AILDM NATIONAL STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION 2008
Results
1st Sheree Grant – Kurri Kurri TAFE NSW
2nd Julian Bombardiere – Ryde TAFE NSW
3rd Simone Cooke – NMIT Victoria
Inaugural Allan Correy Student Design Award –
Simone Cooke – NMIT Victoria
Judges Comments
This year’s standard of presentation was generally much higher. If the competition was for presentation and graphics we’d have had a lot of trouble selecting a winner.
Plans, elevations and plant and product information were very well displayed.
Hard materials were well-researched and clearly represented on plan and in legend.
This was often not the case with plant material where identifying stategies of legend were confusing. More research/ thought needs to be made by students so that a particular species is represented as occupying a reasonable area on plan. Eg Elaeocarpus reticulatus shown as a 1200mm wide circle is misleading or shows a lack knowledge of the plant’s size.
We feel there was too much concentration on detail and not enough focus on basic functionality. There is a tendency to make design too complex, which is understandable with students wanting to explore possibilities and be original, however, there is a brief and this should be met and the winners achieved this as well displaying flair and creativity.
All projects have a brief and a successful design always addresses the brief. A well interpretted brief can stimulate creativity and interesting solutions.
The submissions that won the judges approval had a clarity of design that would have met the needs of the hypothetical clients while clearly communicating the design intent.
Graphics and presentation were simply but beautifully carried out. The designs and spaces were well balanced and enhanced the space.
The winner of the inaugural Alan Correy Student Design Award (not necessarily 1st place) demonstrated that a thorough reading of the brief and a thoughtful response could translate into an interesting and satisfying design.
Once again it’s pleasing to see a high level of work being submitted from centres in all States.
This year we had entrants from seven colleges or universities from Queensland, NSW, ACT, Victoria and South Australia.
We thank and congratulate all students for their efforts as well as their teachers for supporting the competition.
