2017.08.31

JAGDA Awards 2017: selection process and exhibitions

Awarded Works
Poster “Nudist” by Hiroaki Nagai
General Graphics “‘Line of Life Project’ of Suntory Bird Conservation Activities” by Shogo Kishino
CI “Pola” by Kazunari Hattori
Book Design “Bara-kei” by Katsumi Asaba
Package Design “Audrey” by Yoshie Watanabe
Newspaper Advertising “Shinu-toki gurai suki-ni sasete-yo” by Ryosuke Miyashita
Ambient Design & Spatial Graphics “‘Mt ex” by Koji Iyama
Interactive Design “Thomas Ruff Exhibition” by Ryoji Tanaka
Video “Harukaze no itazura” by Rika Eguchi
Integrated Design “Toraya Café • An Stand” by Kaoru Kasai

Publication: “Graphic Design in Japan 2017” (June 2017)
Award Ceremony: JAGDA General Assembly 2017 on 23 June 2017 in Tokyo
Exhibition: Saturday 17 June to Sunday 6 August 2017 at Tokyo Midtown Design Hub

Selection Process of JAGDA Awards 2017
The JAGDA Awards (initially known as JAGDA Category Awards) were inaugurated in 2008 in line with JAGDA’s conviction that selecting and recording the outstanding graphic design works of the year is one of its most important activities. This year, a JAGDA Award was bestowed on one particularly outstanding work in each category from among the entries featured in this yearbook.

In most categories, the 10 works garnering the highest number of votes in the initial round of voting were nominated for a JAGDA Award. The following categories were exceptions: Posters, 20 nominations (owing to the large number of entries); General Graphics, 15; CI, VI, Symbols, Logotypes & Typefaces, 15; Book & Editorial Design, 15; and Interactive Design and Videos, 5 nominations each (due to the small number of entries).

Each of the 28 members of the Selection Committee in attendance was allowed to cast up to 3 votes (with the option of casting fewer than 3). Voting was carried out separately for each category, with the names of the designers concealed, and judges who themselves had an entry among nominated works were excluded from voting within the particular category. As a result of this process, in each category 3 works garnering the largest number of votes were designated as finalists.

In the final round of voting, which was conducted using printed voting sheets, each judge was required to cast 1 vote per category. Again, the designers’ names were concealed, and when a judge’s own work was included among the finalists in a given category, he did not participate in the voting. Ultimately, the works attracting the largest number of votes in each category were designated the winners of this year’s JAGDA Awards. The only exception was the Videos category; here, 2 works initially received the same number of votes, and a runoff vote was held.

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