IDI Graduate Awards 2018 Shortlist Announced
Thursday December 6, 2018 – IADT, Dun Laoghaire

First there were almost 500 projects...now we are down to just the 98 finalists! Congratulations to all our graduating students from 12 different colleges who made the 2018 IDI Graduate Design Awards Shortlist.
This year was our best and biggest ever entry with 488 projects entered. This has been whittlled down to our finalists. Big congratulations to each and everyone of these, representing 13 design colleges north, south east and west. These finalists chosen as part of our exhibition represent a wide range of design colleges across the country and the very best of student work in Ireland.
We wish to thank our supporters CEUD and our sponsors Arup, Design Partners and Boxclever for their advice, help and support. We also wish to thank all of our wide range of IDI judges, who gave freely of their time on this over a few weeks to enure we made good and fair decisions on all categories.
Exhibition & Prize-giving
The exhibition and prize-giving will take place in IADT on the evening of 6th December starting at 6pm, with awards at 7pm. The exhibition of these graduate entries from students all over Ireland will take place in IADT from Friday 7th December until Wednesday 12th December, open weekdays from 10am - 5pm (please note the college is closed Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th December).
We welcome all graduated students who were shortlisted to attend this event on Thursday 6th December at 6pm at IADT.
IDI Graduate Design Awards Shortlist 2018
Animation
2307 Wilhelmina Grange: Young and a Menace - Alison O'Leary-Fitzpatrick DIT
2422 Pernicio Motion Sequence - Ruby Corcoran IADT
2311 The lollipop Man - Title Sequence - Ciara Wade IADT
2047 Not Enough Time - Sophie Hughes NCAD
Architecture
2185 Noah's Ark - Hostel for Homeless Women and Children - Robert Jurkovic GCD
2162 A Technical Investigation of Retrofitting an Existing D2-BER Rated Domestic Dwelling - Ian Kavanagh DIT
2302 ICU Productions - Greta Usaite DIT
Design - Clothing (Stage Costume and Fashion Design)
2395 Discord - Anna O'Doherty LSAD
2438 'Design with Purpose - Transformable Clothing' Niamh Flynn NCAD
2317 Rare Imprints - Claire Malone NCAD
Design Research
2241 The Death of the Real — Simulations of Reality and the Human Condition - Shauna Buckley IADT
2378 Toponomic Typography and National Identity: The street signage of Bratislava - Declan Behan DIT
2146 “I’m Coming Out”: The expression of queer identity through Irish nightclub flyers, 1980s—2000s - Emer Brennan IADT
2456 Pointless? Emojis and Memes as New Communication Strategies - Justyna Liska IADT
2186 The soft sell of a hard idea. Ladybird books and nostalgic parody. - Kayleigh McCarthy, IADT
Digital Design: UX/UI
2315 Ōra: Exploration into Mixed Reality Interaction Design - Ciaran Trotman UL
2346 Trails - Mark Ennis, NCAD
2324 Passages, Dark Sky Architect - Lauren Day DID
2412 Terms and conditions - Ruby Corcoran IADT
Exhibition Design/Visual Merchandising
2132 #NOMEANS - Susannah O'huadhaigh IADT
2195 Weaving Culture - Shannon Robinson DIT
2092 Social Fusion Coloured Tapestry - Karla McMahon DIT
2083 Bollocks: The Punk Graphics of Jamie Reid - Ruairí Crawley IADT
Fashion & Textiles: Textiles
2362 A Numbers Game - Nicola Hutchinson NCAD
2238 Dynamic - Sinead Foley LSAD
2314 Rare Imprints - Claire Malone NCAD
Interior Design / Interior Architecture
2289 "AlterEd" Makerspace / Fablab - Michael Fitton CIT
2065 Fight Centre - Ellen Eriksen GCD
2130 Noah's Ark - Hostel for Homeless Women and Children - Robert Jurkovic GCD
2224 ICU Productions - Greta Usaite DIT
Ove Arup Award
2168 A Technical Investigation of Retrofitting an Existing D2BER rated domestic dwelling - Ian Kavanagh DIT
2510 Noahs Ark, A hostel for homeless persons – Robert Jurkovic GCD
