Salazar Awards

The GDC/BC Salazar Student Awards was established in 1985 by The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada/British Columbia Chapter in honour of Enrique Salazar.

Background

. Unfortunately the industry lost Enrique to cancer in June 1985 and the Salazar Awards were created by GDC and founding sponsor Met Printers to continue on his passion and commitment to design and communications education.

Since 1956 the GDC has been dedicated to improving graphic design standards and practice, in the workplace and in schools, and the importance of nurturing design professionals and attracting young talent to the industry cannot be over-emphasized. This is the primary reason for events such as Salazar Awards. The Salazar Student Design Awards encourage and support students in taking their design education to a level that will better prepare them for professional practice.

A judging committee of top design professionals review submissions and select winners and honourable mentions based on strategy and rationales provided, as well as the level of visual execution. Winning students and honourable mentions are be promoted to the design, advertising and business communities through an awards evening and exhibit of their work.

Speakers at recent Salazar awards ceremonies have included Coudal Partners founder Jim Coudal [2006] and Rethink Creative Director Ian Grais [2007] .

Winners

Previous notable winners have included Jim Skipp (1988), Kiky Kambylis (1989), Sean Carter (1990), Nancy Wu (1991), Oliver Oike (2000) and Don Williams (2002).

2006 winners included Andrew Clequin, Christopher Swift, Henry Huynh, Sherry Jang, Robyn Sommerville, Olga Gryb, Kathryn Wright, Bart Sciana, Yoonju Chung and Sanaz Afshar.

2007 winners included Carlos Guimaraes, Jeff Greenberg & Eric Wada, Jeff Kwok, Stefan Belavy, Ryan Uhrich & Marcos Ceravolo, Ross Milne, Chelsea McKenzie, Megan Brooks, Kim Ridgewell, Penelope Tse, Ashley Hostasek, Ryan Mah, Abi Huynh & Ross Milne, Terry Chau, Eric Arnold, Megan Seely, Ross Milne, Megan Brooks, Marty Chow and Eric Arnold

External links

* [http://bc.gdc.net/blog/2007/06/19/ian-grais-salazar-keynote-presentation-video/] Review of 2007 Salazar Awards
* [http://bc.gdc.net/blog/2006/06/05/tangentially-ours-jim-coudal-spoke/] Review of 2006 Salazar Awards
* [http://www.video.ca/video.php?id=36433153] Salazar 2006 with keynote speaker Jim Coudal, introduced by Mark Busse
* [http://www.video.ca/video.php?id=1535488617] Salazar 2007 Awards with keynote speaker Ian Grais, introduced by Mark Busse