I’m disappointed that the winning work isn’t featured on the Awards website, but hopefully it’ll follow at some point. In the meantime, here’s a very a brief glimpse of johnson banks’ winning projects.

Trial animation of the new Ravensbourne logo from johnson banks.

The Best of Show Award — given to “the project that stands out above all others, across all categories, for its visual execution, strategic thinking, and problem solving” — went to Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, by Wolff Olins. You can read Clinton Duncan’s commentary on Mathaf over on Brand New.

Mathaf identity design from Wolff Olins.

Congratulations to the winners.

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The people behind Wolda “the worldwide logo design annual” are looking for a buyer.

For the unfamiliar, quoted from the website:

“Wolda is the high-profile graphic design award scheme that rewards the best logos and trademarks designed throughout the world, creating an archive that tracks the evolution of tastes, styles and trends in global design, year after year. Wolda’s standing is guaranteed by the endorsement of the most important design associations and schools. Designers, agencies, studios and students from all over the world are invited to enter.”

Having seen the financials, the venture covers its costs, but the current organizers are unable to dedicate the time and energy needed to help it grow.

To express an interest, contact Wolda.

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Today Armin Vit launched the Brand New Awards, and opened the call for entries. In a controversial-for-some move, entries must be printed and snail-mailed.

It’s a progression of the UnderConsideration family, and one that has been on the cards for a while, but does the profession need another awards program that requires payment to enter, with the personal prize being inclusion in a printed publication? Regardless, I’ll be checking back to see the results from a judging panel that includes AIGA medalist Steff Geissbuhler.

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Designer Jens Wickelgren of The Chase takes credit for the gold winner at last years Fresh Awards. The execution shown on the Freedom website is slightly different.

The lack of space between the logotype on the site and the off-cut “bird” makes it seem less like “Freedom” and more like a mistake. I also can’t imagine that Wickelgren wanted the “Travel Group” text treated like an afterthought.

A great logotype idea, sadly not done justice online. Reminds me of the Guild of Food Writers logo by 300million.

Tip from Blair Thomson of Believe In.

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The flat logo (above) was lifted from the Gravity Flooring website. I think the kerning looks a little off either side of the arrow due to the animation shown on the site, but I’m not sure.

I like the idea, and it’s good to see some humour thrown in, too.

View 10 more logos from The Partners.

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The first annual Mediabistro Logo Awards “celebrates and promotes the best in logo design.”

• Winners will be promoted to millions around the world through several websites
• Winners will be announced at a swanky party in New York City
• An impressive jury includes famous names, ground-breaking newcomers, and mid-level creatives who know all the factors that make and break great design
• Open to graphic designers, studios, agencies, clients, and students

Judges include Armin Vit, Rob Janoff, Calvin Lee, and more.

Eligibility
All submissions must have been created between March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2010.

Deadline
Entries must be submitted no later than March 31, 2010. Winners will be notified on or about April 30, 2010.

Entry fee
Thirty dollars ($30) per logo entry or per category (for entries submitted to multiple categories). Payment accepted via PayPal.

Full details on the Mediabistro Logo Awards website.

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The Art Directors Club are giving Logo Design Love readers 10 free entries to the 89th ADC Awards. That’s up to $3,000 worth, depending on your entry category. Read on for more info about the awards and for details on how to enter the draw.

About the ADC Awards

ADC is a self-funded, not-for-profit global member organization for a broad range of creatives around the world.

Every year since 1920, the ADC Annual Awards competition identifies and honours the best work of the year in visual communications. ADC’s first call for entries included just three categories: black and white illustration and design, paintings and drawings in color, and posters of all sizes. Today, the number of categories totals 238, spanning all areas in print and broadcast advertising, interactive media, graphic design, publication design, packaging, photography and illustration.

Of most interest to you will likely be the categories for “corporate identity programmes” and “logos or trademarks.”

Winners are presented at a special evening in New York City in April. The event includes a reception, multimedia awards presentation and party. The winners are also documented in the Art Directors Annual and their works displayed at the exhibition. Higher award winners are also included in ADC exhibitions that travel throughout North America, Europe, Asia and South America.

Here’s one of my favourite past winners: logo for Office Games 2008 by The Partners.

