Nearly 400 submissions were received from the US and around the world for the 2015 Museum Publications Design Competition. Jurors sought out the best in graphic design in 12 different categories within two organizational budget categories (less than $750,000 and greater than $750,000). Among the winning features of this year’s entries were beautiful typography, effective use of white space and graphic creativity. Jurors also observed the positive role of branding in conveying institutional identity and message across multiple formats. First prize winners in the competition will be featured in a special section of the November/December issue of Museum.
This year’s competition jurors were:
- Bennett DeOlazo, creative director, Studio B, Alexandria, VA
- Nancy Hacskaylo, Senior Graphic Designer, Freer Gallery of Art & Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Beth Lower, Art Director, American Society of Association Executives, Washington, DC
- Elizabeth Lynch, Editor, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
- Judy Metro, Editor in Chief, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Best In Show (The Franny)
Late Harvest/2014 Art + Environment Conference
Nevada Museum of Art
Designed by: Brad Bartlett Design
Exhibition Catalogs
1st Prize: Less than $750,000
Come Home in the Box
University Gallery, University of Florida
Designed by: Connie Hwang Design
1st Prize: Greater than $750,000
Mid-Century Modern: Australian Furniture Design
National Gallery of Victoria
Designed by: Thomas Deverall
2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000
Yinka Shonibare MBE: Magic Ladders
The Barnes Foundation
Designed by: Kristen Spilman
Mound City
Laumeier Sculpture Park
Designed by: TOKY Branding + DesignBartram’s Boxes REMIX
The Center for Art in Wood in association with Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
Designed by: Dan Saal, StudioSaal Corporation
Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000
Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out, Looking In
National Gallery of Art
Designed by: Chris Vogel
Chasing Dreams: Baseball and Becoming American
National Museum of American Jewish History
Designed by: Pure & Applied
Covert Operations: Investigating the Known Unknowns
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
Designed by: David Chickey
In Plain Sight: Discovering the Furniture of Nathaniel Gould
Peabody Essex Museum
Designed by: Daphne Geismar
State of the Art Exhibition Catalogue
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Designed by: Anna Vernon, Art Director
Posters
1st Prize: Less than $750,000
Groundhog Day Benefit Concert
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston
Designed by: Gil Shuler Graphic Design
1st Prize: Greater than $750,000
Grand Opening
Birthplace of Country Music Museum
Designed by: Hound Dog Press
2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000
Deco Japan Café Posters
Seattle Art Museum
Designed by: Seattle Art Museum
Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000
SuperAwesome: Art and Giant Robot
Oakland Museum of California
Designed by: Dave Gottwald; Creative Direction: Scott Moulton; Photography: Torreya Cummings
Annual Report
1st Prize: Greater than $750,000
2014 Annual Report
Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
Designed by: Asha Hossain Design
2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000
Annual Report
EMP Museum
Designed by: Emily Hooper
Books
1st Prize: Less than $750,000
Pabst Farms: The History of a Model Farm Pabst Farms, Inc. in association with Captain Frederick
Pabst Mansion, Inc.
Designed by: Dan Saal, StudioSaal Corporation; Written by John C. Eastberg with a foreword by James C. Pabst
1st Prize: Greater than $750,000
Beyond the Wall: Art and Artifacts from the GDR
The Wende Museum
Designed by: TASCHEN
2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000
Japanese Ceramics for the Twenty-First Century: The Betsy and Robert Feinberg Collection
The Walters Art Museum
Designed by: Jennifer Paulson
Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000
Santa Fe
Museum of New Mexico Press
Designed by: David Skolkin
The Nude in Photography
Getty Publications
Designed by: Jeffrey Cohen
Newsletter and Calendar of Events
1st Prize: Less than $750,000
Fall 2014 Calendar of Events
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston
Designed by: Karen Ann Myers
1st Prize: Greater than $750,000
LIVE Member Publication
California Academy of Sciences
Designed by: Rhonda Rubinstein, Jinny Kim, Sydney Buffman
2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000
2015 Skywatcher’s Guide
Adler Planetarium
Designed by: David Miller
Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000
National Gallery of Art Film program calendar
National Gallery of Art
Designed by: Brad Ireland
Magazines
1st Prize: Greater than $750,000
Studio
The Studio Museum in Harlem
Designed by: Pentagram
Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000
Manual: a journal about art and its making
RISD Museum
Designed by: Derek Schusterbauer
Memory & Action Magazine (Fall 2014)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Designed by: Pam del Canto
Scholarly Journals
2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000
Gilcrease Journal Museum “Food” XXI.2
Gilcrease Museum
Designed by: Carol Haralson
Invitations
1st Prize: Greater than $750,000
Star Wars, Rebel, Princess, Jedi, Queen VIP Invitation
EMP Museum
Designed by: Jeffrey Underwood
2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000
Invitation to the Walters Gala 2014
The Walters Art Museum
Designed by: Johanna Biehler and Tony Venne
Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000
Friends Day Invitation Package
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC
Designed by: Adina Brosnan-McGeeChasing Dreams: Baseball and Becoming American, Only In America Gala
National Museum of American Jewish History
Designed by: Damon Shields at DK Shields, Inc.
Press Kits, Marketing and Public Relations Materials
Honorable Mention: Less than $750,000
American Saltwater Fly Fishing History Project
American Museum of Fly Fishing
Designed by: Dave Van de Water, Artifact
1st Prize: Greater than $750,000
Designed for Flowers Advertising Campaign
The Walters Art Museum
Designed by: Johanna Biehler and Tony Venne
2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000
Myth and Magic Faire
EMP Museum
Designed by: Emily Hooper
Fundraising/Membership Materials
1st Prize: Greater than $750,000
Exposing the Darkness: Photography in Conflict Zones
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Designed by: Mary Gasperetti; Writer/Editor: Marisa Beahm Klein; Photographer: Lucian Perkins for the Washington Post
Miró: The Experience of Seeing Invitation Brochure
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Designed by: Rachel Goodwin
2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000
Founders Annual Fundraiser Gala
EMP Museum
Designed by: Melissa Robinson
Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000
What You Do Matters Los Angeles Dinner
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Designed by: Joanne Zamore & Mary Gasperetti
Educational Resources
1st Prize: Greater than $750,000
The Divine Comedy Curriculum Guide
Savannah College of Art & Design
Designed by: Savannah College of Art and Design
2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000
Masks Discovery Guide
Mingei International Museum
Designed by: Alexis O’ Banion and Francisco Soto
Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000
Early Childhood Traveling Trunks Curriculum Booklet
San Antonio Museum of Art
Designed by: Lauren Sandoval
Children’s Guide to the Exhibition: “of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower”: Artist’s Book and the Natural World
Yale Center for British Art
Designed by: Sean Kuhnke, designer; Lyn Bell Rose, art director
Supplementary Material
1st Prize: Less than $750,000
Kathleen Robbins: Into the Flatland Brochure
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston
Designed by: Karen Ann Myers
2nd Prize: Less than $750,000
Jumaadi: Forgive Me Not to Miss You Brochure
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston
Designed by: Karen Ann Myers
1st Prize: Greater than $750,000
Country Museum Hall of Fame and Museum Event Sales Kit
Country Music Foundation Inc., dba Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Designed by: Adrianne Tuck
Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000
Chigusa and the Art of Tea in Japan brochure
Princeton University Art Museum
Designed by: Lehze Flax