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Vasiliki Kartapani

"I honestly just tried to be myself and let my personality show. I didn’t have years of design work to put forward, so instead I leaned into my ideas, my story and why I wanted to learn. I think that honesty and rawness came through in my application".

Toni Rull

"My mum used to say, ‘you don’t know if you don’t try.’ There is truly nothing to lose and everything to gain."

Url Grant

"As a Black, queer, non-binary designer, Diversity in Design means representation. I should not be selected for a project with the intent to create diversity. I should be one of multiple different identities that make up a team."

Kim Feldman

"Receiving the scholarship felt a bit like a sign from the universe that I had made the right decision and was on the right path."

Elise Juvan

"Personally, it offered me a great deal of reassurance and confidence starting from scratch, especially as someone who would formerly hesitate about taking on new pursuits or ‘career moves’."

Izzy Borman-Clerck

"One of the most valuable lessons I took away from the course was advice from my lecturer Carl: ‘back yourself.’ That mindset shift has been just as valuable as the technical skills I learned."

Anna Kukhareva

"It meant everything. Personally, it helped me silence my imposter syndrome for a while. Professionally, I see it as a key to entering the design and branding industry."

Sam Fraser

"Separate from the practical skills I’ve learnt, the course prepared me for the industry by improving my confidence as a designer through working in an empowering learning environment with super supportive teachers and creative people."

Georgina Charles

"Before finding out I won the scholarship—I had already made my peace with being passed over, but when they said that they all loved my janky little comic I nearly cried. Things like this don’t happen to me."

Val Miranda

"Accessibility to design education is crucial as it provides equal opportunities to acquire the skills needed to create impactful designs. It helps give a voice to underrepresented communities in the design industry, bringing in new perspectives, leading to better design outcomes and a more inclusive society."

Dyonna Potter

"Stop overthinking and don’t put a price on your future!!! Just apply and the rest will sort itself out after, IF it’s meant to be! If you are ready to put your creative skills to use in a practical career, apply! You can learn ANY skill these days on YouTube but the one-on-one mentoring and critique you’ll get, the classroom camaraderie, the experience of being pushed to your creative limits, etc. is priceless."

Uzma Padia

"Shillington has a studio atmosphere close to how a design agency would operate and the valuable knowledge I gained has helped prepare me for life as a designer."

Jia-Yi Liu

"Design has been such a mystery to me even though I worked next door to the industry as an illustrator, and Shillington has given me the tools to understand it. I would also say to be prepared to care about font serifs. Don’t say graphic design isn’t wild."

Arnold Omanyo

"The scholarship was God’s/the universe’s way of saying 'this is the direction you should be heading'. Not only that but it was an opportunity to prove to myself, my friends and family, and to Shillington that this is what I was born to do!"

Mason El Hage

"The reason I decided to study at Shillington was in an effort to curb these bad habits and instill a reliable creative process—something I was sorely lacking—that I could use to tackle any design challenge with full confidence."

Ella Caseley

"As someone who has always wanted to study design but never getting the opportunity, winning the scholarship was such an honour. I was unhappy in my current job and was determined to do something I loved and with a lot of hard work, it finally happened."

Cindy Cheng

"Take your time to really reflect on the questions before fleshing out your answers or diving into the brief and do this first and foremost for yourself. Crystallizing your ‘reasons why’ will help fuel your creative submission and it will also help to communicate your one-of-a-kind point of view. Most importantly, treat the creative submission as an opportunity to go on an adventure and learn something new."

Darsh Seneviratne

"So originally I was going to make a board game called Cluedarsh where you race to the end of the map by correctly answering questions about my life and design interests. I scrapped that idea because I only had one weekend to make it and instead decided to shoot a short video about who I am, what I do, and why I wanted to study at Shillington."

Molly Webster

"Scholarship or not, it’s a big financial investment, so I reached out to lots of Shillumni who had a background in creative studies to gain some perspective. Along with all the great feedback, the main thing that drew me to the course was how high the standard of the work produced was just from 3 months."

Niamh Tulley

"Winning was literally the best feeling (I don’t think I have ever really won anything in my life). Also, at the point of applying, I had felt really trapped and lost in the situation I was in so it was a massive relief and I was so proud of myself. I think I read the congratulations email about 10 times before I told anyone."