A is for Illustration… A is for Holly Wales, Joseph Crocker and Robert Samuel Hanson.

January 04, 2010

The A award was created by YCN in 2009 to share, surprise and showcase outstanding emerging creative talent. A awards will be bestowed both as part of the long-standing YCN Student Awards, and as part of new ongoing activity aimed at emerging creatives practicing professionally in industry. The new ongoing professional A awards will be presented throughout the course of the year, each time in relation to a specific creative discipline. First up was illustration; and the form of the A award for illustration was designed for YCN by Åh.

In Autumn 2009 over 200 figures (the great and the good) from across the creative industries were invited by YCN to nominate their favourite emerging illustrators. The three most frequently nominated names would be presented with a special A award (hand-crafted in rural Burgundy by Fabien Capello from recycled Christmas trees in line with Åh's design), be profiled online and have a selection of their work showcased as part of a special exhibition at 72 Rivington Street in early 2010.

We can now delightedly announce that the three recipients are Holly Wales, Joseph Crocker and Robert Samuel Hanson (see links to their sites below). Each of the three will shortly receive their A awards and some specially commissioned A prints. We will thereafter publish profiles of each online along with timings for an exhibition of selected work from the three at 72 Rivington Street. Congratulations!

A is for Illustration, A is for Robert Samuel Hanson…

January 04, 2010

In Autumn 2009 over 200 figures (the great and the good) from across the creative industries were invited by YCN to nominate their favourite emerging illustrators as part of the brand new A is for... award programme. The three most frequently nominated names would be presented with a special A award (hand-crafted in rural Burgundy by Fabien Capello from recycled Christmas trees), be profiled online and have a selection of their work showcased as part of a special exhibition at 72 Rivington Street in early 2010.

We can now delightedly announce that the three recipients are Holly Wales, Joseph Crocker and Robert Samuel Hanson. Shown is a piece of Robert's work; see more of it here.

A is for Illustration, A is for Holly Wales…

January 04, 2010

In Autumn 2009 over 200 figures (the great and the good) from across the creative industries were invited by YCN to nominate their favourite emerging illustrators as part of the brand new A is for... award programme. The three most frequently nominated names would be presented with a special A award (hand-crafted in rural Burgundy by Fabien Capello from recycled Christmas trees), be profiled online and have a selection of their work showcased as part of a special exhibition at 72 Rivington Street in early 2010.

We can now delightedly announce that the three recipients are Holly Wales, Joseph Crocker and Robert Samuel Hanson. Shown is a piece of Holly's work; see more of it here.

A is for Illustration, A is for Joseph Crocker…

January 04, 2010

In Autumn 2009 over 200 figures (the great and the good) from across the creative industries were invited by YCN to nominate their favourite emerging illustrators as part of the brand new A is for... award programme. The three most frequently nominated names would be presented with a special A award (hand-crafted in rural Burgundy by Fabien Capello from recycled Christmas trees), be profiled online and have a selection of their work showcased as part of a special exhibition at 72 Rivington Street in early 2010.

We can now delightedly announce that the three recipients are Holly Wales, Joseph Crocker and Robert Samuel Hanson. Shown is a piece of Joseph's work; see more of it here.

A is for Illustration…

December 18, 2009

The A is for Illustration results will be published on the 4th January 2010. We've seen some fantastic work from all over the world and are looking forward to reveal our lucky winners who will each receive a wooden A Award, hand-made by Fabien Cappello. In the meantime, here's a specially commissioned A-inspired illustration from Jean Jullien. More A-related artwork can be seen as part of a dedicated case study, here.

A is by Åh…

November 27, 2009

This week we have been busy collating nominations in preparation for announcing those who will receive an A award for illustration on the 4th January. We've seen some fantastic work; a big thank you to everyone who has kindly nominated! 

The A form was created by Johanna Lundberg and Elin Svensson of Åh, who have since developed an A related animation, which can be seen here.

A artwork at 72 Rivington Street

November 13, 2009

Fabien Cappello's A awards for illustration are now on show at 72 Rivington Street; alongside specially commissioned supporting artwork from Tom Scholefield, Clare Terne, Jean Jullien, Jez Burrows and Julien Vallée. A selection of A inspired prints are on sale too. The space is open daily from 10 am, do stop by!

A is for Agey…

November 05, 2009

The A awards for illustration have all been hand-made by Fabien Cappello in the beautiful Burgundy Village of Agey, France. Fabien worked with re-claimed Christmas trees; and has kindly taken a series of images of the village - which can all be seen in a Flickr set here.

Rubber moulded A Award modelled by OKAYStudio

November 04, 2009

The special rubber moulded A award for the YCN Student Awards is kindly modelled here by Peter and Oscar from OKAYStudio along with Tomas Klassnik. The photo is from a series taken by Guy Archard for the forthcoming (and newly formatted) YCN Annual. The Annual will be distributed across universities, colleges and art & design schools before Christmas. All of the live creative briefs that form the basis of this year's YCN Student Awards can be found here.

YCN Student Awards launch!

November 02, 2009

The Call for Entries for the 2009/10 YCN Student Awards is now live. Now in their 8th year, the awards exist to unearth and showcase emerging creative talent in design and communication. The Awards are open to students and recent graduates and based around a collection of live creative briefs; written each year by partnering brands, charities and other organisations. As well as being presented with a special A Award fashioned from rubber; all those Commended will have their work showcased as part of our annual summer show, receive placements and other professional development opportunities with leading agencies, and be celebrated in the pages of our Annual. All this year's briefs, and all else needed to take part, can now be found online in a dedicated Student Award section here. Many thanks to Jamie Brown for creating the lovely balloon illustrations you'll see throughout.

A new Awards platform from YCN

November 01, 2009

A is for Awards is a new platform launched by YCN to share, surprise and showcase emerging creative talent. Lovingly made physical A Awards will be bestowed upon new talent throughout the course of the year, each time in relation to a specific creative discipline. First up is illustration, with recipients announced on the 4th January 2010. The physical Awards will be produced through different collaborations and processes each time.

The first batch of A Awards, for Illustration, have been hand made by Fabien Cappello from reclaimed Christmas Trees in the beautiful Burgundy village of Agey, France. See more here.

This new ongoing award process will run alongside the YCN Student Awards, which are now in their 8th year. All those Commended as part of the Student Awards will receive special A Awards fashioned from rubber to double up as erasers. More about the YCN Student Awards can be found here.