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Thursday, 18 September 2008 | Levent OZLER
23rd Annual Exhibit Design Awards
Exhibit Design Awards Accepting Entries
EXHIBITOR Magazine's 23rd Annual Exhibit Design Awards, honoring the world's best trade show exhibit designs, is accepting entries.
Trade show exhibit designs launched between Dec. 1, 2006, and Dec. 1, 2008, can be entered in these categories:
- Green Exhibits - Exhibits that reduce the negative impact on the environment, as realized through sustainability, eco-friendly or recycled materials, and/or a reduction of energy consumption.
- Elements and Details - Innovative elements or materials that are part of a larger exhibit. Examples of an exhibit element include - a stairway, lounge, reception desk, product display, seating ensemble, conference room, ceiling, wall, etc. Innovative materials are typically not sold through an exhibit house and include everything from sod to recycled bowling balls to tree bark to life jackets, as well as newly invented materials such as translucent concrete. See www.exhibitoronline.com/awards/eda/examples.asp for examples.
- Small Budgets and Small Spaces - Custom exhibits measuring 10-by-10 or 10-by-20 feet with a budget of $15,000 or less.
- Island - Less than $150 per square foot - In-line
- Island - More than $150 per square foot - First-time Exhibitor
- Peninsula - Less than $150 per square foot - Before and After (Exhibit Refurb)
- Peninsula - More than $150 per square foot - Self-Promotion
- Double-Deck - Less than $150 per square foot - International Designer
- Double-Deck - More than $150 per square foot - International Exhibit
The 2009 competition will be judged by some of the most well-known designers in the world, including:
- Jake Barton, principal, Local Projects LLC, New York
- Shari Berman, principal, Evidence Design, Brooklyn, NY
- Chris Calori, principal, Calori & Vanden-Eynden/Design Consultants, New York
- Peter Dixon, senior partner, creative director, Lippincott Mercer, New York
- Michael Donovan, founder, Donovan/Green, New York
- Graham Hanson, principal, Graham Hanson Design LLC, New York
- Duncan Jackson, managing director, Billings Jackson, New York
- Tali Krakowsky, director of experience design, Imaginary Forces, New York
- Jay Valgora, founder, Studio V Architecture, New York
The 2009 competition will offer one EDGE Award (for Exhibit Design and Graphic Excellence) and multiple Gold, Silver, and Special Merit Awards. Winners will be featured in the May issue of EXHIBITOR magazine, read by 30,000 marketing professionals in the trade show, corporate event, and meetings industries.
The early-bird, discounted deadline is Nov. 24, 2008. The final deadline is Dec. 12, 2008. For entry forms and instructions, visit www.exhibitoronline.com/awards/
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