The scheme began in 1924 as the Competition of Industrial Design; this later became the Industrial Art Bursaries Competition (1946), the Design Bursaries Competition (1977), the Student Design Awards (1989/90), Design Directions (2003) and back to the Student Design AwardS in (2010). This is a project based award scheme for students of design which is judged by leaders in design and business. Its aims to bring promising students to the attention of the industry, to help students near the end of their education to sharpen their ability to contribute within a commercial setting, to influence design education by directing the attention of students to areas not necessarily covered in their course, and to give winning students the opportunity of industrial work experience or travel to further their design careers.\n\nIn addition to the travel and attachment awards given under each separate section of the competition, there were a number of special awards given to recognise winning students either for a particular feature of their winning entry, or some other criteria allied to the special award. These awards ran at different stages of the competition and each award ran for a different length of time. The special awards offered in a particular year were usually recorded in the project book and review/ report for that year. The winners of these awards were normally announced at a later date than the main competition results and therefore winners were only occasionally mentioned in the annual review/ report books. Where it is known that an additional award was won by a student, this is recorded on the individual's record. \n\nThese prizes included (this list is not complete):\n' Associateship of the RSA (winners of travel or attachment awards were also entitled to a year's free Fellowhsip of the RSA if they were over 25, and a year's free Associateship if they were under 25)\n' The Jacobs Memorial Award Certificate (for the student who submitted the best study tour report both in terms of content and presentation) \n' Alyson Leslie Award (this was first offered in 1992/93 and was awarded to the writer of the report which, in the view of Alyson Leslie, communicated to the reader most effectively how they used the award, what benefits they derived from it and how it would influence their future career)\n' Sir Frank Warner Memorial Medal (this medal commemorated the initiation of the original Competition of Industrial Design by Frank Warner. It was awarded for the best individual textile design. This medal was linked to the Sir Ernest Goodale Memorial Award) \n' Sir Ernest Goodale Memorial Award (this award was established by The Worshipful Company of Weavers in memory of Sir Ernest Goodale who was chairman of the RSA Design Committee. The award was given to the winner of the Sir Frank Memorial Medal to enable them to travel further afield)\n\n' The Whittington Award (this award was sponsored by the Mercers' Company and given to the entry that best demonstrated an understanding and appropriateness in their design on the theme, 'Design for Export')\n' The Master's Medal (this medal was presented by the Master of the RDI Faculty to the student who, in the opinion of the Master, solved the problem set out in any brief in the most practical, elegant and commercially viable manner)\n' The Chartered Society of Designers Student Medal (beginning in 1988/89, a silver medal was awarded to an outstanding student in each of the Chartered Society's design disciplines)\n' Wally Olins Opportunity Award (started in 2001/02 this award was for the student who most eloquently made a case for the use of the money to add value to the design business as a whole) \n' British Airways Flight Awards (a certain number of point to point flights within Europe were given to students who won travel awards)\n' The BIB Design Consultants Attachment and European Travel Award (the winner of this award was selected from short-listed students entering any of the industrial/ product design sections)\n' The BIB Travel Award to the United States (started in 1988/89, the winner of this award was selected from short-listed students entering any of the industrial/ product design sections who would most benefit from visiting the USA)\n' Deryck Healey International Colour Bursary Award (this was awarded to the student who demonstrated the impact of colour in a way which was exceptionally appropriate to consumer needs)\n' Formica Award (Formica Limited offered money for a well-planned study tour for the candidate who made the most appropriate and imaginative use of Formica Products in their solution to a project within the Student Design Awards)\n' The Kodak Photographic Award (this was given to students in specified sections of the competition who answered the brief in predominantly photographic terms.\n\n\nRecords include administrative files and correspondence, minutes of various committees, printed material including annual reports, publicity material and photographs of a small selection of winning designs.
Won the Dorma Attachment Award worth £600 and a Travel Award worth £300 in the 'Home Furnishing' section. Attachment was with Dorma. Photocopy of original report.
Won the John Lewis Attachment Award worth £2250 in the 'Furnishing Textiles' section. Spent six months at Cavendish Textile Studio from July 1984-January 1985. Photocopy of original report.
Won the John Lewis Attachment Award worth £2250 in the 'Furnishing Textiles' section. Travelled to Morocco from 25 August - 25 September 1985. Photocopy of original report.
Won the Dorma Attachment Award worth £950 in the 'Home Furnishing' section and spent seven weeks working with the Dorma design studio. Photocopy of original report.
Won The Worshipful Company of Weavers Travel Award of £1000 under the 'Beyond the Horizon' brief in the 'Fashion Fabrics' section. Travelled to Sydney from 13 November to 4 December 2003. Includes letter to the RSA.
Won a Travel Award worth £700 under the 'Fashion Promotion' brief in the 'Fashion and Accessories' section. Travelled to Miami. Photocopy of original report.
Won a David S Smith Attachment Award worth £2500 in the 'Structural Packaging' section. Worked with David S Smith Plc.
Won the Merchant Taylors' Company Travel Award worth £2250 under the 'Fashion' section. Travelled to India.
Won a Travel Award of £1000 and also an Attachment Award with Sims Graseby worth £1500 in the 'Medical Products' section. Worked with Sims Graseby for two months.
Won The John Lewis Attachment Award - Menswear of £5200 in the 'Fashion' section. Worked with John Lewis from October 2002-February 2003.
Design at Work exhibition held at the Royal Academy, opened on 26 October 1948. Organised jointly by the RSA, Council of Industrial Design and the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry. Exhibits all the work of RDI's, objective to illustrate the importance of the designer as an essential factor in national industry.
The Ceremonial badge (front view) to be worn by the Master of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry.on public occasions
The Ceremonial Badge (reverse view) to be worn by the Master of the Faculty of Royal Designers for Industry.on public occasions
The booklet contains short case studies of the five organisations which won the 1969 Award for Design management. The organisations are: Concord Lighting International Ltd.; The British Airports Authority; ilford Ltd.; The British Railways Development; and Span Developments Ltd.
On a team with Robert Sedman and James Watson. Won a Travel Award worth £1000 each in the 'Engineering' section. Travelled to America, Japan and New Zealand.
Won a Travel Award worth £750 in the 'Less Crime through Design' section. Travelled to Singapore, Thailand, Kual Lumpur from 15 May - 8 June 2001. Winner of the Jacobs Memorial Award Certificate. Includes a letter to the RSA.
Won prize of £10 under section 2, Textiles, prize offered by British Celanese Limited
Won a Travel Award of £1500 under the 'Millennium Products' Brief in the 'Graphics' section. Travelled to Japan.