The IDI Graduate Awards 2022 short list is now live.

The IDI Graduate Awards were created to recognise and reward outstanding and innovative design by new designers at the beginning of their creative careers. The 2022 ceremony is well on its way and the judges have spoken. The IDI Graduate Awards 2022 short list is now live. A huge congratulations to everyone who made the shortlist for the IDI Graduate Awards 2022!
The IDI Graduate Awards 2022 short list is now live. A huge congratulations to everyone who made the shortlist for the IDI Graduate Awards 2022!
Our panel of National and International judges have debated and deliberated and the scores are in; if you are on the list below, then your project has been selected for the shortlist and is in contention for an Irish graduate Design award. It is a significant achievement to reach this stage and we encourage you to celebrate the achievement in a hotly contested competition of the very best of Irish Design freshest talents.
IDI GRADUATE AWARDS 2022 SHORT LIST
FASHION
Undone, Lily Alford, NCAD
Bodice Ripper, Nino O'Connell, Limerick School of Art & Design
Like a Rhizome Cowboy, Erica Flannery, Limerick School of Art & Design
Maiden Mother Crone, Laura Murray, NCAD
Sin, No Sin, Rachel Morris, NCAD
Judges panel: Lorraine Egan, Peter O’Brien, Monica Gumbrielle
TEXTILES
Wilder, Lucy Moore, NCAD
Flow, Bobbi Fitzpatrick, NCAD
The Reason, Ellen Edwards, Limerick School of Art & Design
Abstraction, Alex Dolan, NCAD
Aoife Murray, Aoife Murray, NCAD
Judges panel: Lorraine Egan, Peter O’Brien, Monica Gumbrielle
VISUAL MERCHANDISING/EXHIBITION DESIGN
Artisan Drinks Company, Donna Kerrigan, Munster Technological University
Spotted, Elizabeth Chambers, IADT
Mindbox, Laurence Mac Donald, NCAD
Judges panel: Kerry Meakin, Anne Marie McAuley, Monica Gumbrielle, Simon Cummins
ACCESSORIES AND ARTEFACTS
Fite Fuaithe, Eimear O'Keane, NCAD
Deirdre, Deirdre Mahony, NCAD
Grace Minnock, Grace Minnock, NCAD
Shared Stories, Clodagh Molloy, NCAD
Judges panel: Emer Roberts, Dominic Southgate, Adrian Duyn
INTERACTION DESIGN
Hedge, Iris Haggan, Ulster University
Forgetmenot : Easing the Pressures of Dementia Care, Hope Mcilroy, Ulster University
Green Spaces, Robert Tobin, IADT
Pitchiker, Scott McCabe, Ulster University
Spotted, Elizabeth Chambers, IADT
Drop In, Morgane Kenneally, IADT
Judges panel: Danielle O’Connell, Fergal Adams, Aiden Kenny, Dr. Hilary Kenna
ANIMATION
Act Together, Declan Flynn, NCAD
Act Together, Eunyoung Cho, TU Dublin
The Night Drive (Ambitious Cities), Carol Lewis, NCAD
Undivided, Aisling Hannon, TU Dublin
Act Together, Jack McKeon, Limerick School of Art & Design
What Does Decision Making Look Like, David Lawless, Atlantic Technological University
gloom – our future forecast, Ruairi Walsh, IADT
The Un-Chaotic Cabinet That Wishes For Me To Sleep, Cillian Green, NCAD
Habit of Hands, Megan Luddy, NCAD
Judges panel: Jenny O'Brien, Jamie Teehan, Fergal Brennan, Paul Madden
MOVING IMAGE
Distraction, Suzanne Casey, Munster Technological University
ALTAR, James Stedmond, IADT
gloom - our future forecast, Ruairi Walsh, IADT
On the Ropes, Aine Power, TU Dublin
Habit of Hands, Megan Luddy, NCAD
Impact - Ambitious Cities, Holly Stewart, TU Dublin
Judges panel: Daniel Fitzpatrick, Stephen Lohan, Steve McDevitt
ILLUSTRATION
King Arthur: A Semi Opera by Henry Purcell, Lauren Rush, IADT
Sorgen, Rachel Mulqueen, NCAD
Gloom, Ruairi Walsh, IADT
The Runaway Gibbon, Claire French, Atlantic Technological University
The Lost Archive, Robbyn Gray, NCAD
Act Together, Jack McKeon, Limerick School of Art & Design
Here We Go Round, Hannah Mc Sherry, TU Dublin
