Among the highlights of this year’s winning entries were an interesting mix of risk-taking and classically designed books and catalogs. The jurors commented positively on layouts and font selections that were legible and complimented the content and images. Jurors also took note of the first digital-only exhibition catalog submitted to the competition.

This year’s competition jurors were:

• Antonio Alcalá, president, Studio A, Alexandria, Virginia
• Bennett DeOlazo, creative director, Studio B, Alexandria, Virginia
• Maria Habib, senior director of design, design lab instructor, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, D.C.
• Marty Ittner, creative director, m-Art, Tacoma Park, Maryland
• Amy Mannarino, manager of communications and marketing, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
• Amy Pastan, writer/editor, Washington, D.C.
• Andrea Stevens, director of strategic communications, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Services (SITES), Washington, D.C.

Best In Show (The Franny)

• New Jersey as Non-Site
  Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
  Designed by: Daphne Geismar

Exhibition Catalogs

1st Prize: Less than $750,000

• Of Elephants and Roses: French Natural History 1790–1830
  American Philosophical Society Museum, Philadelphia
  Designed by: Marc Blaustein

2nd Prize: Less than $750,000

• Garden of the Heart’s Desire
  University Gallery, Gainesville, FL
  Designed by: Connie Hwang Design

Honorable Mentions: Less than $750,000

• Renée Stout: Tales of the Conjure Woman
  Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC
  Designed by: Gil Shuler Graphic Design

• Cyril Lixenberg: An Artist Journey
  Grand Valley State University Art Gallery, Allendale, MI
  Designed by: Plenty, iloveplenty.com

1st Prize: Greater than $750,000

• See the Light: Photography, Perception, Cognition
  Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  Designed by: Xiaoquing Wang and Lorraine Wild

2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000

• Garry Winogrand
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  Designed by: Tracey Shiffman and Alex Kohnke, Shiffman & Kohnke

Honorable Mentions: Greater than $750,000

• Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic
  Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  Designed by: Stuart Smith and Lorraine Wild

• Graphite (iBook digital catalogue)
  Indianapolis Museum of Art
  Designed by: Toky

• The Itinerant Languages of Photography
  Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
  Designed by: Miko McGinty and Rita Jules

• 9 Artists
  Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
  Designed by: Andrea Hyde, Walker Art Center Design Department

• Yoga: The Art of Transformation
  Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC
  Designed by: Studio A, Alexandria, VA

• Cercle et Carré and the International Spirit of Abstract Art
  Georgia Museum of Art, Athens
  Designed by: Roy Brooks, Fold Four, Inc.

Posters

1st Prize: Greater than $750,000

• Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion
  Seattle Art Museum
  Designed by: Rush Fay, Seattle Art Museum

2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000

• Reptile and Amphibian Day poster
  North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
  Designed by: Jeff Williford

Honorable Mentions: Greater than $750,000

• Birds of New York Exhibition Poster
  New York State Museum, Albany
  Designed by: Craig Gravina

• Charles E. Burchfield: Weather Event
  New York State Museum, Albany
  Designed by: Leigh Ann Smith, New York State Museum

• Front Room Exhibition artist poster
  Baltimore Museum of Art
  Designed by: Jimmy Joe Roche
  

Annual Report

1st Prize: Greater than $750,000

• The Franklin Institute’s Annual Report
  The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
  Designed by: Stephanie Pryor

2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000

• Telling Our Story: 2012/2013 Annual Report
  The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia
  Designed by: Tabula Creative

Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000

• 2012 Indiana Historical Society Annual Report
  Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis
  Designed by: Anitra Helton

• Headlines & Milestones: TMA Annual Report 2012
  Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
  Designed by: Madhouse

• Year in Review 2012–2013
  Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, New York City
  Designed by: Laura Grey

Books

2nd Prize (tied): Less than $750,000

• Singular Spaces: From the Eccentric to the Extraordinary in Spanish Art Environments
  Natalie & James Thompson Art Gallery, Department of Art and Art History, San José State University, CA
  Designed by: Marquand Books, Inc. Seattle

• RAM 100: Rockford Art Museum, 1913–2013
  Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
  Designed by: Diane Jaroch Design

Honorable Mention: Less than $750,000

• Charting New Waters: Redefining Marine Painting
  Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona
  Designed by: Rita Lascaro

• Layton’s Legacy: A Historic American Art Collection 1888–2013
  Layton Art Collection, Milwaukee
  Designed by: Studio Saal Corp.

1st Prize: Greater than $750,000

• A Handbook of California Design, 1930–1965: Craftspeople, Designers, Manufacturers
  Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  Designed by: Irma Boom

2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000

• A Place of Welcome: Celebrating the Skirball Cultural Center
  Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles
  Designed by: Christopher Muñiz

Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000

• Eyes of the Ancestors: The Arts of Island Southeast Asia at the Dallas Museum of Art
  Dallas Museum of Art
  Designed by: Jeff Wincapaw, Marquand Books, Seattle

• If There’s Squash Bugs in Heaven, I Ain’t Staying
  Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe
  Designed by: Jason Valdez

• Lines in Long Array: A Civil War Commemoration, Poems & Photographs
  National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
  Designed by: Antonio Alcalá, Studio A

