We just received the Call For Entries for Graphex 2010—GDC’s biennial national design awards. The concept is “A Reflection Of The Best Designers In Canada”, so I photographed myself reflected in the shiny mirror postcard [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
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The winners of the 12th annual Webby Awards were just announced and the Graphex 2008 website, designed and developed by Industrial Brand Creative, was chosen as an Honoree out of more than 8,000 entries in 70 categories. To be selected amon [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, August 22nd, 2008
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Then there are shows we've never heard of, or with questionable materials (I mean, if you can't design a decent CFE, how are you going to judge our work and by what standards?
Then there's the consideration of fit. Do I really want to enter a project done for a university into a consumer category? Or, if the show has so many categories that I can find one that's an exact match for almost any work in any industry, what are they trying to accomplish and how competitive is the show? Are they awarding one winner in each category or the top percentage of entries? Do they charge you more for a recognition certificate or statue? Who are the judges? What sort of work has won in the past? You get my point.
I suppose there are some firms that set aside a decent budget to enter awards as a form of marketing strategy. There are certainly no shortage of clients looking to work for award winning agencies, but that's not guarantee they are going to get award winning work. Then again, what else can we do with our often limited resources than hand it over to award shows that seem to exist merely as a business to make their producers money? I suggest there are quite a few things we can think of. As long as we can keep a steady roster of clients interested in good, solid, effective and business-objective-oriented work and not simply chase awards at all costs. We love it when these things can coexist of course.
We'll always enter our best work into the best shows (not throw everything at every show in every category), but personally, we'd rather pay our staff more money, take them out more often or treat our great clients to a nice meal than toss a wad of cash at award shows that exist soley to make money.
What's your experience, and what shows do you regard as the best? Be great to have a decent list and list some of your experiences here.
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Just today I was trying to decide whether to bother entering a few of our recent web projects into the W3 Awards and was in a bit of a fence-sitting position about it. Over the course of a year we are becoming bombarded by more and more awa [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, July 18th, 2008
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Applied Arts Magazine announced its latest list of winners today, and Vacnouver’s Rethink Communications cleaned up. As usual. 44 of their submissions were chosen as winners—including the Graphex 2008 invitations they designed for G [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
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Word has it that the Graphex 2008 commemorative binder is totally WOW! The binder was given out as a welcome kit to the judges and so far it’s been very well received. Don’t you just love the laser etched bamboo cover? We do. Th [...]
Posted by: Claire Alexander on Friday, November 30th, 2007
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Last night, November 21st, 2007, Jeff Harrison and Rethink Communications won a prestigious Lotus Award in the category of Best Design Poster for their design of the GDC Graphex 2008 Call For Entries poster. Well done guys!
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
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He’s worked with Burton Snowboards since 1984. He owns the biggest design firm in Brazil. He’s the current global creative director of Starbucks and formerly of Nike. He created the only comprehensive course on Canadian design h [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
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The theme for this year's competition, “The Best of Visual Communications: Opens a World of Possibilities”, uses the visual language of a tournament ladder structure to reveal the various influences and inputs that go into a design solution, as well as serving as a representation of the fierce competition to win a prestigious Graphex Award. As well, the tournament ladder is flipped to explore the various possible influences and effect a particular design project can have far beyond the creative brief or client, such as on the community, economy, environment and society. And what effects will winning an award such as Graphex have on our own lives, reputations and careers?
Graphex 2008 asks the question "What effect will your design have?" Enter now to find out.
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GDC’s Graphex 2008 National Design Awards were recently announced with a deadline for entries of November 23rd, 2007. Designed and developed by Industrial Brand Creative, the website features an animated Flash interface with dynamic c [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, September 27th, 2007
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