Both Vogue Italia’s black issue by editor Franca Sozzani and photographer Steven Meisel, and the Obama hope poster by Stephen Fairey have received the Brit Insurance Design Award 2009 for fashion and graphics, respectively.
On Vogue Italia the judges comented: “The issue has undoubtedly raised questions amongst consumers and critics as to how casting agencies and other fashion promoters include non-white models in their portfolios and magazines, as it’s now proven that ‘black’ does sell.”
Regarding the Obama poster they said: “Just as the presidential candidate’s campaign speeches recaptured the lost art of oratory, so this poster breathed new life into a form that had lost its purpose… The poster did its job by becoming a collector’s item. More than that it’s encapsulated the mood of its time.”
Overall, the winning entries represented a snapshot of contemporary design and demonstrated the role that design plays at a global level. All the winning pieces and others who made the shortlist and are currently on show at the Design Museum until 14 June.
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