Graduate Designer Awards

Institute of Designers in Ireland

 

The 2011 IDI Graduate Design Awards and

The Best of Graduate Design Exhibition 2011

 

The Institute of Designers in Ireland is pleased to announce our annual graduate design awards and best of graduate design exhibition 2011. This annual competition identifies the very best 3rd level graduate design work in Ireland.  Awards will be made in seven discipline specific categories.  The category winners and a selection of highly commended designs will be exhibited in Dublin during September and October. The winners are presented with their awards at the high profile IDI Professional Design Awards night in October. The winning design work will also be featured in the IDI Best of Irish Design 2011 publication and quarterly e-zine Ratio.

The graduate design awards attract serious interest from the design industry.  This is your opportunity to showcase your work to potential employers and get design industry recognition.  In 2010 we had over 120 individual entries from over 22 design programmes at universities and colleges in all four corners of Ireland.

IDI Graduate Design Awards 2011 Categories:

 

  • Craft Product (also including furniture and fashion accessories)
  • Fashion
  • Textiles
  • Interior Design and Interior Architecture
  • New Media
  • Product Design (also including industrial design and medical devices)
  • Visual Communication

Graduate Design Awards 2011:

 

·         IDI Individual category awards
·         IDI Masters Award
·         IDI Grand Prix Award

Entry requirements:

 

  • You must be a new graduate (3rd level or Postgraduate)
·         The entry fee is €20 made payable to the IDI.  This also entitles you to one year’s student membership.
      Download and complete the IDI membership application form from:
       http://www.idi-design.ie

Selection Criteria

 

The graduate design awards and subsequent exhibition will promote high quality contemporary design thinking and craft excellence in Ireland.  The selection criteria are:

  • Design value and innovation
  • Aesthetic content and resolve
  • Quality of Craftsmanship

Submission Requirements:

 

  1. Complete the entry form below or by downloading it from the IDI website: http://www.idi-design.ie
  2. Enclose a €20 cheque or postal order to the Institute of Designers in Ireland
  3. Provide a short description, including materials and dimensions for each piece of work entered (max: 50 words)
  4. Adhere to the specific category entry instructions.  Failure to comply will result in having your entry excluded from the judging process
  5. Clearly label your entry package:

Institute of Designers in Ireland

Graduate Design Awards 2011

6.         Do not e-mail your design entries.  You are to post or deliver your entry to:

 

Attention of:

Derek Mc Garry, Past-President

Institute of Designers in Ireland

c/o

NCAD

100 Thomas Street

Dublin 8
Derek Mc Garry, President IDI
mcgarryd@ncad.ie