2009 Competition

Judging of the UK and Ireland regional round of Design Against Fur has just taken place and the full list of winners will be confirmed soon.

All shortlisted students will have the opportunity to see their artwork exhibited at the dreamspace gallery in London(http://www.adrem.uk.com/dreamspace).  The exhibition will run throughout September and will be open throughout the London Design Festival.

All the shortlisted artworks will be considered for the Persula Foundation Award (http://www.persula.org)

The top three placed students will be given the opportunity to submit their portfolios to the D&AD talentpool - a web-based showcase for recognised emerging talent which acts as a networking and matchmaking service for graduates and employers (http://www.dandad.org/education/talentpool.html)

Student will also have the opportunity to attend a presentation by design industry employment specialists Adrem Recruitment (http://www.adrem.uk.com/) giving essentials tips for presenting and promoting their portfolios in order to make the most of every potential job opportunity in the current market.

Design Against Fur would not be able to take place without the support of our sponsors and partners, our grateful thanks go to them all:

Adrem Recruitment: http://www.adrem.uk.com/
Design & Art Direction: http://www.dandad.org/education/talentpool.html
dreamspace gallery: http://www.adrem.uk.com/dreamspace
Persula Foundation: http://www.persula.org

And the support and time given freely by our judges:

Chloe Brooks, dreamspace gallery: http://www.adrem.uk.com/dreamspace
Theresa Dowling, Editor of design magazine FX: http://www.fxmagazine.co.uk/
Chris Herring & Harry Barlow, from issue based communication specialists Harry Barlow Limited: http://www.harrybarlow.com/
Sairey Stemp and Shelly Vella, Fashion Editor and Fashion Director of Cosmopolitan magazine: http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/

Subject to final confirmation, the shortlisted students for the 2009 competition are (in alphabetical order):

Stanley Ashton, New College Stamford
Kayleigh Ann Bissell, Hull College
Gemma Brownhill, Staffordshire University
Helen Cant, New College Durham
Charlotte Casey, Hull College
Jason Clough, New College Durham
Claire Marie Davies, Coleg Sir Gar
Livijah Davis, University of Greenwich
Owen Dingley Jones, Coleg Sir Gar
Jennifer Dooley, Bury College
Shaun Giblin, Trafford College
Dawn Hapgood, Plymouth College of Art
Andrew Hearne, University of Brighton
Ben Hinton, New College Stamford
Jevon Parker, New College Stamford
Danny Pinhas, University of Brighton
Alice Rumsey, Plymouth College of Arts
Jason Veitch, New College Stamford
Hollie Woodhams, Swindon College

Final results will be posted here shortly and the winning designs will appear here later. 

Design Against Fur 2010 will be launched in September 2009: please keep checking back here for more information.

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