Four student winners in Society of Publication Designers Awards 2022

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Four student winners in Society of Publication Designers Awards 2022

Editorial design about alternative rock band Wolf Alice. Sans serif typography, mixed with hand drawn elements to give a notepad feel to the design.

Editorial design by Chloe Leeder. An editorial spread made up of a modular square grid background. The words 'Kyoto' and 'Rules' are on either side of the spread, each letter centred inside one of the grid squares. Dotted around the page are various-sized images of Kyoto, all aligned to the square background.

Published: Tuesday 26 July 2022

Building upon last year’s win, four BA (Hons) Design for Publishing students are successful in this year’s awards. The Society of Publication Designers (SPD) is an organisation dedicated to creatives who specialise in visual storytelling.

Winner first place: Chloe Leeder

Chloe Leeder

Chloe wins first place with her editorial design for the alternative rock band Wolf Alice. Additionally, she receives a Noteworthy Mention for a second project titled ‘Kyoto Rules’. The prize for winning first place is mentoring over the summer months, along with $1,200 (approx. £980), and a feature on the SPD website.

Winner second place for Animated Gif Illustration: Willow Hall

A still from a short animation, of a man playing a guitar. Drawn in a sketchy ink style.

Willow Hall

Willow’s short stop motion animation of a man playing the guitar won second place in the animated gif category of the awards.

Winner third place: Lily Leeks

Editorial design for an article on ski ballet. On a white background, in large sans serif coloured magenta pink are the words 'ski ballet', stretching across the height and width of the page. Woven in between the letters are black and white photos of skiers, with a ballerina in the centre

Lily Leeks

Editorial design for an article on ski ballet. On a white background, an editorial feature is neatly laid out in three columns on the left hand page. On the right is a large pull quote saying 'we brought music to the mountains'. In the centre of the page is a black and white image of a skier with magenta skis, looking as if she is flying across the page

Lily Leeks

Lily’s editorial design for Ski Ballet comprises bold typography and a creative use of imagery, winning her third place in the competition. Both Lily and Willow’s projects will be featured on the SPD website, and each student will receive a portfolio review by an SPD board member.

Noteworthy mention for two projects: Skye Williams

Editorial design for an article on Gen Z with a digital message theme. On a yellow background, large black bubble typography says 'time for change'. On top of some of the letters are text message bubbles, cursors and star shapes.

Skye Williams

Editorial design for an article around Gen Z using a black, yellow and white colour scheme. The left hand page is coloured black with white introduction text on. Some words are highlighted and underlined, as if it's a link, and another word has a white background and a pop up menu, as if it has been right clicked. On the right hand page, the background is coloured yellow with black editorial text. Large statistics have been pulled out in a white font.

Skye Williams

Editorial design on rhythmic gymnastics. The left-hand page is red with white and black text. Typography is laid out on wavy, swirling lines, mimicking ribbons used in rhythmic gymnastics. On the right, a photograph of a gymnast in motion, with swirly lines and ribbons surrounding her.

Skye Williams

Skye Williams

Skye Williams receives two noteworthy mentions for separate projects: one design depicting the digital age that Gen-Z lives in, and another on rhythmic gymnastics. Explore BA (Hons) Design for Publishing