Dates announced for 2010 • 9 Mar 2010, 2:14pm
Anderson Strathern Award Announced • 12 Jun 2009, 6:45pm
Showcase sponsors Anderson Strathern announced their “Formidable but Friendly” Award for Outstanding Achievement 2009 on Wednesday night.
The overall winner was Michael Ridd from BDes (Hons) Product Design, for his “BabyBoard”, a new lightweight way to carry small children on public transport.
A number of other students exhibiting in the show also received Honourable Mentions:
Victoria Baty – BDes (Hons) Product Design – “Hybridians”
Arturo Pereira Delgado – BA (Hons) Photography and Film – “The Way to Macondo”
Albert Guardiola – BDes (Hons) Product Design – “Social Kitchen”
Jennifer Hargrave – BA (Hons) Photography and Film – “Minute”
Rebecca Kaye – MA Creative Advertising – “Childline”
Sam Luntley – BA (Hons) Photography and Film – “coop not hole”
Scott McPate & Tracey Darby – MA Creative Advertising (joint project) – “Scottish Seabird Centre”
Andrew Murray – MDes Interdisciplinary Design – “Made by…”
Laraine Naughton – BDes (Hons) Interior Architecture – “Heart of Leith”
Paul Rich – BDes (Hons) Interior Architecture – “Safe Haven”
Zoe Winters – BA (Hons) Photography and Film – “Animal”
Pillow Talk on STV • 12 Jun 2009, 12:54am
Following on from the recent BBC interest, Nekane Guezala and her tutor Dr Paul Rodgers were invited onto STV’s The Hour Show yesterday to present the Pillow Talk project to Dragon’s Den entrepeneur Shaf Rasul.
Open for Business • 11 Jun 2009, 5:14pm
After two very successful private views, the showcase exhibition opened to the public today at the Roxy Art House.
The exhibition runs daily 10am – 6pm until Sunday.
Pillow Talk • 10 Jun 2009, 1:17pm
Work by master’s student Nekane Guezala has been featured by the BBC. “Pillow Talk” lets you record what’s on your mind before you go to sleep. A speech recognition system then prints out your to-do list for you to read in the morning.
Nekane is a student on the MDes Interdisciplinary Design course.
Student recruits Mamma Mia star • 10 Jun 2009, 11:27am
BBC News reports on Daniel Taylor’s graduation film “Cat Eats Dog” which features Ashley Lilley, star of the recent box office hit “Mamma Mia”.
Ms Lilley was a special guest at the premier at Edinburgh Filmhouse on Monday, which also featured other work by students graduating this year.