Agfa Digital Color Prepress Publications Receive AIGA Recognition
In an effort to recognize designs and publications that make the complex clear, the American Institute of Graphic Arts chose Agfa's Digital Color Prepress publication series for its Information Graphics: Design of Understanding exhibition, held at the AIGA National Design Gallery in Manhattan, New York. The five-volume series, designed by Maria Giudice and Lynne Stiles of YO Design in San Francisco, was one of 89 selections recognized from a field of 980 submissions. All entries had to have originated, or been published or produced, in the United States or Canada within the last five years. Richard Saul Wurman, author of Information Anxiety and Information Architects, and founder of the Access Guide series, chaired the AIGA's five-person competition jury. "The books that Agfa commissioned take something that for many of us is mysterious and make it both revealing and understandable," Wurman said. "So few designs or manuals today do what they're supposed to doãhelp us understand. The value of these books is that they make more clear the design and printing technologies that are changing so rapidly." Gene Hunt, Agfa marketing communications manager for Chromapress, credited YO Design for the books' effectiveness. "This recognition from the AIGA confirms that the straightforward and highly graphical way we present information in the series succeeds as an educational approach," Hunt said. "Since publication of the first volume in 1990, we have intended for the information in each booklet to be presented simply, objectively, and above all, with effective visuals." Agfa's Digital Color Prepress series is now printed in as many as eight languages and distributed in more than 50 countries. Nearly half a million copies of the series have been distributed. You may purchase these and other publications using our convenient online order form. |