SOYA Awards 2009 Mentorships
Mentorships can be hugely rewarding, or unfortunately, a huge waste of time. I'm onto my third formal mentoring relationship and two of them (Jill Danks and Ian Lyons) I consider priceless.
Recently the Qantas Spirit of Youth Awards' (SOYA) mentorships caught our attention - tapping into the expertise of creative leaders like Marc Newson, Zimmermann, Vince Frost and Liz Ann Macgregor. Not only do the SOYA09 Winners take out a cash grant and free flights, these mentorships help young innovators expand their horizons, build up their business base, and learn the ropes from leading industry icons and some of the greatest creative minds in the world.
Congratualations to this year's winners.
INDUSTRIAL & OBJECT DESIGN
Tom Fereday (23, Newtown, NSW)
FASHION
Romance Was Born (Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales, 27, Surry Hills, NSW)
Mentors: Australian designers Nicky Zimmermann and Simone Zimmermann
FILM
Kasimir Burgess (28, Melbourne, VIC)
MUSIC
Oh Mercy (Melbourne, VIC)
PHOTOGRAPHY
Nirrimi Hakanson (17, Townsville, QLD)
"I want to shoot for Vogue before I'm an adult". She's 17.
VISUAL ARTS
Rebecca Baumann (26, Willeton, WA)
VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS
tin&ed (Tin Nguyen and Edward Cutting, 28, Melbourne, VIC)
Edward Cutting: "It's very collaborative." Tin Nguyen: "We just argue."
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