Lohmann Prizes 2013

This year's Lohmann Prizes were chosen last Friday. The Prizes, which celebrate excellence in undergraduate printing and design, were awarded to eight students. All of the judges noted that this year's submission pool was particularly strong. We had a hard time choosing the winners!

Lohmann Prizes awards ceremony.

Cindy Hwang BK '15 was awarded first prize in the digital category for her two booklets "Politics and the English Language" and "The Simplification of the Chinese Script," seen below. We appreciated her care in selection of materials, attention to typographic detail, and thoughtful fit of form and content.

Cindy Hwang, sample spread.

Cindy Hwang, sample spread.

Cindy Hwang, type detail.

Below: detail from Cindy Hwang's "Politics and the English Language."

Cindy Hwang, type detail.

First prize in the letterpress category was awarded to Annie Wang BK '13 for her artist's book "Miss Behavior." The innovative binding and multi-directional reading format enhanced the content of the book, which explored attitudes toward women throughout time.

Annie Wang, binding detail.

Annie Wang, type detail.Annie Wang, type detail.

Annie Wang, binding detail.

Honorable mentions were awarded to Austin Lan TC '13 for her posters promoting Yale's mental health services; Greta Parnes DC '14 for her letterpress carousel book featuring an excerpt from The Waves by Virginia Woolf; Jacqi Lee MC '14 for her digital body of work, which included the Fall 2012 issue of the Yale Literary Magazine and her book "Giorgio Morandi: Meticulously Composed"; and Andrew Sotiriou SY '13, Paul Doyle BK '13, and Isabella Huffington DC '14 for their design of the program for Cinderella: The Light of God.

Austin Lan's posters.

Above: Austin Lan's posters. Below: Greta Parnes's carousel book.

Greta Parnes's carousel book.

Greta Parnes's carousel book.

Below: Jacqi Lee's Morandi book and text detail from the Yale Literary Magazine.

Jacqi Lee's Morandi book.

Jacqi Lee, text detail.

Below: Cinderella program designed by Andrew Sotiriou, Paul Doyle, and Isabella Huffington.

Sotiriou, Doyle, and Huffington's Cinderella program.

Cinderella interior spread.

There were many other incredible submissions—you can see a sampling in the image gallery to the left.

Thank you to our judges (Molly Dotson, John Gambell, Basie Gitlin, Martha Highsmith, Michael Morand, and Richard Rose) for their time and input, and to Jae Rossman of Arts Library Special Collections for helping coordinate the event and allowing us to use the space.

Richard Rose.

Above: Richard Rose engrossing certificates for the prizewinners.