Arts Thread is pleased to announce the judges for the recently launched Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2024 – our 5th Anniversary – with a new partnership with WGSN and Coloro.
Global Creative Graduate Showcase is the new name for Global Design Graduate Show, a nonprofit organisation which was set up at the start of the pandemic to promote the work of graduating art & design students worldwide.
Just like previous years, Arts Thread will showcase all of the finest end-of-year work from all creative students graduating this year in every art & design category, such as visual communication, film, fashion, textiles, interior, architecture, visual arts, contemporary craft, industrial & product design and more.
As in previous years, Arts Thread has invited over 200 of the most respected creatives from around the world to choose their favourite designers & artists.
Fashion, Accessories and Textiles
Alan Scott / Alexis Katana Gucci / Andreanne Chouinard Cirque du Soleil / Andrew Thompson Fable Footworks / Angela Fusco Purple Brand / Anna La Germaine Fashion Politique / Bernie Thomas / Beth Esponnette Unspun / Branko Popovic FASHIONCLASH/ Chad Kessler DICK’S Sporting Goods / David Clementoni Italian Artisan / David Wakely / Debbie McKeegan TEXINTEL / Desolina Suter Première Vision / Donald Schneider Studio / Doreen Adusei MBE Fashion Works / / Emma Lundgren Amazon / Gayle Smith/ Hannah Lane Redress /Heajun Park 7 For All Mankind / Helen Palmer WGSN /Jacqueline Anderson adidas / Jeff Banks CBE / Jay Solanki Kahaanee / Jennie Rosen Swedish Fashion Council / Jens Laugesen / Jonathan Cheung lululemon / Julia Browne Melbourne Fashion Hub / Julian Vogel ModusBPCM / Kat Holmes Whet Creative / Katie Greenyer Pentland Group / Kristina Szasz Hugo Boss / Lee Holman Tommy Hilfiger / Lee Myers Zefyr Consulting / Leslie Holden & Sean Chiles The Digital Fashion Group / Lilith Hovhannissian Louis Vuitton / Louise Caro Kering / Mark Warburton Dunhill / Mathieu St Arnaud mmode / Matteo Bellentani Clarks Originals / Mizue Koda Everlane / Natalia Koter IBEFF / Neil Elliott Patternbank / Nikita Jayasuriya / Orietta Pelizzari & Matteo Bardi Mattori / Paul Vogel Design / Peter Hoppins Home & Away Studios / Phil Jones Tesco / Rebekka Bay Marimekko / Rina Tollio OTB Brands / Rocco Leo Gaglioti FNL Network / Sara Sozzani Maino / Sarah Welsh N Brown Group / Satish Tailor Vollebak / Shane Cullen / Simon Ungless When Simon Met Ralph / Sonia Martin BREW Creative / Sophia Lewis / Stefano Giacomelli Tivoli / Stefano Martinetto Tomorrow / Steve Salter / Steven Burns Levi’s / Stuart McArthur Nike / Susanne Tide-Frater/ Tamsin Blanchard Estethica / Tania Fares Fashion Trust / Te Dinh Sy adidas /Thorsten Traugott Coloro / Zaid Affas / Zihaad Wells True Religion
Digital, Visual Communication and Film
Aaron Skipper Explorers Club / Au Chon Hin Untitled Macao / Barry Fantoni / Ben Lavender Trustpilot / Carlos Ramos IndieLisboa – International Film Festival / Chris McGill milktwosugars / Christine Tröstrum/ Connor Rechtschaffner / Cosimo Surace Stranger & Stranger / Dave Gibson Draught Design / Dina Amin Tinker Studio / Eason Yang Not Entirely Dead / Enzo Barracco / Fagbemi Ayo Explorers Club Studio / Floyd Hayes / Francis Wong LIONS Insight / Garry Moses Yane Duggal / Ged Equi Caffeine Partnership / Gion-Men Kruegel-Hanna HEAD / Glen Tarr gt&i / Harry Hoskyn Spring Studios / Ilaria Pasquinelli Cannes Lions / Jonina & Bradley Skaggs Skaggs Creative / Jose Cabaco Rapha / Julian Gardner Interbrand / Kieran Mistry YouTube /Kim Tidwell PRINT Magazine /Lars Denicke Pictoplasma / Lianne Llewellyn The International Emerging Film Talent Association / Lisa Nappin / Luke Green & Fraser McNiven Studio Goblin / Maggie Yu media.monks / Marcus Werner Hed Willow Glen Films / Margaret Lee Toronto International Film Festival / Marion Bouvier Nordisk Ungdom Film Festival / Matthew Treasarden Nike / Maxim Young Gorilla Editors / Nathan Jurevicius / Nebojša Jovanović Sarajevo Film Festival / Nicholas Yearwood MangoTree / Nizzar Ben Chekroune Nception NFT / Piers Fawkes PSFK / Priscilla Ober Mary Kay / Rana Sidahmed Avery Dennison / Robert Charnley Apexon / Sandra Borszcz The Big Draw / Sasha Vidakovic SVIDesign / Sebastian Radu Oreggi Ventures / Shani Sandy IBM / Sheridan DemyersRunning Films / Will Bernard Bath & Body Works
Product, Architecture and Interiors
