Music Design Awards - singing the praises of design in a world of music
The Music Design Awards - an international awards competition that aims to seek out and celebrate the work of designers, worldwide, and reward them with silver awards in 11 project categories, across 5 key music genre groupings. There are gold awards for the leading music design houses in continental or sub-continental regions, and one ultimate accolade for the Music Design Award of the Year.
Instant reaction to a project entitled the Music Design Awards might still dwell on print work: sleeves, CD and DVD covers, and the like. But design for the music world is deeper and broader than that. The Music Design Awards will, of course, recognize excellence in vinyl, CD or DVD art, but they will also recognize live stage show design, video design and art direction, marketing and advertising design, merchandise, clothing design, music applications and music publishing. All together, there are 11 project categories across 5 music genre groupings. The project categories include an Integrated category in each Genre, for any music design project that included three or more design activities.
The Music Design Awards are international, with 7 top awards for the best work from each continentental region, to ensure that design houses in mature markets do not win everything in sight. There's also a top award for the very best Music Design Award of the Year, which may be awarded by the judges to a project, a team, a design practice, or a client company.
The Music Design Awards are open to any designer or design team creating work used by the music industry during the eligibility period, which runs from October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2011.