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IDI Graduate Awards 2023 Winners

IDI Graduate Awards 2023 Winners

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to the winners and commended entries of the IDI Graduate Awards 2023!


On October 19th we celebrated the next generation of Designers in Ireland from colleges across the country, with a ceremony kindly hosted by Belfast School of Art.


The IDI Graduate Awards recognises the rising stars of the Irish Design industry and offers the incredible winners and students who were selected for the shortlist an opportunity to elevate their CV when applying for jobs.

A huge congratulations to the winning graduates, in particular Sorcha Fitzgerald of Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology who won the Grand Prix!


This event helped us to better understand the needs of the next generation, who we are actively supporting through our ‘The New Now’ initiative.


Sincere thanks to the many judges from across industry and academia for reviewing and assessing the entrants and our Awards Co-Chair, Benjamin Readman and Dr Brian Dixon who managed the process.
 

Find the full photo album here, courtesy of David Coperland and discover the winners below. 

 

ANIMATION — WINNER

The Friend, The Dove & The Deer — Daire Powell NCAD

ANIMATION — COMMENDED

Pitcher of You — Coireall Kent Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)

Living Life Like an Asshole — Natan Laba Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)  

 

ARCHITECTURE — WINNER

Feirm Chléire — Darren O'Connor Cork Institute of Technology, CIT (Now part of MTU)

ARCHITECTURE — COMMENDED

Deciphering Naples: Radicalising the Urban — Patrick Staunton O'Doherty and Daniel O'Mahony Cork Institute of Technology, CIT (Now part of MTU)  

 

INTERIOR DESIGN / INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE — COMMERCIAL / RESIDENTIAL — WINNER

Ballinacurra Maltings: Culinary Learning Landscape and Enclosure — Hannah McCarthy Cork Institute of Technology, CIT (Now part of MTU)

INTERIOR DESIGN / INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE — COMMERCIAL / RESIDENTIAL — COMMENDED

Refresh, a refurbishment of the Sailors Home — Gintare Povilaityte Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)  

 

INTERIOR DESIGN / INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE — PUBLIC — WINNER

Refresh, a refurbishment of the Sailors Home — Gintare Povilaityte Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)

INTERIOR DESIGN / INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE — PUBLIC — COMMENDED

Kyle's Botanical Bites: Market & Garden Oasis — Olivia Tait Cork Institute of Technology, CIT (Now part of MTU)  

 

INTERACTION DESIGN — WINNER

RoomFinder — Lauren Battersby IADT

INTERACTION DESIGN — COMMENDED

Engage For Change — Kinga Kalecinska Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)  

 

TEXTILES — WINNER

Cuimhneas — Eva Kerley NCAD

TEXTILES — COMMENDED

The Performed Feminine — Ava Thompson NCAD  

 

FASHION DESIGN — WINNER

Morphus — Kez Ottman Polimoda

FASHION DESIGN — COMMENDED

Enamour — Mila Burov NCAD  

 

SUSTAINABLE FASHION & TEXTILES — WINNER

Scáthach — Ellen Greenan Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)  

 

CRAFT DESIGN — WINNER

Animism — Paul Griffin Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)

CRAFT DESIGN — COMMENDED

'Did your granny have a hammer?' — Caroline Keegan NCAD

Ẹkáàbọ̀ — Obafemi William-Funmilayo TU Dublin  

 

DESIGN RESEARCH — WRITTEN — WINNER

“East is East, and West is West:” How Western media shapes ideas of empathy, apathy, and identity through its representation of Syrian refugees — Megan Coleman IADT

DESIGN RESEARCH — WRITTEN — COMMENDED

Worker’s Rights are Women’s Rights: Intersections of Class, Race and Gender as Apparent in the Dunnes Stores Anti-Apartheid Strike 1984-1987 —  Sorcha Fitzgerald IADT

“The Show is inexplicable unless you’re Irish”: Examining the appeal of RTÉ’s 'The Late Late Toy Show' — Emma Nolan, IADT  

 

DESIGN RESEARCH — BY PRACTICE — WINNER

Streamline — Katie Furlong NCAD

DESIGN RESEARCH — BY PRACTICE — COMMENDED

In the Ocean We Hardly Know — Elizabeth O'Brien IADT

The dry stone walls of Oileán Chléire — Darren O'Connor Cork Institute of Technology, CIT (Now part of MTU)  

 

FURNITURE DESIGN — WINNERS

Design For Disassembly — Laura MacSweeney TU Dublin

Vernacular Furniture — Grace Ragasa TU Dublin

FURNITURE DESIGN — COMMENDED

Podium — Neil O'Donoghue GMIT Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology  

