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MAIN PRIZE:
Sara Fanelli
OTHER PRIZES:
Studio Ajubel
Bernardo Carvalho
Bouwe van der Molen
Martin Mueller
Max tilmann
Tim Van den Broeck
The first edition of the 'Titan: illustration in design' competition received 1039 entries from 79 countries. Quite a good start for a new international competition. The jury met over a period of 2 and a half days to assess the work, with a preselection having been made the week before. Discussion was intense but joyful. In particular, the jury were mindful that the Titan competition is not a usual illustration competition because of its focus on illustration in design.
This means that the object or item for which the illustrations were created – the book, brochure, magazine, poster etc. – becomes part of the criteria for assessing the work. The jury's attention therefore was drawn beyond the quality of the illustration as a unique work and necessarily took into consideration the nature of the submitted object; the format, the materials used, the print production and the finishing, and above all the symmetry between illustration and context.
The categories that had been created for the competition served as a method for recognising the differing purposes and production boundaries for which the work was created. It also served as a mechanism of dividing the work into manageable sections. It soon became evident however, that some categories heavily outweighed others in numbers of submissions. After discussion, the jury decided that whilst the categories had been useful in the structuring of the competition, the most important thing to consider was the quality of the work and that this consideration should supersede all others. As a consequence the jury decided to set the categories aside and award 6 1st prizes in addition to the overall prize. A further 45 works were selected for inclusion in the exhibition.
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the winners as well as those selected for exhibition for their excellent work, and in particular our praise goes to the overall prize winner, Sara Fanelli for an outstanding contribution. Not least of all, we would like to thank all those who took the time to enter their work and helped raise the standard of the competition. We look forward to more next year.
Andrew Howard (Head of Jury)
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