The Design Institute of Australia (Victoria/Tasmania) branch has announced the winners of the Graduate of the Year Awards for 2014.
Ten participating Victorian and Tasmanian institutions nominated their best graduating design talents from 2014 for the awards. A panel of judges assessed portfolios anonymously across seven design disciplines. The judges selected four finalists to interview before determining a winner and a runner up.
Each category winner will then progress to the DIA Austrlasian Graduate of the Year Awards, which will be announced on Wednesday 13 May 2015 at Federation Square in Melbourne.
Overall Graduate of the Year
Cassandra Byrnes – RMIT University
Interior Design
Graduate of the Year
Belinda van Donselaar – University of Tasmania
Runner Up
Casey Eagles – Swinburne University of Technology
Interior Design & Decoration
Graduate of the Year
Emily Robertson – CATC Design School
Runner Up
Miho Andresen – RMIT University
Industrial Design
Graduate of the Year
Remy Cerritelli – Swinburne University of Technology
Runner Up
Matthew Harding – Monash University
Jewellery Design
Graduate of the Year
Evelyn Caceres – Swinburne University of Technology
Fashion & Textile Design
Graduate of the Year
Cassandra Byrnes – RMIT University
Runner Up
Rebekah Archer – RMIT University
