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Student Achievements

The Faculty has a long track record of student achievements which include a number awards in national and international competitions. Some of the recent achievements include finalists and winners in the following awards:

Achievements 2010

Achievements 2006/7

Student

International

Designboom: Seoul International Design Competition
Shortlisted: N Grantham (Industrial Design

National

Design Indaba Emerging Creatives
Students selected as participants: Kefilloe Tshabalala and Ndumiso Nyoni (Multimedia)
Sasol New Signatures Art Competition
Student work selected: Nicole Booyse (Fine Art)
Nike Sportswear Bursary
Student recipients: Bheki Mogapi (Clothing Management) and Mandisi Msingaphantsi (Fine Art)
Thami Mneyele Award at the Eukuruleni Art Awards
Merit award: Amber-Jade Geldenhuys (Fine Art). Participant: Sally Rumball (Fine Art)
PG Bison Student of the Year Award
Top 20 participant: C van Dyk (Interior Design)
Eskom Energy Efficient Lighting Award
Special award: A Plessers (Interior Design). Shortlisted: R Colahan, W De Graaf, L Dunlee, JH Ellis, M Erasmus, J Kavallieratos, P Roald (Industrial Design)
ARMSA Student Design Award
Winner: R Richartz. Second Place: M Erasmus (Industrial Design). Third Place: N Grantham (Industrial Design). Merit Certificates: J Kavallieratos, M Sharp and C O’Brien (Industrial Design)
Thutuka Jewellery Awards
Overall Winner: M Boverhoff. New Talent Award Commended: C Etsbeth. Category 3 Highly Commended: K Visser. Category 3 Commended: V Korff and J Shearer. Category 1 Merit Awards: CJ Turner, A Djoko Simo and C Lambo Kamgang (Jewellery Design)
Plat Africa Awards
Most Innovative Materials: J Shearer (Jewellery Design)
Shining Light Diamond Design Awards
Winners: Caitlin de Villiers and Argyris Papageorgiou (Jewellery Design)
Anglo Platinum Nelson Mandela Foundation Jewellery Auction
Selected Participant: Argyris Papageorgiou (Jewellery Design)
Rooftop II Sculpture Exhibition
Selected participants: Amber-Jade Geldenhuys, Zweletu Nanise, Patrick Jabour, Chivonne Naude, Sechaba Meloa, Jenny Pomeroy, Tyrone Tewson, Marsha Steyn and Robin Geduld (Fine Art)
KKNK National Art Festival Installation
Fine Art BTech Students participated
Cue Writer Award Grahamstown Arts Festival
Participant: MC Roodt
Sappi Thinkahead Awards
Finalist: Zelé Angelides
CN Furniture Design Competition
Team Finalists: B Semple, D Vucetic, R Hajee, O Mpye (Industrial Design)
Shift Housing Design Competition
Team Winners: Brent Clark, Sibo Shabalala, Tazwald Pillay (Architecture)
Concrete and Cement Institute Sustainable Building Design
Joint winner: Dirk Coetser (Architecture)
Tripod Photographic Competition
Winner: Kyle Pieterse (Architecture). Joint third place: Kyle Pieterse & Kyle Edmeades (Architecture)
Murray and Roberts Des Baker Student Design Competition
Team honourable mention: Daniel Lyonga, Dirk Coester, John Saaiman
Johannesburg Art Fair Special Projects: Screening Stations
Selected participants: Sakhile Gumbi, Moshibudi Phala and Joel Kanar (Multimedia)

Staff

National

Carol Boyes Metal 2010 Competition
Third Place: Chris Bradnum (Industrial Design Lecturer)
Anglo Platinum Nelson Mandela Foundation Jewellery Auction
Selected Participants: Labi Kapo and Hawa Bibi Essa (Part-time Jewellery Design Lecturers)

Achievements 2009

International

2009 Sony World Photography Awards Student Initiative Finalists: Amber-Jade Geldenhuys (Fine Art student) and Themba Masondo (Multimedia student)
Aspen Design Competition Designing Water’s Future Finalist: Martin Bolton (MTech Industrial Design)
Cannes International Advertising Festival Bronze Lion (BTech Graphic Design graduates Sindiso Nyoni and Tiko Ngobeni 3rd year Graphic Design student Daliwonga Gaga formed part of Ogilvy’s winning design team)

National

SABS Design Achievers Award 2nd Runner-up: Khaya Mchunu (BTech Fashion)
ellesse International Design Competition Finalist: Agi Masekela’s (3rd Year Multimedia)
Standard Bank New Member’s Art Exhibition participation: Sally Rumball (2nd year Fine Art)
Loerie Awards Finalists and Bronze

Category: Collateral Design (Bronze placing) Category: Crafts – Illustration (Graphic Design student) (Craft certificate)
Category: Motion Graphic Design (Multimedia student) - Finalist
Category: Digital Media (Multimedia student) - Finalist

