Design Against Fur 2005

The theme of this year’s competition was ‘Fur is Cruel’.The judging of the competition took place on 18 May 2005.  The standard of entries was very high and after much deliberation we are pleased to announce the winners of the competition.  These are:

First Prize of £750 cash and a certificate: Sarah Moore of Somerset College of Art and Technology
Second Prize of £450 cash and a certificate: Simon Gowlett of Central St Martins
Third Prize of £100 cash and a certificate: Lindsey Chancellor of Bedford College

The ten certificates of Special Commendation went to:-

Donna Cunningham of New College Durham
Ian Orange and Mark Silver of Dewsbury College
Stuart Reddy of Bedford College
Erika Muller, Celine Nonon and Virginie Litzer (group entry) of The Royal College of Art
Adam McDermott of De Montford University
Karen Hughes and Anastassia Karaoli of University College Northampton
Nava Kornbluth of Central St Martin’s
James Smith of Somerset College of Art and Technology

and the fifteeen certificates of Commendaton to:-

Steven Bere, Lindsay Spicer, Cheryl Boddington, Steven Smith, Nick Colyer of Bedford College
Lauren Pallett of Leicester College
Jennie Bradley of University College Northampton
Amy Willan of Chichester College
James Condron of De Monfort University
Hanne Beraak of Kingston University
Paul Gygi of West Thames College
Michael Constantine and Matthew Billings of Salford Universtiry
Emma Nell and Michelle Scargill Dewsbury College

A special prize sponsored by the cosmetics company Aveda was won by Lucy Everrit of University of Central Lancashire.  Lucy’s design was chosen from 5 other designs that narrowly missed out on a certificate of Commendation and the 25 designs awarded a certificate.

The Richard Adams Prize of a high specification digital camera was won by Mark Silver who also received a certificate of Special Commendation.

An exhibition of the winning designs took place between Tuesday 14 June and Sunday 19 June at The Foundry, 86 Great Eastern Street, London EC2, telephone number 020 7739 6900, http://www.foundry.tv . The exhibition was free and open to everyone.

The winner of the 2005 International prize was Kristie Kinch from James Madison University, Virginia, in the United States, who won $5000 and an all expenses paid trip to Rome to collect her prize.

Her depiction of the message, a pool of splattered dark red blood on an otherwise pristine white floor, showing animal footprints walking to the blood, and human footprints walking away, really caught the eye of the judges for its subtle interpretation of the stark truth behind the legend ‘fur is cruel’.  To view the image please visit http://www.infurmation.com

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