Adobe Names 2009 Design Achievement Award Winners

The awards, which took place at the Icograda World Design Congress 2009 in Beijing, honor the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from higher education institutions around the globe, the company said. This year the program received a more than 3,300 submissions from students in 37 countries, the company said.

"The Adobe Design Achievement Awards provides students worldwide with the opportunity to express their enormous creativity and showcase their work among some of the world's top designers," said Ann Lewnes, senior vice president of corporate marketing at Adobe. "The body of work that these students produce is truly inspiring."

"This year's ADAA submissions were a powerful collection," said ADAA judge Lance Wyman. "As the language of communication design is evolving and the cross-pollination of designer skill sets is flourishing, it's uplifting to see students produce high-quality work that creatively conceptualize ideas and solutions. The competition demonstrated the global phenomenon that technology and the creative arts enable designers in different cultures to effectively solve similar problems or tell similar stories while still retaining their own individuality."

The award winners, ADAA said, are:

- Animation: a team led by David Prosser of the Royal College of Art in London.

- Application Design: Bryan Berger of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Fla.

- Browser-based Design: a team led by Jayheun Kyum of Hongik University in Korea.

- Illustration: Joerg Block of Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany.

- Installation Design: a team led by Margherita Rubini of Universita IUAV di Venezia in Italy.

- Live Action: Varathit Uthaisri of Parsons New School for Design in New York City.

- Mobile Design: a team led by Marc Os-swald of University of Applied Sciences Swabian Gmund in Germany.

- Motion Graphics: David Harper of Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.

- Non-Browser-based Design: a team led by Jared Weinstock of Drexel University in Philadelphia.

- Packaging: a team led by Adam Paterson of Royal College of Art in London.

- Photography: a team led by Barnaby Coote of Gobelins in France.

- Print Communications: a team led by Jiwon Park of Ewha Woman's University, and Chung-ang University in Korea.

Award Information:

http://adaaentry.com/adaalive.php?year=2009

More Information:

www.adobe.com

www.icograda.org

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