Judging Procedures
Entries are judged by international panels of design professionals on the basis of concept creativity, clarity and production quality.
Each entry is evaluated three separate times during the preliminary rounds. The three sets of scores are then averaged into a single score for the individual entry. The top 30% of entries will win awards. A certain minimum score must be achieved to qualify for an award. Only one Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honors Award will be given in each classification. If no entry scores high enough, no award will be given.
The Gold Award Winners become candidates for the Best of Category Awards. In addition, one Best of Show Award will be presented to the one entry that best exemplifies the spirit of the ASTRID Awards.
Faculty of Distinguished Judges
The distinguished panels of judges recognize the art of communications in a global economy and the science of the new technologies which enable the world-wide exchange of ideas and information. Members of the judging faculty will evaluate the entries based on the standards of international excellence through the measures of creativity and craft.
| 33 Visual – MEXICO A. Plus Financial Press Limited – HONG KONG Addison – USA AIR – USA Allan Hunter Shoemake Photography Inc. – USA An-Najah National University – PALESTINE Atrevia – PORTUGAL Atrevia – SPAIN Avila Creative – USA Bank of China – HONG KONG Baoviet Holdings – VIETNAM Beau Gardner Associates Inc. – USA Berenberg – GERMANY BrandBook LLC – USA Brands on Speed GMBH – GERMANY Bryan Mills Iradesso – CANADA Burgess Strategic Marketing Services – USA C.J. Graphics – CANADA Central China Real Estate Limited – HONG KONG CHC Enterprises – USA China Communications Services Corporation Limited – HONG KONG China Telecom – HONG KONG China Unicom Limited – HONG KONG Citizens Development Business Finance PLC – SRI LANKA City of Troy, Michigan – USA Craib Design + Communications – CANADA CRE8 (Greater China) Limited – HONG KONG Curran & Connors, Inc. – USA Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. – JAPAN Daniel Kennedy Communications Services – USA Decker Design – USA Devon Title – USA DNA Communications Group – AUSTRALIA Donnelley Financial Solutions – HONG KONG EDICO Financial Press Services – HONG KONG Eisbrenner Public Relations – USA Elefant Design – USA Engage Media Pte. Ltd. – SINGAPORE ERM – USA |
Excel Communication and Perception Management – TURKEY Fast Retailing Co., Limited – JAPAN FGI Design – USA Finar Kurumsal – TURKEY First Rabbit – GERMANY G+J Corporate Editors GMBH – GERMANY GenNex Financial Media Ltd. – HONG KONG Graffiti – TURKEY h2h Consulting – USA Hetermedia Services Ltd – HONG KONG HGB Hamburger Geschäftsberichte GmbH & Co. KG – GERMANY Hong Kong Productivity Council – HONG KONG i.LINK Group Limited – HONG KONG Ideas On Purpose – USA INBRAX – CHILE Informa PLC – UNITED KINGDOM Insight Creative – NEW ZEALAND iONE Financial Press Ltd. – HONG KONG Ista International – GERMANY John Madere Photography – USA Jolly Good Films – NEW ZEALAND KD1 Designagentur – GERMANY Kerry Properties – HONG KONG Klick Communications – USA KorteMaerzWolff Kommunikation – GERMANY loved GmbH – GERMANY Luke Communications Group – USA M&M Consultancy – HONG KONG Maison de l’Orientation – LUXEMBOURG Marston Communications – CANADA Media Genesis – USA Mensalia GmbH – AUSTRIA mensemedia – GERMANY MerchantCantos – ENGLAND MetaFusion Pte Ltd – SINGAPORE Milenio 3 – MEXICO Miramar Group – HONG KONG MM Partners – KOREA Mubadala Investment Company – UAE Newport3 Communications – GERMANY Next Digital Limited – HONG KONG Nova Fusion – MALAYSIA OMV – AUSTRIA |
