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AUT finalists at Best Awards 2024
22 Aug, 2024
This year’s Best Awards finalist list features 80 AUT student projects.
The students’ work is shortlisted across Student Graphic, Graphic Editorial & Books, Student Moving Image, Student & Academic Product, Student Public Good, Student & Academic Spatial, Student Digital and Toitanga design categories.
Additionally, a project by AUT's Dr George Hajian, with AUT grad Abbey Luong, is a finalist in the Editorial and Books category.
In 2023, students and staff from AUT won 45 Best Awards, including 15 Gold, 10 Silver and 19 Bronze pins, the University’s best result so far.
Established in the 1970s, the Best Awards are the Design Institute of New Zealand’s annual showcase of excellence and are open to all.
The 2024 winners will be announced at a ceremony in Auckland on 11 October.
See below for a full list of AUT student finalists, by category:
- Sophia Maniquis - Apo
Lecturers: Gerbrand Van Melle, Keryn Christiansen - Bea A Ellis - Children of the Forest: A Bigger World
Lecturers: Masaya Todoroki - Karen Li – Cubipet
Lecturers: Gerbrand Van Melle, Keryn Christiansen - James Gilmer - Recycle Guide
Lecturers: Gerbrand Van Melle, Keryn Christiansen - Hannah Inez Alcoba - Virtual EcoCollect (VEC)
Lecturers: Gerbrand Van Melle, Keryn Christiansen - Frances Ryder - Goodnight Molly Trailer - A free digital storybook
Lecturers: James Smith, Keryn Christensen
- Bom Verkade - APT. 5B, 2023
Lecturers: George Hajian, Meighan Ellis - Holly Craig - Be Picky
Lecturers: Marcos Mortensen Steagall, Fiona Grieve - Sophie Williamson - Cairn
Lecturers: Marcos Mortensen Steagall, Fiona Grieve - Qianying Li - Dreams of a Solo Traveller
Lecturers: Marcos Mortensen Steagall, Fiona Grieve - Libby Marr - Embracing Imperfections
Lecturers: David-joel Van Vliet, Becky Ford - Jacob Davis - Expression as Type
Lecturers: George Hajian, Meighan Ellis - Grace Naylor - From Third Place
Lecturers: Marcos Mortensen Steagall, Fiona Grieve - Yiran Liu - Ghost Talk
Lecturers: Tatiana Tavares, Cecelia Faumuina - Madelaine Janiga-Warren - GSR1863
Lecturers: George Hajian, Meighan Ellis - Abbey Luong - Huong Display
Lecturers: George Hajian, Meighan Ellis - Jannisa Seck - Illustrating Pain; Communicating the Chronic Pain Experience
Lecturers: Ivana Nakarada-Kordic, Cassie Khoo - Brianna Ching - In the making; an artistic manifesto
Lecturers: David-joel Van Vliet, Becky Ford - Alistair Charlesworth - Knead
Lecturers: Marcos Mortensen Steagall, Fiona Grieve - Ella Madsen Brough - Lumen
Lecturers: Marcos Mortensen Steagall, Fiona Grieve - Pilar Cruz - Maria, Maria!
Lecturers: Marcos Mortensen Steagall, Fiona Grieve - Grace Costello - Midtown Type
Lecturers: George Hajian, Meighan Ellis - Renier Manalili - Pangako Ko
Lecturers: Tatiana Tavares, Phoebe Smith - Junhui Huang - Realm of the Abyss (幽冥圖鑑)
Lecturers: David-joel Van Vliet, Becky Ford - Billie Fee - St
Lecturers: Tatiana Tavares, Phoebe Smith - Ella Mishan - The Shabbat Table
Lecturers: Marcos Mortensen Steagall, Fiona Grieve - Elena Roige - True North
Lecturers: George Hajian, Meighan Ellis - Kayla Williams - waha o Tanē
Lecturers: Caroline Powley, George Hajian - Kexin (Summer) Shan - Wanderer: An aesthetic (sensory) inquiry into the experience of exile
Lecturers: Welby Ings, Fiona Grieve - Sean Imbang - Weaving the Filipino Soul
Lecturers: George Hajian, Meighan Ellis - Catherine Pascual - Magnetise
Lecturers: George Hajian, Becky Ford, Tatiana Tavares - Peter Ittithamawat - Feast or Famine
Lecturers: George Hajian, Meighan Ellis - Johanna Rico - Kancil and Tiger
- Hansika Tiyyagura - A Frame Through Nature
