The HND Graphic Design students from the Colleges Paisley campus completed the live client brief with award-winning connected digital health solutions company, Cohesion Medical for the third year running.
This successful collaboration saw the students work closely with the team designing graphics for an app that can be used by people who suffer from Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD), assisting them in managing their condition and care out with a clinical setting.
Euan Cameron, Director of Cohesion Medical, commented, “This is our third year working with the Graphic Design students from West College Scotland and once again we have been incredibly impressed with the commitment and work of all the students taking part in this year’s design brief.
The work this year was of a particularly high standard and our industry judge was really impressed with the ideas presented, so much so that we decided to award three winners and three highly commended entries.
Winners included: twenty-three year old April MacDonald, twenty year old Laura Wood and thirty year old Joanna Kropacz . Highly commended entries went to: twenty year old Murron Stoddart, twenty-one year old Jack Sloane and twenty year old Evan Buckley.
Euan continued, “We are also very pleased to be have Joanna Kropacz join us for work experience on one of our other health and social care projects. As a local business, it is important for us to help nurture the creative talents of our younger generation and help support their transition into the workplace.
‘We look forward to continuing our partnership with Lola and WCS in the future.”
Lecturer, Lola Patterson said, “This has been an incredible opportunity yet again working with Cohesion Medical. Our students have responded with an excellent professional standard of work.
This experience contributes greatly to them articulating onto university or future employment and showcasing their work.
'It’s equally great that Cohesion Medical Ltd has for the 3rd year given one of our Graphic Design student a fantastic work placement where she produced graphics for another project.”
Speaking to the winners of the project, they are all in agreement that live projects like this play a vital role in the development of both their skills and confidence.
Winner, April MacDonald commented, "I am so pleased to have been part of a great design brief given by Cohesion Medical Ltd and also very pleased to have WON, it has been a great confidence boost to be recognised. The team were very helpful and friendly and gave us great guidance throughout the design project. The design project was one of my most challenging projects as it was focused on a sensitive subject.”
Pictured: Winner April MacDonald
Winner, Laura Wood said, "To be a winner on this brief with Cohesion Medical has been a tremendous achievement, to which I am extremely grateful. For my work to be recognised and praised is incredible. Working alongside Cohesion was such an great opportunity and they proved to be some of the best clients I’ve had the pleasure of working with. Starting the project by attending their office where we were presented with the brief, we conversed and asked questions to really get to know the expectations of the client. Throughout the project, Cohesion responded to emails and even came out to the college in order to look at our designs and provide feedback and advice to reach the best design solution we could. I’d like to thank Cohesion for providing not just me but the college for this incredible experience and for being so involved."
Pictured: Winner Laura Wood
Winner, Joanna Kropacz commented, “Taking part in Cohesion Medical Ltd. life client brief was a great experience which expanded my creative skills. It taught me how to work with the client. I wanted my design to be simplistic and strictly associated with IBD condition.”
Pictured: Winner Joanna Kropacz