Award Announcement
UDA Annual Int’l Design Competition 2024
Posters are an effective medium for conveying messages and storytelling. They are visual art pieces encompassing paintings and illustrations dating back to the 19th and 20th centuries and are widely recognized as culturally significant artifacts. The UDA’s prestigious annual design competition allows participants to exhibit their finest posters, which the UDA will preserve as historical artifacts. Participants are encouraged to submit their top commercial posters for clients, experimental posters for their creative endeavors, and environmental awareness posters to advocate for environmental preservation.
Designers
COMMERCIAL POSTERS
| Award | Project | Designer | Job Title | Company | Country |
| Grand | Jewelry | Jean-Benoit Levy | Creative Director | Studio AND | USA |
| Gold | Vote for a Better Future | Hyena Nam | Art Director | NHN Design | USA |
| Gold | Kinolub | Patrycja Longawa | Graphic Designer | N/A | Poland |
| Silver | The Food Expert | Chia-wei Hua | Designer | Yilan County Government School | Taiwan |
| Silver | Friendship | Luis Antonio Rivera Rodriguez | Creative Director | Monokromatic Studio | Mexico |
| Silver | CC-2024 Call For Entries Poster | Ping Xu | Associate Professor | The University of Texas Rio Grande Veley | USA |
| Bronze | Finding Joy In Between | Chia-wei Hua | Designer | National Museum of History | Taiwan |
| Bronze | Save Myanmar | Ei Khin | Graphic Designer | N/A | USA |
| Bronze | Seeing, Thinking, and Making | Guy Villa, Jr | Graphic Designer | Sharon and Guy | USA |
| Bronze | About movies II | Patrycja Longawa | Graphic Designer | N/A | Poland |
ENVIRONMENTAL POSTERS
| Award | Project | Designer | Job Title | Company | Country |
| Grand | DIALOGUE WITH NATURE | Mykola Kovalenko | Design Director | Mykola Kovalenko Studio | SLOVAKIA |
| Gold | Chernobyl | Mykola Kovalenko | Design Director | Mykola Kovalenko Studio | SLOVAKIA |
| Gold | Human nature killer | Patrycja Longawa | Human nature killer | N/A | Poland |
| Silver | There is no Planet B | Angelos Panayides | Graphic Designer | Cyprus University of Technology | Cyprus |
| Silver | ACT | Kelly Salchow MacArthur | Designer | elevate design | USA |
| Silver | Tipping Point | Kelly Salchow MacArthur | Designer | elevate design | USA |
| Silver | water | Mykola Kovalenko | Design Director | Mykola Kovalenko Studio | SLOVAKIA |
| Bronze | EARTH 2.0 | Angelos Panayides | Graphic Designer | Cyprus University of Technology | Cyprus |
| Bronze | CYCLE | Kelly Salchow MacArthur | Designer | elevate design | USA |
| Bronze | ONE choice | Kelly Salchow MacArthur | Designer | elevate design | USA |
| Bronze | biophilia | Mykola Kovalenko | Design Director | Mykola Kovalenko Studio | SLOVAKIA |
| Bronze | bird | Mykola Kovalenko | Design Director | Mykola Kovalenko Studio | SLOVAKIA |
| Bronze | Climate Justice Now | Zenas Seiji Ikeda | Associate Professor | University of Minnesota | USA |
EXPERIMENTAL POSTERS
| Award | Project | Designer | Job Title | Company | Country |
| Grand | Signs | Jean-Benoit Levy | Creative Director | Studio AND | USA |
| Gold | PROTOTYPE | Angelos Panayides | Graphic Designer | Cyprus University of Technology | Cyprus |
| Gold | The Future is Queer | Christina Singer | Assistant Professor of Graphic Design | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte | USA |
| Silver | type/graphic days 8 | Angelos Panayides | Graphic Designer | Cyprus University of Technology | Cyprus |
| Silver | YES | Dannell MacIlwraith | Creative Director | Dannell Designs, LLC | USA |
| Silver | Shapes of Dystopia | Patrycja Longawa | Graphic Designer | N/A | Poland |
| Bronze | type/graphic days 7 | Angelos Panayides | Graphic Designer | Cyprus University of Technology | Cyprus |
| Bronze | Oops | Chris Corneal | Associate Professor | Michigan State University | USA |
| Bronze | 2024 AIGA Get Out the Vote | Kelly Salchow MacArthur | Kelly Salchow MacArthur | elevate design | USA |
| Bronze | Witold Gombrowicz | Patrycja Longawa | Graphic Designer | N/A | Poland |
Students
| Award | Project | Student | Instructor | School | Country |
| Grand | Corbusier 3D Architecture | Kailey Nguyen Dong | Kelly Salchow MacArthur | Michigan State University | USA |
