TORONTO—Designers and studios from eight regions across the country were honoured last night at the Regional Design Awards (Reggies), produced by Design Edge Canada.

The best of region winners were announced at a packed house at the Hoxton in Toronto, the new home for the awards party.



Winning best of region for Ontario was Hagon Design from Kitchener for its Smoke Free Greece website. Tops in the Atlantic region was Trampoline Branding in Halifax for its Youth Addictions Awareness website, while the winner in the highly competitive BC/Yukon region was Public Architecture+Communication in Vancouver for its environmental design of the UBC Faculty of Arts Pavilion Pool.

In the hotly contested Alberta/NWT region, the judges named Foundry Communications tops for its ACAD annual report, while in the growing Prairies and Nunavut region, Danielle Tuchelt from Lumsden, Saskatchewan won for the print design of Luther Invitational Tournament 60 Years 1953-2012.

Quebec yielded many entries and taking best of region was Cossette for the OurCheeses.com website redesign. In the Ontario Horseshoe, another highly competitive region, the winner was 35OH In-House for RMP Athletic Locker (Mississauga) for the Fall 2012 Ripzone Catalogue.

Last but not least was Toronto, which had 14 category winners. This year the judges chose to give a special mention to an entry that struck them as unique, being the Love Condos Campaign from LA Inc. The big winner for Toronto was Concrete Design Communications for its Lida Baday website.


Multiple category winners last night included Foundry Communications with four wins, LA Inc with three wins, TAXI with two, as well as Trampoline Branding, Extreme Group, Subplot Design, Bradbury Branding & Design, Cossette, and 35OH In-House.

The judges for this year's awards (and the regions they represented) were Chris Dallin, director, Branding & Design, DDB Canada, Vancouver (BC/Yukon); Ryan Kelly, creative director of RED the Agency in Edmonton (Alberta/NWT); Catharine Bradbury, president, Bradbury Branding & Design Inc. in Regina (Prairies and Nunavut); Leslie Miles, creative director of Gordon Group Marketing + Communications in Ottawa (Ontario); Peter Gabany, creative director of Limelight Advertising & Design in Port Hope (Ontario Horseshoe); Dave Watson, creative director of design, North America at TAXI North America (Toronto); Barbara Jacques, creative director of Identica Branding and Design (Cossette Communications Group Inc.) in Montreal (Quebec); and Tom Murphy, creative director of Target Marketing & Communications Inc. in St. John's (Atlantic Canada).

Reggies sponsors included Unisource, Kallima, Toronto Standard, TI Group, Pantone, Flash Reproductions, Burroughes Building, Bigstock, ASL Print FX (who printed the cover of the awards annual), Annan & Sons, and Eliquo.

Design Edge subscribers should watch the mail soon for their copy of the Regional Design Awards annual, containing all finalists and winners.

Winning entries will also be posted here. Check out photos from the party here.