Now’s your chance to win a Cube in the 89th annual ADC Awards.

Win a free entry

Update: Tuesday 19th February

Thanks very much for everyone’s votes.

I’ve drawn five random winners from the comments here, and five from the many RTs that appeared on Twitter. Here are those 10 names (I’ll email the commentators and @reply the tweeters).

Ahmed Waheib
Kathryn Davenel
Joseph Gaston
Gabriel Escobar
Ariana Palacios Newham

@markantoin
@KathrynforAD
@heyro
@mlaksman
@pennylnbd

Individual entry costs are between $150 for singles, $200 for campaigns, and $300 for branding series. The ADC deadline for entries in the design category is Friday 22nd January — just one week away.

There are two ways to stand a chance of winning one of 10 free entries to the 89th ADC Awards.

1. Simply browse last year’s winners and choose one that catches your eye. It doesn’t matter what category you browse, but include a link to the page in a comment on this post. It’d be good to see what appeals to you.
2. Tweet this — RT @LogoDesignLove Free entry to the 89th ADC Awards: http://bit.ly/8YO2ZM

10 free entry winners (drawn randomly from commentators and “tweeters”) will be selected on Tuesday 19th and notified by email. I’ll also update this page with the winning names.

The only stipulation is that free entries can’t be used for the ADC Design Sphere or ADC Hybrid Award. These specialty awards cost $500 per entry, and it’s deemed unfair to the competition to have someone win that category who didn’t pay for entry.

Good luck.

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All Benchmarks entrants are asked to demonstrate how their branding programmes or campaigns work across a variety of different communication platforms. While a single example of brilliance cannot win a Benchmark, a strong strategic concept, which can be shown to work effectively in a variety of areas, will be a lively contender within its category.

The 2009 Awards brought some interesting results, not least this category winner by The Partners.

Eagle Clean is a small London cleaning company which needed an identity that would engage prospective clients such as offices, restaurants, bars and clubs in a particularly uninspiring sector.

The Partners used Eagle Clean’s rubber gloves to develop a playful graphic device on signage and uniforms. The logo comes to life online as the gloves clean the screen, making it spotless to the viewer.

View the Eagle Clean website.

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D&AD’s branding section of the 2008 Annual.

Worth a look.

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Best of Continent

Best of Africa

Logo name: SoulStice
Nation: South Africa
Agency: The Brand Union
Designer: Bronwen
Client: SoulStice

Best of Americas

Logo name: Sapka Hat Design
Nation: United States
Agency: Deniz Marlali
Designer: Deniz Marlali
Client: Hats By Aysel / Aysel Ormanbaba

Best of Asia

Logo name: Neo Tokyo
Nation: Thailand
Agency: Digital ZOO
Designers: David Williams, Siripong Wongjinda, Pasu Kongprasertkit, Digital ZOO
Client: Japanese electronic art exhibition

Best of Europe

Logo name: Sancti Spíritus Wines
Nation: Spain
Agency: El Paso, Galería de Comunicación
Designer: Álvaro Pérez
Client: La Repostería de las Monjas

Best of Oceania

Logo name: One Degree
Nation: Australia
Agency: Landor Associates
Designers: Jason Little, Tim Warren, Steve Clarke, Mike Staniford
Client: News Limited

My thoughts

It’s impossible to effectively critique any logo design without information of the design brief, and I’d hope such info was presented to the jury. The previous logo, for One Degree (Best of Australia, Best of Oceania), was ultimately chosen as Best of the World (top prize). I can’t help but wonder if the reputation behind Landor Associates played a part. Excuse my synicism. In favour of the design, it’s simple, scalable, and memorable, although does look quite like a pictogram from the olympics. Perhaps that’s part of the appeal / rationale?

I am pleased to see the Sancti Spiritus logo selected in the Best of Europe category, as the idea is great. Some of the others, however, aren’t so convincing. What do you reckon?

My favourite design from all winners (Best of Nation included) is this logo, which won Best of Norway.

Logo name: TWINS
Nation: Norway
Agency: The Action Designer
Designer: The Action Designer
Client: Twins

You can see all winning logos, including the Best of Nation category, on the Wolda website.

UPDATE: 06 October 2008
Steven Heller also has something to say about the awards, worth a read for some competition context.

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