Nicole Gemlitski, was awarded the Madeline Lester Award from the DIA.

Nicole Gemlitski, was awarded the Madeline Lester Award from the DIA. This is the overall award given to the most outstanding graduate design project.

The jury praised Gemlitski for her “well resolved research and practical design solutions that not only fill a void in the market, but also consider wellbeing at the centre of their approach.”

Her final project, titled Alite, is a wireless wearble device for nurses that beeps or vibrates distinctly alerting them to the different requirements for each patient in the delivery of chemotherapy. The jury called it an “elegant solution” with the potential to impact and improve critical care management and treatment.

Nicole also won the Vic + Tas Product Design Graduate of the Year, Australian Product Design Graduate of the Year, and Vic + Tas Design Graduate of the Year.