A group of Edinburgh Napier graduates have had their work recognised at an award ceremony that aims to inspire creatives to apply their talents to socially valuable projects.
Seven recent graduates from Edinburgh Napier’s School of Arts and Creative Industries all took home prizes from this year’s Creative Conscience Awards, with Claire Todd and Klaudia Kajewska representing the University’s Graphic Design programme and Brianne Price, Kathryn Munyon, Mairi Macrae, Amanda Weber and Rhona Postma all from Edinburgh Napier’s MSc Creative Advertising programme.
Creative Conscience is a global movement that promotes socially valuable, human centred design that enables and inspires people to change their lives and the lives of those around them for the better.
Design with a conscience is a key theme throughout the School and this has been recognised with this latest plethora of awards.
George Shepherd, Programme Leader for Creative Advertising within Edinburgh Napier’s School of Arts and Creative Industries, said: “This is an outstanding achievement by the School of Arts and Creative Industries’ students as the Creative Conscience Awards are a truly global competition seeking to empower young people who want to help us build a fairer, healthier, more sustainable and regenerative world.”
Learn more about the award-winning projects
Claire Todd – Silver Award in Service Design
Tears of Laughter
Tears of Laughter is a resource designed to encourage families affected by dementia to reflect on the funny and random things their loved one with dementia says or does by using storytelling prompt dice to help trigger these funny and nicer stories. After a story is shared, it is treasured in a family-shared journal, ultimately creating a personal journal of nicer memories during a tough time. This resource is somewhere to escape the darkness of dementia for a moment and is a space where a family can reflect on the lighter memories, rather than the darker ones.
Klaudia Kajewska – Highly Commended in Illustration
Away from Home
Away from Home is a children’s storybook about the experience of migration, with activities to engage parents and children about the topic. Inspired by personal real life experiences.
Kathryn Munyon and Mairi Macrae – Silver Award in Advertising
Grow Gaelic project
Listed in UNESCO’s Endangered Languages Project, the Scottish Gaelic language is under threat. By using Noto Sans, Kathryn and Mairi have created a type-led movement, “Noto Grow”, that brings awareness to its risk of extinction while also providing a solution to implementing the language into everyday use. The language has always had a symbiotic relationship with nature and their campaign highlights this by focusing on planting and growing the language using sustainable digital and printing methods.
Brianna Price and Janine Fernandez – Highly Commended in Advertising
Project Life
The aim of Project Life is to transform libraries into a place that can save lives by placing free Narcan dispensing machines throughout public libraries in major New York and London to put an end to opioid overdose.
Amanda Weber and Rhona Postma – Highly Commended in Advertising
Draw The Line
The legal right to abortion means nothing if the service is not offered. This is a burden that nearly one Scottish woman every week faces as she makes the journey hundreds of miles across the border to England. These women are left emotionally and financially crushed, as they have to bear the cost of the journey on their own shoulders.
This is why A Case For Her and Hey Jane are launching a movement to help Scottish women ‘Draw The Line’ and advocate for full abortion services in Scotland.