design awards
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- Moo0
I'm not i have one spare to offer
- stewdio0
Awards are bullshit. Don't fool yourself into thinking otherwise. It's a game of social politics. What it judges is how good you are at winning awards. Sometimes you're on top of that game. Sometimes you're not.
- scarabin0
doesn't hurt on a resume though
- gramme0
Stewdio, I agree that awards are rife with bullshit, and that standards are wildly subjective, but some of them can provide useful visibility. Say if a freelancer or a small studio gets work in CA, and they want to take sub-contracted jobs from larger agencies. Those larger agencies are reading or at least glancing through the CA annuals, possibly looking for new talent.
- you're right. i agree that visibility is actually a huge deal. was just reacting to other stuff...stewdio
- d_rek0
Adobe Design Achievement Awards
- MrDinky0
I have some that I am not using, just scratch the name off and put your name
- MrDinky0
D&AD
- *cough never won cough*MrDinky
- hehehezenmasterfoo
- oh aye D&AD too23kon
- Nobody gets into D&AD...gramme
- 23kon0
http://www.thedrum.co.uk/events/…
for
Scottish Design Awards
Roses Design Awards
DADI Awards (digital)There's also the Design Week Awards
http://awards.designweek.co.uk/
- iheartfun0
AIGA
- jimbojones0
http://edawards.com/
noone from europe, hm? cough cough cough
- identity0
Nobel:
http://nobelprize.org/MacArthur:
http://www.macfound.org/site/c.l…When will one of us win one of these?
- Rand0
every year I look over the past year's work and then I think: "naaah."
- MrDinky0
Red Dot
- Autokern0
Among the tons around for the Web:
- Webby
- F W A
- D&AD
... and basically get a feature on some portal, or even better, on some magazine/annual.
- identity0
Autokern is correct - you'll get more recognition by being featured in a magazine (USUALLY)...
Awards are nice to put on a resume and show CURRENT clients that the work you did for them that they were "iffy" about is actually being appreciated by other people.
Couple of good shows that mark excellence in not only design - but effectiveness are:
ReBrand100 (*coughs)
Effies (*coughs)
- bananaman0
Print Magazine Regional Design Awards
D&AD
BIMA
Webbys
London International Awards
Revolution Awards
- MrDinky0
Communication Arts