Design News South Africa

Jupiter takes Gold at One Show Design

NEW YORK: Last night Thursday, 12 July 2007, for the first time ever, The One Club honoured the year's most innovative design at the One Show Design awards ceremony held at the Chelsea Art Museum in New York City. The coveted Gold, Silver and Bronze Pencils were awarded in categories including corporate identity, environmental design, publication design, direct mail and package design, with The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town scooping one Gold and one Silver, and Riot taking home Bronze.

Design has been a part of the One Show since 2001. The decision to create a separate event came in response to the increasing number of entries received from around the world in recent years, as well as the growing emphasis on good design in the consumer marketplace.

“Package design is often a consumer's first experience of a product,” said Mary Warlick, CEO of The One Club. “By giving design its own special night, we are sending an unmistakable message – good design is good for business.”

A special retrospective celebrating the first six years of One Show Design was also presented during the ceremony.

Apple Computer racking up numerous awards for its ground-breaking corporate image. Offering further proof that music is fuelling the engine of advertising design, posters designed by Ames Bros in Seattle for rock band Pearl Jam's 2006 World Tour were awarded a coveted Gold Pencil and Santa Monica's Blind agency also took home the Gold for cover art it designed for Gnarls Barkley's hit single “Crazy.”

The top Pencil winners at the 2007 One Show Design include:

  • Apple Computer: six total (one Gold, two Silver, three Bronze)
  • BBDO: five total (two Gold, one Silver, two Bronze)
  • Saatchi & Saatchi: four total (four Gold)
  • Kinetic Singapore: three total (three Silver)
  • TBWA\Chiat\Day: three total (two Silver, one Bronze)

South African winners:

Gold

Corporate Identity – Campaign
The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town for The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town

Silver

Logo/Trademark Design – Single Only
The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town for Working on Fire

Bronze

Campaign
Riot/Cape Town for @home

Entries were judged by a distinguished panel of design professionals nominated from within the design community and approved by the board of directors. Judges for this year's One Show Design awards were:

  • Bob Dinetz, Bob Dinetz Design (San Francisco, US)
  • Alan Dye, Apple Computer (San Francisco, US)
  • Garrick Hamm, Williams Murray Hamm, (UK)
  • Sally Morrow, Sandstrom Design (Portland, US)

  • Nathan Reddy, Grid (Johannesburg, South Africa)
  • Paulina Reyes, Kate Spade (New York, US)
  • Missy Wilson, Move Lab (New York, US)
  • Pamela Zucker, Principle (Quebec, Canada)

A complete list of 2007 One Show Design Gold, Silver and Bronze Pencil winners and finalists entries (including agency and award title) may be found at www.oneclub.org.

Winners and finalists will be featured in the commemorative One Show Design Annual, which can be purchased at www.oneclub.org.

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