Essence 15: The shortlist has been announced

The high-caliber jury of experts, headed by SGV President Jürg Aemmer, had the challenging task of selecting the best works of contemporary Swiss graphic design from the many entries in the Design, Illustration, Motion and Interactive categories.
"I am surprised by the high quality and diversity of the submissions," said SGV President Jürg Aemmer in a press release.

At the award ceremony in Zurich on October 22, 2015, it will be announced which works will receive an Essence Award in gold, silver or bronze or which work will receive the coveted SGV Member Award. The complete Essence 15 shortlist is now available online at Essence.sgv.ch. On the same page you can register for the award ceremony on October 22 at the Cigarettenfabrik, Halle Sihlquai 268 in Zurich.

All Essence 15 shortlisted works will also be honored in a print publication, which will be available fresh from the press on the evening of the award ceremony.

The nominees for the shortlist include:

- Poetic pauses for thought - the reinterpretation of the "Bally balls" - by WBG

- Obwalden fee bag - by Amrhein Abderhalden

- POV paper - Quarterly Mindfuck - by POV paper

- S Magazine 15 - by Piera Wolf

- The Colroy text font, designed by dreh gmbh

- Digital showcase: "The Other Half" - by Julien de Preux

Essence jury members 2015

- Jürg Aemmer, Creative Director, Aemmer Advertising & Brand Identity, SGV President, Zurich
- Stephan Bundi, Atelier Bundi, Boll
- Nadine Geissbühler, Geissbühler Design, Zurich
- Lars Müller, Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich
- Patman, Digital Creative Director, Station, Zurich
- Thom Pfister, Creative Director, Contexta, Bern
- Francois Rappo, graphic designer and type designer, Lausanne
- Micha Weidmann, Micha Weidmann Studio, London

Sponsor: SGV Swiss Graphic Designers Association, campaign and publication: Contexta, photo/film: Greg Barth, website: station, print: Ast & Fischer, paper: Papyrus, animated content (show): Elefant Studios.