New generation of talent get a chance to shine

A CUTTING-EDGE graphic design and hi-tech multimedia exhibition has opened showcasing a new generation of talent.

Final year honours students from Cork Institute of Technology’s (CIT) Media Communications department unveiled their Nova City exhibition last night.

Industry figures are expected to visit the show during the week to find the graphic designers and advertising brains of tomorrow.

Lecturer Phil Curtin said the cream of the crop can expect to be very well paid.

“They will be working at the high value end of the industry. It is a very well paid industry, if you’re good, and we’ve got some very good work on show,” he said.

Highlights include multi-media teaching aids, an installation on road safety, and a stunning photographic calendar based on women’s role in agriculture, by Lily Lenihan.

A range of posters promoting the Irish Boxing Championship, which come with a promotional video, and another promotional piece for a new radio station complete with graphic design, branding and identity, are also on show.

Photographic, video, animation, design, printing and sound engineering works can also be seen.

TV chef Seamus O’Connell, who runs the Ivory Tower, treated the students, their parents and guests at the launch to some of his innovative food afterwards.

Nova City runs in the new Student Centre at the Bishopstown college until Thursday.