An image from Arctic Alba, Gemma Lord's Degree Show project.
Gemma is the recipient of the 2015 Newbery Medal
Product Design graduate, Gemma Lord, is the recipient of the 2015 Newbery Medal, the highest accolade awarded by The Glasgow School of Art, it was announced today 19 June 2015. The Newbery Medal, named after Francis (Fra) Newbery, who commissioned Mackintosh to design the now world-famous art school building, is awarded each year to the highest performing student across the Schools of Architecture, Design and Fine Art.
Gemma Lord’s Degree Show project, Artic Alba, explores the idea of ‘North’ and being ‘Northern’, locating the exploration within the context of changing relationships with the Arctic. At a time when an entire population is seeking post-referendum reconciliation, the political reverberations of which are still being experienced, she uses design to probe the real, perceived and imagined conditions of being a ‘Northern’ nation, investigating the relationships that Scottish people have with the North. Through the idea of Arctic Alba, and proliferating the narratives within it, it becomes possible to imagine how Scotland might transform in an Arctic future and how evolving relationships with the North might manifest themselves in everyday life.
Chairman’s Medals were presented to Ronan Morris and Aoibhin Sarah McGinley, (Stage 5 Architecture); Alan Knox, (Communication Design); and Rosanna Lee (Sculpture and Environmental Art).
42 graduating students also won awards across a variety of specialisms (full list below).
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- In 2014, for the first time, the GSA awarded an honorary Newbery Medal to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
THE GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART GRADUATE PRIZES 2015
Newbery Medal
Gemma Lord, Product Design
Chairman's Medal
Ronan Morris and Aoibhin Sarah McGinley, Stage 5 Architecture
Alan Knox, Communication Design
Rosanna Lee, Sculpture and Environmental Art
OPEN AWARDS
W.O. Hutcheson Prize
Lewis Norman Armstrong, Stage 5 Architecture
Bryony Rose, Painting & Printmaking
Landscape Drawing Prize
Julia Mary Underwood, Stage 5 Architecture
Gregor Henderson, Painting & Printmaking
GSA Prize for Sustainability
1st place Karen Westland, Silversmithing & Jewellery
2nd place Angela Karpouzi, Textiles
3rd place Louise Mushet, MDes Product Design
FORUM FOR CRITICAL INQUIRY
Dissertation Prize for School of Design
Alan Knox, Communication Design
Dissertation Prize for School of Fine Art
Roseanna Lee, Sculpture & Environmental Art
Essay Prize for School of Design
Jamie Plaumer, Communication Design
Essay Prize for School of Fine Art
Martha Simms, Painting and Printmaking
MACKINTOSH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Joe Park Award
Gordon McMillian, Stage 5 D3P
Bourdon Prize
Finn Robert Wilkie, Stage 5
MSA Stage 4 BArch(Hons) Portfolio Prize
Bruce Robert Doran, Stage 4 (Hons)
MSA Research Project Prize
Paul John Owens, Stage 4
SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Design in Action Prize
Stephanie Roden, Communication Design
Sam Walker, Communication Design
Silversmithing and Jewellery
Richard H Arroll Memorial Prize
Rachel Blair
Incorporation of Hammermen
Ieva Mikutaite
Kathleen Reilly
The Peter Wylie Davidson Memorial Prize
Karen Westland
Fashion and Textiles
Incorporation of Bonnetmakers Prize
Jonathan Douglas
Incorporation of Weavers Innovation Prize
Amy Bond
Christopher McEvoy-Barton
Incorporation of Tailors Prize
Abi Jubb
Bill Naysmith Innovation Award
Jenni Barrett
Incorporation of Skinners Prize
Kelly McEwan
Interior Design
James Brough Memorial Prize
Charlie Boutflower
Stakis Prize
Anna Broger
The Douglas Clerk Memorial Prize
Peter Quinn
Product Design
Neil Morris Prize
Lewis Just, Y5 MEDes
SCHOOL OF FINE ART
Steven Campbell Hunt Medal
Leo Arnold, Painting & Printmaking
The James Nicol McBroom Memorial Prize for Fine Art
Rebecca Snow, Painting & Printmaking
Painting
Armour Prize
Ying Quek
Jock Macfie Prize
Megan Causton
Jamie Limond
Printmaking
Philip Reeves Prize
Euphrosyne Andrews
Glasgow Print Studio
Evie Cooper
Euan Stewart Memorial Prize
Lea Sautin
Sculpture
Benno Schotz Prize
Josephine Sweeney
Fine Art Photography
The Roger Ackling Prize for Photography
Emma Sandstrom
Environmental Art
The David Harding Public Art Project Prize
Jamila Brown