Adobe Announces Winners of 2005 Adobe Design Achievement Awards

Adobe Announces Winners of 2005 Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced the winners of the fifth annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards, a program that honors talented student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers and computer artists from the world's top design, film and broadcast schools.

Using the latest Adobe products, more than 1,500 students from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States competed in the annual competition.

"The Adobe Design Achievement Awards recognizes the talents of future creative professionals from around the world," said Melissa Dyrdahl, senior vice president of corporate marketing and communications at Adobe.

"As we celebrate the program's fifth year, this competition continues to serve as a powerful way to recognize a new generation of creative professionals, showcase remarkable student work, and kick start some promising young careers."

In a ceremony last night at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, students were recognized for their achievements in nine categories: Animation, Broadcast Design, Digital Illustration, Digital Photography - Imaging, Environmental Graphics, Interactive Design, Print Design, Self-Expression and Time-based Media.