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16 July 2024

Our day at D&AD 2024

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It’s our favourite time of year.

No, not because it’s beer garden season (supposedly), but because it’s the time we go hunt out some new blood.

Over the past few months we’ve visited numerous portfolio crits and degree shows up and down the country, on the lookout for talented designers to inspire us, bring a fresh perspective, and perhaps even teach us a thing or two.

And what better place to end than the D&AD New Blood Festival?

We headed down to the big smoke for the opening night of their graduate showcase and were lucky enough to feast our eyes on loads (and we mean loads) of incredible work from over 40 exhibiting universities.

It was a great opportunity to speak to the next generation of creative thinkers about their work and future aspirations, and scout potential talent for our 6-week design internship kicking off in September.

As always, the standard was exceptional, but an extra special shout out to...

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Natalia Posnett (Nottingham Trent University) for her fun and unapologetic packaging design for HAWT dips, earning her the D&AD One to Watch award.

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Hikari Funayama (De Montfort University) for her eye-catching and thoughtful learning platform to help fellow designers master colour accessibility.

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​​Eathan Aktion (Falmouth University) for his award-winning Verdant entry and witty HelloFresh/Prime collaboration campaign.

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Martha O'Donoghue (Nottingham Trent University) for her imaginative bread book, deep-filled with delicious art direction.

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Alessandro Cardello (De Montfort University) for totally nailing it with a striking identity for his university degree show.

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Alex Blogg (Nottingham Trent University) for his bold, playful Fruit Bat cider design (and f**king hilarious book of profanity).

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Flossie Warne (Norwich University) for her D&AD award-winning All Hands On Deck festival concept and stunning Sister pralines.

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Wenbin Sun (UAL) for his slick as hell identity and motion design for rave drinks, Boost.

What a line up, congrats to all!

Design grads – if you’re interested in getting in on the action, there’s still time to apply for our design internship. Just fire over your portfolio to: craig@robot-food.com

And D&AD, we’ll see you next year…