Awards

Images 32 award winners are announced at the Private View night at the LCC.

AOI patron and ‘National institution’ (The Guardian) Quentin Blake presents the prizes and certificates to the category winners, while Alice Rawsthorn, acclaimed design critic for the International Herald Tribune hands out the Critic’s Award.

  
left: Quentin Blake and AOI Interim Manager Derek Brazell at the awards night
(photo by Tamlyn Francis), right: Quentin Blake handing Steve Simpson his Gold Award for "Pure Pie" (photo by pbkphotography)

The award winners in each category have been selected by a panel of internationally acclaimed judges, including Senior Art Buyer of Ogilvy NY, Mike Hahn; Art Director of Saatchi & Saatchi NY, Menno Kluin; Design Week’s Art Director, Ivan Cottrell; The Guardian’s Creative Manager, Gina Cross, and Stefan Ostermeier from award winning German business magazine Brand Eins.

      

The Award winners are:
Advertising
Gold Award: Adrian Johnson - Apple Halo - for Robinsons through BBH
Silver Award: Max Ellis - Tattoo Girl
Bronze Award: Chris Haughton - Creating Demand -Not Just Servicing It

Books
Gold Award: Tom Burns - The New York Trilogy - for Paul Auster, published by the Folio Society
Silver Award: Simon Pemberton - Horror Classics - Frankenstein's Monster
Bronze Award: Lucy Davey - From Hereabout Hill

Design and New Media
Gold Award: Steve Simpson - Pure Pie - for Red Rocket
Silver Award: Eleanor Meredith - Lemontits
Bronze Award: Tom Gaul - Basil Fawlty

Editorial
Gold Award: Peter Grundy - Bodyparts - for Esquire magazine
Silver Award: Philip Disley - Mad Churchill
Bronze Award: Stephen Collins - Competition Between Cities

Self-promotion
Gold Award: A. Richard Allen - Tick Tock
Silver Award: Caroline Tomlinson - Happy 1st Birthday Jelly
Bronze Award: Chris Vine - Manhattan Landscape

New Talent
Gold Award: Nick Mott - Rapunzel
Silver Award: Haruka Shinji - From The Cradle To The Grave Collector’s Cards
Bronze Award: Imogen Clare - Lucy Goes To Market

Critic’s Award - selected by Alice Rawsthorn
Rosemary Squire - Gordon Brown's Record As Chancellor

The online catalogue showcases all work featured in Images 32, with contact details for the illustrators or their agents, and search and zoom functions so that you can have a closer look at the illustrations.

We have uploaded a great selection of photos from the awards night. See the proud award winners receive their awards from Quentin Blake and Alice Rawsthorn respectively, and get a feel for the show if you haven't seen it yet.


left: guests waiting for the awards ceremony to start, right: proud Rosemary Squire in front of her critic's-award-winning image selected by Alice Rawsthorn.
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The exhibition continues:

London College of Communication
Elephant & Castle, London SE1 6SB
Exhibition: 30 July – 27 August 2008
Opening times: 10 - 5pm weekdays
10 – 4pm Saturdays, Closed Sundays
Admission free

private view night beer sponsored by Kirin Ichiban