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Winners of 2013 Design Achievement Awards Announced

03.12.2013 News

New York (United States) - Adobe, in collaboration with Icograda, announced the winners of the 13 annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA) at an awards ceremony held on 19 November 2013 in New York. The awards honour the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from higher education institutions worldwide who have created individual or group projects with Adobe software.

The 2013 ADAA received 3752 submissions this year from more than 50 countries. For the fifth consecutive year, Adobe collaborated with Icograda to attract submissions from the Icograda Education Network, and select an international panel of design experts to judge the prestigious awards.

The awards ceremony was hosted at the Affinia Hotel in New York. The ADAA Finalists were invited to attend the Create Now event and toured New York Design studios.

Award Presenters

Willy Wong, Chief Creative Officer at NYC & Company
Richard Doust, Senior Tutor, Royal College of Art
Hsien-yin Ingrid Chou, Associate Creative Director at MoMA
Matias Corea, Co-founder and Chief of Design at Behance
Bryan Berger, Lead UI Designer/Developer, IAC
Diego Marini, Creative Director, Skew-eyed
David Field, Caterpillar films
Sean Teegarden, Photographer

Category Awards

Game Design: Sanghee Chu, Hongik University, Korea
Information Design: Yael Cohen, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Israel
Installation Design: Marc Nonnenmacher, Fachhochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany
Digital Publishing: Katarina Batina, University of Washington, United States
Animation: Simon Wilches-Castro, University of Southern California, United States
Motion Graphics: Dani Wolf, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Israel
Editing and Post Production: Alexander Heringer, Stuttgart Media University, Germany
Illustration: Min Gyo Chung, OCAD University, Canada
Packaging: Vivi Feng, Pratt Institute, United States
Photography: Brian Biles, Savannah College of Art and Design, United States
Print Communications: Benjamin Lee, Art Center College of Design, United States?

Grand Prize Award

Interactive Media Segment: Yael Cohen, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Israel
Video and Motion Media Segment: Simon Wilches-Castro, University of Southern California, United States
Traditional Media Segment: Min Gyo Chung, OCAD University, Canada

Winning and finalist projects can be viewed at the ADAA Gallery, along with those from previous years.

2013 Judging Panel

The international panel of judges consisted of:

Harry Pearce, Partner, Pentagram | UK
Lilit Hayrapetyan, Art director/designer/3d artist, Psyop | USA
Matias Corea, Co-founder and Chief of Design at Behance | USA
Mikael Kanfi, Partner and Chief Product Officer, Twist Image | Canada
Peter Højer, Head of Deign, DR Design | Denmark
Phoebe Glasfurd, Creative Director and Co-founder, Glasfurd&Walker | Canada
Mike Kus, Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Web & UI Designer | UK
Hsien-yin Ingrid Chou, Associate Creative Director, MoMA | USA

For a complete list of the 2013 judging panel, visit the ADAA page. judges' commentary on the 2013 Adobe Design Achievement Awards.

Prizes

Individual winners and leaders of groups received a cash prize, Creative Cloud memberships, winner's certificate and trophy, round-trip airfare to New York, and lodging during the 2013 Create now event.

Student individual winners and leaders of groups are appointed to the Icograda Youth Advisory Panel and receive a one-year mentorship with a design leader from the Icograda network.

Find out more at: adaa.adobe.com

For inquiries, contact:

Elizabeth Carbonell
Project Manager
Icograda Secretariat
ecarbonell@icograda.org

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