2009 Adobe Design Achievement Awards Finalists Announced

28th August, 2009

After a successful round of judging from 5-7 August 2009 at the Adobe headquarters in San Jose California, the judges of the 2009 Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA) have identified this year's finalists.

The finalists
Out of the 3245 entries, completed 50% or more using Adobe Software, submitted in 12 categories by full-time higher education students from around the world, the following have been identified as 2009 ADAA finalists: (Name, Country, Title of Piece, Category)

Video and Motion
> David Prosser (UK) - Clockwork, Animation
> Martin Speidel (Germany) - Take This Spell From Me, Animation
> Johannes Schiehsl (Germany) - ITFS Zoopraxiscope, Animation
> Varathit Uthaisri (US) - Surface, Live Action
> Lawrence Chen (Republic of China) - A Journey to the West, Live Action
> David Harper (US) - Veins of Life, Motion Graphics
> Mikey Hester (US) - Black Swan, Motion Graphics
> Jorge Rolando Canedo Estrada (Canada) - Crazy Enough: Title Sequence, Motion Graphics

Interactive Media
> Bryan Berger (US) - zFlick, Application Development
> Jaehyun Keum (Korea) - Media prism (expand & focus), Browser-Based Design
> Margherita Rubini (Italy) - Aleph, Installation Design
> Francis Luu, (US) - The WANT Store, Installation Design
> Marc Oßwald (Germany) - Ami | folding the future, Mobile Design
> Jared Weinstock (US - Fourmation, Non-Browser-Based Design
> Maowei Yu (US) - SpeechFighter, Non-Browser-Based Design
> Ayaka Ito (US) - Sociable Table, Non-Browser-Based Design

Traditional Media
> Joerg Block (Germany) - Coaching Models, Illustration
> Chun-Sheng Tsou (UK) - The Gift That Keeps On Giving, Illustration
> Aggie Tsz Yan Cheung (US) - Book Illustrations, Illustration
> Adam Paterson (UK) - Sustainable Seed Packaging, Packaging
> Jana Durchleuchter (Germany) - Alfa, Packaging
> Seokhoon Choi (Korea) - If you want to kiss your lover, you must stop smoking, Packaging
> Barnaby Coote (France) - Slinky Girl, Photography
> Daniel Bolliger (US) - Creatures, Photography
> Steven Emmanuel (UK - HB Steadler Pencil & Rotring Rapid Eraser B2, Photography
> Jiwon Park (Korea) - 8 new fonts on the block; here, there, everywhere, Print Communications
J> ames Kyungmo, Yang (US) - Darfur Genocide Campaign, Print Communications
> Robin Howie (UK) - A Dialogue with public Space, Print Communications

ADAA awards ceremony
The winners of the 2009 ADAA competition will be announced on 26 October 2009 at the ADAA awards ceremony, which will be held as part of the International Conference during the Icograda World Design Congress 2009 in Beijing, China.

All finalists will travel to Beijing to attend the awards ceremony where they will be awarded their prizes on stage and honoured in front of a distinguished community of designers.

For detailed information on the finalists, visit ADAA Live.