Papelote / Papelote / Tomos / Third Place / Papelote diaries and notebooks

A very articulated line of stationary products comprising sundry items such as diaries, sketchbooks and notepads in a pleasing combination of colours complete with variously inspired accessories.  The country of origin of this coordinated project is also interesting since it is traditionally disinclined towards design applications using modern materials. […]

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Sànchez / Fundaciòn Collecciòn Thyssen Bornemisza / Ormàn Impresores / Second Place / El Greco International Symposium

The coordinated graphics for the International El Greco Symposium achieve excellent presentation of all information details through elegant typography based on a few decorative elements that achieve an unusual impact in the “corporate” segment thanks to the skill of the designers and the sensitivity of the institution that commissioned the project. The soft cotton paper […]

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The Shelf Company / CNAP Centre National Des Arts Plastiques / Stipa / First Place / Cnap – Rapport d’activité 2012

This unusual annual report of the National Centre for Plastic Arts (the French Government agency that supports the Visual Arts) is designed to make its highly detailed content readable and easily understood. The development of specific pictograms ensures warm and immediate communication and the binding – recalling the style of confidential intelligence reports – makes […]

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Nicoló Degiorgis & Walter Hutton / Rorhof / Longo / Second Place / Oasis Hotel

A photographic notebook documenting the author’s hitch-hiking trip along the Chinese motorway crossing the Taklamakan Desert, merging dramatic landscapes with stories of human life on the margins of history. The accordion-like styling recalls the road itself and as every leaf is turned a scenario of 8 images narrating a meeting unfolds. The heavy paper used […]

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Brighten the Corners / Buchhandlung Walther Konig / Printmanagement Plitt / Second Place / Symphony for a Beloved Sun – Anish Kapoor

Published on the occasion of Kapoor’s exhibition at Martin-Gropius Bau in Berlin, this imposing book is illustrated with works covering the artist’s entire career and manages to bridge the gap between direct experience and the printed page. The tension running through Kapoor’s work is expressed by the two book designers through aspects such as the […]

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Paolo Palma / MAP / Europrint / Second Place / Chilla – Zukhra

This poetic twin dossier publication becomes testimony of the people and culture of Uzbekistan.  Developed to promote Saodat Ismailova’s film 40 Days of Silence, the project reflects the atmospheres and story narrated in the film, while the overall design conveys the dimension of dream, memory and desire accompanied by the sober, vintage colours of the […]

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Eva Arias Graphic Studio – Buche & Gran Buche

When I first went to visit the vineyard at Finca El Raposo, one of the wine cellar partners, José, explained, in great detail, the peculiarity of the terroir: the reddish clay soil high in iodine; the unique microclimate which allows the vines to wake up covered with dew drops; the vineyard planted on a trellis […]

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JORDI’S s.r.o. – Jordi’s chocolate

Two young enthusiasts boys from Hradec Kralove resumed the craft production of chocolate and thus fulfilled their dream. They are dedicated to the entire production process, from cocoa beans to the table. Jordi’s chocolate started as the Chocolate store but their real desire was to make their own chocolate, from bean to bar. After hard […]

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Numeroquattro – La Lepre e la Luna

The hare and the moon” is an ancient Oriental legend from which this Italian winery took its name. The story tells the adventures of three friends, a hare, a fox and a monkey living and roaming around the woods together. One day, they meet an ancient wanderer asking for food: the fox, being a cunning […]

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