We were thrilled to announce the 13th annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA) ceremony, held in New York City, at the Hotel Affinia Manhattan. Eleven student category winners were honored, and Adobe also announced three students as 2013 Grand Prize Media Segment Winners. The event was hosted in collaboration with Icograda (International Council of Communication Design). Adobe and Icograda partnered for the fifth consecutive year to select an international panel of judges, with varied expertise in design, art, animation, and filmmaking.
Adobe Design Achievement Awards Board Member, Willy Wong was the emcee of the awards ceremony on November 19th in NYC
Finalists and winners at the ADAA ceremony in New York!
Yael Cohen, the 2013 Grand Prize winner for the Interactive Media Segment, commented on her win, “The Adobe Design Achievment Awards has provided me with an amazing experience, new and unforgettable; both on the professional and personal level. It was an enriching educational experience. I was exposed to a lot of talented designers from around the world. The ceremony was exciting, definitely a lifetime experience.” Yael attends Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Israel.
Yael Cohen of Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Israel, takes home the Grand Prize win, for the Interactive Media segment.
In addition to the Awards dinner, Adobe also hosted design studio tours for the finalists and winners. The ADAA honorees were able to select from 12 design studios within NYC to visit and meet with Designers and Creative Directors, including Pentagram, Carbone Smolan Agency, and Doyle Partners, among others.
“I think the idea of having such a diverse group of judges from both different cultures and different design disciplines, gives a real credence to the Awards. It’s fascinating to see the breadth of work, the diversity, and largely, the quality of the entries,” commented Harry Pearce, Partner at Pentagram U.K.
Contest Categories:
Student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers and computer artists submitted projects created with Adobe tools. Over 3,750 projects were submitted into the contest, from 55 countries worldwide. From that, 1,100 Semifinalists were selected. Eventually, the top 30 finalists from 10 countries were announced in October.
Left to right: Hsien-yin Ingrid Chou of Associate Creative Director at MoMa; Bryan Berger, ADAA winner 2009; and Marc Nonnenmacher, ADAA finalist 2010 and winner in 2013
ADAA Winner, Marc Nonnenmacher, first achieved finalist status in 2010 for his work, Kausalkomplexe. Now, Marc has returned to the contest victorious, winning the 2013 Installation category for his newest work entitled Causal Timelines. Nonnenmacher was grateful when he commented that, his friends had helped him by, “lending me their ear, and allowing me to discuss my ideas with them. And I owe so much to my professors for supporting me and inspiring me.”
The 2013 Category Winners were:
Interactive Experience Media Segment:
Grand Prize Winner and Information Design: Yael Cohen, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Israel
Game Art and Design: Sanghee Chu, Hongik University, South Korea
Installation Design: Marc Nonnenmacher, Fachhochschule WÜrzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany
Digital Publishing: Katarina Batina, University of Washington, United States
Katarina Batina accepting her award for Digital Publishing
Motion and Video Media Segment:
Grand Prize Winner and Animation: Simon Wilches-Castro, University of Southern California, United Sates
Editing and Post Production: Alexander Heringer, Stuttgart Media University, Germany
Motion Graphics: Dani Wolf, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Israel
Grand Prize Winner, Min Gyo Chung of OCAD, takes home the win for Traditional Media segment
Traditional Media Segment:
Grand Prize Winner and Illustration: Min Gyo Chung, OCAD University, Canada
Packaging: Vivi Feng, Pratt Institute, United Sates
Photography: Brian Biles, Savannah College of Art and Design, United States
Print Communications: Benjamin Lee, Art Center College of Design, United States
Watch the recorded winner announcements here.
Watch the 2013 judges in action here!
Benjamin Lee accepting his award for the Print Communications category
Prizes:
Individual category winners – and the leader from each winning group submission – received a US$2,000 cash prize and a membership to Adobe Creative Cloud, and a one-year mentorship with an Icograda design industry professional. Three Grand Prize Media Segment winners received and an additional US$3,000 for a total purse of US$5,000.
Join us in congratulating the winners, finalists and honorable mention recipients in the ADAA Online Gallery!
