Museums Australia Multimedia and Publication Design Awards 2007
Winners
Exhibition Catalogue Small
Level A
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery NSW
Earthcry
Designer: Stephen Goddard, Stephen Goddard Design
Judges comment: strength of design and type.
Highly Commended
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery NSW
Found Out
Designer: Stephen Goddard, Stephen Goddard Design
Judges comment: As above.
Highly Commended
City Museum at Old Treasury Vic
Re: Built Environment
Designer: Marianna Berek-Lewis, 5678 Design
Judges comment: Strong use of minimalist concept and grid system reflects architectural elements, well printed and bound.
Winner
National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria Vic
The Presence of Things: sense, veneer and guise
Designer: ERD Design Communications
Judges comment: the overall consistency of all the elements is excellent, use of stock, embossing and colour totally reflected the craft practiced by the Embroiderer’s Guild.
Exhibition Catalogue - SMALL – Level B
In small exhibition catalogues this level has the strongest quality; it was difficult to compare the 2 winners as each is excellent in its own right.
Joint Winners
Highly Commended
Newcastle Region Art Gallery NSW
Strange Cargo
Designer: Damien Frost, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Judges comment: quirky combination of design production values
Joint Winner
Heide Museum of Modern Art Vic
Meeting a Dream - Albert Tucker in Paris 1948-1952
Designer: Kate Rogers, Gollings Pidgeon
Judges comment: the combination of coated and uncoated stocks and the die-cut on cover is an ‘attention getter’, excellent balance of white space on each page and subtlety of type does not conflict with images of Tucker’s art.
Joint Winner
Penrith Regional Art Gallery & The Lewers Bequest NSW
Adam Cullen Between the Lines: Works on Paper 1995-2005
Designer: Suzanne Boccalatte, Boccalatte
Judges comment: Use of stock reflects the textural depth of Cullen’s art.
Level C
Highly Commended
University of Melbourne Vic
Art Bound: a selection of artists' books
Designer: Elaine Hogarty, Origin Design
Judges comment: Great cover concept.
Winner
Queensland Art Gallery Qld
Emerging Indigenous Art Award 2006
Designer: Chris Starr, Angelina Martinez, Elliott Murray, Queensland Art Gallery
Judges comment: Emerging Indigenous Art Award – quality production, beautifully considered and executed – element of colour, great grid system, typography well used in space, correct use of space given to images.
Exhibition Catalogue Major
Level A
Highly Commended
Institute of Modern Art Qld
Bricks Are Heavy
Designer: Katrina Stubbs, Institute of Modern Art
Judges comment: the landscape format of this catalogue adds to the visual strength of the full-bleed images, and the contemporary typography reflects subject matter.
Winner
RMIT Gallery Vic
Beyond Metal: Contemporary Australian Jewellery and Holloware
Designer: Dianna Wells, Dianna Wells Design
Judges comment: this catalogue is pleasurable to look at, sculptural typography and use of metallics reflects contemporary jewellery and holloware, practical size and printing quality excellent, the 3 x 24 page sections is an extremely efficient design platform.
Level B
Highly Commended
Heide Museum of Modern Art Vic
Living in Landscape - Heide And Houses by McGlashan and Everist
Designer: Kate Rogers, Gollings Pidgeon
Judges comment: excellent use of the intentionally ‘retro’ typography evokes the 1960s period of the exhibition.
Winner
Object NSW
Freestyle: new Australian design for living
Designer: Frost Design
Judges comment: the strength of the typography and the use of colour pushes typographic boundaries, the structured keylines gives a cubist feel to the catalogue which is appealing.
Level C
Highly Commended
Art Gallery of New South Wales NSW
Giacometti: Sculptures, Prints & Drawings from the Maeght Foundation
Designer: Analiese Cairis, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Judges comment: whole publication respects the images, and the textural quality of the paper stock and the earthiness to the grain of the cover image compliments the finish of the sculptures.
