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Anderson Strathern Award Announced • 12 Jun 2009, 7:45pm


michael ridd babyboardShowcase 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, 1:54am


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, 6:14pm


pvAfter 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, 2:17pm


Picture 33Work 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, 12:27pm


Picture 34BBC 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.

2009 Showcase Site Launched • 9 Jun 2009, 4:06pm


Picture 32 The website for Creative Showcase 2009 is now live.

As well as a selection of student work from the School of Arts & Creative Industries, the site also features PDF downloads of the new 2009 yearbooks from the four areas of the School: Design; English, Communications & Publishing; Music and Screen, Media & Photography.

Programme of Events Announced • 3 Jun 2009, 11:57am


NapierShowcaseEvents2009We are pleased to announce the programme of events for the week of the 2009 Creative Showcase, beginning 8th June.

Events include film screenings, creative writing workshops, musical performances and an exclusive book launch.

Download the programme (PDF 200k)

 




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