2020 awards

The Incas, Treasures of Peru

Merit Award 2020
The Incas, Treasures of Peru

From prehistory to the contemporary era, the museum invites the public to explore the captivating world of ancient cultures of Peru through the Inca civilization renowned for rich culture, craftsmanship, and unique weaving patterns. To bring the visitor a step closer to their craft of weaving, Gagarin developed the "Weaving Time" installation for the exhibition The Incas, Treasures of Peru. 

Notman – Visionary Photographer

Merit Award 2020
Notman – Visionary Photographer

Original concept created by Melanie Crespin and Bureau Principal for the McCord Museum. Adaption by the Canadian Museum of History in-house creative team, with the support of Design par Judith Portier and Visou Design.

A sudden snowstorm, encounters with time travelers, and instructions to leave your anger at the door: Notman—Visionary Photographer is not your normal museum exhibition.

Melanie Crespin, Bureau Principal, Design by Judith Portier, Visou Design

"The Truth is Local" Experiential Storefronts

Honor Award 2020
Sylvia Harris Award 2020
"The Truth is Local" Experiential Storefronts

As the local journalism crisis deepens, with thousands of local news outlets shuttering across the country, The New York Times has renewed its focus on covering their own home base. The Times has a rich tradition of reporting in New York, but because of the publication’s political and international coverage, many New Yorkers don’t think of it as a local news source.  

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice

Honor Award 2020
Best of Show Award 2020
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice

The environmental graphic design of The National Memorial for Peace and Justice (National Lynching Memorial) in Montgomery, Alabama was a collaboration between the Equal Justice Initiative, MASS Design Group (architects) and Small Stuff with collaborator afreeman (environmental graphic design).

The overall context and purpose of the project is best described by the Equal Justice Initiative:

Gimpo International Airport: Info Inclusive for Everyone

Honor Award 2020
Gimpo International Airport: Info Inclusive for Everyone

With an annual passenger load of over 24 million passengers annually, servicing over 60 international destinations and all domestic flights, Gimpo International Airport is an extremely active and bustling airport for its size. Seoul-based design firm Yieum Partners’ primary role on the Gimpo remodel project was to create a new total wayfinding solution from points of entry all the way to the final departure gates.

1MQ Workplace

Honor Award 2020
1MQ Workplace

One Melbourne Quarter, located in the heart of Melbourne’s Southern Cross Precinct, is a new center for business, and home to a new workplace HQ spanning five levels that occupy over 9,500sqm.  As part of the overall office design, the design team’s scope was to provide signage, wayfinding and environmental graphics for the new space.

Louisiana Children's Museum

Honor Award 2020
Louisiana Children's Museum

The beloved Louisiana Children’s Museum was housed for 30 years in the Warehouse District of New Orleans before expanding to a stunning new 8.5-acre site in City Park. Studio Matthews’ part of the project encompassed the design of a new brand as well as signage, interpretation, environmental graphics, and donor recognition throughout the new indoor/outdoor site.

New Glass Now

Honor Award 2020
New Glass Now

100 artists, designers, and architects from more than 25 countries bring glass to life in this immersive exhibition featuring objects, lighting, videos, and multi-media installations. The selected artworks demonstrate the diversity of their makers and their skills, ranging from timely political commentary and investigations of the materiality of glass to explorations at the intersection of high-technology, tradition and the hand. The show includes emerging artists to established professionals representing nearly every glass working technique.

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