VIC / TAS – GOTYA Overview

GOTYA 2012
GOTYA VIC / TAS 2012

GOTYA 2012 Awards Ceremony Photos

Celebrating Victoria and Tasmania’s top design graduates for 2012, design industry leaders, educators and sponsors’ representatives celebrated the 5th Graduate of the Year Awards at INLITE on Wednesday, 21 March 2013.

Dominic Russo, DIA Victoria President said GOTYA is a unique awards program created to support designers in the early stages of their career. Established by the Design Institute of Australia, the awards recognise excellence in emerging designers in the disciplines of Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Furniture Design, Jewellery Design, Textile & Fashion Design, Interior Design and Interior Design & Decoration.

“It's wonderful to see such amazing talent entering our industry.” Dominic said in a statement.

Nine participating Victorian and Tasmanian Tertiary Institutes including

Australian Academy of Design, Box Hill Institute, Grenadi School of Design, Monash University, NMIT - Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE, RMIT University, Swinburne University of Technology, The Gordon and University of Tasmania nominated their most talented 2012 graduates. Graduates’ anonymous portfolios were assessed and up to four finalists were selected from each category for an interview with a panel of judges from each design discipline. Graduates are evaluated on their apparent design solutions, transferrable workplace skills and predicted impact on the Australian design industry.

Overall Graduate of the Year
Amelia Williams, RMIT University

Interior Design

Graduate of the Year: Alice Dwyer, University of Tasmania

Tied Runner Up: Erin Lacey, University of Tasmania

Tied Runner Up: Alina Dain, Monash University

Interior Design & Decoration

Graduate of the Year: Amelia Williams, RMIT University

Runner Up: Alison Lewis, NMIT - Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE

Commendation: Rosanna Lambert, Box Hill Institute

Commendation: Polina Radchenko, RMIT University

Object - Industrial Design

Graduate of the Year: Tristan Brega, Swinburne University of Technology

Runner Up: Rowan Page, Monash University

Commendation: Ashley Martyn Smith, RMIT University

Object - Furniture Design

Graduate of the Year: Matty C Smith, University of Tasmania

Runner Up: Ben Brayshaw, RMIT University

Commendation: Alex Brown, RMIT University

Object - Jewellery Design

Commendation: Hau Ong Ding, Monash University

Commendation: Alyra Bartasek, Monash University

Graphic Design

Tied Graduate of the Year: Tom Sabbatucci, Monash University

Tied Graduate of the Year: Emily Flanagan, Swinburne University of Technology

Commendation: Seviora Citra, Swinburne University of Technology

Commendation: Andrew Robertson, Swinburne University of Technology

Fashion & Textile Design

Graduate of the Year: Meaghan McLeish, RMIT University

Tied Runner Up: Edith Barrett, RMIT University

Tied Runner Up: Esther Sandler, RMIT University

Colourways Colour Awards were presented to GOTYA finalists in each category:

Interior Design: Phoebe Smith, RMIT University

Interior Design & Decoration: Amelia Williams, RMIT University

Object - Industrial Design: Ashley Martyn Smith, RMIT University

Object - Furniture Design: Ben Brayshaw, RMIT University

Object - Jewellery Design: Hau Ong Ding, Monash University

Graphic Design: Emily Flanagan, Swinburne University of Technology

Fashion & Textile Design: Edith Barrett, RMIT University

Each Category GOTYA recipients will be automatically entered into the DIA Australasian Graduate of the Year Awards to be announcedin Melbourne at designEx in May.

Enquiries

Caroline Caneva
Victorian Events & Marketing Coordinator
Design Institute of Australia
E: ccaneva@design.org.au

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