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Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2005
Dennis Hissink : July 27th 2005 - 13:40 CET
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 Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2005 : Adobe announced the winners of the fifth annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards, a program that honors talented student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers and computer artists from the world’s top design, film and broadcast schools. Using the latest Adobe products, more than 1,500 students from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States competed in the annual competition. “The Adobe Design Achievement Awards recognizes the talents of future creative professionals from around the world,” said Melissa Dyrdahl, senior vice president of corporate marketing and communications at Adobe.
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 Adobe Awards - New generation
“As we celebrate the program’s fifth year, this competition continues to serve as a powerful way to recognize a new generation of creative professionals, showcase remarkable student work, and kick start some promising young careers," said Melissa Dyrdahl senior vice president of corporate marketing and communications at Adobe. In a ceremony last night at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, students were recognized for their achievements in nine categories.
Adobe Animation and Broadcast Design category
In the Animation category, the winner was Yibi Hu from Kingston University in London, and finalists were Sean Jimenez from California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, Calif. and Megan Kelly from San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif. In the Broadcast Design category, the winner was Andreas Gaschka from Fachhochschule Mainz University of Applied Sciences in Mainz, Germany, and finalists were Eric Edwards from Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Ga. and Will Johnson also from Savannah College of Art and Design.
Adobe Digital Illustration and Digital Photography category
In the Digital Illustration category, the winner was Klaas Neumann from Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften in Hamburg Germany, and finalists were Elliot Lim from Art Centre College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. and Rebecca Shostak from the University of California, Los Angeles. In the Digital Photography category, the winner was Micah Ganske from Yale School of Art in New Haven, Conn., and finalists were Elizabeth Buchta from California Institute of the Arts and David Field from Savannah College of Art and Design.
Adobe Environmental Graphics category
In the Environmental Graphics category, the winner was Hildegard Brinkel from Hochschule Anhalt (FH) - Anhalt University of Applied Science in Bernberg, Germany, and finalists were Jens Kretschmer from Universität Stuttgart in Stuttgart, Germany, and Mary Prendergast from University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Ind.
Adobe Interactive Design and Print category
In the Interactive Design category, the winner was Jeff Krichmar from Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Fla., and the finalist was Elsa Choves, also from Ringling School of Art and Design. In the Print category, the winner was Roxane Zargham from the University of California, Los Angeles, and finalists were Emily Lessard from Yale School of Art and Marius Lohmann from Fachhochschule Aachen in Aachen, Germany.
Adobe Self Expression and Time-based Media category
In the Self Expression category, the winner was Chean Wei Law from Ringling School of Art and Design, and finalists were Emory Allen from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Crista Hirzel from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. In the Time-Based Media category, the winner was Sophie Clements from Royal College of Art in London, and finalists were Christoph Behm from Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Braunschweig, Germany and Yongjin Park from The School of the Art I.
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