Adobe Reveals Winners of 2011 Design Achievement Awards

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the winners of the 11^th annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards at a ceremony that was held in Taipei, Taiwan, in collaboration with the International Council of Graphic Design Associations. The awards honored the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists who have created individual or group projects with Adobe software.

For the first time, education faculty was also recognized in award categories honoring teaching excellence. The ADAAs received 4,605 submissions overall this year from more than 73 countries, a 61 percent increase in student participation year over year – a record number since the competition began in 2001.

To recognize the art of teaching and create new opportunities to celebrate innovation in design education, new categories were introduced to the ADAAs this year: Innovation in Traditional Media in Education, Innovation of Interactive Media in Education and Innovation in Video and Motion in Education. Awards were given in the latter two categories.