Graduates of the Year 2024 – Shortlist revealed
DIA – Awards
• When
Gotya State and National winners will be announced on Thursday, 19 September 2024 from 6.00pm to 7:30pm AEST
• Where
Stylecraft showrooms in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
• Price
$25 + GST + BF
We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Graduates of the Year Awards (GOTYA) 2024. An exciting selection has been made of 59 entries across three cross-disciplinary categories—Place, Use, and Interact.
All national winners will have the chance to vie for the prestigious Madeline Lester Award, the highest honour in the industry for recent design graduates. The recipient of this esteemed award will be revealed at the Designers Australia Awards in Melbourne in November. Stay tuned for more details.
The GOTYA program is the Design Institute of Australia's flagship initiative for emerging designers, playing a crucial role in providing vital, real-life feedback from experienced designers and industry figures to tertiary institutions and design graduates.
We invite you to join us at Stylecraft next Thursday where the winners will be revealed. With the event expected to sell out quickly, we encourage you to secure your tickets early.
The 2024 Shortlist is listed below:
Haojun Guan, Monash University, VIC
PLACE
— Higher Education
Angel Chee, Monash University, VIC
Xingchen Fan, Monash University, VIC
Jenna Fisher, University of New South Wales, NSW
Bek Germein, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), QLD
Haojun Guan, Monash University, VIC
Natasha Hutton, University of South Australia, SA
Krystal Inosa, Curtin University, WA
Rachel Jacobs, University of New South Wales, NSW
Jake Lane, University of South Australia, SA
Chevorn Mason, Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University, QLD
Apryll Robertson, TAFE Design Centre Enmore, NSW
Joelle Rose, Monash University, VIC
Anh Tran, RMIT University, VIC
Lin Lin Win Tun, University of New South Wales, NSW
Eamon White, University of New South Wales, NSW
Zoe Wiley, Australian College of the Arts (COLLARTS), VIC
— Vocational
Randy Balot, Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University, NSW
Jacek Ciok, Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University, NSW
Claudia Do, TAFE Design Centre Enmore, NSW
Vivian (Chunrui) Li, RMIT University, VIC
Wenting Ma, RMIT University, VIC
Bonnie Machell, North Metropolitan TAFE, WA
Alexandra Mills, Sydney Design School, NSW
Mahtab Nezafat, TAFE NSW Lidcombe Design College, NSW
Vy Nguyen, Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University, QLD
Jasmine Kanyanee Rumsey, TAFE NSW Lidcombe Design College, NSW
Amy Ryan, Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University, NSW
Ruby Shields, RMIT University, VIC
Tirada Sriwattana, RMIT University, VICCarol Bryant, Enmore TAFE NSW, NSW
Kaspian Kan, RMIT University, VIC
USE
— Higher Education
Jan Bekker, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), QLD
Fraser Cameron, Curtin University, WA
Thea Davey, Swinburne University of Technology, VIC
Ecem Dik, Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University, NSW
Carol Ding, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), QLD
Maxine Franz, University of Technology Sydney, NSW
Alexandra Groves, RMIT University, VIC
Luka Heeraman, University of New South Wales, NSW
Damian Hinze, University of Technology Sydney, NSW
Bradley Matthews, University of Technology Sydney, NSW
Maya Schwalb, RMIT University, VIC
Maoxin Yuan, University of New South Wales, NSW
Zenith Zaccara, University of South Australia, SA
— Vocational
Reid Duncan, North Metropolitan TAFE, WA
Hannah Fujinami, North Metropolitan TAFE, WA
Nathan Goulios, North Metropolitan TAFE, WA
Kaspian Kan, RMIT University, VIC
Casey Lay, RMIT University, VIC
Holly Theissen, Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University, NSW
INTERACT
— Higher Education
Rachel Armstrong, Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University, NSW
Andrei Cabaero, Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University, NSW
Davide Colosio, LCI Melbourne, VIC
Alicia Devereaux, Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University, NSW
Jordan Giles, Swinburne University of Technology, VIC
Julia Howe, LCI Melbourne, VIC
Kyla Little, Griffith University, QLD
Rhianna Pearce, Griffith University, QLD
Jan Pimping, Griffith University, QLD
Grace Russell, Swinburne University of Technology, VIC
Caitlin Turner, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), QLD
— Vocational
Bronte Maddren, North Metropolitan TAFE, WA
Holly Theissen, Billy Blue College of Design at Torrens University, NSW
