2008 Student Awards Scheme
Thank you to everyone who entered this year's Recognition Awards.
The brief was to create a challenging, interesting, exciting, awe-inspiring, thought-provoking visual response to the concept of ‘recognition’. The only constraint was that the response should fit within an A-size (any A-size).
In all 3475 entry packs were sent out to individuals and 260 universities, colleges and art schools in the UK. In total we received more than 150 entries for this year's Recognition Award.
We've had some very positive feedback from the judges who told us that they were spoilt by the choice; after some tough decisions we're proud to announce the winners:
2008 Winners
- Bradley Tapp, University of Wales, Newport will receive £1000 for "Tokens of Recognition"
- Julie Wilkinson, Bath Spa University, will receive £500 for "Home Sweet Home"
- Hanna Benjamin, Chelsea College of Art & Design, will receive £500 for "Plaque of Recognition"
The three winners will be given the opportunity to discuss a work placement in the Cog Design studio and all of the 16 successful entrants, including the winners will have their work published as postcards.
The other 13 successful entrants are as followed (in no particular order):
- Katy Hughes, Nottingham Trent University
- Leonie Smith, Somerset College of Art & Technology
- Hiromi Suzuki, Bath Spa University
- Chris Wharton, Bath Spa University
- Lizzie Gove, Chelsea College of Art & Design
- Emma Sparkes, Chelsea College of Art & Design
- Adam Lyons, University of Leeds
- Nicola Claridge, University College of Creative Arts at Epsom
- Talya Lakin, Chelsea College of Art & Design
- Clare Smith, Chelsea College of Art & Design
- Shaun Tollerton, University College for the Creative Arts at Epsom
- Alex Thursby-Pelham, Chelsea College of Art & Design
- Haroun Al-Shaater, University of Leeds
The published A6 postcards will be sent out with various other goodies in the activity pack for our annual celebration of kindness - Recognition Day on the 4th May.
Thank you again to everyone who entered the Recognition Awards 2008.
The Judges
A panel of leading designers and practitioners of the design arena selected winners of the Recognition Award 2008. Industry journalists, editors, professional design-buyers and designers all had their say in the selection of winners for 2008.
Greg Quinton
Greg is a Creative Partner at 'The Partners', the UK’s most awarded branding consultancy.
With a London based team of forty, The Partners are world players. In 1991 they became part of the global group, WPP, giving them a reach across international waters.
As well as a great creative team, The Partners are an inspiration to the design community; they even have their own pub.
Ben Hodge
Since leaving University (Bath Spa University, summer 2005) Ben has worked as a Graphic Designer for 'The Team', one of the UK’s leading Brand Communication Consultancies.
The Team have received countless plaudits and are many time recipients of the important Design Effectiveness Awards. Recent high–profile clients include English National Ballet, Metropolitan Police and the NHS.
Caroline Roberts
As editor of Grafik magazine, Caroline is one of the UK’s most influential and outspoken commentators on design.
Since the editorial buy out of the magazine in 2005 it has gone from strength to strength, sharpening the cutting edge of graphic design and showcasing some of the creative work from the UK and well beyond. It is essential monthly reading.
The Grafik team also recently produced Grafik 150, an historical celebration of 150 issues (including the years when it was called Graphics International). It’s a great little book, available at all good retail outlets.
Jason Walsh
Jason Walsh is a poacher turned gamekeeper. This former designer, based in Dublin, is now a freelance journalist, specialising in design, technology and new media.
Jason is a regular article writer for the excellent high–street publication .net, has contributed to The Guardian and almost every technology magazine you can think of.
Kathryn Cook
Kathryn was a winner of a Recognition Award in 2007.
Her entry featured animals who have performed remarkable feats of bravery. As a mature student, she’d pursued a passion for illustration after jobs in the fashion industry. She was heavily pregnant whilst at Cog on work experience; in October 2007, she gave birth to her first child
Lucinda Hilbery
Lucinda is the Communications Manager at the International Live Music Producers, 'Serious'.
As well as looking after publicity for a multitude of national and international tours, she is also responsible for the wonderful London Jazz Festival, an annual, capital–wide musical celebration.
Rachel Collins
Rachel Collins is the Communications Manager at Wellcome Collection.
Housed in a magnificent building on Euston Road, London, the Collection is a unique mix of galleries, events, and meeting, reading and eating places where you can consider what it means to be human.
Their current exhibition, Sleeping & Dreaming, explores the themes through the eyes of artists, scientists, film–makers and historians
The Cog team
The Cog Team also had their say
