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APDG nominations acknowledge outstanding NIDA design students and alumni

Congratulations to the NIDA design alumni and students for their outstanding work in achieving a nomination in the 2019 APDG Awards.

Congratulations to the NIDA design alumni and students for their outstanding work in achieving a nomination in the 2019 APDG Awards.

Stephen Curtis, Senior Lecturer Design at NIDA said that ‘NIDA designers – current students, recently graduating and those that have been out working in the industry for a number of years – are very well represented again this year in the APDG Awards nominations. It is exciting to see skill their creativity, skill and drive recognised in this way. We wish them all the very best for the Awards night.’ The awards will be presented on Sunday 1 December at Melba Spiegeltent, Collingwood, Victoria.

The NIDA alumni and students nominated are:

Concept Design Visualisation: drawing, concept illustration and models for screen, events or live performance
Madame Butterfly, Sabina Myers (MFA Design, 2017)
Costume Design for a feature film
Judy and Punch, Edie Kurzer (Design, 1978)
Costume Design for a live performance
The Harp in the South: Part One & Two, Renée Mulder (Design, 2008)

Costume Design on a television production or web series
Sheilas (above)
Teresa Negroponte (Design, 2009)
Wrong Kind Of Black
Oriana Merullo (Theatre Crafts Costume, 1998)
Design for a commercial
Koala – Mattress (Ex)orcism
Isabella Andronos (Design, 2014)

Design for a short film or music clip
Hilltop Hoods – Exit Sign feat. Illy & Ecca Vandal (above)
Hannah Sitters (current third-year BFA Design for Performance student)
Strangers
Isabella Andronos (Design, 2014)
Design for Live Performance: Production, costume and set design
Billionaire Boy
Set, Costume and Prop Designer
Isabella Andronos (Design, 2014)
Emerging Designer for live performance: for student or emerging set, costume or lighting design
pool (no water)
Set, Costume & Co-Video Designer
Aislinn King (BFA Design for Performance, 2018)
Emerging Designer for screen: for student or emerging animation, costume, production or VFX Design
Sweet Tooth
Costume Designer
Sabina Myers (MFA Design, 2017)
Lighting Design for a live performance
Death of Salesman
Verity Hampson (TTSM, 2005)
Production Design for a television drama or web series
A Place To Call Home Series 6
Fiona Donovan (Design, 1992)
Set Design for a live performance
Counting and Cracking
Dale Ferguson (Design, 1989)
Madame Butterfly
Michael Scott-Mitchell APDG (Design, 1983)