| Gold | Comic Women Series (11 posters) | Emily Brown | Ben Dolezal | The University of Texas Arlington | USA |
| Gold | The Impact of Ai Series (4 posters) | Emily Brown | Ben Dolezal | The University of Texas Arlington | USA |
| Gold | Generation Beauty Series (2 posters) | Jessica Chavarria | Ping Xu | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | USA |
| Gold | cabinet apartment | XIN DESHANG | HUANG YUE | Qingdao University | China |
| Gold | The Wizard of Oz | YU QIU | Yao Xupeng | QILU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | CHINA |
| Silver | Chocolate festival mascot | Csenge Eszes | Kiss Ferenc | University of Szeged | Hungary |
| Silver | Natal Hotels & Resorts Advertisement | David Gutierrez | Ping Xu | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | USA |
| Silver | SeedSpace | Dominika Vér | Ferenc Kiss | University of Sopron | Hungary |
| Silver | The Future Of Art Exhibition | Gabriel Jones | Kelly Salchow MacArthur | Michigan State University | USA |
| Silver | Natural Movie | Gergo Kozma | Kiss Ferenc | Szegedi Tudományegyetem | Hungary |
| Silver | the Lyrik-Kabinett foundation | Hannah Grün | Jurgen Hefele | Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg | Germany |
| Silver | Adjectivesmap | Jieun Lim | Jurgen Hefele | Augsburg university of applied sciences | Germany |
| Silver | Chinese herbal medical science | Mingyu Cheng | Yifei Cheng | Taishan University of Science and Technology | China |
| Silver | La Mer | Sophia Schmid | Jurgen Hefele | THA Augsburg | Germany |
| Silver | Let the freedom begin | Wenjia Zheng | Wenjia Zheng | Qingdao University | China |
| Silver | Chinese Kunqu Opera | YuJiaJiang | Yifei Cheng | Chinese Herbal Medical Science | China |
| Silver | Future Ocean | Zitong Xiao | Dou Xiang | Lanzhou University | China |
| Bronze | Olympic mascot | Andor Pap | Ferenc Kiss | The University of Szeged | Serbia |
| Bronze | GAME OVER | Cai Lintong | Zhao Zhiyong | Shanghai Normal University | China |
| Bronze | Nuclear Flower | Cai Lintong | Zhao Zhiyong | Shanghai Normal University | China |
| Bronze | the Lyrik-Kabinett foundation | Charlotte Kraus | Jurgen Hefele | TH Augsburg | Germany |
| Bronze | Mellow_App | Christalinda Beltran | Ping Xu | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | USA |
| Bronze | Pormagranite_Branding Campaign | Christalinda Beltran | Ping Xu | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | USA |
| Bronze | Sparkly Night Sea | Dawon Jeon | Jurgen Hefele | Technische Hochschule Augsburg | Germany |
| Bronze | La Mer | Emil Schaefer | Jurgen Hefele | Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg | Germany |
| Bronze | End Ageism Series (9 posters) | Emily Brown | Ben Dolezal | The University of Texas Arlington | USA |
| Bronze | Freedom Of Breathing | Jiayi Xu | Xupeng Yao | Qilu University of Technology | China |
| Bronze | Ink Your Narrative | Katie Lusk | Caramia Bertoni | Michigan State University | USA |
| Bronze | Global Warming | Kelsey Hotz | Christopher Scott | Iowa State University | USA |
| Bronze | Don’t let the birds cry | Liu Xin | CHANG JUANRU | Qingdao University of Technology | CHINA |
| Bronze | Sweet Tooth | Melina Salinas | Ping Xu | The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | USA |
| Bronze | No war | Shixuan Tang | Mingjie Shen & Xiang Dou | Lanzhou University | China |
| Bronze | Protect animals | Shixuan Tang | Mingjie Shen & Xiang Dou | Lanzhou University | China |
| Bronze | La Mer | Sophia Eidloth | Jurgen Hefele | Technische Hochschule Augsburg | Germany |
| Bronze | the Lyrik-Kabinett foundation | Stefanie Heske | Jurgen Hefele | Technische Hochschule Augsburg | Germany |
| Bronze | La Mer | Teresa Monni | Jurgen Hefele | Technische Hochschule Augsburg | Germany |
| Bronze | La Mer | Tobias Huber | Jurgen Hefele | Taishan University of Science and Technalogy | Germany |
Copyright: All matters regarding the copyright of the Entry will be the responsibility of the entrant. All designs will become the Collection of United Designs Alliance. The United Designs Alliance reserves the right to use all information provided by the entrants and publish, exhibit, or reproduce all designs entered for the competition.
