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ND AWARD WINNERS

Meet this year’s New Designers Awards winners. All our winners created boundary breaking designs which were innovative and visually stunning.

There are 33 award winners spanning every design discipline. Each award category has been supported by a leading industry name.

View all our winners below. If you missed the online award ceremony you can watch it again below.

THROWN

THROWN CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS AWARD

LIBERTY FABRICS

THE LIBERTY FABRICS STUDIO AWARD

DANIEL EMBLETON

HABITAT

THE HABITAT FUTURE DESIGN AWARD: TEXTILES AND SURFACE PATTERN DESIGN

ANDREA GONZALES

THE CLOTHWORKER'S COMPANY

PRINTED TEXTILE DESIGN AWARD

YING (VICKY) HUANG

SILENTNIGHT

SILENTNIGHT SLEEP DESIGN AWARD

JOHN LEWIS & PARTNERS

THE JOHN LEWIS & PARTNERS AWARD FOR DESIGN AND INNOVATION: WEEK 1 DISCIPLINES

ROMO

THE ROMO AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN DESIGN AND COLOUR

COLOUR IN DESIGN AWARD

WEEK 1 DISCIPLINES

HALLMARK AWARD

HALLMARK AWARD: WEEK 1 DISCIPLINE

WILKO

WILKO RETAIL DESIGN AWARD: SURFACE PATTERN AND TEXTILES

THE GOLDSMITH'S COMPANY

THE GOLDSMITH'S COMPANY AWARDS

BRIGITA BIVAINYTE

MOLLIE MAKES

MOLLIE MAKES AWARD

SANDERSON DESIGN GROUP

SANDERSON DESIGN GROUP AWARD

CAITLIN STRACEY

THE GOLDSMITH'S COMPANY

THE GOLDSMITH'S COMPANY AWARDS

AFFINITY

THE AFFINITY DIGITAL DESIGN AWARD

ASHLEIGH BLADES

SANDERSON DESIGN GROUP

SANDERSON DESIGN GROUP AWARD

AARDMAN ACADEMY
THE SCREENING AWARD

STANNAH

THE JOSEPH STANNAH AWARD

LAKELAND

LAKELAND HOME DESIGN AWARD

NICK FITZPATRICK

FORD

FORD DESIGN AWARD

DCA DESIGN

PACKAGING FUTURES AWARD

KENWOOD

KENWOOD APPLIANCES AWARD

MATTHEW SHEPHERD

CAMBRIDGE CONSULTANTS

BREAKTHROUGH DESIGN AWARD

ALICE MCCUTCHEON

THE CONRAN SHOP & THE MARANDI FOUNDATION

DESIGNER OF THE FUTURE AWARD

JOSEPH JOSEPH

BRILLIANTLY USEFUL DESIGN AWARD

BELMOND

THE BELMOND AWARD

ANGLEPOISE

ABANDON DARKNESS AWARD

BILLY-JO PIERCE

COLOUR IN DESIGN AWARD ASSOCIATE 2

WEEK 2 DISCIPLINES

HALLMARK AWARD 2

WEEK 2 DISCIPLINES

ASHLEIGH BLADES

JOHN LEWIS & PARTNERS

THE JOHN LEWIS AND PARTNERS AWARD FOR DESIGN AND INNOVATION

CREATIVE CONSCIENCE AWARD 1

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AWARD

DOMINIK BONDICOV

HABITAT

THE HABITAT FUTURE DESIGN AWARD: FURNITURE, PRODUCT, INDUSTRIAL & SPATIAL DESIGN

CREATIVE CONSCIENCE AWARD 2

SOCIAL IMPACT DESIGN AWARD

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

This year’s ND AWARDS Ceremony included two incredible keynote speakers, ceramic artist Kate Malone and WeTransfer’s Creative Director, Nessim Higson.

Watch the Award Ceremony to hear their words of wisdom, encouragement and guidance to all graduating members of the ND Class of 21.

NESSIM HIGSON

WETRANSFER, EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Nessim Higson is Executive Creative Director of the Studio at WeTransfer where he is in charge of the creative brand, identity, and visual language of the company.

KATE MALONE

CERAMIC ARTIST & THE GREAT POTTERY THROW DOWN JUDGE

Working across decorative arts, large-scale public projects and glaze research, Kate produces designs with hand skills at the core of the collection enabling and conveying a sense of pleasure within the materials.

