Arts Thread is pleased to announce that the Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2024 – our 5th Anniversary – has just launched, with a new partnership with WGSN + Coloro / Google Arts & Culture.
Global Creative Graduate Showcase is the new name for Global Design Graduate Show, a nonprofit organisation set up 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.
Over 150 respected industry experts from brands & organisations such as Apple, Adidas, Conran Studio, Design Museum, Gucci, Herman Miller, Informa, Levi’s, Nike, Pentland Group, Philips, United Nations, Zaha Hadid and many more will judge this initiative.
Last year’s Global Design Graduate Show was a huge success with 5823 entries representing 114 countries from 472 higher education institutions, surpassing the previous years’ achievements. 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.
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
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DETAILS
This year’s initiative is open to all undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate art and design disciplines for those that are graduating 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.
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
Please see link for further details: globalcreativegraduateshowcase