Duolingo Wordplay, Hannah Mc Sherry, TU Dublin
Judges panel: Kim Willoughby, Merlin Evans, Benjamin Readman, Paula McGloin, Michael Rubio Hennigan, Steve Doogan
BRAND IDENTITY
BBC discover, Daniel Young, Ulster University
Scéalaí, Kate Guilfoyle, IADT
Koospraten, Rachel Mulqueen, NCAD
Glō, Emi Daly, IADT
TU Dublin Graduate Exhibition, Conor Rice, Marwa Neolle Ali, Aisling Hannon, TU Dublin
Carousel - The Archive for Magical Objects, Alanna Drury, IADT
Spotted, Elizabeth Chambers, IADT
Judges panel: Dave Garavin, Glenn Bolton, Grace Enemaku, Daniel Philpott, Kasia Ozmin, Steven Averill
DESIGN FOR DIGITAL
Scéalaí Festival Audio Archive, Kate Guilfoyle, IADT
Hyphae - Mycelium in the Creative Industry, Cillian Carroll, IADT
Acre - Future Community Farming, Cillian Carroll, Lauren Rush and Eoin Cantwell, IADT
Carousel - The Archive for Magical Objects, Alanna Drury, IADT
Forgetmenot : Easing the Pressures of Dementia Care, Hope Mcilroy, Ulster University
BBC discover, Daniel Young, Ulster University
Judges panel: Dave Garavin, Glenn Bolton, Daniel Philpott, Kasia Ozmin
PRINTED BOOK
LAKAS NG BAYAN, Mitzi Ladia, IADT
ON-IT, Cecilia Bonucci, IADT
Net Zero Hunger, Aisling Hannon, TU Dublin
Seeing Red: Ginger Hair and Identity, Lauren Rush, IADT
The Sound of Blue, Kate Guilfoyle, IADT
How to Live Outside the Trial, James Stedmond, IADT
La Cena, Molly Riordan, TU Dublin
Blue Light Revolution, Morgane Kenneally, IADT
The Invisible World, Ruairi Walsh, IADT
Judges panel: David Donohoe, John Paul Dowling, Clare Bell, Gerard Fox
TYPOGRAPHY
Seeing Red: Ginger Hair and Identity, Lauren Rush, IADT
How to Live Outside the Trial, James Stedmond, IADT
A Woman's Place, Emi Daly, IADT
Un-Reality, Darragh Black, IADT
Machines For Living In, James Stedmond, IADT
Net Zero Hunger, Aisling Hannon, TU Dublin
ON-IT, Cecilia Bonucci, IADT
Roads of Return, Yosef Phelan, TU Dublin
Judges panel: John Paul Dowling, David Donohoe, Clare Bell, Gerard Fox
PRINTED MATERIAL (OTHER THAN BOOKS)
Alot goin' on, Molly Riordan, TU Dublin
ON-IT, Cecilia Bonucci, IADT
King Arthur: A Semi Opera by Henry Purcell, Lauren Rush, IADT
A kitchen is not a room, Carol Lewis, NCAD
I Ching, Jenny Moon, TUS
An Assortment of Knowledge, Aisling Duddy,NCAD
Judges panel: John Paul Dowling, Steven Averill, David Donohoe, Gerard Fox
PRODUCT: FURNITURE
The Fidget Collection, Louise Murphy, TU Dublin
Lulu, Vincent Molumby, University of Twente
Judges panel: Adrian Duyn, Dominic Southgate, Eugene Canavan, Martin Clowry
DESIGN RESEARCH
Home is where the hearth is, Ailish Phillips, IADT
You, Me & HPV, Doireann Peelo, Maynooth University
Saccharine Sinister, Jack McKeon, LSAD
Decoding Dolly Parton: Femininity, Authenticity and Hillbilly Heritage, Emi Daly, IADT
Collective Speculation, Rachel Mulqueen, NCAD
Why is modern design employed to reinforce the concept of modernism in the contemporary villain's lair, Emma Gill, TU Dublin
Handsome, Clever and Rich: Visualising the heroine in adaptations of Austen’s 'Emma', Caroline Kiersey, IADT
The Alienation of Women from Computer Programming: A Visual Analysis of the Hacker and Gamer Archetypes from 1980 to Present, Morgane Kenneally, IADT
The National Gay Federation's Irish Queer Periodicals: The Formation of a Community Identity and The Subversion of Irish Hegemony, Cillian Carroll, IADT
Globalising Beauty: Impacts of the Cosmetics Industry on Filipino Female Ideals, Mitzi Ladia, IADT
Judges panel: Dr Mary Anne Bolger, Ann Wilson, Glen O'Sullivan, Aoife Dorney, Mary Gallagher, Dr Nina Holmes, Dr Brian Dixon, Louis Mc Manus, Sarah Foster, Dr Tom Spalding, Clare Bell
PRODUCT (MEDICAL)
Lumis - Playful MRI Experience, Tomas Galione, TU Dublin
