Graduate Design Awards

The IDI Graduate Awards were created to recognise and reward outstanding and innovative design by new designers at the beginning of their creative careers.

Welcome to the much anticipated IDI Graduate Design Awards 2024, where the creativity and the remarkable achievements of graduate designers across Ireland is celebrated. This year, we are proud to present a programme that promises to be more expansive than ever before, featuring new categories and awards. This provides graduate designers with an excellent opportunity to showcase the breath, depth and promise of their work, as well as demonstrate how they are pushing the boundaries of their discipline.

Judged by an international panel of industry and educational leaders, the IDI Graduate Awards ensure Irish graduate design is benchmarked to international industry standards. We looking forward to you joining us as we celebrate the best of Ireland’s emerging graduate designers, the individuals who will shape the future landscape of Irish commercial design.

IDI Graduate Awards 2024 Winners

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to the winners and commended entries of the IDI Graduate Awards 2024!

ANIMATION – WINNER

Cuttlefish — Ciara Walsh Limerick – Institute of Technology /Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)

ANIMATION – COMMENDED

Of Minds and Terrors — Joseph Catney, Simas Abrutis Belfast School of Art (University Ulster)

Wayward — Thomas Gilpin Belfast School of Art (University Ulster)

Here Now — Sophie Pierce Dublin – TU Dublin

BOOK DESIGN – WINNER

Continuo — Miriam Hurley Dublin – TU Dublin

BOOK DESIGN – COMMENDED

Encyclopedia of Lost Spaces 1990-2024 — Rory Foster Dún Laoghaire IADT, Institute of Art, Design + Technology

Dam The Data – Publication — Claire Long Dún Laoghaire IADT, Institute of Art, Design + Technology

Malaysia Ah? Yes! We speak Manglish lah! — Ying Qi Tang Dublin – TU Dublin

BRAND IDENTITY – WINNER

*mold — Luca Ambrogioni Dún Laoghaire IADT, Institute of Art, Design + Technology

BRAND IDENTITY – COMMENDED

What we leave behind — Leah Clarke Dublin – TU Dublin

TUDublin Graduate Exhibition Visual Identity — Eilis Espina, Miriam Hurley, Sarah McEvilly, Ying Qi Tang Dublin – TU Dublin

CRAFT DESIGN – WINNER

Honey, I Glitched The Teaset! — Daragh McGee Belfast School of Art (University Ulster)

DESIGN FOR DIGITAL – WINNER

Curo — Ashley Corcoran Limerick – University of Limerick, UL

DESIGN FOR DIGITAL – COMMENDED

Plánta — Jack Brady Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

Canary — Beth Buchanan Belfast School of Art (University Ulster)

Nora – Own your mind every cycle — Andrea Parra Dún Laoghaire IADT, Institute of Art, Design + Technology

DESIGN FOR MOVING IMAGE – WINNER

b/side — Matthew Ryan Dún Laoghaire IADT, Institute of Art, Design + Technology

DESIGN FOR MOVING IMAGE – COMMENDED

Trailblazers to Future Shapers — Miriam Hurley Dublin – TU Dublin

Hereunder — Andrea Parra Dún Laoghaire IADT, Institute of Art, Design + Technology

DESIGN RESEARCH BY PRACTICE – WINNERS

Shrouds — Dobrawa Brach Kaluzna Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

232 Mills of County Down — Elizabeth Snelling Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

DESIGN RESEARCH BY PRACTICE – COMMENDED

Framing Hunger — Gabriela Cladellas Dún Laoghaire IADT, Institute of Art, Design + Technology

Her Essence — Eva Flanagan Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

DESIGN RESEARCH WRITTEN – WINNERS

The Deal with Pinkwashing; The Importance of Accountability When Advertising to the LGBTQIA Community — Anna Carmody Limerick – Institute of Technology /Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)

