{"id":92915,"date":"2015-06-30T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/92915\/vega-students-bag-yet-another-yellow-pencil-award\/"},"modified":"2015-07-02T10:21:20","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T08:21:20","slug":"vega-students-bag-yet-another-yellow-pencil-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/06\/30\/vega-students-bag-yet-another-yellow-pencil-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Vega students bag yet another Pencil Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Germiston residents Kate-Lyn Meistre and Jessica van der Berg are making waves with their outstanding designs and innovation.<\/p>\n

The two were part of a team, including Kathryn Henning and Mikola Hill, from the Vega School of Brand Leadership (Vega)<\/a>, who won a Pencil Award in the prestigious D&AD New Blood Awards<\/a>, for their Pantone campaign: \u201cBetter in the Dark\u201d.<\/p>

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Jessica van der Berg, from Germiston, a student at the Vega School of Brand Leadership (Vega) was one of four students to be awarded the Pencil Award, in the prestigious D&AD New Blood Awards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This makes it the second year in which Vega students have won at the annual D&AD awards, which are considered a major event in the international world of design and advertising.<\/p>\n

Students\u2019 work is judged against other creative, design and advertising students\u2019 work from around the globe.<\/p>

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The students\u2019 award winning idea saw colour and light being brought to an area of Johannesburg, to benefit the communities who live there.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were thrilled to hear that we\u2019d won a Pencil Award for our integrated campaign, Making Yeoville Better in the Dark, by developing the area through glow-in-the-dark colour and bringing back the vibe that Yeoville was once known for,\u201d explained team mate Henning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning this amazing award will open doors for our careers as young women in South Africa and allow us to reach new heights with our creative ideas, changing lives and making the world a better place through innovative design and advertising.\u201d<\/p>\n

After winning the award the four students are now permitted to use the \u201cPencil\u201d icon on their future work, proving to the world and prospective clients that their talent has been endorsed by global industry leaders.<\/p>\n

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