SEGD Announces 2014 Global Design Awards

The Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) is announcing its 2014 Global Design Awards, the 27th annual installation of the program. Alan Jacobson, founder and president of ex;it, a Philadelphia-based design firm, will serve as chariman for the Awards jury. Other judges include:

• Ceyda Artun, a graduate of the MFA in Graphic Design program at Anadolu University, Turkey, and winner of a 2013 SEGD Global Design Award for her design of the “Fake Art Museum” at the University Arts faculty canteen
• Ken Carbone, co-founder and chief creative director of the award-winning design and branding firm Carbone Smolan Agency (New York)
• Hilary Jay, a design curator, journalist, and entrepreneur who was recently named director of The Philadelphia Center for Architecture
• Zelda Harrison, a branding and communications consultant and former president of AIGA’s Cross Cultural Design program
• Matthew Littell, principal in the Boston-based architectural and planning firm Utile, known for his work in designing affordable, sustainable rental housing projects in major urban centers
• Clifford Selbert, landscape architect and co-founder of the acclaimed multidisciplinary, international design firm Selbert Perkins Design
• Min Wang, dean of the School of Design at China’s most influential design school, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and design director for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Committee
• And, Alina Wheeler, author of Designing Brand Identity: An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team, the leading global resource for brand builders

The deadline for the Design Awards is February 14. For more information, contact www.segd.org.