Object 9 earns nine awards in global design competition

ATLANTA, Ga. and BATON ROUGE, La. — Object 9 recently took top honors in the American Design Awards 2011 Winter Contest. Only 55 of the more than 1,500 entries were selected for recognition in this global competition spotlighting innovative print and web design from around the world. Object 9 captured attention across a wide range of categories including logo design, web, packaging and self-promotion. Entries are judged on creativity, effectiveness, practicality and ethics.

“We’re always striving to deliver exceptional creative that’s grounded in our clients’ business goals,” explains Andy Gutowski, Object 9 creative director and partner. “Our focus is on design that gets result for our clients, but it’s exciting to earn industry recognition for that work as well.”

Object 9 secured five first-place awards, two second-place awards, and two third-place awards.

First-place winners:

Logo Design: The Baker’s Rack
Corporate Identity Design: Franklin
Poster Design: Cousiño-Macul
Print/Magazine/Book: Catalyst, The quarterly progress report on The Campaign for a Greater Baton Rouge
Advertisement: BubbleUp

Second-place winners:

Web Design: Franklin
Packaging Design: Hilltop Foods

Third-place winners:

Annual Report Design: Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC), 2009: Momentum
Self-Promotion Design: Object 9 Tshirt design contest