Adobe announces 2005 Design Achievement Awards
updated 02:45 pm EST, Mon November 22, 2004
Adobe Design Awards
Adobe today announced a call for entries in its , which this year expands to ten countries and nine competition categories. The awards honor the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers and computer artists from the world’s top design, film and broadcast institutions. For the first time students from Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand and Switzerland are invited to participate along with entrants from the US, Canada and the UK. Users can submit projects in nine categories including environmental graphics, digital illustration, digital photography/imaging, interactive design, print design, self-expression and time-based media as well as two categories: animation and broadcast design.
Judges will select winners based on overall impact, design execution and technical capabilities. Finalists will receive a trip to New York City to participate in the awards event, and an opportunity to showcase their work. Winners also will meet with leading industry professionals during studio tours and the ceremony. First place entries will receive $5,000 and a selection of Adobe products. Students will be able to submit entries from March 14, 2005, to April 29, 2005. The entries will be judged in May, with the finalists contacted shortly thereafter. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on July 21, 2005, at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
