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UCOL students to receive international typography awards
19 May 2011
UCOL Design students to receive
international typography awards
Two UCOL Whanganui
School of Design students will receive awards from the New
York-based Type Directors Club for excellence in
typography.
This year the Whanganui School of Design was selected as one of only five design schools internationally to participate in the Type Directors Club Scholarship programme.
The Type Directors Club or TDC is an international organization for those devoted to excellence in typography in all its forms. Created in 1946, the organization’s mission is to raise the standards of typography and related fields within the graphic arts. The club supports research and education, and disseminates information relating to typography.
One second year School of Design student will receive a scholarship consisting of a $1,000 award to be applied directly to their senior year tuition which begins September 2011 and concludes in May 2012. The scholarship, based solely on merit, will be awarded to a student whose work demonstrates exceptional talent, sophistication, and skill in the use of typography. A second student will be selected as a runner-up.
The scholarship student will also receive a one-year student membership in the TDC which includes receiving the TDC annual, Typography 32, and invitations to all TDC programmes.
TDC Executive Director Carol Wahler says:
“As an organisation which sets the standards of
typographical excellence in advertising, design and
publishing, it is our hope that the scholarships we are
offering will encourage talented graphic design students to
develop a love for typography and an appreciation of the
significance of typography in the design
process.”
Whanganui UCOL’s Head of Creative
Programmes Sally Jane DeSalazar says it is an honour for the
Whanganui School of Design to be selected to take part in
the Design Directors Club scholarship programme. “It is a
tribute to the very high quality of our lecturers in
typography and to the school’s international
reputation,” she says.
The school will be the first New Zealand design school to receive a scholarship award.
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