AUT School of Art and Design has 48 finalists at this year’s Best Awards.
The Best Awards is the design industry’s annual showcase recognising excellence in graphic, spatial, product, interactive and motion design.
Head of AUT School of Art and Design Andrew Withell says the school is really pleased with this year’s Best Awards finalists announcement.
He says, “Congratulations to all the finalists, we are really proud of you.”
“This great outcome is a reflection of the high calibre of staff and students here at AUT. Well done to all!”
The 2019 Best Awards winners will be announced in October.
Click here to find out more about the AUT Best Awards 2019 finalists.
AUT Finalists in the 2019 Best Awards
Graphic
Patterns for Utopia – Hannah Small
Living in the In-between – Manami Miyaki
Hamilton Now – Bianca Cross, Hannah Small, Megan Laxon
Overview(ed) – Aprille Lopez
Veipa O E AATI – Shaun Naufahu
12.24 – Dion Choi
Material Sound – Lachlan Giles
Generation Z – Anna Hughes
SHIFT exhibition - Luke Guilford, Nathan Walker, Aimee Preston & Michael Moore
Promethean Projects - Joe Moore
Han – Jun Yun Choi
Aphant – Aimee Preston
Akairo Atui – Christopher Ogle-Piggott
Interactive
Eatio – Bryoni Harper
WasteNot – Eilish Out-O’Reilly
Flashback – Zoe Jarvis
SHIFT exhibition - Luke Guilford, Nathan Walker, Aimee Preston, Zoe Jarvis, Eilish Out-O'Reilly & Michael Moore
Robin – Toni Clarke
DAIRY – Ivana Garcia
Moving Image
Astro - Vaughn Low, Jadon Miller, Alex Rankin & Claire Park
Flowers are my Passport - Hossien Najafi
Cupcakes – Nick Dew, Zach Fields, Wendy Fan & Hannah Rogers
Colourless – Enid Hu & Pae Nuanmangsor
Nga Aho Award
Nga Wai o te Waitemata – Nina Van Lier
Product
Tracheostomy – Charlotte Dickson
_01 – Benny Butcher
Outflow – Oscar Zhong & Cairo Tynel Wetini-Ngaropo
The Kiwi - Painless Dental Anaesthetic – Kate Weatherly
Fa'amama – Tui Meki
FOLD - Sam McGerty & Jonathan Aquino
Microp – Nick Fromont
Playtime Garden – Levon Hutchinson
The Pendulum Chair – Finn Stapleton
Kiera Desktop Garden – Alice Thompson
Ranaga - Space Divder – Anton Elliot
Public Good Award
Nature@play – Gareth Abraham
the accessible Co-design Toolkit – Olivia Labattaglia
Spatial
The Stillness of Motion – Michelle Whitworth
Fort Lane – Shawn Wimalaratne
NEW NIU – Sharon Semi-Tugia
Directional Line – Silva Kostandini
Redemption – Xuanyung Sun
witin: Penhouse Apartment for Agnes Martin – Chang Huang
Dramaturgical Encounter – Shivneel Prasad
Confabulations: Estranged Memories Unfolding Home – Frank Liu
Immersed In Captivating Time – Allen Gao
Un/making Home – Zeenia Irani
The Performance Terrain Theater – Lauren