IADT Visual Communication Design graduates win at IDI Awards
At the annual IDI Graduate Awards ceremony on November 9th, IADT graduates received seven prestigious gold awards and secured a further seven commendations which took silver awards.
The event is the highlight of the Irish design calendar and the principal means for showcasing emergent talent from across the island of Ireland.
Nearly 500 entries were received and were judged by 48 design professionals and academics. As in previous years, IADT graduates demonstrated a strong commitment to socially engaged issues including women’s health, politics and decolonisation, and data security.
Warmest congratulations to the winners:
| Winner | Project |
| Linda Tucker | The Revolution is a Sticky Note – Hong Kong’s Lennon Walls 2014-2020 (Design Research/Thesis), The Revolution will not be Removed – How the Lennon Walls of Hong Kong became a powerful tool for protest (Printed Book) |
| Eadaoin Hennessy | Mamóg – Your Postpartum Recovery Buddy (Interaction Design and Product [Social]) |
| Jess Whelan | TaDa (Brand Identity and Design for Digital), Subconscious Order (Typography) |
Congratulations also to those who received commendations:
| Commendation | Project |
| Stacey O’Carroll | ‘Ireland’s Hidden Army’ – Banshee, Bread and Roses and the Irish Women’s Liberation movement in the 1970s (Design Research/Thesis) |
| Eadaoin Hennessy | One Hundred Thousand (Hostile) Welcomes – The Representation of Syrian Refugees in Irish Media (Design Research/Thesis) |
| Eadaoin Hennessy, Lucy Power, Lisa Jentsch | Sharespace (Visual Merchandising/Exhibition Design); Emerald Gibson and Lauren Kilroy: Redress Fashion (Textiles) |
| Eadaoin Hennessy | Mamóg – Your Postpartum Recovery Buddy (Brand Identity and Design for Digital) |
| Stacey O’Carroll | Native (Brand Identity) |
| Jess Whelan | Subconscious Order (Printed Book) |
All of these projects can be viewed on our digital showcase On Show 2021.
More details on the IDI Graduate Awards can be found here.