Winner of the CG Graduate Design Awards

A quick word to congratulate Matt Radford, who took this year's Escape Studios Student CG title.

Jaime Hayon

Spanish artist-designer Jaime Hayon has been awarded ‘Artist of the year 2010‘ by French design tradeshow ‘Maison et Objects‘. Not knowing who he was, I had seen his work before, but was never aware of how prolific he was. It's not all to my taste, however, when you see his projects you understand immediately why he has been awarded this prize.

Via Trendland

W+K Nominated

Talking of Awards I received an email from Bella Laine at Wieden + Kennedy London, to let us know that they have been nominated for this year’s Design Museum Brit Insurance Awards in the for the creation of the 2009 / 2010 onedotzero festival identity, which we featured back in September. Take a look at their submission film on the creation of the interactive identity piece.

2010 Output Awards - For students in design and architecture

A quick heads up for the 2010 Output Awards. More info here.

• The works selected by the jury will be published in the yearbook :output.
• :output Grand Prix: 3.000 Euro
• Deadline for submissions: February 15 2010

JURY: Juliette Bellocq (graphic design | USA), Elio Caccavale (product design | I/UK), Kate Moross (graphic design | UK), Florian Pfeffer (:output foundation | NL/GER), N.N. (architecture)

Submitted by Erica Gibson

Grafik Design Awards 2010

Well, I think we all want 2010 to be an award winning year, and so it could not be more apt way to start than to let you all know about Grafik Magazine's first award scheme.

A few differences from other awards I suppose, in that they are no categories, and that these awards are making a conscious effort to rid them of their sometimes elitist nature by introducing low fees for entry, making it far more accessible to everyone.

Also the judging panel consists of some rather notable people in the world of design including:
Angharad Lewis, Wim Crouwel, Nick Roope, Emily King, Eva Rucki, Peter Saville, Caroline Roberts, Ben Parker, Kate Moross, Sara De Bondt, Phil Baines and Marina Willer.

May be a good way to start the year, non?

The awards are now open for entries at with a closing date of 31 January 2010. The awards event itself will take place 29 April 2010.

More info here

Submitted by Richard Lamballe/ Grafik

D&AD 2009 winners announced

"The four Black Pencil winners demonstrate the power and all-encompassing nature of creativity – in education, politics and even in the change in our pockets," says D&AD President, Garrick Hamm. "These winners are more than just great pieces of communication, they change our behaviour and touch our lives." More on CR Blog

See the rest at The D&AD

Prix Pictet 2008

The Prix Pictet award’s worthy mission, is to promote photographic excellence and environmental sustainability. In its inaugural year the theme was water and the winner, announced by Koffi Annan in Paris, was Canadian photographer Benoit Aquin.
There's an excellent video report over at Monocle

Escape Studios Awards 08 - Winners

In case you didn't know already, the winners of the Escape Awards were announced recently at the Tate Modern. Those lucky enough to win received one of these lovely looking awards which was created by Zissou of Supernatural Studios.