ND AWARDS SPONSORS

Want to see who our award sponsors are? Head over to the Sponsors page to see who is behind the ND AWARDS 21.

Please note the entry deadline for ND AWARDS 2021 has now passed.

DEADLINE: MIDNIGHT FRIDAY 28 MAY

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KEY INFORMATION

Click on the award title below to view the brief in full, read all brief overviews before clicking the download button
Once you have read and reviewed all briefs click the download button
After submitting your information on the form, all briefs will be listed and available to download
There is no limit to the number of awards you can respond to, but each entry must be tailored to that specific brief
Entries are to be submitted online (full details are supplied in each brief)
New Designers will take place 30 June – 3 July (Week 1) and 7 – 10 July 2021 (Week 2)
The ND AWARDS programme is open to graduates from participating courses that are part of New Designers 2021
Deadline for all entries: midnight Friday 28 May 2021

FURNITURE, PRODUCT, SPATIAL & INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

Silentnight: Sleep Design Award

Design a new concept for the traditional divan bed & headboard that can revitalise the product, incorporating texture, colour and possibly pattern.

PRIZE: £1000 prize to support the development of your design career.

Collaboration opportunity for the winning designer to work with the Silentnight development team to produce the selected design and retail through Silentnight’s website & Manchester ‘Sleep Hub’ Showroom.

DCA Packaging Futures Award

Design a new FMCG product/packaging system to help shift consumer behaviours to a more sustainable future.

PRIZE: The prize comprises of £1000 and the opportunity for a 6-week paid internship at DCA’s headquarters in Warwick, where you could get the unique opportunity to learn from a highly experienced design team who have been leading the industry for 60 years.

Kenwood Appliances Award

Apply the Trends of Company Living and Furnification to a Kitchen Food Preparation Appliance and evolve it into a product suitable for the broader home environment.

PRIZE: The winner will receive a £1,000 cash prize to help them in their development as a designer.

Kin Limited Product Design Award

Help customers to create more space for their recycling so that they can keep their kitchen tidy and organised.

PRIZE: The finalist will receive a 2-week Virtual placement, working on Kin live briefs. The product you have designed may be launched in the market. The winning design that the team feel are most relevant to the brief will receive an award of £1000. This sum is for the transferal of the IP of the project and product design to Kin Brands Limited.

Anglepoise Abandon Darkness Award

Given a blank sheet of paper, where would you take the humble task light?

PRIZE: £500 worth of Anglepoise products and 4 mentoring sessions.

The Habitat Future Design Award: Furniture, Product, Industrial and Spatial Design Award Brief

How can you make your home a happy Habitat? Pitch your design or idea that would fit perfectly alongside Habitat’s collection.

PRIZE:

Cambridge Consultants Breakthrough Design Award

An open call to all Product, Industrial & Spatial Design students.

PRIZE: An invitation for the winner and shortlisted designers to visit Cambridge Consultants (in Cambridge) and spend a day with our design teams in both the Medical Technology division and the Industrial, Consumer and Energy (ICE) division. This will be depending on COVID rules.

In addition, the winner will receive a £500 cash prize to support the development of their design career.

Ford Design Award

Respond to the narrative set by Ford and create an interesting, comfortable and engaging autonomous vehicle interior.

PRIZE: The prize given includes £1000 to support the development of your design career, alongside an opportunity to gain industry experience with a 2-month mentorship with our D-Ford designers.

Joseph Joseph: Brilliantly Useful Design Award

Demonstrate the ability to design a product with the Joseph Joseph principles of innovation and functionality at its core.

PRIZE: £500 to spend on Joseph Joseph products, plus a 6-week paid internship.

The Conran Shop & The Marandi Foundation: Designer of the Future Award

Present an idea or design that has viable commercial potential.

PRIZE: Mentorship and product development investment worth up to £40,000. This comprises:

The prize winner will be asked to provide exclusivity to The Conran Shop if it decides to consider commercial development and production. The panel will clarify terms and conditions of mentorship and product development opportunity with the individual upon completion of the competition.

The Joseph Stannah Award

Submit an innovative and inclusive design that promotes independent living, demonstrating through prototypes and visualisation to show how it solves the users real life problem.

PRIZE: The prize given includes £1000 to support the development of the winner design career, alongside an opportunity to gain industry experience with a 6-week paid placement in the Stannah design office.

