December 2008
Issues 3 and 4 of the Drupa Report were awarded one of the most coveted international design prizes, the ‘Red Dot’ for outstanding design.
Holger Giffhorn of Giffhorn Design, Wuppertal was responsible for the design work of the publications, which have also received other design awards previously.
The quality seal is awarded annually during the international ‘Red Dot Award: Communication Design’ to products with ambitious and innovative design work.
This year, the jury of 14 international expert designers had to adjudicate on the quality of almost 6,000 samples submitted from 39 nations.
Awards were bestowed on a total of 381 design works.
A solemn prize giving ceremony was held in early December this year in the festive Gala hall of Essen’s Casino Zollverein.
An exhibition at the ‘red dot design museum’ in Essen, Germany, will host an exhibition of the decorated design works.
Said Manuel Mataré, commenting on the achievement, "As organisers of Drupa we are especially gratified with this award."
"The Drupa Report plays a major role in our communication activities, in that it is a flagship of our image, serves as a medium of information and of course, it is also a mirror, reflecting the dynamic printing industries."
This success also underlines very close co-operation over quite a number of years between the customer, Messe Düsseldorf, the designer and manufacturing expert, design office Holger Giffhorn, Wuppertal, and the printers, Druckstudio Düsseldorf.
Theme-related and printing-specific matters are debated in the early stages already and will be settled during the layout-stage between designer and the printers, such as the choice of papers, finishing techniques or any other special effects.
Said Dr. Peter Zec, head of the North-Rhine Westphalia Design Zentrum, who also initiated the ‘Red Dot Design Award’, "This year’s applications underline the brisk demand enjoyed by the “red dot” quality label."
"Awards went out to only a little under 6.5 per cent of all works submitted."
"This is a tough competition and only the best and most creative works submitted in the twelve competition categories lived up to the critical opinions of the jury."
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