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YCN Student Awards 2010
January 05, 2010
We are very pleased to be kicking off the new year with a second round of college tours to promote the YCN Student Awards in anticipation of the submission deadline on 26th March. Look out for a visit from YCN at a college or university near you!
A is for Christmas…
December 18, 2009
Have a busy christmas if you're working on this year's Student Awards briefs, and we hope all those from last year are enjoying their A awards; the remainder of which have been posted this week. Remember... they're for life, not just for Christmas!
A is by Åh…
November 27, 2009
This week we have been busy collating nominations in preparation for announcing those who will receive an A award for illustration next Friday. We've seen some fantastic work; a big thank you to everyone who has kindly nominated their favourite emerging illustrators.
In addition, after much anticipation, all those commended as part of the 2008/9 Student Awards will be receiving their rubber A awards in the post over the next week or so!
The A form was created by Johanna Lundberg and Elin Svensson of Åh, who have since developed a fantastic A related animation, which can be seen here.
OKAYStudio model and measure an A award
November 04, 2009
The special rubber moulded A award for the YCN Student Awards is kindly modelled here by Peter and Oscar from OKAYStudio along with Tomas Klassnik. The photo is from a series taken by Guy Archard for the forthcoming (and newly formatted) YCN Annual. The Annual will be distributed across universities, colleges and art & design schools before Christmas. All of the live creative briefs that form the basis of this year's YCN Student Awards can be found here.
Call for Entries launched!
November 01, 2009
The Call for Entries for the 2009/10 YCN Student Awards is now live. Now in their 8th year, the awards exist to unearth and showcase emerging creative talent in design and communication. The YCN Student Awards are based around a collection of live creative briefs, written each year by partnering brands, charities and other organisations. As well as being presented with a special A award (the brand new physical award from YCN) all those Commended will have their work showcased as part of our annual summer show, receive placements and other professional development opportunities with leading agencies, and be celebrated in the pages of our Annual. All this year's briefs, and all else needed to take part, can now be found online. Many thanks to Jamie Brown for creating the lovely balloon illustrations you'll see throughout.
See all the latest Live Briefs here
2008/09 Commendations
November 01, 2009
All work Commended as part of last year's YCN Student Awards was showcased at an event hosted at Village Underground; and can now be seen online too. Enjoy!