Joint Winner
Art Gallery of New South Wales NSW
Sketchbook Drawings By Kevin Connor in Sydney, Paris and London
Designer: Mark Boxshall, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Judges comment: this is such a considered publication but with simplicity of design, the small sketchbook size is lovely to hold and there is an excitement in the layout that makes one ‘want to go and sit in a park and look at it’, and there is a boldness in revealing the art first with the text at the back of the book.
Joint Winner
Christchurch Art Gallery
Julia Morison: a loop around a loop
Designer: Aaron Beehre, Christchurch Art Gallery
Judges comment: its cover texture engages one immediately but this catalogue does not disappoint internally with the first 10 pages introducing and tempting the reader even before the title page, it is a celebration of the artist’s work, excellent combination of installation and detail images, extremely high degree of technical expertise in its production.
Book
Level A
There was no presentation at this level
Level B
There was no presentation at this level
Level C
Highly Commended
Historic Houses Trust NSW
Bridging Sydney
Designer: Trudi Fletcher, Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
Judges comment: well structured book, classic typography and images of the period.
Joint Winner
Art Gallery of New South Wales NSW
Contemporary: Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection
Designer: Analiese Cairis, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Judges comment: treatment of subject well executed with the layout of images and text being very contemporary creating a visual tension and pushing the edges.
Joint Winner
Australian War Memorial ACT
Contact: Photographs from the Australian War Memorial Collection
Designer: Brett Wiencke, Art Direction Creative
Judges comment: beautiful definition of typography gives this book a contemporary feel within a suitably traditional format befitting the institution.
Poster
Level A
There was no presentation at this level
Level B
There was no presentation at this level
Level C
Winner
Queensland Art Gallery Qld
APT5 Poster Suite - APT5
Designer: Chris Starr, Queensland Art Gallery
Judges comment: strikingly memorable images makes good use of subject matter to provide clarity of message regarding what promoting, institution branding linked through typography.
Corporate
Level A
There was no presentation at this level
Level B
There was no presentation at this level
Level C
Highly Commended
Museum Victoria Vic
Annual Report 2005-06: a Networked Museum In Action, Museum Victoria (with summary)
Designer: Sadie Devlin, Museum Victoria
Judges comment: challenging traditional annual report layout, good balance of leading and negative space.
Highly Commended
State Library of Victoria Vic
Library Board of Victoria Annual Report 2005-06
Designer: 3 Deep Design
Judges comment: brave design challenging traditional annual report design, traditional body copy contrasted with contemporary heading font coupled with daring colour usage and experimentation achieved with paper stock and use of duotones – primarily a 2-colour job with a 4-colour insert cuts production costs.
Joint Winner
Queensland Art Gallery Qld
GoMA Story of a Building
Designer: Elliott Murray & Ann-Maree Lowther, Queensland Art Gallery
Judges comment: elegance and simplicity of the architecture transmitted throughout the publication, excellent photography.
Joint Winner
Christchurch Art Gallery
Christchurch Art Gallery Identity
Designer: Chris Flack & Justine Holmes, Strategy Design & Advertising
Judges comment: creative and inspired communication idea, and clever extraction of fonts for the corporate identity for each campaign.
Invitation
Level A
Highly Commended
Icon Museum of Art, Deakin University Vic
Alex Selenitsch: Open & Closed
Designer: Travis Deane, Ros Lawson Design
Judges comment: imaginative folding and use of invitation to reveal its dual role as a brochure internally.
Highly Commended
Maitland Regional Art Gallery NSW
View of Maitland from the Riverbank
Designer: Cressida Goddard, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Judges comment: good production values, concertina format for multiple images and its small size make it nice to hold in hand, and an invitation to keep.
Level B
Strongest level in this category
Heide Museum of Modern Art Vic
Winter Garden Party
Designer: Kate Rogers, Gollings Pidgeon
Judges comment: stunning expensive invitation which has used space and stock well.
Highly Commended
Object NSW
Freestyle: new Australian design for living (invitation)
Designer: Frost Design
Judges comment: contemporary, typography and use of colour is well considered.
Winner
Newcastle Region Art Gallery NSW
Strange Cargo
Designer: Damien Frost, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Judges comment: for the effect this invitation is inexpensive for production and postage but it’s sculptural effect once put together gives it an excellent retention value.
