Winners of the 22th International Biennale of Graphic Design Brno 2006 Please see the official Biennale web site or the Call for entries for more information. The preselection jury (Petr Babak (Chairman), Petr Knobloch (Vice Chairman), Adam Machacek, Babeta Ondrova, Marek Pokorny, Michal Richtr, Jacek Mrowczyk (Poland) ) chose from over 3000 entries by 700 artists from 46 countries. The total of 109 artists from 27 countries were short-listed. Most works come from the Czech Republic (21 contestants), Japan (15 contestants), Switzerland (11 contestants), China (10 contestants) and Iran (8 contestants). The international jury (Abedini, Reza (Iran); Haloun, Karel (Czech Republic); Machek, Tomas (Czech Republic); Miller, J. Abbott (USA); Ung, Vai-Meng (China); Zask, Catherine (France) ) awarded the following prizes on June 13, 2006: Grand Prix of the Brno Biennale 2006 Artur Rebelo – Liza Ramalho, Portugal The ICOGRADA Excellence Award Pazu Lee Ka Ling, China Design Prestige – International Award for Design Martin Woodtli, Switzerland Posters Main Award Okamoto Shigeo, Japan Corporate Identity, Promotional and Advertising Graphics Main Award not awarded The Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic Award Urs Lehni, Switzerland The Alphonse Mucha Prize for Poster Michel Bouvet, France The Mayor of the City of Brno Award Nojiri Daisaku, Japan The Union of Visual Artists of the Czech Republic Award Iyama Koji, Japan The Prague TypoDesignClub Award Tomas Brousil, Czech Republic Here are some of the winning posters: Artur Rebelo & Liza Ramalho Pazu Lee Ka Ling Martin Woodtli Shigeo Okamoto Michel Bouvet Nojiri Daisaku home     more winners  page created on June 15, 2006 / this section is part of Rene Wanner's Poster Page /