Franzl Design Award: the winners have been announced!
Successful launch in Switzerland
"We made the Franzl Design Award accessible to the Swiss design and graphics scene for the first time this year and are delighted to have achieved a very positive initial response. We would like to motivate even more Swiss creatives for 2019!" Emily Shirley, member of the expert jury, is delighted.418 entries, twelve of which were all excellent entries from Switzerland, were evaluated according to creativity, relevance and production quality by an independent and high-caliber expert jury headed by Raffaele Arturo, Managing Director of the Viennese creative forge Donnerwetterblitz. The jury also included Michaela Burger, Creative Director of the top Swiss agency Wirz Brand Relations AG, who accepted the award in the absence of the two winning Swiss graphic designers.
Audience award for over 800 votesThis year, an audience award was also presented for the first time: "At drucks.ch, the focus is on people and with a total of over 25,000 votes, the commitment in the voting was overwhelming - that has to be rewarded!", says Markus Pauschenwein, Head of Marketing at drucks.ch and responsible for the FRANZL Design Award. The prize and a print voucher worth 500 euros were awarded to Melanie Schwarz with the campaign "Du und Susanne, Lebensberatung mal anders", which received more than 800 votes from the public.
"An event like in Hollywood"
Around 350 guests from the printing and creative industries responded to the call and came to Vienna's Sofiensäle. In an impressive setting, star presenter Andi Knoll created a relaxed atmosphere and actively involved the audience. "It's like Hollywood," enthused young designer Konrad H., who emerged as the evening's audience favorite this time without a prize, and Julian le Play and band also felt at home and immediately connected with the audience, who enthusiastically clapped along and ultimately transformed the front of the hall into a dance stage. DJane Lucy McEvil also created a party atmosphere, and the last guests left the house at dawn.it is already certain that the FRANZL Design Award and the druck.at gala will go into the third round in spring 2019. The exact date is yet to be announced.drucks.ch - the new brand from druck.at drucks.ch is still a young brand of druck.at, one of the leading online print shops in German-speaking countries. Since 2016, Swiss customers have been benefiting from the quality and experience of the high-performance print shop, which has been guaranteeing personalized print jobs of all sizes for over 15 years. More than 65,000 customizable products in digital, offset and large format printing can be ordered online around the clock! Fastest processing, high customer satisfaction and personal advice characterize the company with over 250 employees. More info at www.drucks.ch
