Living up to their reputation firstclass.grads put on an epic show, which is best summerised by a direct quote from Uwe, a German investment banker that attends each year after flying First Class from Düsseldorf:
The graduation event was the BEST I’ve ever been to. As I mentioned yesterday, the THEME went through the whole event… not like all the years ago… „The cat is out of the bag“ there was a bag and that was all about it.
But what I loved about it was that the students did socialize – they worked together to get it done… it was so visible how much they cooperated.
And the first time that this is not „only“ graphic design but also app design…
Likewise a big congratulations to our awards for excellence this year, which featured:
| Award for excellence | Judged by | Winner |
| BEAUMONT AWARD | The Butcher Shop | Kallie Bone |
| Typographic excellence award | Isabel Kruger | Media on Mars | Kristy Ford |
| Branding excellence award | Sue Mawer & Neil Turner | Turner Designs | Molly Broun |
| Digital Design excellence award | David Moore | Patersons Securities | Nicole Ursich |
| Advertising excellence award | The Butcher Shop | Nicholas West |
| Illustration excellence award | Toby Wilkinson | War Ink | Alysha Anema |
| AGDA Student Best of Show award | Alby Furfaro & Hailey Sims | AGDA WA | Kristy Ford |
| TRAVIS WALKER MEMORIAL AWARD | All lecturing staff | Luke Totterdell |
Follow their onward journey on instagram: First Class Grads 2017 and go to firstclassgrads.com.au to explore the crew profiles.