Last year, Print and our sister publication, HOW, teamed up with Pantone to cohost the first ever Color in Design Awards. A team of color experts from Pantone and the design industry (Pantone’s marketing director, Giovanni Marra; Print’s former art director, Tonya Douraghy; and the Imprint color columnist and Imprint contributing editor, Jude Stewart) evaluated nearly 775 entries based on color-focused criteria, including how the palette (whether one or multiple colors) enhanced the design, and how colors added to the design’s impact and effectiveness. They also looked for bold uses of color and innovative combinations. The panel selected 40 winners, which the Print staff narrowed to these 15 projects.

Creative Team Gina Gerken, art director; Erin Thorn, designer
Client Fairmount Minerals
Client Neenah Paper Company


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Design Firm Tierra Innovation, Brooklyn, NY; tierra-innovation.com
Creative Team Tierra Innovation: Kristina Bell, Cheryl Berkowitz, designers; Mike Fahy, Doug Martin, developers; Jamie Trowbridge, president; Julie Walker, project manager The Poetry Foundation: Catherine Halley, online editor; Michael Marcinkowski, web project manager; Jim Sitar, archive editor
Client The Poetry Foundation
Creative Team Yael Miller, designer; Todd Plitt, photographer Printer Vote for Letterpress
Client Shirah Wines

Creative Team Kelli Cavanaugh, art director/designer; Sam Fritch, photography
Client Temple University


Creative Team Ben Kaplan, Jill Downen, art directors; Eric Ratinoff, strategic director; Pete Gilchrist, lighting designer
Client Center of Creative Arts


SC Johnson Fortaleza Hall Company Store Graphics
Design Firm Sussman/Prejza & Co., Los Angeles; sussmanprejza.com
Creative Team Deborah Sussman, principal; Hillary Jaye, Michael Shaub, project managers; Gene Treadwell, Sharon Blair, senior designers; Jim Simmons, photographer
Client SC Johnson

Creative Team Amy Ilyse Rosenthal, creative director/21 Drops; Kelly Kovack, art director; Larry Paul, creative consultant; Mi Rae Park, designer; Eric Hsu, project manager
Client 21 Drops

Creative Team John Clifford, Herb Thornby, art directors/designers; Herb Thornby, photographer
Client River to River Festival


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Design Firm ShelfLife, Arlington, VA; shelflifestudio.com
Creative Team Nicole Maluso, Mike Maluso, art directors; Mike Maluso, designer
Client The Haiti Poster Project

Gather your best color-in-design projects and enter your best uses of color in the Color in Design 2012 Competition.

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