Joseph Binder Award 2018
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Designaustria, the interest organization and knowledge centre for design in Austria, first launched the Joseph Binder Award – an international competition with a focus on graphic design and illustration – in 1996. It is named after one of the most outstanding graphic designers and illustrators active in Austria between the two World Wars, who subsequently also revolutionized visual communication in the United States.
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The Joseph Binder Award (JBA) is an international competition with a focus on graphic design and illustration and was first launched in 1996 by designaustria, the interest organization and knowledge centre for design in Austria. It is named after one of the most outstanding graphic designers and illustrators active in Austria between the two World Wars, who subsequently also revolutionized visual communication in the United States.Joseph Binder’s motto was: »In design, everything has a function. Design has a representational function. Design has a communicational function. Design has a motivational function.«
Graphic designers, illustrators, advertising agencies and students from all over the world are invited to enter their works realized in 2016 and after by 28 February (early bird) or 15 April 2018.
Categories:
Corporate Design, Communication Design, Information Design, Type Design, Poster Design, Editorial Design, Packaging Design, Screen Design, Book Illustration, Media Illustration, Commercial Illustration, Illustration in Miscellaneous Applications und Design Fiction (unpublished works, independent/non-commercial projects, unrealised concepts, student projects, etc. in all disciplines).
International Jury 2018:
Susanne Breitfeld, Communication Designer, Mainz/ Germany
Markéta Cole, Graphic Designer, Prague/Czech Republic
Peter Diamond, Illustrator, Vienna/Austria & Canada
Bärbel Fritz, Communication Designer, Zurich/Switzerland
Francesco E. Guida, Communication Designer & Professor, Milan/Italy
Christina John, Communication Designer, Munich/ Germany
Boris Kochan, Communication Designer, Munich/ Germany
Torsten Meyer-Bogya, Communication Designer, Kiel/Germany
Erich Monitzer, Typographer, Vienna/Austria
Olaf Mühlmann, Graphic Designer, Paris/France
Daniela Olejníková, Illustrator & Graphic Designer, Bratislava/Slovakia
Hugo Puttaert, Graphic Designer, Brussels/Belgium
Jesper von Wieding, Strategic Creative Director, Kobenhaven/Denmark
Award, Ceremony & Exhibition:
In each category, a Joseph Binder Award in gold, silver, and bronze will be awarded in the form of trophies: the ball of crumpled paper encased in glass is a symbol for the creative process. In order to support independent, conceptual, scientific, and non-commercial activities in the fields of graphic design and illustration, cash prizes in the amount of 6,000 euros will be awarded in the Design Fiction category in addition to the trophies.
The winners will be publicly disclosed on 8 November 2018 within the framework of a festive presentation at designforum Wien in Vienna. On the occasion of the award ceremony, a catalogue will appear containing all of the selected and prize-winning entries and introducing the members of the jury. Furthermore, the award-winning projects will be presented for a period of several weeks in an exhibition at designforum Wien and afterwards as a travelling exhibition in several European cities.
Twitter: @JB_Award
Facebook: facebook.com/JosephBinderAward/
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(39) Joseph Binder Award Trophy
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