Design Awards 2024
31 May 2024
Winners of student awards announced
The 5th annual Department of Design Awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding achievements of final year students studying in our six Design specialisms of Graphic Design, Illustration with Animation, Craft, Textiles in Practice, Product Design and Interior Design.
The awards are made in recognition of academic excellence, original contributions to the subject specialism and impact into the wider contexts of innovation, sustainability, health, society, culture, and community.
Award winners and highly commended were announced at the Degree Show private view on 14 June 2024.
Design Breakthrough Award
An individual who has demonstrated design excellence through the inter-connected possibilities of design practice; challenging the norms of their specialism which has led to responses in new and unexpected directions.
Winner:
- Tom Skelton — BA (Hons) Interior Design
Highly Commended:
- Matt Turner — BA (Hons) Product Design and Craft
Shortlisted:
- Noura Mohammad — BA (Hons) Graphic Design
- Sam Bonser — BA (Hons) Illustration with Animation
- Lucy Vincent — BA (Hons) Textiles in Practice
- Dexter Wisby — BA (Hons) Product Design
Design Innovation Award
Projects which demonstrate exemplary innovation in craft, making or digital processes across any medium, such as drawing, typography, print, weave, digital modelling, film, physical artefacts and other means of communication or design development.
Winner:
- Izzy MacSween — BA (Hons) Textiles in Practice
Highly Commended:
- Sam Holmes — BA (Hons) Product Design and Craft
Shortlisted:
- Joanne Xinyi Xu — BA (Hons) Graphic Design
- Lucas McCoy — BA (Hons) Illustration with Animation
- Dario Tameu — BA (Hons) Product Design
- Bethany Rooney-Stone — BA (Hons) Interior Design
Design Futures Award
Projects which address the future design landscape, including responses to political, economic and social shifts and challenges including the innovative use of design or rethinking of a familiar design practice with an unfamiliar purpose/outcome.
Winner:
- Dexter Wisby — BA (Hons) Product Design
Highly Commended:
- Hollie Harrison — BA (Hons) Textiles in Practice
Shortlisted:
- Adomas Lukas Petrauskas — BA (Hons) Graphic Design
- Heather Burke — BA (Hons) Illustration with Animation
- Ollie Linnell (Hons) Product Design and Craft
- Samuele Dalla Fina — BA (Hons) Interior Design
Design Award for Community, Diversity & Inclusion
Projects which address design in the context of community including issues of social justice and equity, and fundamental human rights and dignity for all.
Winner:
- Ben Saunders — BA (Hons) Illustration with Animation
Highly Commended:
- Alex Horne — BA (Hons) Interior Design
Shortlisted:
- Laura Sheridan — BA (Hons) Graphic Design
- Niall Trowsdale Stannard — BA (Hons) Textiles in Practice
- Dario Tameu — BA (Hons) Product Design
- Jessica Mok — BA (Hons) Product Design and Craft
Design Contexts Award
A dissertation, essay, or alternative submission which demonstrates exemplary research and critical analysis of cultural and professional contexts in the field of design.
Winner:
- Annabel Simmons — BA (Hons) Interior Design
Highly Commended:
- Jessica Mok — BA (Hons) Product Design and Craft
Shortlisted:
- Bradley Sansom — BA (Hons) Graphic Design
- Amber Carter — BA (Hons) Illustration with Animation
- Eleanor Anderson — BA (Hons) Textiles in Practice
- Chloe Brighton — BA (Hons) Product Design
Design: Global Challenges Award
Projects that demonstrate the impact and value of design to wider global contexts and challenges. This award also encourages the submission of projects that have been developed in partnership with international collaborators.
Winner:
- Roxanna Luke — BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Highly Commended:
- Ellen Deane — BA (Hons) Textiles in Practice
Shortlisted:
- Ming-Hui Hsieh — BA (Hons) Illustration with Animation
- Kaan Seyhan — BA (Hons) Product Design
- Matt Turner — BA (Hons) Product Design and Craft
- Yakeen Ahmed — BA (Hons) Interior Design
Kellogg’s + PAC Inclusive Packaging Design Award
This is a Manchester Met Design Department specific award in collaboration with PAC Global and Kellogg’s to recognise and support students with innovative and inclusive packaging design ideas. Priorities will be given to students from marginalised groups and the prize will be €1,000. Students for this award were nominated by programme leaders in Design. The award will be selected by a panel chaired by Dr Jea Na, Jon Spruce and John Walsh from the Design postgraduate team - with the winner announced as part of Design Dept Degree show awards.
You can view the work of these and other Design students on our digital showcase platform Meet—the Future.