Award wins for Norwich students and graduates

Norwich students and graduates have been recognised across a multitude of awards, covering a range of disciplines.

Below is a round up of some of the recent successes from our award-winning community.

Society of Publication Designers awards

Congratulations to BA (Hons) Design for Publishing students for winning in the international Society of Publication Designers awards, where judging took place in New York City.

Editorial Design Category

Lucy Roberts won First Place for her project, Lisbon Rules while Cat Slaymaker was awarded Second Place for her work, Obsessed with Curling (pictured).

Photographic Series Category

Katy Alldridge took first place for her project, Coquette, and also secured third place with her work, Seductive.

Penguin Cover Design Award

Rebekah Sinclair, BA (Hons) Design for Publishing has been awarded 3rd prize in the Adult Fiction category, responding to a brief about Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (pictured above).

Megan Smith, BA (Hons) Design for Publishing, was shortlisted in the Adult Non-Fiction category, designing a cover for Atomic Habits by James Clear.

Judge Jason Smith, Art Director at Cornerstone, said this of Rebekah’s work: ‘I loved the immersive quality to this cover. There are lots of objects that relate well to the content of the book and its themes. The type hierarchy works great, and I love the additional copy elements added with regards to the set list. Rebekah responded well to the judge’s feedback and it was refreshing to see a different approach to the brief incorporating still life and photography.‘

Young Norwich Creative Awards

Several students were recognised for their creative practice at these multi-disciplinary awards.

Megan Green, BA (Hons) Illustration – Award for Digital Art, Winner (work pictured above)

Gosha Maslovskis, BA (Hons) Graphic Communication – Award for Digital Art, Runner up.

Jemma Thompson, BA (Hons) Photography – Award for Digital Art, Runner up

Jessica Clark, BA (Hons) Illustration – Award for Visual Arts, Runner up.

Stella Shykolenko, BA (Hons) Fashion – Award for Fashion and Textiles, Winner

May Gauntlett, BA (Hons) Fashion – Award for Fashion and Textiles, Runner up

Christopher Wayland, BA (Hons) Animation – Award for Film, Runner up

Chakit Chakit, BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing and Business – Norwich Freeman’s Award for Creative Entrepreneur, Runner up

Norfolk Contemporary Art Society

Fine Art Prize

Harriet Atkinson, BA (Hons) Fine Art – Winner (work pictured above)

Brad Rumble, BA (Hons) Fine Art with Diploma in Creative Computing – Commendation

Yanni Ho, BA (Hons) Fine Art – Commendation

New Makers Prize

Ewan Ormond, BA (Hons) Fine Art – Winner

Lauren Marie Wells, BA (Hons) Fine Art – Commendation

Rollo Timothy George, BA (Hons) Fine Art – Commendation

Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

Two graduates from BA (Hons) Graphic Design won a gold medal at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Ethan Brown and Billy Nhiwatiwa both graduated in 2020.

Association of Illustrators 

BA (Hons) Illustration graduate, Jessica Clark, has recently been named one of the Association of Illustrators’ ‘10 Illustration Graduates to Watch in 2024.’

Chaos Design Bursary Award

Congratulations to Cassie Muskett, a 2nd year BA (Hons) Graphic Communication student, for securing a two-week paid summer internship at Chaos Design and a bursary of £800 for her final year of study. Cassie was selected after impressively pitching her work in an interview.