Newsletter and Calendar of Events

1st Prize: Greater than $750,000

• Freer | Sackler Calendar (12 month series)
  Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC
  Designed by: Adina Brosnan McGee

2nd Prize (tied): Greater than $750,000

• BAM/PFA Program Guide
  Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley
  Designed by: Mary Kate Murphy

• 148 Things to Do in Fall 2013
  The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
  Designed by: Skelton Design

Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000

• SFMOMA Member Magazine
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  Designed by: SFMOMA Design Studio: Jennifer Sonderby, creative director; Sophine Lim, designer

Honorable Mention: Less than $750,000

• Fall 2013–Summer 2014 Art Exhibitions and Events
  Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
  Designed by: Anstey-Hodge Design

Magazines

1st Prize: Greater than $750,000

• IMA Magazine (Sept–Dec 2013)
  Indianapolis Museum of Art
  Designed by: Matthew Taylor

2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000

• The Walters Art Museum Members Magazine Autumn 2013, January–April 2014
  The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
  Designed by: Tony Venne | Johanna Biehler

Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000

• Index Magazine
  Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
  Designed by: Harvard Art Museums Design Department

• Telfair
  Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
  Designed by: Holly Akkerman

Scholarly Journals

1st Prize: Less than $750,000

• IFAR Journal, Volume 13 Number 4 2012/2013
  International Foundation for Arts Research, New York City
  Designed by: Alice Fisk MacKenzie

1st Prize: Greater than $750,000

• Manual: A Journal about Art and its Making
  RISD Museum, Providence, RI
  Designed by: Derek Schusterbauer, Colin Frazer

2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000

• Decades: An Expanded Context for Western American Art, 1900–1949
  Denver Art Museum
  Designed by: Carol Harlson, Carol Harlson Books

Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000

• Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts: Italian Renaissance and Later Ceramics
  Detroit Institute of Arts
  Designed by: Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo

• White House History Journal, Issue 34: The White House and the West
  White House Historical Association, Washington, DC
  Designed by: White House Historical Association

Invitations

1st Prize: Greater than $750,000

• Project Los Altos – Invitation
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  Designed by: SFMOMA Design Studio: Bosco Hernández, Art Director

2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000

• Chairman’s Council Dinner Invitation
  Baltimore Museum of Art
  Designed by: J. Spence Holman

Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000

• Some Enlightened Evening invitation
  Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, DC
  Designed by: Nancy Hacskaylo

Press Kits, Marketing and Public Relations Materials

1st Prize: Greater than $750,000

• Rebel, Jedi, Princess, Queen: Star Wars and the Power of Costume
  SITES-Smithsonian, Washington, DC
  Designed by: Design Army

2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000

• Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion
  Seattle Art Museum
  Designed by: Rush Fay, Seattle Art Museum

Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000

• Newspaper Ads Series for Museum Store
  Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
  Designed by: Chris Graver

Fundraising/Membership Materials

1st Prize: Greater than $750,000

• SFMOMA Capital Campaign
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  Designed by: Jennifer Sonderby, creative director; Public Design, designers

2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000

• DMA Partners and Corporate Partners Mailout
  Dallas Museum of Art
  Designed by: Rebecca Winti

Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000

• University of Michigan Museum of Art “Advancing a University Art Museum for the World” Campaign Case Statement
  University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
  Designed by: Savitski Design

• Hello, Neighbor
  Mingei International Museum, San Diego
  Designed by: Alexis O’Banion

• Membership Matters Suite
  Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
  Designed by: Laura Radwell / Radwell Communication by Design

Honorable Mention: Less than $750,000

• Capital Campaign Fundraising Packet
  Benton County Historical Society, Philomath, OR
  Designed by: Mary Susan Weldon, Dock No. 2 Design | Andrea Marks, design:marks

Educational Resources

1st Prize: Greater than $750,000

• I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story, poster set for teachers
  SITES-Smithsonian, Washington, DC
  Designed by: Studio A, Alexandria, VA

2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000

• Great and Mighty Things Kids’ Guide
  Philadelphia Museum of Art
  Designed by: Lindsey Heiselmoyer

Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000

• The Franklin Institute’s Field Trip Planner
  The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
  Designed by: Lauren Smedley

• BGC Gallery Programs for Schools and Educators Fall 2013
  Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, New York City
  Designed by: Kate DeWitt with Aurora Robles

• BGC Programs for Schools and Educators Winter/Spring 2013
  Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture, New York City
  Designed by: Laura Grey

Supplementary Material

1st Prize: Less than $750,000

• Rack Card – Cyril Lixenberg
  Grand Valley State University Art Gallery, Allendale, MI
  Designed by: Plenty, iloveplenty.com

2nd Prize: Less than $750,000

• Letters from Afar
  Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia
  Designed by: Andrea Hemmann, GHI Design

1st Prize: Greater than $750,000

• Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion
  Seattle Art Museum
  Designed by: Rush Fay, Seattle Art Museum

2nd Prize: Greater than $750,000

• The Franklin Institute’s Strategic Plan
  The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
  Designed by: Lauren Smedley

Honorable Mention: Greater than $750,000

• Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House, London
  Seattle Art Museum
  Designed by: Rush Fay, Seattle Art Museum

• Suite of Brochures
  SFO Museum, San Francisco
  Designed by: Robert Harris