Simon Pioli & Jia Ying Gnoh from Staffordshire University mixed with professional designers, fellow design students, rock stars (yes-rock stars), TV presenters and over 250 guests at The Rose Bowl, Leeds...which hosted the award ceremony for the Northern Design Competition.After enjoying roast beef, yorkshire pudding (& gravy of course), the 50 selected students were introduced (out of over 3,ooo entries), and awarded their prizes (one of which was given out by Riki Wilson of The KaiserChiefs......(former graphics students at Leeds). Simon & Jia were 2 out of 7 students in the Graphic Design category which was won by a student at Lincoln. It was still a great achievement for what was Level 1 and Level 2 work, as most students had already graduated, or in some cases, were doing PhDs.
So, after the awards, the band kicked in and the remaining free beer
& wine polished off! An excellent night and a lot of interest was shown towards Simon and Jais work. Better luck next time guys. You can view some of Simon's work at www.simonpioli.com
(Is that Margaret Mumford recruiting for the next Apprentice??)