A group of design students from the University of Dundee will punctuate their presence at a career launching exhibition in London by popping out to take part in their most important academic rite of passage - graduation.
By the time they return to exhibit at the New Designers show - traditionally a major recruitment ground for design firms - the 34 will have boosted their CVs by formally becoming Bachelors of Design.
The graduation ceremony will take place, appropriately, in the Estorick - a modern art gallery housing some of the most famous art works in the UK.
The London ceremony has been specially arranged by the University of Dundee to cater for their exhibiting design students whose presence at the New Designers show robs them of the chance to proceed through the university's traditional annual graduation event in Dundee.
Instead the design graduands (listed below) will be dubbed by University Chancellor and Nobel Prize winning scientist Sir James Black in their own unique event . University Vice Chancellor Sir Alan Langlands will make a short speech.
The students will graduate in three short ceremonies from 2pm followed by a reception in the walled gardens of the Estorick on Canonbury Square - just a few minutes walk from the New Designers venue.
The graduands include eight award winning graphic designers, among them the winner of the £5,000 British Design & Art Direction (D&AD) Awards Bursary, Edward Walker. The prestigious D&AD awards attract some 2,200 entries each year.
Edward(23), who is from Largs, Ayrshire won the bursary and a three month work placement with leading design company Lambie Nairn for his work which includes a simulation of an on-line deep house music website with chatroom et al. This also won him second prize in the Multimedia Virtual Music Club competition.
Fellow student Graeme Haig (21) from Kennoway, Fife won £1,000 and the equivalent in Adobe software when he took the first prize in the D & AD Multimedia Virtual Music Club section with his set of punk music promotions. Graeme, who hopes to be "snapped up" at the New Designers event, said he was "gobsmacked" to win the prize. His entry included an interactive screen saver allowing you to create your own punk figure as well as advertisements and posters.
Also in the D & AD Awards, Natalie Cowx, Forfar received a commendation for her TV Titles.
Stephen Kane, Garrow Hill, Glasgow took second prize in the Interactive Design section for his interactive address book.
The following students had their work selected to appear in the student awards annual: Jung Won Kim, John Donachie, Ellen Kirkhope, Andrew Robertson.
Notes for editors
The full list of students graduating BDes in London is:
Keith Arnott (Graphic Design)
Gillian Barrie (Illustration & Printmaking)
Andrew Bell (Interior & Environmental Design)
Fiona Brown (Illustration & Printmaking)
Karen Butcher (Graphic Design)
Fraser Byars (Graphic Design)
Linda-Jane Coote (Illustration & Printmaking)
Sara Cordiner (Illustration & Printmaking)
Natalie Cowx (Graphic Design)
Nichola Coyle (Illustration & Printmaking)
Emma Crabbe (Illustration & Printmaking)
Gemma Dominick (Graphic Design)
John Donachie (Graphic Design)
Kati Dudgeon (Illustration & Printmaking)
Nicola Grubb (Illustration & Printmaking)
Graeme Haig (Graphic Design)
Paul Hastings (Graphic Design)
Gary Horton (Graphic Design)
Stephen Kane (Graphic Design)
Jung-Won Kim (Graphic Design)
Ellen Kirkhope (Graphic Design)
Nadia Lucchesi (Illustration & Printmaking)
Jamie Malcolm (Graphic Design)
Elizabeth Myhill (Illustration & Printmaking)
Christopher Phin (Graphic Design)
Andrew Robertson (Graphic Design)
Hayley Smail (Illustration & Printmaking)
John Sutherland (Illustration & Printmaking)
Rachel Swinley (Illustration & Printmaking)
David Taylor (Illustration & Printmaking)
Paul Travers (Interior & Environmental Design)
Edward Walker (Graphic Design)
Lisa Williamson (Graphic Design)
Daniel Woodford (Interior & Environmental Design)