Level C
Winner
Australian Centre for the Moving Image Vic
Eyes, Lies & Illusions
Designer: Felicity Hayward, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Judges comment: colour dynamics and beautiful use of uncoated stock for great effect but with very good production economy.
Magazine & Newsletter
Level A
There was no presentation at this level
Level B
Winner
Object NSW
Object Magazine Issue 51
Designer: Stephen Goddard, Stephen Goddard Design
Judges comment: ‘full of stuff but it works’, density of information but engaging.
Level C
Highly Commended
Queensland Art Gallery Qld
Artlines: 1/2006 & 2-3/2006
Designer: Chris Starr & Madeline Hoy, Queensland Art Gallery
Judges comment: very contemporary magazine, treatment of classic body copy contrasts with challenging typography of headings.
Winner
Christchurch Art Gallery
Bulletin of Christchurch Art Gallery
Designer: Chris Flack & Paulette Greyling, Strategy Design & Advertising
Judges comment: beautiful design and cohesive package with envelop and magazine cover design, have tailored each feature spread to reflect the emotion of the art with clever use of typography.
Calendar of Events & Information Brochure
Level A
Highly Commended
Icon Museum of Art, Deakin University Vic
Exhibition Program 2006
Designer: Collaborative RLD Team, Ros Lawson Design
Judges comment: strong graphic and use of fold.
Winner
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery NSW
Gallery Program 2006
Designer: Stephen Goddard, Stephen Goddard Design
Judges comment: bold use of typography and well designed layout of information.
Level B
Highly Commended
Object NSW
Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award Exhibition
Designer: Stephen Goddard, Stephen Goddard Design
Judges comment: interesting use of typography and foil logo.
Winner
Campbelltown Arts Centre NSW
Campbelltown Arts Centre Spring - Summer 2006/2007
Designer: Cheri Cunningham, Boccalatte
Judges comment: totally contemporary in its size and feel and pitched to a youth market, beautiful use of colour and good text hierarchy.
Level C
Highly Commended
Australian Centre for the Moving Image Vic
Eyes, Lies & Illusions Flipbook Program
Designer: Felicity Hayward, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Judges comment: thinking outside the square with the use of a flip book as an interactive piece of communication.
Winner
Powerhouse Museum NSW
Design Quarter Series Jan - Dec 06
Designer: Marita Leuver
Judges comment: the effective format and the distinctive use of colour for this suite of calendar of events continues to be a winner.
Fundraising & Membership
Level A
There was no presentation at this level
Level B
There was no presentation at this level
Level C
Highly Commended
Historic Houses Trust NSW
The Foundation Grand Tour Fundraising Dinner
Designer: Julie Stinson ,Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
Judges comment: good use of ‘retro’ element reproducing an early airmail and themed around a trip.
Winner
Queensland Museum Foundation Qld
National Carriage Factory Campaign
Designer: Laura Cantrell, Queensland Museum
Judges comment: beautiful design devices with elegant use of colour, shape, typography and uncoated stock.
Educational Material
Level A
Winner
Museum of the Riverina NSW
My Little Museum
Designer: Vanessa Keenan, Jenny Blake, Chris Peckham, Zeb Schultz, Museum of the Riverina, BRB Design, Tell Tales True
Judges comment: very practical straightforward design which is able to be used widely by students, logo gives personality and pitches to target audience.
Level B
Winner
Campbelltown Arts Centre NSW
For Mathew & Others: Journeys with Schizophrenia
Designer: David Balletti Collins, Boccalatte
Judges comment: considered design in the tradition of education kit folders with good size image cards to show to a class with activity suggestions on the reverse, good typography, a lot of information has been formatted very well.
Level C
Highly Commended
Queensland Art Gallery Qld
APT5 Activity Book
Designer: Fiona Lee, Queensland Art Gallery
Judges comment: impressive resource for teachers, high production quality and ease of use through design elements of typography and use of reproductions of exhibition works for student investigation.