The Rise of Hobbiton: The Tourist’s Gaze, Hyperreality and Magic Realism — Clodagh Walsh Dún Laoghaire IADT, Institute of Art, Design + Technology

DESIGN RESEARCH WRITTEN – COMMENDED

Through the Lens of Lived Experience: How the Architecture of Mid-Century Modern Homes Pioneered User Experience Design — Kacper Jaroszynski Dún Laoghaire IADT, Institute of Art, Design + Technology

Imaginary Borders, Spatial Subversion & Cultural Resilience — Heitor Laforga Dún Laoghaire IADT, Institute of Art, Design + Technology

Into the Wilde: Evolving Representations of Sexuality in Film Adaptations of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. — Evan Tobin Dún Laoghaire IADT, Institute of Art, Design + Technology

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN – WINNER

Sorrowford by the Sea — Jack McEvitt Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN – COMMENDED

*mold — Luca Ambrogioni Dún Laoghaire IADT, Institute of Art, Design + Technology

Preconceptions of the Ideal A/W24 — Joanne Murray Limerick – Institute of Technology /Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)

FASHION DESIGN – WINNER

Preconceptions of the Ideal A/W24 — Joanne Murray Limerick – Institute of Technology /Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)

FASHION DESIGN – COMMENDED

The Trilogy — Hee Da (Jee Yun) Seo Dublin GCD – Griffith College Dublin

Palindrome — Ellis Thompson Belfast School of Art (University Ulster)

FURNITURE DESIGN – WINNERS

Objects from Frames — Cara Campos Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

Wellscape Bed — Samantha Tinney Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

FURNITURE DESIGN – COMMENDED

Vestige — Laura Campbell Belfast School of Art (University Ulster)

GAMES DESIGN – WINNER

Sorrowford by the Sea — Jack McEvitt Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

GAMES DESIGN – COMENDED

Stardust Salvager — Holly Boyle Belfast School of Art (University Ulster)

Hard Luck Harry! — Lara Jacob National College of Art and Design (NCAD)

ILLUSTRATION – WINNER

An Cailleach — Luke Doyle Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

ILLUSTRATION – COMMENDED

The Dog In Me — Jay Byrne Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

The Space Between — Alex Fortune Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

INTERIOR DESIGN – WINNER

Clonakilty Mill Retrofit — Piotr Kozera Cork – Munster Technological University (MTU).

MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGN – WINNER

Connect — Laney Hyland Maynooth University

MEDICAL DEVICE DESIGN – COMMENDED

Droplet — Robert Casey Limerick – University of Limerick, UL

Curo — Ashley Corcoran Limerick – University of Limerick, UL

PRODUCT DESIGN – WINNER

Wave Handwashing Suite — Anna Hurley Limerick – University of Limerick, UL

PRODUCT DESIGN – COMMENDED

Kindred Crop — Liam Hayes Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

SUAS — Ko Kallewaard Limerick – University of Limerick, UL

SERVICE DESIGN – WINNER

DermaDiary — Dehlia McCarthy Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

SERVICE DESIGN – COMMENDED

Uplift — Jack Brady & Sean O’Carroll Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

TEXTILES – WINNERS

Cloghercove — Lucy Doherty Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

The Trilogy — Hee Da (Jee Yun) Seo, Mark Hill, Nadia Caimi, Niko Dublin GCD – Griffith College Dublin

TEXTILES – COMMENDED

Sunken Remnants (Iarsmaí Báite) — Amy Frankie Moroney Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

After — Jenifer Williams Dublin – National College of Art and Design, NCAD

TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN – WINNER

What we leave behind… — Leah Clarke Dublin – TU Dublin

TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN – COMMENDED

Water Under Ground — Muirne Clarke Limerick – Institute of Technology /Limerick School of Art and Design (Now part of TUS)

Step By Step — Nia McVicker Belfast School of Art (University Ulster)

MIRAGE Data Privacy Web Tool — Chris Moore Belfast School of Art (University Ulster)

UNIVERSAL DESIGN – WINNER