Arts Thread Announce Winners For Global Design Graduate Show 2023 In Collaboration With Gucci
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Arts Thread and Gucci are pleased to announce the winners of the Global Design Graduate Show 2023, judged by 175 highly esteemed judges across all categories.
This is the fourth edition of the show which saw over 5000 students enter their work, continually surpassing previous years.
Over the last 4 years, hundreds of graduates have gained employment or launched their own brands thanks to this proactive initiative - making it the biggest online showcase of graduating artists & designers worldwide.
All winners will have their work showcased in a virtual gallery hosted by Google Arts & Culture.
The collaboration with Google Arts & Culture means that students’ work will reach a further audience which can help launch their independent businesses or gain employment within the creative industries.
There was also a public vote enabling fans of the students’ work to choose their favourites.
Key Stats From Global Design Graduate Show 2023:
● 5823 art & design undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates entered their work for consideration
● 114 nationalities
● 472 art & design universities/colleges worldwide
● 600 students were shortlisted from the entries received by our panel of independent expert judges
● 211,742 votes cast in the public vote
● 175 Industry judges
Please find the full list of winners from the judges vote and public vote below:
INDUSTRY JUDGES VOTE
Fashion / Accessories / Textiles
Accessories - Anne Elori Lespade, Institut Français de la Mode IFM / Fashion Communication - Carolina Trinker, Parsons School of Design / Formal/Couture - Zining Ye, Fashion Institute of Technology FIT / Street/Casual – Joint Winner - Lily Wilson, Manchester Metropolitan University & Rebecca Wong, Kingston School of Art / Sustainable Fashion / Textiles - Lilach Porges, Fashion Institute of Technology FIT / Textiles - Knit / Weave - Emilie Palle Holm, The Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås / Textiles - Print / Embroidery - Xiaorui Shi, Glasgow School of Art
Digital / Visual Communication / Film
Film & Animation – Joint Winner - Tamara Denić, Hamburg Media School & Cecilia Reeve, Royal College of Art / Graphic Design - Nina Perez, School of the Art Institute of Chicago SAIC / Illustration - Maija Nürnberger, Konstfack University of Arts Crafts and Design / Interaction Design & Game Design - Jisun Yoo & Sewon Park, Hongik University / Typography - Ella Krispel, Central Saint Martins UAL
Product Design / Architecture / Interiors
Architecture - Rob Forsey, University of Westminster / Design for Social Good - Luke Talbot, Central Saint Martins UAL / Furniture – Chu-Ching Ying, Shih Chien University / Industrial Design - Stijn van Cuijk, Umeå Institute of Design / Interior Architecture - Kevin Chellakudam, HEAD Genève / Product Design – Harry Miller-Adams, Middlesex University / Service Design - India Macpherson, MADA Monash University / Material Innovation - Mary Lempres - Pratt School of Design
Fine Art / Photography / Craft
Contemporary Craft - Emma Samuelsson, Valand Academy University of Gothenburg / Digital Arts – Joint Winner - Emma X Zhang, RMIT University Melbourne & Filip Groubnov, Royal Academy of Art The Hague KABK / Fine Art - Maris van Vlack, Rhode Island School of Design / Installation/Sculpture - Francis Snyman, Michaelis School of Fine Art / Jewellery – Charitini Gkritzali, University of Art and Design Lausanne ECAL / Photography - Jesse Clark, Ringling College of Art and Design
PUBLIC VOTE:
Fashion / Accessories / Textiles – Jeongho Hwang, Istituto Marangoni Milan
Digital / Visual Communication / Film - Jamie Austen, London College of Communication UAL
Product Design / Architecture / Interiors - Julia Jaworska, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Fine Art / Photography / Craft – Ayshin Jalil Zadeh, Birmingham City University
The Global Design Graduate Show will return in 2024 for students graduating in the year 2023-2024. Further details will be available early 2024
About Global Design Graduate Show
The Global Design Graduate Show is officially the world’s largest online showcase of graduating artists & designers worldwide.
Arts Thread launched the first ever online Global Design Graduate Show in collaboration with Gucci in April 2020, as a response to all of the end of year show cancellations due to the pandemic.
This initiative has now become an annual event supported by over 150 independent expert judges from many leading brands worldwide, who are invited to select the winners from the thousands of graduating creatives entering every year.
In the first four initiatives over 20,000 undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates from over 100 countries have uploaded their final year projects.
Over the first 4 years, over 700,000 votes have been cast in the public vote.
About Gucci
Founded in Florence, Italy, in 1921, Gucci is one of the world’s leading luxury brands. Following the House’s centenary, Gucci forges ahead continuing to redefine luxury while celebrating creativity, Italian craftsmanship, and innovation.
Gucci is part of the global luxury group Kering, which manages renowned Houses in fashion, leather goods, jewelry, and eyewear.
About Arts Thread
Arts Thread is the world's leading digital platform for emerging artists & designers and a launchpad for the next generation of creative talent.
Arts Thread has built relationships with over 1000 creative institutions connecting us to over 400,000 students in approximately 130 countries and has partnered with leading brands, organisations, events, media to help launch the next generation of creative talent globally.