Winner
Queensland Art Gallery Qld
APT5 Education Resource Kit
Designer: Elliott Murray & Ann-Marie Lowther, Queensland Art Gallery
Judges comment: attractive, fun, colourful, inviting, variety of design to make each activity engaging.
Website A
Level A
Winner
New South Wales Migration Heritage Centre NSW
Designer: Annette London and Adam Quirk, New South Wales Migration Heritage Centre and Massmedia Studios
Judges comment: engaging site with a lot of depth, communicates effectively, clean design, not too cluttered, easy to navigate, level of detail and style sheeting very good, banner headline effectively uses actual documents to bring into ‘the real’.
Level B
There was no presentation at this level
Level C
There was no presentation at this level
Website B
Level A
There was no presentation at this level
Level B
Newcastle Region Art Gallery NSW
Designer: Damien Frost, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Judges comment: fun and explosive, engaging with its playfulness makes one willing to spend time on this site, innovative and challenging page layout but maintained integrity of art although expectation of interactivity for some of the elements does not deliver.
Winner
Penrith Regional Art Gallery & The Lewers Bequest NSW
Designer: Angelina Italiano and Involved, Penrith Regional Art Gallery & The Lewers Bequest with Campbelltown Arts Centre and ABC TV
Judges comment: sophisticated design element, very clear in layout, typographic resolve excellent and does not dominate, respects works of art.
Level C
Highly Commended
Museum Victoria Vic
Designer: Museum Victoria
Judges comment: use of colour and traditional font sits well the integrity of the work, generous on space and ease of navigation through the material, used zoomify tool very well.
Highly Commended
Powerhouse Museum NSW
Designer: Mark Gowing, Powerhouse Museum
Judges comment: use of colour logo to define each category against a grey neutral background is very effective, typography clean and minimal, innovation in layout, catalogued and tagged to access information in a number of ways.
Winner
Art Gallery of New South Wales NSW
Designer: Jo Hein, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Judges comment: design is powerful, rich and colourful, design logo placed well and does not detract from object images, nice rollover between pages, balanced level of detail on each page is excellent.
Multimedia
Level A
There was no presentation at this level
Level B
There was no presentation at this level
Level C - Both winners strong conceptually
Queensland Art Gallery Qld
The Call of the Wild
Designer: Fiona Lee & Aidan Robertson, Queensland Art Gallery
Judges comment: use of child’s voice and clear fonts pitches this interactive perfectly at target audience
Highly Commended
Old Parliament House ACT
Mrs Prime Minister exhibition animation
Designer: Ken Buchan & Rachel & Damien Stokes, Zoo Advertising & Eye Candy
Judges comment: these two advertising animations brings the exhibition content alive with a sense of humour not usually expected with this material
Highly Commended
Old Parliament House ACT
Press Gallery exhibition animation
Designer: Ken Buchan & Rachel & Damien Stokes, Zoo Advertising & Eye Candy
Judges comment: As above.
Joint Winner
Australian Centre for the Moving Image Vic
Eyes, Lies & Illusions motion graphics
Designer: Dan Crooks, Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Judges comment: fantastic animation produced in-house incorporating items in the exhibition, beautiful typographic resolve and lush timing, emotion of the exhibition portrayed in the graphics
Joint Winner
Queensland Art Gallery Qld
I am Talvin Singh computer-based interactive
Designer: Aidan Robertson, Queensland Art Gallery
Judges comment: computer-based interactive is excellent in its simplicity and engagement in making music.
Best In Show
All winners from each category were assembled for judges to review
Joint Winner
Christchurch Art Gallery
Julia Morison: a loop around a loop
Designer: Aaron Beehre, Christchurch Art Gallery
Judges comment: brilliant resolution of design and very good typography, the designer has treated each page as a beautiful piece of art in itself.
Joint Winner
Art Gallery of New South Wales NSW
Sketchbook Drawings By Kevin Connor in Sydney, Paris and London
Designer: Mark Boxshall, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Judges comment: Sketchbook Drawings by Kevin Connor in Sydney, Paris and London – this catalogue conveys a lot of emotion, appeals to the heart and the head.
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