An Auchterarder school pupil is the winner of a competition to design a time capsule for the V&A Dundee.
Luisa Geddes, from the Community School of Auchterarder, beat off stiff competition from 200 pupils across Scotland to be selected by an expert panel chaired by Ian Callum, Jaguar’s Director of Design.
The 17-year-old will receive a week’s work experience at Jaguar where she will see her design adapted for manufacture.
Dundee’s Grove Academy was also awarded the prize of ‘most creative school’ following the shortlisting by SQA and V&A Dundee.
Luisa said: “I can’t believe it, it’s so exciting. I wanted to design something the public could interact with and enjoy, both during the day and night.
“I’m looking forward to the work experience at Jaguar – I don’t know exactly what I want to do when I leave school, but definitely something to do with design.”
The competition was open to all Scottish secondary school pupils studying SQA’s Higher Design and Manufacture course.
The other pupils shortlisted included Reuben Hann from Dundee’s Grove Academy, Phoebe Simpson from Woodmill High School in Fife, William Chan, from Liberton High School, Edinburgh, and Ruaridh Smith, St Columba’s High School in Gourock.
Cammie Ross from Woodmill High School in Fife was among three others to receive an area award for his work.
The brief specified the design and engineering requirements for the time capsule, including being weatherproof for 50 years, occupying a space of no more than 1.5 cubic metres, and being a creative design inspired by Jaguar and the V&A Dundee building.
Ian Callum, Jaguar director of design, said: “What struck us all about Luisa was her sense of professional presentation and clarity in explanation.
“She had a clear understanding of what she was trying to do, and the message she was trying to create in the sculpture she’d designed.”
Philip Long, Director of V&A Dundee, added: “All of the pupils excelled themselves and should feel incredibly proud of reaching the final stages of this major national competition.
“Particular congratulations go to Luisa whose design stood out as the strongest response to the brief, showcasing her own creativity, meeting the strict criteria for a time capsule that must last for 50 years, and engaging with the design excellence of Jaguar and V&A Dundee.”
