GRAPHIC DESIGN’S
Courtney Shelley shines at the ‘WorldStar Student Awards’ competition. ANDILE DUBE
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urban University of Technology’s (DUT’s) Graphic Design student, Courtney Shelley recently took home top awards at the World Packaging Organisation’s (WPO) International Packaging Design Student Competition 2021, popularly known as the WorldStar Student Awards. The multi-disciplinary designer, Shelley beat other hopefuls from around the globe to win the Gold Star Trophy-1st place internationally and the Marketing Appeal Gold Trophy for her Bee Loved Honey design and marketing appeal, respectively. Initially, Shelley’s third-year lecturers entered her packaging design into the 2021 Student Gold Pack Competition where she was announced as the overall winner in the Graphic Design Category as well as the Best overall in Brief 3 securing her the Gold Trophy. Thereafter, her packaging was entered into the WPO WorldStar Student Awards, a prestigious international packaging competition for students. Shelley is passionate about sustainability and environmental issues so she chose brief 3 – which required entrants to design packaging for any branded product, existing or of their own creation,
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AWARDS & HONOURS
Graphic Design student and multi-disciplinary designer, Courtney Shelley with her awards. Photo supplied.
