REMINDER: 2009 Winterhouse Awards for Design Writing & Criticism Deadline is JUNE 1st · May 12, 09:02 AM
The Winterhouse Awards for Design Writing & Criticism seek to increase the understanding and appreciation of design, both within the profession and throughout American life. A program of AIGA, these annual awards have been founded by Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel of the Winterhouse Institute to recognize excellence in writing about design and encourage the development of young voices in design writing, commentary and criticism.
The 2009 awards will be open for entries beginning March 2.
Read about the members of the 2009 jury.
The two types of awards are:
Writing Award of $10,000
Open to writers, critics, scholars, historians, journalists and designers and given for a body of work.
Education Award of $1,000
Open to students (high school, undergraduate or graduate) whose use of writing, in the interest of making visual work or scholarship or cultural observation, demonstrates extraordinary originality and promise.
This awards program is part of a larger AIGA initiative to stimulate new levels of design awareness and critical thinking about design.
THE 2008 AWARDS
Three recipients were awarded in 2008. David Barringer received the Writing Award, and both Annie Simpson and Joshua Yaffa were chosen for the Education Award for their individual submissions. The three awards were presented at the AIGA Design Legends Gala on September 18, in New York City.
AVAILABLE NOW from the 2008 Winterhouse Award winner…
“…no one has ever written about graphic design in quite this way. The title sounds more like a short story, and at times I found myself reading it as though it were a fictional exploration of a designer’s consciousness. When I did, its energy, relentlessness, emotion, and abundance of detail made sense, as did its literary style. Barringer writes entertainingly and has a gift for intricate metaphor…Designers who enjoy ambitious writing will find plenty to admire…”
—From Rick Poynor’s I.D. Magazine review of “American Mutt Barks in the Yard” (Emigre 68 )
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