Create Design Awards 2013 winners revealed!

  Sydney, 1 November 2013 – A Who's Who of the Australian design industry gathered tonight at Sydney's The Ivy for the announcements of the winners of Desktop magazine's Create Design Awards 2013.

The list of winners bore many big names, like Frost* and RE, but some surprises too, with studios of much smaller, even singular, sizes taking home trophies, like sole trader Dave Foster winning the Typography category and receiving a highly commended acknowledgement in Illustration.

There was a bigger surprise to come, however, with Project of The Year – a $5000 award given to one of the category winners – going to Swinburne graduate and Emerging Talent category winner Andrew Robertson. It is the first time in Create history that a graduate had been awarded over professional studios.

Across 13 categories, the accomplished David Lancashire, Mark Gowing and Jenny Griggs judged the many outstanding entries, highly commending 23 of them, awarding 13 winners and the Project of The Year.

The Emerging Talent category brought in some astonishing work from our country's students and graduates. Irit Pollack, a final year student at UTS, and Francisca Sallato, a 2012 graduate from Shillington College, were recognised as the highly commended designers of the category. And, as we said above, Andrew Robertson was announced the winner.

Identity had a huge response this year. Frost*’s Historic Houses Trust identity and Work Art Life by Studio Pip and Co.'s Pet Grocer project were highly commended, with the Melbourne Recital Centre work of RE & Alexis Waller announced as the winner.

Illustration was another popular category, with many design studios around the country using illustrations in their projects this year, and illustrators promoting and publishing their own work. The self-published book Riddles, Sorcery and Deceit created by the ever-popular Webuyyourkids was a highly commended entry, along with Dave Foster's Tour de France Anniversary poster. The exuberant agIdeas poster by Work Art Life by Studio Pip & Co. was awarded the trophy.

Photography represented a very diverse category, where the work of Hilary Walker and the collaboration between James Braund and Clear Design were highly commended. Tomasz Machnik's striking Masked Intentions piece was judged the winner.

Typography was another diverse category, representing the manifold talents in our country. Wing Lau was highly commended for her Chamber Display typeface, as were Swear Words for the gorgeous type forms in the Cafe Amalia identity. Dave Foster was announced the winner for his Blanco 'workhorse' typeface.

There was one awarded entry in the Interactive category, which went to Canvas Group’s Object Magazine #63 project.

The Website category was the recipient of some excellent design and user experience, in the form of SouthSouthWest's Jardan website and Swear Words' Ezard project. Frost* was picked as the winner with their comprehensive website crafted for Penguin Books.

The Motion category highly commended the slick work of Decoy Studio and Tony Zagoraios for Pause Fest, and Antibody's Watch Dogs Blackout trailer. Breeder was awarded the trophy for the opening titles for the Analogue/Digital Creative Conference.

The Packaging category was swept clean by Voice, who were highly commended for their Rio Coffee work, as well as awarded a trophy for their Hither & Yon wine labels.

Print Commercial and Print Creative had a monumental response this year, with a mix between commercial, studio and self-initiated projects. On the Commercial side, Liminal Graphics' Sea Stories project and Frost*'s charitable OzHarvest Report were highly commended. Nexus Design's marvellous studio profile for themselves won the trophy. In Creative, Kingbrown and Double Days were highly commended for their self-published work and RE, with Jason Little and Erin Hoffman, were announced the winners with their Steve Li business card.

In the Catalogue category, there were highly commended entries from Out of the Square with their Camera House catalogue, and the Northern Sydney Institute's own Brand Revolution project. Paragon Design was awarded the trophy with their Telstra work.

In its first year, the Signage & Display category proved immensely popular. With some huge names entering, the judging must have been tough. Buro North's RMIT wayfinding and Frost*'s Sydney Chinatown Information Kiosk received highly commended mentions, and Nexus Design took out another trophy with their Euroluce installation.

The final award of the night went to Andrew Robertson, winner of the Emerging Talent category, who was awarded Project of The Year.

LIST OF CREATE DESIGN AWARDS 2013
WINNERS & HIGHLY COMMENDED

CATALOGUE
Winner
Paragon Design
Back To It

Highly Commended
Out of the Square Media
Our Focus Is Great Deals And The Latest Models
The Northern Sydney Institute – Part of TAFE NSW
Brand Revolution
          

EMERGING TALENT
Winner
Andrew Robertson

Highly Commended
Irit Pollak
Francisca Sallato
          

IDENTITY
Winner
RE:
Melbourne Recital Centre re-brand

Highly Commended
Work Art Life by Studio Pip and Co.
The Pet Grocer identity
Frost*
Sydney Living Museums identity
          

ILLUSTRATION
Winner
Work Art Life by Studio Pip and Co.
agIdeas poster

Highly Commended
Webuyyourkids
Riddles, Sorcery and Deceit
Dave Foster
Tour de France 100th Anniversary
          

INTERACTIVE
Winner
Canvas Group
Object Magazine #63
          

MOTION
Winner
Breeder
Analogue/Digital Opening Titles 2013

Highly Commended
Decoy Studio, Tony Zagoraios
The Departure
Antibody
Watch Dogs “Blackout” Trailer
          

PACKAGING
Winner
Voice
Hither & Yon

Highly Commended
Voice
Rio Coffee
          

PRINT CREATIVE
Winner
RE:
Steve Li Business card

Highly Commended
Kingbrown
Kingbrown issue 8
Double-days
The Print Index 2012-2013 Gather and Fold
          

PRINT COMMERCIAL
Winner
Nexus Designs
Nexus Designs Profile

Highly Commended
Liminal Graphics
sea stories
Frost*
OzHarvest Annual Report 2012
          

PHOTOGRAPHY
Winner
Tomasz Machnik
Masked Intentions

Highly Commended
Clear Design & Brand Strategy
Seven Days in Hong Kong
Hilary Walker
Melbourne Museum of Print
          

SIGNAGE AND DISPLAY
Winner
Nexus Designs
Switching Senses

Highly Commended
Büro North
RMIT Swanston Academic Building
Frost*
Sydney Chinatown Information Kiosk
          

TYPOGRAPHY
Winner
Dave Foster
Blanco

Highly Commended
wing lau
Chamber Display
Swear Words
Café Amalia Brand Identity
          

WEBSITE
Winner
Frost*
Penguin Lantern website

Highly Commended
Swear Words
ezard.com.au
SouthSouthWest
Jardan
         
PROJECT OF THE YEAR

The 2013 Project of the Year is selected from the winners of each category, and is awarded to the entry that the judges consider to be the most powerful and creative visual language used to communicate an idea, brief, or concept.

Winner
Emerging Talent
Andrew Robertson