's fascinating project, In Search of a Hidden Landscape, included artworks that interpreted the history of the North Pennines and its mining communities. View the AHRC publication - Social Impact of Artist Exhibitions: Two Case Studies - for further details.
Madeleine Moxon, final year Fashion Design student, has won the Most Innovative Design award at Yorkshire Fashion Week. The gala fashion show hosted several internationally renowned figures from the fashion industry, including Christopher Bailey, creative director of Burberry. The event featured collections from selected young student-designers alongside established Yorkshire designers: Dawn Stretton, James Steward, Kevan Jon, and grand dame of British fashion, Betty Jackson. View the Yorkshire Evening Post article for further details
Emily Dick, a third year BA Graphic and Communication Design student, has been selected as overall winner of the Northern Design Competition 2009. Emily won the competition’s photography category and was then selected as overall winner and the Maurice Miller Northern Design Champion, by the chair of judges, Wayne Hemingway. Emily was presented with her prize by Ricky Wilson, vocalist of Leeds’ band, the Kaiser Chiefs.
 Click to browse some of Ihab's pieces. You are invited to Dr Ihab Hanafy’s 16th exhibition - White × Black - in the Corridor Gallery (Wool Division Building), from Monday 22nd June to Friday 17th July, between 9am and 5.30 pm. Ihab works in the fields of painting, drawing, graphic design, mural painting and mosaic. The exhibition will show more than 50 pieces of Ihab’s artworks including sketches, drawing and painting. In particular the pieces, inspired by human faces, aimed to demonstrate the relationship between light and shadow, white and black, and brightness and darkness.
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