Judging Panel

Javier Mariscal, first and foremost, and image creator who develops his work using all kinds of supports and disciplines. Furniture design, painting, sculpture, illustrations, interior design, graphic design, landscaping, gardening and so on are all the object of his professional, vital activity. Mariscal expresses himself through a personal language which is complex in its intention and simple in its statement, innocent yet provocative at the same time, which serves to innovate, take risks and communicate. Together with Estudio Mariscal, which was founded in Barcelona in 1989, Javier has recently done the interior design and graphics for H&M store in Barcelona, the collection for the Uno Design contract, the graphic image of the 32nd edition of the America’s Cup, the new brand image for Camper for Kids, the exhibition on his work Mariscal Drawing Life at the Design Museum in London, just to name a few. The full-length cartoon film Chico & Rita, which he directed together with Fernando Trueba and on which he has worked for three years, is now on the screens.

Trieste (Italy), 1962 – graduated at the High Institute of Industrial Arts of Urbino and is a partner of Tassinari/Vetta studio settled in Trieste. He is involved with the visual identity of private and public companies, with the communication of cultural events, book design, signal systems and exhibitions graphic. Amongst his works, the visual identity for the 50th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, the design for archaeological exhibitions at the Colosseo in Rome, a typographic installation at Palazzo Grassi in Venice, the visual identity of the Cardi Black Box contemporary art gallery, the collaboration with the New York Times and the Il Sole 24 Ore, the visual identity of the Napoli Teatro Festival Italia since 2008, the art direction of the Electa Art Publishing House. Since 2000 Sonnoli is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and President of the Italian Chapter (2003). He is teaching at the Faculty of Design and Arts of the IUAV University of Venice and at the ISIA in Urbino, living and working between Rimini and Trieste.

For over three decades Paula Scher has been at the forefront of American graphic design. She has been a principal in the New York office of the distinguished international design consultancy Pentagram since 1991. Scher began her career as an art director in the 1970’s and early 80’s, when her eclectic approach to typography became highly influential. In the 1990’s her landmark identity for The Public Theater fused high and low into a wholly new symbology for cultural institutions, and her graphic identities for Citibank, Bausch + Lomb and Tiffany & Co. have become case studies for the contemporary regeneration of classic brands. Her recent architectural collaborations have re-imagined the urban landscape as a dynamic environment of dimensional graphic design. Scher is the president of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and a member of the Design Commission of the City of New York. She is a member of the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame and a recipient of the American Institute of Graphic Arts Medal and the Type Directors Club Medal. Her work is represented in museums all over the world and she holds two honorary doctorates in graphic design.

Production Manager for the Publishing Department of Hermès, Séverine Sueur gained her experience working for the Mafia Agency, which is famous for working with numerous luxury houses in France and abroad. With them, she was able to experiment the power of the printed form as the creative expression of a brand, and was able to almost obsessively fine tune her sense for detail that makes her stand out from the others. The last bastion in craftsmanship, but also loyal supporter and enthusiast of innovation, for her the Hermès Maison is a natural territory where she is free to invent and discover, whether it be a brochure, a limited edition of an invitation, or a printed dossier that is destined to become a collector’s item. For her paper is the tactile contact between the Maison and those who love it, she believes in pondered choices, and she is the bearer of the right sense and emotions, but also ecologically responsible.

Simon Esterson is a publication designer. His studio, Esterson Associates, has worked on projects for The Guardian newspaper in London, the NZZ in Zurich and Publico in Lisbon. He was creative director of Italian architecture title Domus. He is design consultant to Tate Publishing in London and Art Director of the international graphic design magazine Eye. Simon is a member of the AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale) and a Royal Designer for Industry.