The Frances Smyth-Ravenel Prize for Excellence in Publication Design
Nevada Museum of Art
Reno, NV
Anne Brigman: A Visionary in Modern Photography
Designed by: Brad Bartlett Design
Exhibition Catalogues
First Prize
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Painting the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Masterpieces from the Weston Collection
Designed by: Studio Blue
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington DC
Diane Arbus: A Box of Ten Photographs
Designed by: Katy Homans
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Locust Projects
Miami, FL
The 20th Anniversary Retrospective
Designed by: Ilona Creative Studio
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Second Prize
National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne, Australia
Escher x Nendo I Between Two Worlds
Designed by: Dirk Hiscock
Institutional budget more than $1 million
National Gallery of Art
Washington DC
Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings
Designed by: Margaret Bauer
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston
Charleston, SC
Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South
Designed by: Gil Shuler Graphic Design
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Honorable Mention
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, NY
Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
Designed by: Neil Donnelly and Ben Fehrman-Lee
Institutional budget more than $1 million
The Contemporary Austin
Austin, TX
Rodney McMillian: History is Present Tense
Designed by: David Chickey – Radius Books
Institutional budget more than $1 million
National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne, Australia
Colony: Australia 1770-1861 / Frontier Wars
Designed by: Thomas Deverall
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Georgia Museum of Art
Athens, GA
Clinton Hill
Designed by: Almanac
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Georgia Museum of Art
Athens, GA
Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann
Designed by: Goosepen Press
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, CA
The Chiaroscuro Woodcut in Renaissance Italy
Designed by: Lorraine Wild and Marina Mills Kitchen for Green Dragon Office
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Smart Museum of Art
Chicago, IL
The Time Is Now! Art Worlds of Chicago’s South Side
Designed by: Aay Preston-Myint
Institutional budget more than $1 million
University of Idaho, Prichard Art Gallery
Moscow, ID
Whipping It Up, Collaborative Alchemy by Garth Amundsen & Pierre Gour
Designed by: Delphine Keim
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Posters
First Prize
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
Rose Ocean: Living with Duchamp
Designed by: Jean Tschanz-Egger
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Second Prize
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA
Double Exposure Posters
Designed by: Stephanie Fink
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Honorable Mention
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco, CA
Strategic Plan Posters
Designed by: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Annual Reports
First Prize
Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center
Virginia Beach, VA
A Year of: Transformation I FY18 Annual Report
Designed by: Virginia Aquarium
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Books
First Prize
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: Collection Highlights
Designed by: Bob Aufuldish, Aufuldish & Warinner
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Peabody Museum Press and Aperture
Cambridge, MA and New York, NY
Caspian: The Elements
Designed by: Duncan Whyte
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Museum of New Mexico Press
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Buried Cars
Designed by: David Skolkin
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Second Prize
Museum of New Mexico Press
Santa Fe, NM
Painted Reflections
Designed by: Michael Motley
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Honorable Mention
Getty Publications
Los Angeles, CA
Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide
Designed by: Jim Drobka
Institutional budget more than $1 million
The Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY
Art Making with MoMA
Designed by: ALSO
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Museum of New Mexico Press
Santa Fe, NM
Albuquerque Museum History Collection: Only in Albuquerque
Designed by: Michael Motely
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Newsletters and Calendar of Events
First Prize
Spencer Museum of Art
Lawrence, KS
View, Spring 2019 Issue
Designed by: Jeffrey McKee; Editor: Elizabeth Kanost; Photographer: Ryan Waggoner
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Fleming Museum of Art
Burlington, VT
Fleming Newsletter
Designed by: Chris Dissinger
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Second Prize
San Antonio Museum of Art
San Antonio, TX
Art Now
Designed by: Robert Salinas, DVS Design
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Honorable Mention
Philbrook Museum of Art
Tulsa, OK
Making Modern America
Designed by: Bhadri Verduzco; Illustrations by: Jeremy Luther
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Magazines/Scholarly Journals
First Prize
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washington, DC
Women in the Arts magazine, Summer 2018
Designed by: Studio A
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Second Prize
Naples Botanical Garden
Naples, FL
Garden Member Magazine
Designed by: Sherri Morrison Creative Design
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Honorable Mention
White House Historical Association
Washington DC
White House History Quarterly, Presidential Sites (#50)
Designed by: Pentagram
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Hagley Museum and Library
Wilmington, DE
Hagley Magazine
Designed by: Adam Albright
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Invitations to Events
First Prize
Naples Botanical Garden
Naples, Florida
Hats in the Garden Invitation
Designed by: Sherri Morrison Creative Design
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Springfield Museums
Springfield, MA
Pop! Gala invitation
Designed by: TSM Design
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Second Prize
The Jewish Museum
New York, NY
Purim Ball 2018 Invitation
Designed by: Topos Graphics
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Art Museum, University of Saint Joseph
West Hartford, CT
In Memoriam Exhibition Announcement
Designed by: Pamela Howard, Firebrick Design
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Honorable Mention
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA
Double Exposure preview invitations
Designed by: Muneera Gerald & Stephanie Fink
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, NY
“2018 Garden Party Invitation”
Designed by: Ann Sunwoo
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Press Kits, Marketing and Public Relations Material
Honorable Mention
New Haven Museum
New Haven, CT
Pardee-Morris House 2018 Summer Season Brochure
Designed by: Katie Piascyk
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Fundraising and Membership Material
First Prize
Meadows Museum
Dallas, TX
The Color of Dreams I SMU Meadows Museum Masterpiece Gala
Designed by: Melissa Witt
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Second Prize
The Jewish Museum
New York, NY
Purim Ball 2018 Program
Designed by: Topos Graphics
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Educational Resources
Honorable Mention
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle, WA
Peacock in the Desert Family Activity Guide
Designed by: Muneera Gerald
Institutional budget more than $1 million
SCAD Museum of Art
Savannah, GA
SCAD deFine Art 2018
Designed by: Savannah College of Art and Design; Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia; Hong Kong; Lacoste, France
Institutional budget more than $1 million
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
Atlanta, GA
Dressing for Dystopia: The Handmaid’s Tale Costumes by Ane Crabtree
Designed by: Savannah College of Art and Design; Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia; Hong Kong; Lacoste, France
Institutional budget less than $1 million
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
Atlanta, GA
Pierre Cardin: Pursuit of the Future
Designed by: Savannah College of Art and Design; Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia; Hong Kong; Lacoste, France
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Exhibition Collateral Materials
First Prize
Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton, NJ
Picturing Place in Japan
Designed by: Irma Ramirez
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Winston Salem, NC
“Dorothea Lange’s America” Tabloid
Designed by: Aaron Canipe
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Second Prize
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
Give a damn.
Designed by: Jean Tschanz-Egger
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Claremont Museum of Art
Claremont, CA
Roland Reiss: Unapologetic Flowers and Small Stories
Designed by: Susan Swan Guntner
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Honorable Mention
Yale Center for British Art
New Haven, CT
Art in Focus: John Goto
Designed by: Lyn Bell Rose
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Institutional Materials
First Prize
Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL
Florida Museum of Natural History General Brochures
Designed by: Andreina Hornez, David Leemon, and Hollis Wooley
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Innovations in Print
Getty Publications
Los Angeles, CA
Plato in L.A.: Contemporary Artists’ Visions
Designed by: IN-FO.CO
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
Sixfold Symmetry: Pattern in Art & Science
Designed by: Barbara Glauber, Heavy Meta
National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne, Australia
The Field Revisited
Designed by: Stuart Geddes