The Frances Smyth-Ravenel Prize for Excellence in Publication Design
George Eastman Museum
Rochester, NY
David Levinthal: War, Myth, Desire
Designed by: Design Monsters
Exhibition Catalogues
First Prize
Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
San Marino, CA
Nineteen Nineteen
Designed by: Kimberly Varella, Content Object
Institutional budget more than $1 million
National Gallery of Victoria
Victoria, Australia
Darren Sylvester: Carve a Future, Devour Everything, Become Something
Designed by: Dirk Hiscock
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL
Rachel Monosov: We Are Almost There
Designed by: Kaen Henry, Grace O’Brien, and Jeonghyun Kim
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Bard Graduate Center
New York, NY
French Fashion, Women, and the First World War
Designed by: Irma Boom Office
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Second Prize
National Gallery of Victoria
Melbourne, Australia
Petrina Hicks: Bleached Gothic
Designed by: Thomas Deverall
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Chicago, IL
Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech”
Designed by: design & art direction, OK-RM; consultation, archive research & design development, PLAYLAB, INC.; archive design & layout, MCA Chicago design team
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Bard Graduate Center
New York, NY
Jan Tschichold and the New Typography: Graphic Design Between the World Wars
Designed by: Bard Graduate Center
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Honorable Mention
Getty Publications
Los Angeles, CA
Käthe Kollwitz: Prints, Process, Politics
Designed by: Catherine Lorenz
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Storm King Art Center
New Windsor, NY
Mark Dion: Follies
Designed by: Jeffrey Jenkins
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, VA
Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment
Designed by: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Institutional budget more than $1 million
CSUF Grand Central Art Center
Santa Ana, CA
Cognate Collective: Regionalia
Designed by: Stephen Serrato / ELLA
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Binghamton University Art Museum
Binghamton, NY
Seymour Chwast: Works of War
Designed by: Blažo Kovačević
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture
Baltimore, MD
A Designed Life: Contemporary American Textiles, Wallpapers and Containers
& Packages, 1951-1954
Designed by: Margaret Re
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Posters
Honorable Mention
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
Washington DC
Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II
Designed by: Jeanne Krohn / Krohn Designs
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Annual Reports
First Prize
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, CT
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Annual Report 2019
Designed by: WondriskaRusso
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Second Prize
Field Museum
Chicago, IL
2018 Annual Report to Donors
Designed by: Bark Design
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Honorable Mention
Florence Griswold Museum
Old Lyme, CT
Florence Griswold Museum 2019 Annual Report
Designed by: Lisa Reneson/Two Sisters Design
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Books
First Prize
Qatar Museums
Doha, Qatar
National Museum of Qatar
Designed by: Randa Takieddine
Institutional budget more than $1 million
University of Washington Press
Seattle, WA
Seattle Style
Designed by: Clara Berg
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Second Prize
Exploratorium
San Francisco, CA
The Art of Curiosity
Designed by: Weldon Owen
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Lucid Art Foundation
Inverness, CA
Gordon Onslow Ford – A Man on a Green Island
Designed by: Rob Hugel, Little Hill 2.0
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Honorable Mention
Museum of New Mexico Press
Santa Fe, NM
Perdido
Designed by: David Skolkin
Institutional budget more than $1 million
The Menil Collection
Houston, TX
Roni Horn: When I Breathe, I Draw
Designed by: Binocular
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Spencer Museum of Art
Lawrence, KS
Inquiries
Designed by: Jeffrey McKee; Editor, Joey Orr; Photographer, Ryan Waggoner
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Clausen Memorial Museum
Petersburg, AK
Tin Can Country: Southeast Alaska’s Historic Salmon Canneries
Designed by: Sarah Asper-Smith, ExhibitAK
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Newsletters and Calendar of Events
First Prize
Spencer Museum of Art
Lawrence, KS
View, Spring 2020 Issue
Designed by: Jeffrey McKee; Editor, Elizabeth Kanost; Photographer, Ryan Waggoner
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Bard Graduate Center
New York, NY
Public Programs Spring Calendar 2019