LEYA - Redesigning Home Birthing, Ihsan Kamil, University of Limerick
UAir, Federico Tusacciu, NCAD
OLTSAR, Danny Bichard, University of Limerick
SmoothScan, Alexander Fives, TU Dublin
Judges panel: Dominic Southgate, Eugene Canavan, Martin Clowry, Justin Magee, Sinead O'Connor
DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY
SteriForm, Federico Tusacciu, NCAD
IO Repair Driven Learning, Matthew Patterson, University of Limerick
On the Ropes, Aine Power, TU Dublin
Hyphae - Mycelium in the Creative Industry, Cillian Carroll, IADT
Wilder', Lucy Moore, NCAD
Judges panel: Dominic Southgate, Benjamin Readman, Kaethe Burt O'Dea, Justin Magee
INTERIOR DESIGN/ INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
Irish Film Institute at Phibsboro Shopping Centre, Emma Gill, TU Dublin
Chocolate Factory - Design Hub for Creative Minds, Diego Nogueira, Griffith College Dublin
Al Faisaliyah Centre, Ibtisam Dhafer, Sligo IT
The Potentiality of Incompleteness, Orla Mc Carthy, Munster Technological University
A Sublime Transcendence, Karen Keaney, Atlantic Technological University
Judges panel: Agnes Rojowska, Robin Grundy, Neville Knott, Sue Corcoran
ARCHITECTURE
A Sublime Transcendence, Karen Keaney, Atlantic Technological University
Chocolate Factory - Design Hub for Creative Minds, Diego Nogueira, Griffith College Dublin
Social Sustainability in the City, Rebecca Ray, TU Dublin
The Potentiality of Incompleteness, Orla Mc Carthy, Munster Technological University
Judges panel: Agnes Rojowska, Robin Grundy, Neville Knott
PRODUCT (INDUSTRIAL OR CONSUMER)
LEYA - Redesigning Home Birthing, Ihsan Kamil, University of Limerick
Beppi, Katie O’Brien, NCAD
Duoo, Jack Harte, University of Limerick
POP-IP - Making Hybrid Work, Fiachra Durkan, TU Dublin
Plumb a scaffolding safety system, Ross Moore Heslin, Maynooth University
Steriform, Federico Tusacciu, NCAD
Judges panel: Dominic Southgate, Eugene Canavan, Martin McGinn, Martin Clowry
USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
My Dearest - Film Title Sequence, Camille Lindlahr, IADT
King Arthur Opera Poster, Camille Lindlahr, IADT
King Arthur Opera, Megan Griffin, IADT
King Arthur Opera Identity, Emi Daly, IADT
Better Half: Film Title Sequence, Emily Kelly, IADT
Judges panel: Matthew Thompson, Stephen Lohan, Peter Evers
PRODUCT (SOCIAL)
EduCubes, Shane Brodigan, TU Dublin
Waffle, Tadhg O'Connell, NCAD
Spotted, Elizabeth Chambers, IADT
Carousel, Alanna Drury, IADT
Safher, Janine Leahy, LSAD
LEYA - Redesigning Home Birthing, Ihsan Kamil, University of Limerick
Judges panel: Kaethe Burt O'Dea, Dominic Southgate, Eugene Canavan, Martin Clowry
PACKAGING DESIGN
Laytown Soda Co., Jack McKeon, LSAD
GLŌ, Emi Daly, IADT
Japeng Whiskey, Donna Kerrigan, Munster Technological University
SteriForm, Federico Tusacciu, NCAD
Sunny Day Studios, Holly Stewart, TU Dublin
Judges panel: Dave Garavin, Glenn Bolton, Steven Averill, Kasia Ozmin
UNIVERSAL DESIGN
We have a winner Suspense until the Awards ceremony!
Judges panel: James Hubbard, Elizabeth O’Meara, Ruth O’Reilly, Dónal Fitzpatrick, Ben Adamson, Dónal Rice, Ger Craddock
Our commiserations to those of you who didn’t make the list this time; hopefully the winning projects will inspire you and your work and you’ll come back strong. We wish you the very best of luck on the beginning of your creative career.
Sincere thanks to our panel of judges who did an incredible job of managing such a high volume of entries to get to this stage.
Please join our in-person ceremony on October 20th at TU Dublin when we will be announcing the final prize winners.
More information on the ceremony coming soon.