Paragraphs Design – USA Parcel Design – CANADA Peter Freeby, Freelance Designer – USA PetraNix AG – SWITZERLAND Phoenix Communications Ltd. – HONG KONG Pratt Institute – USA PRH Hamburg Kommunikation GmbH – GERMANY PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk – INDONESIA Publik Agentur Für Kommunikation GmbH – GERMANY q30 design inc. – CANADA REF Financial Press Ltd. – HONG KONG ringzwei – GERMANY RTL Group – LUXEMBOURG Ryerson University – CANADA S/O Project – KOREA Sampath Bank PLC – SRI LANKA Sedgwick Richardson – HONG KONG Sedgwick Richardson – SINGAPORE Shian Inc. – JAPAN Signi Design – MEXICO Silicon Plus Communications PTE Limited – SINGAPORE SinoMedia Holding Limited – CHINA Smart Media – SRI LANKA Stan Gellman Graphic Design Inc. – USA Studio 210 LLC – USA Stagg & Friends GMBH – GERMANY Süden Ad Agency – GERMANY Sydinvest – DENMARK Tayburn – TURKEY The Charles NYC – USA The Reis Group Public Relations – USA Time Inc. @ The Foundry – USA Toppan Vite Limited – HONG KONG Troy Chamber of Commerce – USA Twice Graphics – HONG KONG United Therapeutics – USA VOK Dams Events & Live Marketing – GERMANY Wachovia Securities – USA Workplace Safety & Prevention Services – CANADA X_Design – MEXICO Xanadu Communications – USA Yellow Creative (HK) Limited – HONG KONG |
2015 ASTRID FACULTY OF DISTINGUISHED JUDGES
| DANIEL KENNEDY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES New York, NY Daniel Kennedy – President EDICO FINANCIAL PRESS SERVICES LIMITED Central, HONG KONG Amy Chan Donati – Managing Director Stella Kwok – Creative and Graphic Director Ricky Tse – Manager, Print Bind and Logistics GENNEX FINANCIAL MEDIA LIMITED Central, HONG KONG Corrin Chan – CEO & Executive Director Kelvin Chung – Creative Director Laetitia Wong – Associate Creative Director i.LINK GROUP LIMITED Central, HONG KONG Hidy Shum – Sales Director INBRAX Santiago, CHILE Rodrigo Gallardo – Art Director Marcela Silva – Art Director María José Silva – Art Director iONE FINANCIAL PRESS LIMITED Central, HONG KONG Cyrus Chan – Associate Sales Director Man Chan – Art Director Daniel Fok – Art Director Dennis Ho – Sales Director Axel Kiang – Creative Director Eric Ko – Sales Manager Epo Lai – Head of Sales Terry Lai – Art Director Terence Lau – Managing Director Davy Li – Sales Director |
ISTA INTERNATIONAL GMBH Essen, NRW GERMANY Janna Carina Bülhoff – Specialist, Corporate Communications KD1 DESIGNAGENTUR Cologne, GERMANY Prof. Rüdiger Quass von Deyen – Partner/Creative Director MM PARTNERS Seoul, KOREA Jina Chung – Senior Director Jungeun Kim – Planning Director Hyungjin Park – Planning Director Jong-Kook Yi – Chief Director NEXT MEDIA LIMITED Tseung Kwan O, New Territories HONG KONG Wong Shuk Ha, Cat – Company Secretary PARAGRAPHS, LLC. Chicago, IL Jeannine Gallagher – Senior Designer Kari Magda – Designer Mike Ofenloch – Designer/Web Rachel Radtke – Senior Vice President PRH HAMBURG KOMMUNIKATION Hamburg, GERMANY Stefan Heinzel – Senior Executive Monika Neumeister – Art Director Frank Ohlsen – Managing Director |
REF FINANCIAL PRESS LIMITED Central, HONG KONG Alex Choi – Associate Creative Director Loretta Lam – Sales Coordinator Alan So – Creative Director RR DONNELLEY Central, HONG KONG Rachel Choi – Creative Director Alex Ng – Senior Designer STAN GELLMAN GRAPHIC DESIGN St. Louis, MO Amber Branson – Designer Teresa Thompson – President Bryan Wakeland – Designer TOPPAN VITE LIMITED Kowloon, HONG KONG Wilson Kwan – Creative Director Derek Ma – Art Director Peter Yeo – Assistant General Manager TWICE GRAPHICS Kowloon, HONG KONG Steve Lau – Design Director YELLOW CREATIVE (HK) LIMITED North Point, HONG KONG Wong Chun Hong – Creative Executive Director Ellen Zee – Managing Partner |