Designed by: Bard Graduate Center
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Second Prize
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, CT
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Calendar
Designed by: WondriskaRusso
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Bard Graduate Center
New York, NY
Public Programs Fall Calendar 2019
Designed by: Bard Graduate Center
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Magazines/Scholarly Journals
First Prize
Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Washington, DC
Archives of American Art Journal (Fall 2019 issue)
Designed by: Polygraph Creative
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Second Prize
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
Fine Arts Magazine: Ed Hardy / Summer 2020
Designed by: Em Dash
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Honorable Mention
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
Accelerate: Access and Inclusion at the Tang Teaching Museum issue 3 (2019)
Designed by: Linked by Air
Institutional budget more than $1 million
White House Historical Association
Washington DC
White House History Quarterly, Mid-Century Fashion and the First Ladies: From Ready-to-Wear to Haute Couture
Designed by: Pentagram
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Invitations to Events
First Prize
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, NY
“2019 Garden Party Invitation”
Designed by: Ann Sunwoo
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Second Prize
Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Washington DC
Hokusai: Mad about Painting
Designed by: Nancy Hacskaylo
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Casa del Herrero
Santa Barbara, CA
2019 Feria Andalusia Event Invitation
Designed by: Karen Sketch
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Press Kits, Marketing and Public Relations Material
No awardee
Fundraising and Membership Material
First Prize
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Washington DC
African Art Awards 2019 program
Designed by: Lisa Buck Vann
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Casa del Herrero
Santa Barbara, CA
Spring Appeal 2019
Designed by: Karen Sketch
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Educational Resources
First Prize
Smithsonian American Art Museum / National Portrait Gallery
Washington DC
#BecauseOfHerStory
Designed by: Robert Killian
Institutional budget more than $1 million
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
Atlanta, GA
Derrick Adams: Patrick Kelly, The Journey curriculum guide
Designed by: Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD); Atlanta
and Savannah, Georgia; Lacoste, France
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Second Prize
United States Botanic Garden
Washington DC
Green House: Introductory Guide for Educators
Designed by: Carolyn Donarski/National Center for Appropriate Technology; graphic designer, Amy Smith
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Honorable Mention
SCAD Museum of Art
Savannah, GA
Mark Wallinger curriculum guide
Designed by: Savannah College of Art and Design; Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia; Lacoste, France
Institutional budget more than $1 million
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film
Atlanta, GA
Form & Function: Shoe Art by Chris Francis curriculum guide
Designed by: Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD); Atlanta
and Savannah, Georgia; Lacoste, France
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Exhibition Collateral Materials
First Prize
Bard Graduate Center
New York, NY
French Fashion, Women, and the First World War Exhibition Guide
Designed by: Irma Boom Office
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Second Prize
Alva de Mars Megan Chapel Art Center
Manchester, NH
A MOMENT OF TIME Sculpture by Nick Hollibaugh
Designed by: Annee Giard; project manager Maggie Dimock
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Honorable Mention
Skirball Cultural Center
Los Angeles, CA
Fearless Fashion: Rudi Gernreich Family Guide
Designed by: Shar Huston
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Institutional Materials
First Prize
Bard Graduate Center
New York, New York
Fashion and Justice Workshop
Designed by: Jerome Harris for Bard Graduate Center
Institutional budget less than $1 million
Honorable Mention
Florence Griswold Museum
Old Lyme, CT
New Visitor Guide to Florence Griswold Museum
Designed by: Lisa Reneson/Two Sisters Design
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Asheville Art Museum
Asheville, NC
Envisioning the Future
Designed by: Susan Rhew Design Inc.
Institutional budget more than $1 million
Innovations in Print
Exploratorium
San Francisco, CA
The Art of Curiosity
Designed by: Weldon Owen
Storm King Art Center
New Windsor, NY
Mark Dion: Follies
Designed by: Jeffrey Jenkins