The Mohawk Show

 

The Mohawk Show:
We Have Our Winners!

After over 200 entries, much deliberation, and a lot of boxes shipped back and forth across the country so that our esteemed panel of Judges could evaluate your work in-hand, we are delighted to present to you The Mohawk Show 2019-20 Winners.

 

The Winners:
Hundreds of entries poured in from around the world, each unique and inspiring in their own right, but only 6 could be winners — 1 Best in Show and 5 Judge's Choice winners.

  

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Best in Show:

Wilco Ode To Joy Collector Box Set
LAD Design

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Tim Belonax's Choice: 

"RPG Gothic" by Kara Gut
New Archive

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Kelli Anderson's Choice: 

AIA Indianapolis 2019 Year In Review
Commercial Artisan

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Ellen Lupton's Choice: 

Brutally Honest
Emily Cohen

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Mike Renaud's Choice: 

Ex Labore Dulcedo / From Work Comes Sweetness
Workhouse

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Andrew Gibbs' Choice: 

Blank Space
Ultra Creative

 

Check out the Winners

The Judges:
We’ve assembled an eclectic and bright collection of design thinkers and doers from the Mohawk community representing a variety of approaches to design. A group of industry veterans and fresh faces, they represent a broad spectrum of design thinking and are ready to see the best of your work.

Tim Belonax
Design Director, Pinterest

Kelli Anderson
Designer & Paper Engineer

Ellen Lupton
Writer + Curator

Mike Renaud
Founder & Co-CEO, Varyer

Andrew Gibbs
Founder, Dieline &
Partner, A Plastic Planet

 

                          Judge Bios              

 

Curation Criteria:
In a world dominated by digital communication, entries will be judged on how they exist in the real world (this is why we ask for physical copies). Below are some of the criteria we will be looking for.

Object Quality
Printed objects exist, and are experienced, in three dimensions. Presence, dimensionality and tactility all have the ability to connect with us emotionally. We will look for design that harnesses these physical considerations, extending beyond the screen to enhance our experience of design.

Material Quality 
Just as with typography, color and form, materials are design elements. We will be looking for entries that use material qualities such as texture, weight, rigidity as strong elements in their design.

Paper as the 5th Color 
Often overlooked, we will be on the lookout for thoughtful ways of printing on colored paper.

Pairing Texture 
Paper has surface characteristics that reinforce design intent. We are interested in how you contrast different paper textures together.

Beauty 
Design that excites through the intersection of aesthetics and emotion. We all know it when we see it.

Paper & Process 
Attention will be given to artful, inventive and thoughtful combinations of paper and process-where paper is used as an intentional design element, equal to the process used to make the printed object.

Entry Rules:
It's Simple. Enter anything you’ve printed on Mohawk paper.

Put less simply:
To be eligible, entries must be printed on one or more of Mohawk’s materials.* All work produced between January 2019 and March 2020 is eligible, including, but not limited to, corporate brochures, annual reports, direct mail, books, letterheads, posters, etc. Work designed for Mohawk is not eligible. Submissions can be made by designers, design firms, clients, advertising agencies, printers, paper merchants, or any other person affiliated with the work. Entry constitutes end user’s permission to feature winners in a traveling exhibit, on Mohawk’s website, social properties, in trade journal ads, and in a printed Mohawk Show catalog or book.

*Eligible Mohawk materials include: Superfine, Loop, Options, Carnival, Via, Strathmore, Keaykolour, The Curious Collection, Skytone, Crane's Lettra, Crane's Crest and Specialty Digital Substrates.