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Press release Nov 1, 2006
Design Against Fur—protect seals—winners announced
Respect for Animals today (Wednesday 1 November) announced the winners of its annual Design Against Fur award, a competition to design a campaign poster with a conscience.
Hundreds of students from across the UK and Ireland submitted poster designs interpreting the theme 'Protect Seals', inspired by Canada's annual commercial seal hunt, the largest marine mammal slaughter in the world.
The winners are:
First: Ana Muriel, Batley School of Art & Design
Second: Thomas Young, Somerset College of Art & Technology
Third: Chris Nokes, Somerset College of Art & Technology
The Persula Foundation Award: Vicky Skelton, Hull College
The winning entries, plus twenty-four specially commended and commended pieces of work, were unveiled by Dr Nick Palmer MP and Elliot Morley MP at a reception attended by Members of Parliament, design industry representatives, students and tutors. The designs can be viewed on the Respect for Animals website: www.respectforanimals.org and the Fur Free Alliance website: www.infurmation.com/daf/2006/win06_uk.php
Design Against Fur was launched five years ago; every year it announces a theme connected to the fur trade and encourages UK design students, from the fields of fashion, design, fine arts, advertising, marketing, graphic design and multi-media, to convey a compassionate message incorporating the theme in an innovative, contemporary way.
Commenting on the awards, Mark Glover, Director of Respect for Animals, said:
"We’re delighted with the response from the students and their tutors to this year's Design Against Fur theme, 'Protect Seals'. The competition is an ideal opportunity for students to use their design and communication skills to interpret an issues-based brief, and their work shows a very good understanding of the worldwide campaign against the Canadian seal hunt.
'These awards are an important part of our campaign to spread a compassionate message about the cruelty involved in the fur trade. The seal hunt is the largest, most brutal marine mammal hunt in the world. Over one million seal pups have been killed over the last three years, so their young skins can be used in the fashion trade. We are delighted that Members of the European Parliament have recently passed a majority vote on the banning of all seal imports into the European Union, and we look forward to a ban being implemented as soon as possible.'
Vikki Allan from Batley School of Art & Design, tutor of the winner Ana Muriel, said:
'The staff and fellow students are so very proud of Ana's achievement. To create design, which is likely to achieve all its objectives, one, which reaches two important parts of the human being, the head and the heart, takes both imagination and skill. She worked hard, developed a profound understanding of the topic and was right in her approach to sneak inside people's defences and make them think. The rewards from teaching come when you see your hard working students progress, achieve and succeed. I wish extend my personal congratulations to Ana, I am absolutely thrilled for her.'
Jane Kelly, Graphics Lecturer, Somerset College and a tutor of Thomas Young and Chris Noakes said:
'The project set by Respect for Animals was extremely hard, both the staff and students who worked on the brief were unaware of the extent and horror of the seal hunt. We are very pleased that Thomas Young second place and Chris Noakes third place produced campaigns that were thought provoking and chilling.'
The winners were chosen by Shelly Vella, Fashion Director, Cosmopolitan magazine, and Harry Barlow, advisor to the Mayor of London and head of Harry Barlow Limited, a company that specialises in issues-based campaign communications.
The 2006 competition was sponsored by the Persula Foundation (www.persula.org).
View the posters at: www.respectforanimals.org and www.infurmation.com/daf/2006/win06_uk.php
The 2007 Design Against Fur competition, theme: 'Fashion Victims', is now inviting entries from students. For more information visit: www.respectforanimals.org and www.inFURmation.com
Notes for Editors
Respect for Animals campaigns against the cruel and unnecessary international fur trade. It was established in 1995. The Fur Free Alliance includes more than 35 organisations from over 15 countries.
For more press information and images please contact:
Shely Bryan, Respect for Animals M: 07710 148957 Office: 0115 952 5440
E: mail@shelybryan.net or info@resepectforanimals.org
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