Lakeland Home Design Award

Identify one issue within the categories of cooking, baking, laundry and cleaning to design a product which solves the problem experienced.

PRIZE: The winning design will receive £200 in Lakeland gift vouchers, alongside 6-months of virtual mentoring with the Lakeland Design Team.

VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS

Aardman Academy: The Screening Award

Open to ALL final year students from across the UK, showcase a selection of your work which embraces film, TV, video, moving image, gaming, digital media & animation.

PRIZE: The prize given will be £300 towards an Aardman Academy industry training course, to support the development of the winner’s design career.

The Affinity Digital Design Award

Submit a portfolio of work which makes a viewer stop and think.

PRIZE: iPad Pro / Affinity Photo / Affinity Designer / £1250 paid commission from the winner using Affinity, which we’d promote through our various channels.

Mollie Makes Award

Create an artwork to accompany a feature on the positive impact craft has on mental health.

PRIZE: A paid opportunity to design the Papers or Good Read illustration in Mollie Makes / A full page feature in Mollie Makes / A Q&A feature on the Mollie Makes website / A takeover on the Mollie Makes Instagram account, reaching over 150K followers.

Ford Design Award

Respond to the narrative set by Ford and create an interesting, comfortable and engaging autonomous vehicle interior.

PRIZE: The prize given includes £1000 to support the development of your design career, alongside an opportunity to gain industry experience with a two-month mentorship with our D-Ford designers.

Pentagram Young Designers Award

Create ‘ViewPoint’, a standalone magazine for WITNESS, utilising graphics in an impactful way.

PRIZE: The winner will receive a cash prize of £1,000 to support their design career, and a 3-month online mentorship programme with regular portfolio reviews and mentoring sessions with Domenic Lippa and his team.

The winning design will also be promoted on Pentagram’s social channels. When the current restrictions are lifted, the winner will also be invited for a tour of Pentagram’s London studio, and will leave with a bag full of Pentagram swag.

The Liberty Fabrics Studio Award

Present an interesting story through your work with the designs aim to surprise, charm and challenge.

PRIZE:

JEWELLERY, CERAMICS, GLASS & CONTEMPORARY DESIGN CRAFTS

Thrown Contemporary Ceramics Award

Present your work for a solo exhibition as the next new name in contemporary ceramics, open to all artists/designers/makers working in clay.

PRIZE: The winner will receive a £500 cash prize to assist in the development of their collection which will feature as an online selling solo exhibition on the gallery’s website in Spring 2022.

The Goldsmiths’ Company Jewellery Award

Celebrate someone or a group who have inspired you over the duration of lockdown and design a piece or suite of jewellery to wear to a formal evening event after all restrictions have been lifted.

PRIZE:

The Goldsmiths’ Company Silversmithing Award

Celebrate someone or a group who have inspired you over the duration of lockdown and design a piece or suite of silverware to be used or displayed as a centre piece at a formal evening event after all restrictions have been lifted.

PRIZE:

TEXTILES, FASHION, COSTUME DESIGN & SURFACE PATTERN

The Habitat Future Design Award: Textiles and Surface Pattern Design Award Brief

How can you make your home a happy Habitat? Pitch your design or idea that would fit perfectly alongside Habitat’s collection.

PRIZE:

The Clothworkers’ Company: Printed Textile Design Award

For the brave, trend setting, innovative designer with a good eye for colour, but prepared to ‘cross over’ into other merchandise arenas.

PRIZE: £1000 (to be presented to the successful designer at our Alumni Dinner on Monday, 27th September 2021).

The Liberty Fabrics Studio Award

Present an interesting story through your work with the designs aim to surprise, charm and challenge.

PRIZE:

The Romo Award for Innovation in Design and Colour

Create an exciting and innovative series of textile, wallcovering or surface pattern designs based around the theme ‘Reflection’.

PRIZE: £500 cash and a paid internship for up to 6 months in the Romo, Villa Nova or Black Edition design studios, giving first hand, practical experience of working in the creative hub of a leading textile design house.

Wilko Retail Design Award: Surface Pattern and Textiles

Design a collection of textiles, surface patterns for products or prints that capture a current trend and present universal appeal.

PRIZE:

Sanderson Design Group Award

Push yourself to try new mediums or techniques to create an explorative artwork which can be built into a surface pattern design for interiors.

