Artista Design — First-Year Award: Open to any student who has just finished (as of the deadline) their first year in a 3- or 4-year graphic design program (any type of work may be entered)
Context Creative — Award for UX Design: Any project that applies UX design principles.
Entro — Award for Placemaking Design: Any project that helps build community through design interventions. This might be a poster for an event, a website for a tourist destination, a wayfinding system for a university or the design of a retail space.
Gravity Inc. — Award for Social Good Design: Any project that provides value to the community and/or helps to solve a local or global challenge. This could be a poster to promote a cause, a website for a non-profit organization or a design solution to a global challenge.
Issues Magazine Shop — Award for Editorial Design: Any project designed as an article, magazine, newspaper or publication in print and/or digital formats.
Jacknife— Award for Logo Design: Any project that is intended to represent and identify a company, product, service or organization and its essence graphically is to be applied consistently across all visual materials representing that company, product, service or organization.
Pivot Design — Award for Information Design: Any project that involves the design of clear, concise and visually attractive materials that enhance how people read, understand and use complex and/or detailed information.
MJMA— Award for Storytelling: Any project that communicates and engages with a strong sense of narrative and purpose, combining words, images, graphics and your choice of media.
Q30 Design Inc. — Award for Brand Design: Any project that involves a visual set of associations representing a company, product, service or organization.
SLD Design - Award for Packaging Design (Single): Any project designed to enclose, protect and promote a single product for sale.
SLD Design - Award for Retail Design: Any project designed for a physical store or a virtual store created in a digital environment.
Weaymouth Creative — Award for Packaging Design (Series): Any project designed to enclose, protect and promote a series of products for sale.
