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Joseph Binder Award 2018
BRIEF
The Joseph Binder Award is an international competition with a focus on graphic design and illustration and was first launched in 1996 by designaustria, the interest organization and knowledge centre for design in Austria. It is named after one of the most outstanding graphic designers and illustrators active in Austria between the two World Wars, who subsequently also revolutionized visual communication in the United States.
Joseph Binder’s motto was: »In design, everything has a function. Design has a representational function. Design has a communicational function. Design has a motivational function.«
Graphic designers, illustrators, advertising agencies and students from all over the world are invited to enter their works realized in 2016 and after by 28 February (early bird) or 15 April 2018.
The Joseph Binder Award is held every two years. The entries are assessed by an international jury of experts. Previous jury panels included such recognized authorities as Cordula Alessandri, Lo Breier, Gerd Dumbar, Fons Hickmann, Freda Sack, Stefan Sagmeister, Niklaus Troxler, and Lars Müller.
»Colour and form are inseparable« – the motto of this year’s call for entries is borrowed from one of Joseph Binder’s quotes, which inspired the graphic designers of the studio Bruch–Idee&Form from Graz in their design for the visual appearance of JBA18.
SCHEDULE
Entry Deadlines: 15 April 2018
Early Bird: Benefit from a 10% discount by entering by 28 February 2018!
Production Fee (for catalogue and exhibition)
For entries selected by the international jury to be published in the bilingual catalogue (German/English) and presented in the exhibition, entrants will be charged a fee to cover parts of the production costs in the amount of 390 euros (incl. 20% VAT) per entry (for a double-page spread). Entrants whose projects have been selected will receive two free copies of the catalogue per published entry. They will receive a 50% discount when ordering further copies. No printing fees will be charged in the Design Fiction category.
Awards
In each category, a Joseph Binder Award in gold, silver, and bronze will be awarded in the form of trophies: the ball of crumpled paper encased in glass is a symbol for the creative process.
In order to support independent, conceptual, scientific, and non-commercial activities in the fields of graphic design and illustration, cash prizes will be awarded in the Design Fiction category in addition to the trophies:
First prize: 2,500 euros
Second prize: 2,000 euros
Third prize: 1,500 euros
Additionally, the jury may choose up to five Merit Awards per category. Furthermore, the international ico-D Excellence Award will honour a project displaying outstanding design merits.
All of the entries selected by the jury will be published in a catalogue. The jury may withhold or reallocate awards and money prizes. All entrants will be notified of the results after both jury processes (May and June 2018).
FEES
JURY
Susanne Breitfeld
Communication Designer, Mainz/Germany
Markéta Cole
Graphic Designer, Prague/Czech Republic
Peter Diamond
Illustrator, Vienna/Austria & Canada
Bärbel Fritz
Communication Designer, Zurich/Switzerland
Francesco E. Guida
Communication Designer & Professor, Milan/Italy
Christina John
Communication Designer, Munich/Germany
Boris Kochan
Communication Designer, Munich/Germany
Torsten Meyer-Bogya
Communication Designer, Kiel/Germany
Erich Monitzer
Typographer, Vienna/Austria
Olaf Mühlmann
Graphic Designer, Paris/France
Daniela Olejníková
Illustrator & Graphic Designer, Bratislava/Slovakia
Hugo Puttaert
Graphic Designer, Brussels/Belgium
Jesper von Wieding
Strategic Creative Director, Copenhagen/Denmark
Members of the jury are excluded from participation in the competition. There will be no correspondence on the jury or its decisions.
WEBSITE
https://jba_en.submit.to/landing/award