The 31st annual Loerie Awards will be held in Cape Town this year, starting the Festival on Thursday the 24th and ending on Sunday 27 September 2009!  This highly anticipated event on the social calendar for everyone involved and interested in Brand Communication will have all eyes focused on the award ceremonies held on the Friday and Saturday evenings respectively. Huge excitement and anticipation fills the creative spaces here at the Academy, as we are very proud of our 7 Finalists this year.

We have students nominated in the Posters and Three Dimensional, Environmental & Package Design categories.

Nominated students:

Kirsten Townsend "Popular Pollution" / Posters

Michelle Kirkwood "Roll up roll up"  / Three Dimensional, Environmental & Package Design

Julius Haink "Jenga"  / Three Dimensional, Environmental & Package Design

Hugo Flear "Light Fantastic"  / Three Dimensional, Environmental & Package Design

Alwine Nolte "Hide and Seek" and "Uncle Joe"  / Three Dimensional, Environmental & Package Design

2nd Year Students: Jeannie Sherwood, Josie Walsh, Kirsten Townsend and Leah Miller for their studio design "Industry vs. Nature"  / Three Dimensional, Environmental & Package Design

Check out all the finalists on http://www.theloerieawards.co.za/default.aspx?link=awards_finalists

Stellenbosch Academy will also be hosting the Travelling Loerie Exhibition from 10-22 October 2009 open to the public before it hits the New York scene in November!