2015.08.31

JAGDA Awards 2015: selection process and exhibitions

Awarded Works
Poster “The octopus likes the squid, but squid doesn't like the octopus (Hokusai Manga Inspired Exhibition)
General Graphics “Sapporo International Art Festival 2014
Logo“Hare
Book Design “Kunisaki Peninsula
Package Design “Pierre Hermé Paris
Newspaper Advertising “Driving Kids with Toyota
Ambient Design & Spatial Graphics “One-Off Design
Interactive Design “Merry Book Round
Video “Design of Symptom
Integrated Design “The Art of Rice Exhibition, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT


Publication: “Graphic Design in Japan 2015” (June 2015)
Award Ceremony: JAGDA General Assembly 2015 on 26 June 2015 at International House of Japan
Exhibition: Friday 19 June to Wednesday 5 August 2015 at Tokyo Midtown Design Hub

Selection Process of JAGDA Awards 2015
The “JAGDA Awards” (initially known as the “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, in principle the 10 works garnering the highest number of votes in the initial round were nominated for a JAGDA Award. The following categories were exceptions: Posters, 20nominations; Interactive Design, 4 nominations; and Videos, 3 nominations (due to the small number of entries).
Each of the 28 members of the Selection Committee was allowed to cast up to 3 votes (with no obligation to use all votes allowed). Voting was carried out separately for each category, anonymously. In each category, the work garnering the largest number of votes received the JAGDA Award.