Home Resources News archive RGD Ontario announces 2011 Student Awards recipients

RGD Ontario announces 2011 Student Awards recipients

20.07.2011 News

Toronto (Canada) - The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD) recently announced the recipients of their 2011 Student Awards. Selected by a jury of 35 award-winning creative professionals from the province of Ontario, sixteen $1000 Awards, sponsored by industry leaders, were distributed in recognition of the recipients' outstanding achievements in all areas of graphic design.

Award recipients will also have their work profiled in Applied Arts Magazine, as well as on a new RGD website being created to highlight all past work, set to launch at DesignThinkers 2011 running 2-3 November.

Selected Entries

Awards of Excellence

TTC Award for Northern Ontario
Kathryn Manley, Sault College, Sault Ste. Marie
50 Carleton Award for Northern Ontario
Kassandre Jolin, Cambrian College, Sudbury
Taxi Canada Award for GTA
Man Wai Wong, York/Sheridan, Toronto
Oxygen Design Agency Award for GTA
Yvonne Ho, York/Sheridan, Toronto
McMillan Award for Eastern Ontario
Beth Chapleau, Durham College, Oshawa
Quarry Communications Award for Western Ontario
Bill Watterson, Conestoga College, Kitchener
Hagon Design Award for Western Ontario
Erin McGuire, Conestoga College, Kitchener

Awards of Speciality

Akran Marketing Award for Book Design
Bailey Fort, George Brown College, Toronto
Applied Arts Award for Editorial
Bill Watterson, Conestoga College, Kitchener
CTV Award for Motion Graphics
Man Wai Wong, York/Sheridan, Toronto
Entro Communications Award for Information Design
Yvonne Ho, York/Sheridan, Toronto
Lucidia Award for Web Design
Rob Wootten, Evan Dinsmore, Amy Lin, Fran Brand, Lina Spakovskiene and Xingtao Zhu. York/Sheridan, Toronto
Pylon Award for Print
Stephanie Po, York/Sheridan, Toronto
q30 design Award for Branding
Yvonne Ho, York/Sheridan, Toronto
Shikatani Lacroix Award for Packaging
Christina Lo, York/Sheridan, Toronto
Zync Award for Typography
Farah Tamachi, York/Sheridan, Toronto

Honourable Mentions

Sam Baynham, Algonquin; Franziska Brand, York/Sheridan; Patrick Dias, George Brown; Elaine Fok, York/Sheridan (2); Bailey Fort, George Brown; Terra Gillespie, Humber; Nathan Goddard, Algonquin; Deanna Hall, Durham; Shawn Hamilton, Cambrian; Ashley Hazelwood, Georgian; Yvonne Ho, York/Sheridan; Olivia Klugh, York/Sheridan; Tara Krystompol, George Brown; Aislin Lackie, Durham (2); Myung Yun Lee, York/Sheridan; Brenda Little, George Brown; Christina Lo, York/Sheridan; Jen Masters, George Brown; Kent Oliver, Durham; Miriam Olzsewski, OCAD; Brendan Pinkofsky, Humber; Stephanie Po, York/Sheridan; Jennifer Real, Durham; Pawel Rokicki, Conestoga (2); Farah Tamachi, York/Sheridan; Suhyeon Um, York Sheridan; Joelle Wall, George Brown; Sean Willson, Conestoga; Man Wai Wong, York/Sheridan (2).

Judges

Jeff Anton, Art Director, Quarry Integrated Communications
Adam Antoszek-Rallo R.G.D., Owner, Catalyst Workshop Inc.
Chris Armstrong R.G.D., Design Director, Interbrand Canada
Luc Bergeron R.G.D., Senior Graphic Designer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Clare Brennan R.G.D., Creative Director, Fifty Strategy + Creative
Christian Castel R.G.D., President/Creative Director, Tango Media Group
Wade Convay, Creative Director R/GA
Dave Cooper R.G.D., Creative Director, ttc Creative Communication
Joseph D'Agostino, R.G.D., Associate Art Director, Lucidia Ltd.
Claire Dawson R.G.D., Partner/Creative Director, Underline Studio
Brian Dodo R.G.D., Principal/Creative Director, BM Dodo Strategic Design
Vanessa Eckstein R.G.D., Founder, Blok Design
Shelley Gainer R.G.D., Director, Creative and Branding, Shopper's Drug Mart Head Office
Russell Gibbs R.G.D., Design Director, Parcel Design
Ben Hagon R.G.D., Principal, Hagon Design
Paddy Harrington R.G.D., Executive Creative DIrector, Bruce Mau Design
Kevin Hoch R.G.D., Partner, Pylon Design Inc.
James Hubbard, Director, On-Air Design, CTV
Liora Jacobson, Senior Designer, Bhandari & Plater
Tony Jurgilas R.G.D., Design Director, 50 Carleton & Associates
JP Lacroix R.G.D., President, Shikatani Lacroix Brandesign Inc.
Wayne McCutcheon R.G.D., Communications Partner, ENTRO, President, SEDG
Phil Mondor R.G.D., President and Creative Director, Mondor Design Associates
Stephane Monnet, Founder and Creative Director, Monnet Design
Noel Nanton R.G.D., Principal/Creative Director, typotherapy + design inc.
Adrian Norris, Creative Director, Digital Media at the Globe and Mail
Barry Quinn R.G.D., Creative Director, Juniper Park
Karen Satok R.G.D., Principal, Sputnik Design Partners Inc.
Peter Scott R.G.D., Principal, q30 Design Inc.
Karl Thomson R.G.D., Creative Director, Compass 360
Rawb Thring, Senior Art Director, Quarry Integrated Communications
Stussy Tschudin R.G.D., Managing Partner, Forge Media and Design
Alex Wigington R.G.D., Principal, Oxygen Design Agency
James Wilson R.G.D., Founder/Principal, Overdrive Design
Marko Zonta R.G.D., Principal/Creative Director, Zync Communications Inc.

Background

To date, RGD Ontario has distributed more than $130,000 in cash awards to graphic design students in recognition of their outstanding achievements.

RGD Ontario's Student Awards program brings industry professionals together with emerging designers to promote excellence and encourage the next generation of design professionals to the highest levels of creativity, innovation and conceptualisation.

For more information, please contact:

Gabriel Gosselin
Communications Manager
T: +1 514 448 4949 x 234
E: fggosselin@icograda.org

About RGD Ontario

RGD Ontario was created by an Act (Bill Pr56) of the Ontario Legislature in 1996 to grant graphic designers who qualify the right to use the designation Registered Graphic Designer (R.G.D.). RGD Ontario is the only graphic design association in North America to have this kind of legislation.