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The Best of Graduate Design Exhibition 2011

Best of Graduate Design Exhibition

Design work by graduates from third Level design courses in Ireland

16 September – 5 November 2011, NCAD Gallery

The Institute of Designers in Ireland is pleased to announce the Best of Graduate Design Exhibition 2011 which open at the NCAD Gallery on September 15th and run through November 5th. The exhibition will showcase a selection of the very best design work from graduates from more than 22 third level design courses in Ireland. The exhibition will promote the most innovative thinking and highest quality making skill in seven design disciplines, including craft, product, fashion, textiles, interior and architectural design, visual communication and new media.

Many of the exhibits are short listed for Institute of Designers in Ireland graduate design awards having been selected by design industry experts. The seven category winners, as well as the Grand Prix winner, will be announced at the Institute of Designers in Ireland annual awards night in late October.

The Best of Graduate Design Exhibition has been organised by Derek McGarry, Chair of the judging committee and Immediate Past-President of the Institute of Designers in Ireland.

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2011 IDI Graduate Design Awards

Institute of Designers in Ireland Call for Entries: The 2011 IDI Graduate Design Awards and The Best of Graduate Design Exhibition 2011

The Institute of Designers in Ireland are 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

Download Brief and Entry Form