MAYOR UNVEILS WINNING DESIGN FOR HIS OFFICIAL 2024 CHRISTMAS CARD

Published 3 December 2024 at 3:30pm

A student from Rotherham College has won a competition to design the official Christmas card for South Yorkshire’s Mayor.

The winning entry features a famous food item from the region –  a Yorkshire pudding.

The colourful and cheeky design captures another enduring and important part of South Yorkshire – humour.

It was designed by 17 year old graphic design student, Isabelle Taylor.

The Mayor, Oliver Coppard, said: “I’m really pleased to share with you the design for my official Christmas card this year, created by the wonderfully talented Isabelle.

“Thanks to her and all the other students who submitted their work.

“Isabelle’s design will now feature on the Christmas cards I send this year and I’m very proud to send her South Yorkshire design far and wide.”

Isabelle, who lives in Waverley, Rotherham, chose to take part in the Mayor's Christmas card competition because she enjoys the process of design. 

However, she never normally enters competitions as she never thinks her designs will win.

Isabelle described how she came up with the concept for her winning design: “I wanted to include something that everyone would easily recognise. Yorkshire puddings are really popular, not just in South Yorkshire but all across the UK. 

“I like to be creative, to follow a brief and then figure out how I can interpret that creatively.

"I'm quite shocked that I've won, you never enter into something expecting to win, but I'm so happy that my design is going to be seen by so many people.”

Her prize for winning the competition is £250 worth of vouchers to spend on art supplies. 

Isabelle added: “I’m going to use these vouchers to buy supplies so I can explore and try out different painting techniques."