Lecturers: Gregory Bennett, Ivana Nakarada-Kordic - Qian Shen - Angel
Lecturer: Miriam Harris - Anya Hill, Emily Liu - Bucketlist
Lecturer: Hossein Najafi - Michael Malbog, Neil Bhat - Counterpart
Lecturer: Emily Ramsey - Hanvit Kang, Ha Anh Vu - Dreams are made of water and paint
Lecturer: Emily Ramsey - Amani Stunnenberg, Chris Maxwell, Felix Clack - Metanoia
Lecturer: Hossein Najafi - Lucas Lam - Mikey's World
Lecturer: Hossein Najafi - Ian Di Fiore - Pokerbot
Lecturer: Miriam Harris
- Callum Forbes-Day - (un)dressing Utopia; Connecting to a Local Exploration of Fashion Consumption
Lecturers: Jyoti Kalyanji, Leica Johnson - Chris Anderson - AIRY
Lecturer: Stephen Reay - Hugo Tucker - Elevate
Lecturer: Stephen Reay - John Borras Tan - Memory Card Library
Lecturers: George Hajian, David Sinfield - Yunjae Kim - Morph 'X
Lecturers: Anke Nienhuis, Gautam Madhavan Nair - Giulia Harper - NEST
Lecturers: Jyoti Kalyanji, Dan Collings - Savannah Boulle - Papilio
Lecturers: Anke Nienhuis, Gautam Madhavan Nair - Mark Rous - RESERVE
Lecturers: Anke Nienhuis, Gautam Madhavan Nair - Toby Stroobant - Rise
Lecturer: Stephen Reay - Paige Ihaka - RYTHMO
Lecturers: Anke Nienhuis, Gautam Madhavan Nair - Amy Leong - S_orb
Lecturers: Anke Nienhuis, Gautam Madhavan Nair - Jennifer Susanto - Squawky Talky
Lecturers: Anke Nienhuis, Gautam Madhavan Nair - Gautam Madhaven Nair, Jhansi Kumar - Swing: Bio - Composite furniture
Lecturers: Anke Nienhuis, Sangeeta Karmokar - Deanna Griffin - The Woolly Explorer
Lecturers: Jyoti Kalyanji, Dan Collings - Soohyun Han - Triton
Lecturers: Anke Nienhuis, Gautam Madhavan Nair - Michael Morgan - Whakatō
Lecturers: Jyoti Kalyanji, Dan Collings - Jacob Smith - Woo-Lace
Lecturers: Jyoti Kalyanji, Dan Collings - Niamh Beattie - Woolstem
Lecturers: Jyoti Kalyanji, Dan Collings
- Anna Kernahan - A Wonderfully Wonky World
Lecturers: David-joel Van Vliet, Becky Ford - Jannisa Seck - Illustrating Pain; Communicating the Chronic Pain Experience
Lecturers: Ivana Nakarada-Kordic, Cassie Khoo - Talia Schofield - Know Who You're Eating
Lecturers: Marcos Mortensen Steagall, Fiona Grieve - Maddi Hohneck - Rewired
Lecturers: David-joel Van Vliet, Becky Ford - Mia Freeman - Single Handed
Lecturers: Tatiana Tavares, Phoebe Smith - Kyani Utia - Tapu Tivaevae
Lecturers: Stephen Reay, Cassie Khoo - Jordan Tane, Tomairangi Morgan - Tō Mātou Kāinga, Tō Mātou Ūkaipō
Lecturers: Tanya Allport, Cassie Khoo, Tom Johnson - Janella Paloso - Tronicwaste
Lecturers: Tatiana Tavares, Phoebe Smith - Nathan Beetge - Understanding Experiences; A Chronic Pain Toolkit
Lecturer: Stephen Reay - Laura Jane Gooderson - Guard our Gulf
Lecturer: Meighan Ellis
- Anya Mayo, Kaye Pambid, Grace Abplanlp, France Garcia, Brodie Harrison - Birdsong
Lecturers: Rachel Carley, Lucy Meyle - Heather Garside, Naiki Saito, Riya Patel, Coco Zhu, Sophie Mebius - Company of Silence
Lecturers: Rachel Carley, Lucy Meyle - Davis Wu - Fragments
Lecturers: Carl Douglas, Yana Dombrowsky-M'Baye - Alessandra Mayo - Gutter Art
Lecturers: Sue Gallagher, Frank Liu, Jewel Yan - Grace Fraser, Ruby Robinson, Jocelyn Glenn, Bella Lin, Mehak Vaidyanathan - JAM House
Lecturers: Rachel Carley, Lucy Meyle - Piraya Ruengsakoon - Not all Parasites are Predators
Lecturers: Carl Douglas, Rafik Patel - Matthew Davis - Object Sketch; 3D-printed ceramics
Lecturer: Carl Douglas - Sabrina Young - Tanpopo
Lecturers: Sue Gallagher, Frank Liu, Jewel Yan
- Jordan Tane, Tomairangi Morgan - Tō Mātou Kāinga, Tō Mātou Ūkaipō
Lecturers: Tanya Allport, Cassie Khoo, Tom Johnson - Zak Thomson - He Kapua Whakapipi, He Kapua Whakapapa
Lecturers: Natalie Robertson & Jenni Tupu
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