2508 The Chocolate Factory Reimagined – Dawn Bradfield GCD
2516 Third Space Community Centre – Aoife Ryan CIT
Product Design - Furniture Design
2320 Contemporary Heirlooms – Stuart Hayes DIT
2276 The "IE" Table – Philip Robinson Ulster University
2160 Transformation – Dominika Walus DIT
Product Design - Handmade product - (Including stage and screen)
2322 Contemporary Heirlooms – Stuart Hayes DIT
2214 Curious Constructions – Egle Banyte Ulster University
Product Design - Industrial or Consumer products
2073 Impact - Concussion Tracking Made Certain – Stephen Johnson UL
2128 IGNAUTICA - Underwater Search and Recovery System – Jordan Kelly UL
2392 Layer : Modular, customisable, sustainable casual footwear – Evan Stuart DIT
2110 SensorPath – Darragh O’Boyle Maynooth University
Product Design - Medical Devices
2063 PEP: Prescribed Exercise Prompt – Gavin Moore DIT
2134 OptiFlex – Fergal Cassidy DIT
2170 StrydeTech – Kevin Hayes CIT
2208 DuoSense – Natasha Clarke Maynooth University
Product Design - Social
2255 Death Wishes – Rachel Marsden NCAD
2114 Core Mobile Application – Tatiana Macari DID
2357 Feast – Mark Ennis NCAD
2466 Ground – Rachael Ryan DIT
Transdisciplinary Design Project
2444 Noa – Olivia Holbrook DIT
2454 Fashion & Product Design 'Design with Purpose - Transformable Clothing' – Niamh Flynn NCAD
2184 Little Talks – Stephanie Connolly IADT
2434 Terms and conditions – Ruby Corcoran IADT
Vis Comm Brand Identity
2239 INCOMING – Shauna Buckley IADT
2179 LittleTalks – Stephanie Connolly IADT
2413 Scum – Justyna Liska IADT
2216 Irish Beef — Bord Bía – Shauna Buckley IADT
2354 Le Chéile – Alannah Calvert CIT
Vis Comm Design for Digital
2226 Terminal_01 – Liam Hamill IADT
2305 Dublin Bus Mapping project – Alison O’Leary Fitzpatrick DIT
2085 Idir: The Future of Digital Healthcare – Ruairí Crawley IADT
2338 DIT Graduate Exhibition 2018 Website – Eoghan Shanley DIT
2183 Little Talks – Stephanie Connolly IADT
Vis Comm Packaging Design
2407 The Humble Oyster. Packaging Design – Ruby Corcoran IADT
2467 Special Edition Gordon labels: 250th Anniversary – Denise O’Flanagan DIT
2200 Buj Coffee Project – Ciara O’Reilly WIT
2180 LittleTalks – Stephanie Connolly IADT
Vis Comm Printed Book
2414 One Bite One Bird – Sam Kay NCAD
2369 Transcendence of a Star – Keilah Cass NCAD
2498 Hiberno-English: How the Irish speak English – James Hennigan LYIT
2222 No Place Good Place – Shauna Buckley IADT
2125 Cursory Glance – Melissa Sirois DID
2159 We live in a society not an economy – Naomi Strintati LSAD
2343 Best Before – Annie Moriarty NCAD
2499 Manufacturing Spam – Caroline Doyle IADT
2138 The Life and Death of the Thirteen Month Calendar – Liam Hamill IADT
Vis Comm Printed material (other than books)
2191 La Finta Giardiniera Opera Programme & Poster – Kayleigh McCarthy IADT
2443 Rec'd – Michael O’Riordan AIT
2349 Done Dog – Annie Moriarty NCAD
2182 Little Talks – Stephanie Connolly IADT
2420 La Finta. Catalogue Design. Printed matter – Ruby Corcoran IADT
2264 Homeless not voiceless – Stephen Kenny IADT
Vis Comm Use of Illustration in Design
2436 Galzine. – Alannah Calvert CIT
2309 Bodies: an illustrated anthology – Alison O’Leary Fitzpatrick DIT
2265 Don't Drink the Kool-Aid – Gavin Connell NCAD
2181 Little Talks – Stephanie Connolly IADT
2297 Gifts – Annie Moloney DID
2054 Mocking obstacles – Monika Szynkiewicz CIT
2402 Still Bisexual – Amy McGrath DIT
Vis Comm Use of Typography in Design
2405 (ISTD) Anniversary- Polish Independence Day – Justyna Liska IADT
2496 ISTD: Boycott – Declan Behan DIT
2323 Athraitheach – Declan Behan DIT
2358 the irish woman's place – Aideen O’Neill DID
2192 La Finta Giardiniera Opera Programme & Poster – Kayleigh McCarthy IADT
2242 No Place Good Place – Shauna Buckley IADT
2287 Moon Bound – Christine Akinrinde DIT