Adrian Jankowiak Nairobi Design Week / Alberto Perazza Magis / Andrea Cesarman Design Week Mexico / Anne-Louise Sommer Designmuseum Denmark / Barry Waddilove Electrolux / Ben Rousseau / Ben Thorpe SharkNinja / Carla Sorrell Design Victoria / Carlos Parraga-Botero Heatherwick Studio / Catherine Birch Afternoon Light / Chad Phillips Hudson Valley / Chris Livaudais Coca-Cola / Clodagh Design / David Morris DE Magazine / Ewa Dominiak Trilvee / Federica Bertolini Azimut Benetti Group / Gabrielle Kennedy DAMNº Magazine/ Howard Lichter Arc’teryx / Ilene Shaw NYCxDESIGN / Ilona Gurjanova Estonian Association of Designers / Ingrid van der Wacht Dutch Design Foundation / Isabel Roig Barcelona Design Week / Iza Rutkowska Zoochitecture Studio / Jamie Drake Drake/Anderson /Jenny Russell Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA / Jessica-Christin Hametner ICON Magazine / Joe Doucet / Jordan Hruska MillerKnoll / Jose dos Santos Signify / Lisa White WGSN / Luca Putteman United Nations IOM/ Maja Lalic Mikser Association / Matteo Battiston EssilorLuxottica / Max Fraser Dezeen / Mazbahul Islam Jamroll / Megan Sommerville & Matt Ensner MATERIA / Michele Pasca di Magliano Zaha Hadid Architects / Michał Piernikowski & Aleksandra KietlaŁódź Design Festival / Nick Chubb IDC / Oli Stratford Disegno / Phillip Hollander Houtlander/ Pia Engvad The LEGO Group / Stefan Perriard SAGA Space Architects / Stig Hansen Democratic Eyewear / Stuart Constantine Core77/Coroflot / Thabisa Mjo Mash.T Design Studio / Tim Hulford Meta Reality Labs / Tim Marlow OBE Design Museum / Tom Meades Gomi Design
Fine Art, Photography and Craft
Arianna Trabuio Frieze Studios / Bella Neyman NYC Jewelry Week / Brian Frederikson Monaco Foundry / Colette Herry XCEPT / Dan Goode Making Goode / David Sandu Romanian Jewelry Week / Delah Brucelli / Eliza Willaims Creative Review / Elizabeth Miroshnichenko / Emily Bierman Sotheby’s Photographs / Emily Hlaváč Green / Enzo Barracco / Freya Salway Google Arts and Culture Lab / Gaynor Andrews The Goldsmiths’ Centre / George Livieratos / Holinka Escudero The Jewellery Activist / Iona Rowland/ Iris Qu Google / JB Jones / Justyna Teodorczyk Gallery of Art in Legnica / Karen Olson American Craft Council / Maeve Doyle Maddox Gallery / Mariel M. Matute / Marion Poortvliet Crafts Council Nederland / Mark Westall FAD Magazine / Ninette Murk Beauty Without Irony / Peter Manning Prefab77 / Rosemary Steen Design & Crafts Council Ireland / Sam Barzilay Photoville
About Global Creative Graduate Showcase
Last year’s online event was a huge success with 5,823 entries representing 114 countries from 472 higher education institutions, surpassing the previous year’s achievement. There was a combined editorial and social reach of 190 million. Over the last 4 years, hundreds have gained employment or launched their own brands thanks to this proactive initiative – making it the only global showcase of graduating artists & designers worldwide.
For the 3rd year Google Arts & Culture will create an area on their site showcasing the 2024 winners as well as previous winners. Please see Google Arts & Culture Stories
2023 stats:
• 5,823 entries
• 114 nationalities
• 472 art & design universities/colleges worldwide
• 211,742 votes cast in the public vote
• 189,593,733 total circulation
Global Creative Graduate Showcase is open to all undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate art and design disciplines for those that have graduated between September 2023 – August 2024 (Southern Hemisphere graduating after September 2023).
Students have until August 31 2024 to upload their end-of-year projects onto the Arts Thread platform. A team of independent judges will narrow the work down to a shortlist of creatives whose work will be displayed on artsthread.com. A panel of esteemed judges will choose their winners and there will also be a public vote, which will allow the global audience to see the submissions whilst voting for their favourites.
TIMELINE
WHO CAN APPLY: Free to apply and open internationally to all art and design students graduating in the Academic Year 2023-24 – i.e. September 2023 to August 2024 (undergraduate and postgraduate) in any related creative discipline, located anywhere in the world.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: August 31 2024 23.59 NYC
CATEGORY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED: October 2024
COMPETITION LINK: globalcreativegraduateshowcase.com
Further information can be found at: globalcreativegraduateshowcase.com
