Emma Gill, a recent graduate of the BA(Hons) Interior & Furniture Design has beat off international competition to win the Design History Society Undergraduate Essay Prize 2022, for her essay based on her undergraduate thesis. This thesis was titled 'Why is Modern Design Employed to Reinforce the Concept of Villainy in Film? Immorality and Modernism in the Contemporary Villain’s Lair' and looks at the role that interiors, furniture and architecture plays in film, and particularly focuses on how Modernist design is used in depicting villain's basement lairs.

More detail about Emma's essay can be read here: https://www.designhistorysociety.org/blog/view/2022-undergraduate-essay-prize-winner-emma-gill-shares-an-overview-of-her-winning-essay

Congratulations to our graduates on winning and commendations at the IDI Graduate Awards 2021

VISUAL MERCHANDISING/EXHIBITION DESIGN
Winner
H2O I DO Morgan Rafferty TU Dublin

PRODUCT (FURNITURE)
Winner
Framing Space Shona Hunt TU Dublin

DESIGN RESEARCH
Commended
Distinction or Resistance: Investigating the Appeal of Analogue Printing Today Lydia Moran TU Dublin

DESIGN FOR MOVING IMAGE
Commended
Music in Deaf Ears Jaima Gago TU Dublin

PRINTED BOOK
Commended
Universal Languages: From Silent to Talkies Jaima Gago TU Dublin
The Influence of Metropolis Timmy Warren TU Dublin

TYPOGRAPHY
Commended
Holistic Herbalism Claire-Louise Vickery TU Dublin
Lords of the Wood Lydia Moran TU Dublin

UNIVERSAL DESIGN
Commended
Drogheda Community Centre Laima Jaceviciute TU Dublin