PRIZE: The two winners of this award will receive a 12 month paid internship which will be based in either one of the 7 design studios.

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY

The Belmond Award

Aspire to create any object of desire fit for one or all of Belmond’s barges based in France.

PRIZE: The winner will receive a cash bursary and a commission to design a one-off piece to be manufactured and displayed on board a Les Bateaux Belmond barge due to complete an exciting renovation in 2021.

John Lewis & Partners Award for Design and Innovation: Week 1

Produce a standout collection with the beautiful use of colour and provide a distinct, original handwriting which would work well in a home environment.

PRIZE: The award will include £1000 & the opportunity to spend a day with the John Lewis & Partners Product Design Team in support of your career development.

John Lewis & Partners Award for Design and Innovation: Week 2

Enhance people’s lives by creating a standout Product, piece of Furniture or Space to react to the dramatic changes which have taken place in recent years to our home environments.

PRIZE: The award will include £1000 & the opportunity to spend a day with the John Lewis & Partners Product Design Team in support of your career development.

Hallmark Award: Week 1

Shift perceptions of the category ‘Greetings’, explore new thoughts and concepts for a future vision for Hallmark.

PRIZE: The prize given includes a £1000 to support the development of your design career, alongside a virtual 1 month mentorship opportunity to experience working with our in house designers and Design Directors.

Hallmark Award: Week 2

Shift perceptions of the category ‘Greetings’, explore new thoughts and concepts for a future vision for Hallmark.

PRIZE: The prize given includes a £1000 to support the development of your design career, alongside a virtual 1 month mentorship opportunity to experience working with our in house designers and Design Directors.

Creative Conscience Environmental Design Award

Create or build on a project that will improve the environment for the better.

PRIZE: At Creative Conscience, we are fortunate to have support from many great designers and practitioners working in the creative industry and can provide contacts and advice to assist the development of your design career. We aim to help the winning project towards becoming a reality.

Creative Conscience Social Impact Design Award

Create or build on a project that has benefit and impact, improving society for the better.

PRIZE: At Creative Conscience, we are fortunate to have support from many great designers and practitioners working in the creative industry and can provide contacts and advice to assist the development of your design career. We aim to help the winning project towards becoming a reality.

Colour In Design Award: Week 1

Create an outstanding and original design where colour features as a fundamental element and contributes significantly to its success.

PRIZE: The prize given includes a £1000 to support the development of your design career, alongside an opportunity to have ongoing mentoring, help and advice from design professionals. The winner will also be featured on the CIDA website and social media platforms.

Colour In Design Award: Week 2

Create an outstanding and original design where colour features as a fundamental element and contributes significantly to its success.

PRIZE: The prize given includes a £1000 to support the development of your design career, alongside an opportunity to have ongoing mentoring, help and advice from design professionals. The winner will also be featured on the CIDA website and social media platforms.

ND AWARDS 2021 BRIEFS

Explore below the first round of AWARDS and ASSOSIATE AWARDS briefs set by this year’s industry partners and sponsors.

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY

Creative Conscience

Creative Conscience

John Lewis & Partners

John Lewis & Partners

AWARDS: WEEK 1

TEXTILES & FASHION, COSTUME DESIGN, SURFACE PATTERN DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION, CERAMICS & GLASS, JEWELLERY & PRECIOUS METALWORK AND CONTEMPORARY DESIGN CRAFTS.

AWARDS: WEEK 2

FURNITURE DESIGN, PRODUCT & INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, SPATIAL DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS (GRAPHIC DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION & ANIMATION, MOTION & DIGITAL ARTS).

Creative Conscience

Creative Conscience

Ford Automotive

Cambridge Consultants

The Conran Shop & The Marandi Foundation

ASSOICATE AWARDS: WEEK 1

TEXTILES & FASHION, COSTUME DESIGN, SURFACE PATTERN DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION, CERAMICS & GLASS, JEWELLERY & PRECIOUS METALWORK AND CONTEMPORARY DESIGN CRAFTS.

Colour in Design Award

Colour in Design Award

The Clothworkers' Company

AWARDS: WEEK 2

FURNITURE DESIGN, PRODUCT & INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, SPATIAL DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS (GRAPHIC DESIGN, ILLUSTRATION & ANIMATION, MOTION & DIGITAL ARTS).

Colour in Design Award