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21 June 2010
Regional Design Awards names 58 winners
MISSISSAUGA, ON—Design Edge Canada proudly announced the winners for the first ever Regional Design Awards at a reception held last night at the Roosevelt Room in Toronto. This unique awards program celebrates the best of Canadian graphic design from all corners of the country.
Fifty-eight winners were recognized across eight regions of Canada, from B.C. and Yukon to the Atlantic provinces, at the evening reception. One project within each region was named “Best of Region” and received the top honours of the night.
“We’re impressed with the response we’ve received for the Regional Design Awards, the first of its kind,” commented Award Producer Doug Bennet. “Canadian designers are amazingly talented and we want to recognize that with our program. We hope next year we’ll have more regional representation and more entries from all regions.”
The contest received nearly 500 individual entries from across the country. A panel of eight volunteer judges, one from each region, selected a total of 142 finalists for awards in 13 categories, including logo, identity applications, packaging, student work, and more. Of these finalists, 58 winners were chosen.
Judging took place in March. The unidentified projects were reviewed in two rounds by seven judges (all but the one judge from that region), and scored anonymously. The projects that were given a minimum score were chosen as finalists and the highest scoring projects were chosen as winners. The judges selected the Best of Region award winners amongst the winning projects from each region.
All finalists and winners are showcased in the Design Annual published by Design Edge Canada, which will be distributed as part of its July/August issue. To order a copy of the Annual, please contact awards@designedgecanada.com.
To view the Gallery of Finalists and winners, go to www.designedgecanada.com/awards.
Thanks go to these Regional Design Awards 2010 partners:
Presenting sponsor: TI Group; Gold sponsor: GetStock, Creative Niche; Silver sponsor: Kallima; and Regional sponsor: Flash Reproductions
Fifty-eight winners were recognized across eight regions of Canada, from B.C. and Yukon to the Atlantic provinces, at the evening reception. One project within each region was named “Best of Region” and received the top honours of the night.
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Design Edge doles out certificates and design annuals at the Regional Design Awards reception in Toronto last evening
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“We’re impressed with the response we’ve received for the Regional Design Awards, the first of its kind,” commented Award Producer Doug Bennet. “Canadian designers are amazingly talented and we want to recognize that with our program. We hope next year we’ll have more regional representation and more entries from all regions.”
The contest received nearly 500 individual entries from across the country. A panel of eight volunteer judges, one from each region, selected a total of 142 finalists for awards in 13 categories, including logo, identity applications, packaging, student work, and more. Of these finalists, 58 winners were chosen.
Judging took place in March. The unidentified projects were reviewed in two rounds by seven judges (all but the one judge from that region), and scored anonymously. The projects that were given a minimum score were chosen as finalists and the highest scoring projects were chosen as winners. The judges selected the Best of Region award winners amongst the winning projects from each region.
All finalists and winners are showcased in the Design Annual published by Design Edge Canada, which will be distributed as part of its July/August issue. To order a copy of the Annual, please contact awards@designedgecanada.com.
To view the Gallery of Finalists and winners, go to www.designedgecanada.com/awards.
Thanks go to these Regional Design Awards 2010 partners:
Presenting sponsor: TI Group; Gold sponsor: GetStock, Creative Niche; Silver sponsor: Kallima; and Regional sponsor: Flash Reproductions
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The majority of designers are working in "middle class" design. It pays the bills. When you look through these winners the majority have big budget production and very open minded clients. I'd reckon a guess that 90% of working designers don't get a chance to work on projects with such parameters. We have narrow minded clients with narrow minded ideas. I'm not complaining about that, they pay the bills but I think being able to turn out a great design despite low budgets and non-ideal clients is a far greater challenge and one that maybe some of these awards should start appreciating...
Focus on objective design journalism... we have a need for that. what we don't need is another awards scheme... times have changed... keep on this path and the design community will abandon you the way it has the magazines I mentioned
so you won an award! wow! who cares.