Dr. Linda King writes for Eye Magazine Blog May 2009
Eye Magazine have just recently launched a blogsite and Linda has written a piece about the exciting upcoming conference Offset 2009 which will be held at Liberty Hall in Dubin in November 2009.

ISTD Student Assessment in Belfast April 2009
This year the International Society of Typographic Designers annual student assessment was held at the University of Ulster. A number of third and fourth year students at IADT entered and eight students successfully passed. These students will become members of the Society in July 2009.

NDRC Funding for Hilary Kenna February 2009
Hilary Kenna in partnership with Gabrielle Stafford of Twelve Horses and Dr. Aaron Quigley of UCD, have been successfully awarded funding for a digital media research project with the National Digital Media Research Centre (NDRC). The project called Dviz encompasses the design and development of an online platform for data and information visualisation. Hilary will be seconded part-time from February 2009 to February 2011 to work as Design Lead on the project.

Gerard Fox works on EI Innovation Voucher Project January 2009
Gerard Fox is working with Andy Clarke (PT Lecturer in Animation) on a motion graphics project with a company called Flexitimers under the Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher Scheme. The outcome will be an online viral advertising campaign.

ISTD at IADT April 2008
The Visual Communications programme recently hosted the International Society of Typographic Designers annual student assessment at IADT.
The assessment paired design lecturers and professionals from across Ireland to review and assess close to a hundred submissions over two days in April. Eight IADT students successfully passed this rigorous assessment with Kelly Mackenzie achieving the only Merit awarded during the Irish Assessment. The successful students will become full-members of the Society in June 2008.

David Smith ICAD Awards November 2007
Atelier the studio practice of lecturer David Smith achieved further success in the annual Institute of Creative Advertising + Design awards. Six Atelier projects were nominated and exhibited at the ICAD Best of Irish Advertising and Design show. Of the nominated projects a Gold award was received for PALLAS Heights, a book recording the activities, exhibitions and curation of an independent arts collective; further to what was the only Gold award for design a Silver and two Bronzes were also received.

Dr. Linda King November 2007
In November 2007 Linda King, course lecturer in Design History and Theory, was conferred with her PhD from Dublin City University. Her thesis Traditions and Modernities: Aer Lingus and the Visualisation of Irish Identities 1951-1961, provides an analysis of the airline’s pioneering graphic design and advertising strategies of the mid-20th century period. Linda is currently co-editing a volume on Irish Design and Material Culture for Cork University Press.

David Smith IDI Awards October 2007
The Biennial IDI all Ireland Design Awards were held recently in Dublin. Atelier the studio practice of lecturer David Smith featured prominently. The international jury recognised seven Atelier projects on a night of significant success for the studio. Along with a number of commendations the studio received the overall category winner and recipient of the prestigious EYE Award for best annual report for their design of the Fingal County Council Arts Plan.

Bank of Ireland Millennium Scholarship Trust September 2007
In September 2007 recent graduate JP Hartnett received a bursary from the Bank of Ireland Millennium Scholarship Trust. This award has enabled him to pursue a two-year MA in Communication Design at Central St. Martin’s, London. In July 2006 JP also received a Design History Society award for his undergraduate thesis: Derrida by Default: Wolfgang Weingart and the Accidental Deconstruction of Swiss Typography.

Marcus Swan, Design History Society Award July 2007
In July 2007 Marcus Swan won the prestigious Design History Society Award for academic excellence with his under graduate thesis: The Medium is the Text Message: the Social and Aesthetic Impact of Text Messages. The competition is open to all design students studying in the UK and Ireland and Marcus’ thesis is currently under consideration for publication in the Society’s internationally-renowned Journal of Design History.

Distinction for Claire Lynch from ISTD April 2007
Fourth year student, Clare Lynch submission for the 2007 ISTD annual assessment received a commendation from the Society. Clare was one of only two students internationally to achieve this standard. Recognised as a model of academic thoroughness and professionalism, the assessment considers the holistic project achievements and not just the final proposal. This rigour is demanded to ensure that the standards for ISTD membership are maintained. Clare’s received her certificate of commendation and offer of full-membership from Wim Crouwel at a ceremony in London. Studio tutor David Smith also received a certificate of excellence in recognition of IADT student’s typographic achievement.

Bank of Ireland Credit Card Design Competition 2006
Bronwyn Murphy-White won first prize of EUR3,000 at the Bank of Ireland student Credit card competition and a EUR2,000 prize was also presented to the design course. From Summer 2006 all BOI student credit cards will feature Bronwyn’s winning design.

Institute of Technology sector identity design competition 2006
IADT 3rd year design students received 10 commendations out of a possible 12 overall in this national student competition. Bronwyn Murphy-White was overall winner and received the first prize of a new Mac Book Pro laptop from Sean Dorgan, CEO of the IDA and another IADT student Ruth Donnelly was third placed runner-up.