All the Art of Design winners 2012

On a wet and wild evening The Turbine Hall in Newtown was aflutter with the best that Graphic design had to offer. The prize giving for 2012 The Art of Design took place on Thursday, 4 September with some of the industries biggest names braving the weather to congratulate the plethora of talent on show.

The evening really was a celebration of design and the exceptional creative’s who spend their lives making our lives more beautiful! The 13-th Antalis Art of Design again recognised design excellence but moreover the competition aims to inspire originality, big ideas, paper usage and beautiful presentations. Launched in June 2011 this competition received exceptional entries with 474 entrants across the 7 commercial categories and 89 in the student category.

 

“The first competition was launched in 1986 which means that for over 24 years we’ve actively encouraged designers to love paper as much as we do!” shared an ecstatic Caroline Coughlin, Marketing Manager of Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd.

 

Local celebrity and host Michael Mol welcomed the audience which included the talented panel of judges, all of whom have accomplishments and awards as long as your arm. The panel comprised the likes of Alistair King who was officially headed the decision panel but humbly shared that they all agreed that “knowing when not to put more on” was the order of the day; the simplest ideas were the big winners this year.

 

The 2012 Art of Design competition focussed on the special connection between paper and design and the entry kit showcased the many ways that paper and design love one another. Antalis is a major distributor of materials that both inspire and enable great design – ideas that excite, inspire, intrigue and create an impact.

 

Eight categories provided extensive opportunities for designers to showcase their talents.

 

Prior to the big announcement each of the winners were called upon to receive their prizes and more importantly recognition from their peers. The main prize up for grabs was a trip to New York worth R50 000, as well as the opportunity to design for Antalis.  Hearty congratulations goes to Oliver Barstow, Fourthwall Books, who was the Grand Prix winner (as well as other prizes in fact!) for his Fire Walker Book entry.

 

Guests were also treated to insight into his genius when legendary creative Jean François Porchez, of Typofonderie, had the entire audience swearing off the use of Helvetica!

 

“Once again I would like to express my sincere thanks to Caroline and her team; without their dedication and hours of hard work year on year this iconic competition would not get off the ground and maintain its momentum. I am thrilled with the results and we are already looking forward to 2014 Art of Design.” said David James, Director Marketing & Purchasing Antalis, as he concluded the formalities for the evening and invited his guests to relax, enjoy the company, food and entertainment as well as showcased artworks for the remainder of the evening.

 

Winners in the following categories included:

 

GRAND PRIX PAPER LOVES YOU

Oliver Barstow, Fourthwall Books

 

PAPER LOVES CORPORATE IDENTITY

First Prize: Michael Ipp – Canvas

Second Prize: Daniel Berkowitz – King James

Third Prize: Simone Rossum – Joe Public

 

PAPER LOVES ANNUAL REPORTS

First Prize: Jaco Erasmus – Greymatter & Finch

Second Prize: Shani Ahmed – Draftfcb Cape Town Third Prize: Tami Sieben – Studio 5

Third Prize: Ingrid Hall – Draftfcb Durban

Merit: Jaco Erasmus – Greymatter & Finch

 

PAPER LOVES BROCHURES ONE STITCHED OR BOUND

Second Prize: Shani Ahmed – Draftfcb Cape Town

Third Prize: Francois Rey – Monday Design

Third Prize: Hannes de Wet – The Jupiter Drawing Room – Cape Town

Merit: Clinton Powys – IWW Lateral Applications

Merit: Jedd Muneilage, Andrew Mckenzie and Shaun Brauteseh – Boomtown Strategic Brand Agency

Merit: Bennie Smal – Dialogue Nine

 

PAPER LOVES BROCHURES TWO – non-stitched or folded

First Prize: Richard Hart and team – Disturbance Design

 

PAPER LOVES CARDS

First Prize: Bronwen Rautenbach and Leoni Joubert – Sunshinegun

Merit: Janes Struweg – It’s Called Advertising

 

PAPER LOVES DIGITAL

Third Prize: Sergio Ines and Liana Liebenberg – DDB South Africa

Merit: Eben Keun and Jessica Vines – Breinstorm Brand Architects

 

PAPER LOVES FREEDOM – OPEN CATEGORY

First Prize: Rikus Ferreira and Alwine Nolte – King James

First Prize: Oliver Barstow – Fourthwall Books

Second Prize: Ilze Vermaak, Steven Lipschitz , Sulet Jansen, Adam Botha and Gaby de Abreu – Switch Branding and Design

Second Prize: Oliver Barstow – Fourthwall Books

Third Prize: Jay Badenhorst – Just Design Third Prize: Thelmarie Brink – Just Design

Merit: Telri Stoop – Paper Jet Design

Merit: Steven McKimmie – Paper Jet Design

Merit: Pauline Irvine – Artymiss

Merit: Natalie Vella – Saatchi & Saatchi Cape Town

Merit: Ria Kraft – Green Grass Design

 

PAPER LOVES STUDENTS

First Prize: Bianca Potgieter – Open Window Pretoria Second Prize: Bianca Brand – Open Window Pretoria Third Prize: Ashley Moodley – University Of JHB

Merit: Michael Stopforth – Tuks: Information Design

Merit: Candice Bondi – Vega School

Merit: Mea Jordaan – Tuks: Information Design

 

For details of all 2012 Art of Design prize winners please visit www.antalis.co.za

 

 

About ANTALIS SOUTH AFRICA (Pty) Ltd

 

In the beginning there was paper!  Plain sheets of paper.  As always, Antalis supplies the paper you use.  The paper you print your documents on, and your paper reams, reels and flat sheets.  In fact Antalis as one of the largest paper distributors of traditional and digital printing papers offers so much more. Our ‘Easy to use… Easy to choose’ range of office papers and our range of environmentally friendly packaging boards and specialty papers make us your partner of choice.  However Antalis does more! Through our highly qualified specialist, we offer outstanding consulting advice and unmatched service as the leading suppliers of technology, equipment and consumables.  Today Antalis South Africa (Pty) Ltd offers a comprehensive range of papers and board for every need as well as solutions for Viscom and Graphics.

 

Antalis operates through sales and warehousing facilities throughout Southern Africa and combines an export arm that services the whole of Africa.  This broad-based coverage ensures optimum, top class service with the shortest possible response times.  For any and all your print, office and graphic requirements “Just ask Antalis “

 

For further information please go to www.antalis.co.za