Created in 1914 and based in New York, AIGA is the world’s oldest professional association for design. Each year it organises a competition known as ‘365: AIGA Annual Design Competitions’, which undoubtedly figures among the word’s top events in terms of design. This year, 2,500 pieces were submitted from all over the world, of which 126 were selected. Among this year’s winners is the Roca Barcelona Gallery showroom, a project developed by boolab for the agency Tiempo BBDO. Along with the other winners, the project will be entered in the AIGA archives, included in the association’s yearbook and will feature in the exhibition that will open next 29 September in New York before travelling the United States throughout 2011.
Roca Barcelona Gallery was also among the 108 elite pieces selected for inclusion in the XI Anuario de Creatividad Española (11th Spanish Creativity Yearbook) of the Club de Creativos, was honoured with a Silver LAUS Award (see note below) and also won a Silver award (category: Design) at the recently debuted PIAF advertising festival (Prague).
Roca Barcelona Gallery shines at AIGA (USA)
June 13th, 2010
Three boolab pieces included in the Official Selection of the Annecy Animation Film Festival
June 13th, 2010Held each year in France, the Annecy Animation Film Festival is something like the Oscars of animation and a yearly meeting point for the profession. This year it celebrated its 50th anniversary from 7 to 12 June. The festival includes various sections, from feature-length and short films to TV series, documentaries, end-of-year projects, video clips and advertising spots. In 2010, this last category featured 19 finalists, selected by the jury from among the 253 pieces submitted from 34 countries. Three of the 19 pieces of the Official Selection belong to boolab: Páginas Amarillas ‘Hotel’ (director: el miku), Slamdance Festival ‘Sweet 16’ (director: Nico Casavecchia) and ‘The Silicon Monster Hits Town’ (director: Nico Casavecchia). They were the only pieces in the selection that were produced in Spain. In the 2009 edition of the festival also, a piece from boolab was selected: ‘The Cold Modifies the Fishes Path’ (Random House Mondadori).
boolab takes home 30% of the LAUS Awards in the ‘Audiovisuals’ category
June 13th, 2010Last Thursday, 27 May, the LAUS Night took place in Barcelona, during which the winners of the 40th edition of the LAUS Awards for graphic design and visual communication were announced. In the ‘Audiovisuals’ category, boolab won a total of 10 awards out of the 32 awarded: two Gold LAUS (from a total of four awarded), four Silver (from a total of 13) and four Bronze (from a total of 15).
GOLD:
– Lost: ‘Chessboard’ (director: Frankie de Leonardis).
– Slamdance Festival: ‘Sweet 16’ (director: Nico Casavecchia; co-production company: The Ebeling Group).
SILVER:
– Roca Barcelona Gallery (director: Paul Freeth; agency: Tiempo BBDO).
– TV Flash / Gestmusic: ‘The Tribe’ (directors: Chini Curioni, Nico Casavecchia).
– boolab Christmas: ‘Christmas Tree’ (director: Diogo Kalil).
– Yorokobu: ‘Contents nº3’ (director: Nico Casavecchia).
BRONZE:
– ARD/ZDF: ‘Caveman’ (director: Martin Allais; agency: Ogilvy & Mather Frankfurt).
– Caja Granada: ‘Welcome, future’ (director: Diogo Kalil; agency: El Laboratorio).
– Volkswagen Tiguan: ‘Penguin’ (director: Diogo Kalil; agency: DDB).
– Alzheimer Internacional: ‘Minds’ (director: Nico Casavecchia; agency: Externa Comunicación).
