Scottish Interior Design Students Showcase 2026

For the second year MLA organised a showcase for final year design students from Glasgow School of Art, DJCAD, Edinburgh College of Art and Edinburgh Napier University.

This year the showcase of students’ work was at the Barras Art and Design in Glasgow on the 10th and 11th June.

The event included exhibitions from our headline ‘gold’ sponsors Solace Interiors, Solus Ceramics and Wagstaff Interiors as well as display areas with our ‘silver’ sponsors Optima, Tsuanmi Axis and Shaw Contracts.

And there was an engaging and educational programme of talks and presentations from design industry experts: –

• ‘The Power of Understanding your Audience’ hosted by Sara Seravalli – Il Salotto with panel Andrew Anderson, Maggies Centres; Evelyn Gallagher, MLA; Hannah Armitage, Bennetts Associates.
• ‘Experiential Design’ hosted by Natasha Huq, GRAS with panel Alyssa Dammiger, BRC; Jaco Justice, Ja Coco and Michelle Ridley, Significant Others.
• Presentations with career/networking focus on BCO – Sarah Lawson, MLA; Women in Property – Claire McBain, City Construction; BE-ST – Kaye Keenan; Il Salotto -Sara Seravalli.
•  ‘Career Journeys’ – hosted by Hazel Pearson – MLA with panel Anna Campbell-Jones, Habitus Design; Hazel Houliston, NatWest; Anna Barr, Source Solutions; Adam Storey, S&Co.

Once again the standard of work from the students was incredible and our judges  – Anna Campbell Jones, Habitus Design, Hazel Houliston, NatWest and Gordon Yeaman, MLA – had the difficult task of selecting the winners.

Best Exhibition Stand – sponsored by Architextures.org

Glasgow School of Art

Prize for Sustainability – sponsored by MLA

Rachel Masterman (Glasgow School of Art)

Prize for Communication – Space Solutions

Natalie Bonner (Edinburgh Napier University)

Prize for Originality – sponsored by Norr

Selina Xu (Edinburgh College of Art)

Prize for Storytelling – sponsored by S&Co

Bella Gibbons (Glasgow School of Art)

Prize for Materiality – sponsored by The Senator Group and Herald Property Awards

Saffron Boatfield (Edinburgh College of Art)

Highly Commended – sponsored by The Senator Group and Herald Property Awards

Kayla Adamson (DJCAD)

Well done to all the prize winners and thank you to our sponsors, all our industry friends who attended  and those who supported us with excellent talks, presentations and mentoring.