Annual Essay Prize

August 1st 2011

The following students have been nominated by tutors for this year's essay prize. Congratulations to all of them. The winners will be announced in August and short pieces about their essays will appear in a later newsletter.

Undergraduates:

Claire Quigley, Limerick School of Art and Design: 'The DIY Craft Subculture'.

Dermot Collins, Dublin Institute of Technology; 'The Graphic Language of Hip Hop'.

Miglena Minkova, Camberwell College of Arts; 'What Relevance Does the Demonstration of Process, Methodology and Theory Have in the Current Design Environment?'

Sharon Adams, University of Brighton, ' When is a Spade not a Spade? An investigation into the use of tool motifs in contemporary visual culture.'

Mark Kobine, Edinburgh College of Art; 'In Praise of Lesser Things'.

John Darcy, Limerick School of Art and Design; 'Questioning the Necessity of Design and Brand Relations in Social and Ethical Concerns.'

Caroline Jane Jenkinson, Loughborough University; 'How Are Blind and Visually Impaired People Enabled to Access Art and Design?'

Ceol Ryder, Limerick School of Art and Design, 'Who Are Ya? An analysis of the creation and representation of footballing identity through football fan culture.'

Postgraduates:

Ruth Mason, V&A/RCA; 'A Communion Token: religion, identity and power in the early nineteenth- century Scots Church, London Wall'.

Chiara Clarke Siravo, V&A/RCA; 'Time and Death: Caterina de Julianis' Scarabattoli, Naples, 1695-1742'.

Veronica Contreras-Torres, University of Brighton; 'Consuming Facilities: values and authenticity in museum shops'.

Marek Kultys, Central St Martins College of Art and Design; 'Lingua Extraterrestris: lessons in universal communication or the designer's understanding of CETI in science and fiction.'

Vera Sacchetti, School of Visual Arts, New York; 'Design Crusades; a critical reflection on social design.'

Ness Wood, University of Brighton; 'Setting up Home with Bill and Betty'.

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