The Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2024, a non-profit initiative by Arts Thread, is thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s competition. Judged by a panel of 225 esteemed industry professionals, the showcase featured the work of over 5,000 graduating students from around the world.

A Global Platform for Emerging Talent

For the past five years, the Global Creative Graduate Showcase has been a catalyst for success, helping hundreds of graduates secure employment or launch their brands. As the world’s only online platform dedicated to showcasing graduating artists and designers worldwide, this initiative provides invaluable exposure to emerging talent.

Partnering with Google Arts & Culture

The collaboration with Google Arts & Culture ensures that the work of the winning graduates reaches an even wider audience, further solidifying their place in the global creative landscape.

The winners will be rewarded with one year’s free subscription to the Arts Thread Foundry, a new initiative due to launch later this year, that helps the creator protect their intellectual property, trade and monetise their creativity using blockchain technology in a seamless and transparent way.

Key Stats from the Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2024:

  • 5174 art & design undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates entered their work for consideration
  • 108 nationalities
  • 523 art & design universities/colleges worldwide
  • 635 graduates were shortlisted from the entries received by our panel of independent expert judges
  • 114,318 votes cast in the public vote
  • 225 Industry judges

The full list of winners from the judges’ vote and public vote:

INDUSTRY JUDGES VOTE

Fashion / Accessories / Textiles

Accessories – Tensile Meng, Donghua University / Casual/Streetwear – Joint Winners – Konthorn Wutthiwongangkhana, University of Westminster & Yuhei Ueda, Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp / Formal/Couture – Minerva Skyttä, Aalto University / Menswear – Eileen Claire Barry, SCAD Savannah / Sustainable Fashion / Textiles – Eunhae Cho, Fashion Institute of Technology FIT / Textiles – Knit / Weave – Tina Zsapka, Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava / Textiles – Print / Embroidery – Jenny Hind, Leeds Arts University

Digital / Visual Communication / Film

Animation – Rune Callewaert, KASK School of Arts Ghent / Digital Design – Michelle Chen, ArtCenter College of Design / Film – Esli Khan Balatova, RITCS School of Arts / Graphic Design – Qianzi Luo, MICA Maryland Institute College of Art / Illustration – Justin Remo, MICA Maryland Institute College of Art / Interaction Design & Game Design – Silvana Correa, FADU Universidad de Buenos Aires / Packaging Design – Dee McGilvray, Norwich University of the Arts / Typography – Joint Winners – Amber Bruzzi, Northumbria University & Gosha Maslovskis, Norwich University of the Arts

Product Design / Architecture / Interiors

Architecture – Zhe Chen, Manchester School of Architecture / Design for Social Good – Liam Hayes, National College of Art and Design Dublin / Furniture – Jón Hinrik Höskuldsson & Kirstine Sejersen, Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation / Industrial Design – Melis Dizdar, Parsons School of Design / Interior Architecture – Imogen McIntosh-Roffey, Kingston School of Art / Material Innovation – Christopher Bellamy, Central Saint Martins UAL / Product Design – Wiktoria Rydellek, University of Fine Arts in Poznan / Service Design – Juan Pablo Galarza, IED Istituto Europeo Di Design Madrid /

Fine Art / Photography / Craft /Jewelry

Contemporary Craft – Sophie Ferrier, Hereford College of Arts / Digital Arts – Shiqing Chen, New York University / Fine Art – Joint Winners – Felix Bode, Glasgow School of Art & Shiza Saqib, Edinburgh College of Art / Installation/Sculpture – Sara Christova, Royal College of Art / Jewelry – Jingyao Wang, London College of Fashion UAL / Photography – Robyn Roxanne Williams, Michaelis School of Fine Art

PUBLIC VOTE:

The public vote enabled fans of the students’ work to choose their favourites.

Fashion / Accessories / Textiles – Gerald Brandstätter, University of Art and Design Linz

Digital / Visual Communication / Film – Tanushri Shah, Pearl Academy Delhi

Product Design / Architecture / Interiors – Andrea Chavarria, IED Istituto Europeo Di Design Madrid

Fine Art / Photography / Craft / Jewelry  – Morenike Caxton-Martins, Central Saint Martins UAL

The Global Creative Graduate Showcase will return in 2025 for students graduating in the year 2024-2025.