Design Indaba Emerging Creatives participants Gordon Froud (MTech Fine Art), Martin Bolton (MTech Industrial Design), Tania Whiteley (BTech Graphic Design graduate) and Mokoena Maxwell Kobeli (B-Tech Multimedia graduate)
Des Baker Architectural Award 2nd Place: Julian Manshon and David E Couto (3rd year Architecture)
C & CI Design Competition winner (one of three): Kyle Peters (3rd year Architecture)
St Gobain Design Hub Competition Second & Third placing: Dirk Coester (3rd Year Architecture) & Joseph Matebane (1st year Architecture) – Joseph also won most innovative use of products earning him an internship in the UK.
Moving Space Third place: (Architecture & Multimedia Students)
PPC Sculpture Winner: Amber-Jade Geldenhuys (Fine Art student)
Thuthuka Jewellery Development Programme Overall winner: Argyris Papageorgiou (3rd year Jewellery Design); Winner in neckpiece category: Argyris Papageorgiou (3rd year Jewellery Design), Commended in neckpiece category: Thato Radebe and IIona Stichling (3rd year Jewellery Design Students)
Thinkahead Awards Gold in for portfolio and merit awards:James Smit (BTech Graphic Design Student); Placed in Publication and Print Advertising category: Zelé Angelides (3rd year Graphic Design Student); Placed in Ambient Media category: Yashad Singh (BTech Graphic Design Student)
AngloGold Ashanti AuDITIONS Finalist: Kyle Visser (2nd year Jewellery Design Student)

Gauteng/Johannesburg/Local

Joburg Easter Festival Gold Award for exhibition stand by Industrial Design, Multimedia and Fine Art students
CIT:Y Festival Winner Craft & Design: Zelè Angelides (3rd Year Graphic Design), Finalist Craft & Design:: Jessica Grobbelaar (2nd year Architecture), Finalist Visual Arts: Siyasanga Madybi (3rd Year Visual Art)

Internal Competition (external sponsor)

Phumelela Gaming and Leisure Limited Sports Bar Winner: Candice Whalley (3rd year Interior Design Student)
Nike Sportswear Bursary Competition: Mandisi Msingaphantsi (2nd year Fine Art) and Bheki Mogapi (2nd year Clothing Management)
Goethe-Institute Fallwall

Amber-Jade Geldenhuys with her winning work for the PPC Young Sculptor Awards 2009 Back of Amber-Jade Geldenhuys' winning work for the PPC Young Sculptor Awards 2009 Work of 2nd runner-up for SABS Design Achievers Award 2009
Winner: PPC Sculptor Awards 2009 2nd Runner-up: SABS Design Achievers 2009

Achievements 2008

US Institute for Student Leaders Programme (BTech Architectural student: Salma Wadee)

Runner-up in 2008 Design Achievers Award (BTech Fashion Design student: Tinyiko Baloyi)
Special mention in MNet EDiT Competition Awards 2008 (BTech Multimedia students: O’ Brien Manana and Loyiso Mkungela)
Winner of 2007 Gyproc Enervation Challenge (BTech Architecture student: Taswald Pillay)
Finalist in Power To The Pedal Design Competition set by Design 21: Social Design Network (3rd-year Industrial Design student: Victor Bezuidenhout)
Finalist in Plascon Prism Awards (2nd-year Architecture student: Dirk Coetser)
Bronze Award in Loeries student category (BTech Graphic Design student: Tanya Whiteley)
Exclusive Books Fanatics Bag Design (2nd-year Industrial Design student: Samantha Linakis)
Botswana President’s Day Celebrations: Best in Graphics (BTech Fine Art student: Uhuru Kgope)
Runner-up and finalist in the 2008 PG Bison Architecture student of the year (3rd-year Architecture student; Sergio Murray) Finalists (Architecture students: Dewald Badenhorst and Francisco Hamilton Alves)
Five Roses Student Design Competition: Finalists (Fashion Students: Catriona Louser and Wayne Struwig)
Tim Morris Bursary Award at Corobrick National Ceramics Exhibition - Ceramic Design student: Kenny Sonono
Open Think Box Design Competition: First Place (Architecture student Sergio Murray) Second Place (Architecture student: Zubair Saider) Honourable Mention (Architecture Student: Themba Maluleke)
2008 Gyproc Design Hub Competition: 3rd place overall and best technically resolved design (Tshanda Mbuyi - BTech Architecture student) Most innovative concept (Warren Segal - 3rd-year Architecture student)
International Competition: Power To The Pedal: Finalist (Victor Bezuidenhout - 3rd-year Industrial Design Student)

Achievements 2007

Murray & Roberts Des Baker Architectural Student Competition 2007 (Architecture students)
Sanlam SA Fashion Week Student “Jacket Competition” (Fashion Design student)
MNet Edit Competition: Music Video Category (Multimedia student)
Sasol Wax Awards (Jewellery Design students)
AngloGold Ashanti Completion 2007 (Jewellery Design students)
AngloPlat Awards 2007 (Jewellery Design student)
Carol Boyes Metal New Designer Search (Industrial Design student)
House & Leisure/Designers at Mr Price Home Competition 2007 (Industrial Design student)
The 2007 Loerie Awards (Graphic Design student)
2007 Student Goldpack Awards (Graphic Design student)
Sportech Design Challenge 2007: Mean Machine Car Makeover (Industrial Design student)

Achievements 2006/7

2006 12th Annual PG Bison Student of the Year Award (Architecture student).

Decorex Home Lighting Competition 2006 (Industrial Design student)
Elle Decoration/Woolworths Design Competition 2006 (Industrial Design student)
Design Achievers Award 2006 (Graphic Design student)
Multichoice VUKA! Awards 2005 in the Newcomer Category for Best Sound Design/Original Music (Multimedia students)

Award winning work by Uhuru Kgope