 

PRODUCT DESIGN — WINNER

SlumberShip — Leah Moore and Maeve Whelan NCAD

PRODUCT DESIGN — COMMENDED

VeloFetch — Lucas Stafford NCAD  

 

MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGN — WINNER

Streamline — Katie Furlong NCAD

MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGN — COMMENDED

Nursing Assessment Form — Fíona Natoff and Dehlia McCarthy NCAD  

 

DESIGN FOR MOVING IMAGE — WINNER

I'm sorry for what I've done, forgive me for what I've yet to do — Oonagh O'Brien NCAD

DESIGN FOR MOVING IMAGE — COMMENDED

Not So Typical — Amy Flinn Dublin Institute of Design

Pitcher of You — Coireall Kent Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)

Swim against the tide — Isabella Podasca NCAD

Skyglow — Lorna Quinn NCAD  

 

DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY — WINNERS

Streamline — Katie Furlong NCAD

Machnamh — Muireann Hayes Cork Institute of Technology, CIT (Now part of MTU)

 

DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY — COMMENDED

Repair Station — Cristina Rusu and Sára Rajnai. NCAD  

 

USE OF VISUALISATION IN DESIGN — WINNER

Grind Film Titles Sequence — Isabella Redmond IADT

USE OF VISUALISATION IN DESIGN — COMMENDED

The Picture House — Karen Keaney Institute of Technology Sligo (Now part of ATU)

Deciphering Naples: Radicalising the Urban — Patrick Staunton O'Doherty and Daniel O'Mahony Cork Institute of Technology, CIT (Now part of MTU)  

 

BRAND IDENTITY — WINNER

GradX—TU Dublin Graduate Showcase Identity 2023 — Duanna Taylor Rooney, Hannah Rottke Fitzpatrick, Niamh Brennan TU Dublin

BRAND IDENTITY — COMMENDED

reframe — support through your external frame journey — Emma Murphy IADT

Makers in Mind — A makers first approach to AI — Ava Shepherd IADT  

 

DESIGN FOR DIGITAL — WINNER

Astraeus — Ethan Fearon Belfast School of Art (University Ulster)

DESIGN FOR DIGITAL — COMMENDED

YUNI: Visualise Your Value — Sorcha Fitzgerald, Megan Coleman and Ava Shepherd, IADT

Makers in Mind — A makers first approach to AI — Ava Shepherd IADT  

 

ILLUSTRATION — WINNER

The Ghostly Eyes at Tyrone Guthrie — Pichamon Nene Lonergan Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)

ILLUSTRATION — COMMENDED

Guerilla Seanchaí — Brendan Atkins NCAD Trust the Process — Tara Lynch NCAD

The Visitor — Francesca McCann TU Dublin  

 

DESIGN COLLABORATION — WINNER

SlumberShip — Leah Moore, Maeve Whelan NCAD

DESIGN COLLABORATION — COMMENDED

We Deserve Better — Shannon Murphy Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)  

 

BOOK DESIGN — WINNER

The Stardust fire: The worst fire disaster in the history of the Irish state — Conor Leech NCAD

BOOK DESIGN — COMMENDED

0.98% — Tom Davis NCAD  

 

DESIGN FOR PRINT (OTHER THAN BOOKS) — WINNER

La Liberazione Di Ruggiero Dall’ Isola Di Alcina & The Sofa — Sorcha Fitzgerald IADT

DESIGN FOR PRINT (OTHER THAN BOOKS) — COMMENDED

Dereliction: Myths and Realities — Darren Chester Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)  

 

TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN — WINNER

The Stars & The Stones — Ciarán Connolly TU Dublin

TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN — COMMENDED

Wave Forms — Hannah McKenna NCAD

DAD '81 — Meabh Quinn NCAD

Linguistic Limbo — Isabella Redmond IADT

Untitled — Hannah Rottke Fitzpatrick TU Dublin

GradX—TU Dublin Graduate Showcase Identity 2023 — Duanna Taylor Rooney, Hannah Rottke Fitzpatrick, Niamh Brennan TU Dublin

Homeland (Heimat) — Michelle Urban Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)

 

UNIVERSAL DESIGN — WINNER

Artafact Elevating Paper Creativity — Lisa Moran Carlow IT — SETU

UNIVERSAL DESIGN — COMMENDED

Mhaolú — Cristina Rusu NCAD  

 

DESIGN FOR CHANGE — WINNER

Katie Furlong NCAD

 

GRAND PRIX — WINNER

Sorcha Fitzgerald IADT

 

IDI Graduate Awards SHORTLIST 2023