2007
NOVEMBER 2007
STEP Design 100 Award
The book AMBULATORY, museum plan has been selected for inclusion in the STEP Design 100 (March/April 2008 issue), which will feature the top design work of 2006 and 2007.
www.stepinsidedesign.com
OCTOBER 2007
Taschen Contemporary Graphic Design
Taschen included Esquer among the world’s 100 most progressive graphic designers working today.*
*Charlotte and Peter Fiell, eds. Contemporary Graphic Design.
http://www.taschen.com/
AUGUST 2007
Taschen Logo Design
Alfalfa’s collaboration with Eiko Ishioka, the comprehensive rebranding of the NBA’s Houston Rockets, is one of the case studies featured in Taschen’s “Logo Design.” The identities created for The City of New York’s Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting’s “Made in New York,” the Fundacion Cisneros’s “Orinoco” and the identity for Talene Reilly are also featured.
http://www.taschen.com/
JUNE 2007
Adobe Design Achievement Awards
Rafael Esquer is one of the 5 judges at the 2007 Adobe Achievement Awards. The Adobe® Design Achievement Awards celebrate student achievement reflecting the powerful convergence of technology and the creative arts.
http://www.adobe.com/education/adaa/winners/
MAY 2007
Worldstudio AIGA Scholarship Jury
Rafael Esquer judges the graphic design category for the Worldstudio AIGA Scholarship. The Worldstudio AIGA college scholarship program in the design/arts disciplines is tailored specifically to increase diversity in the creative professions and to foster social and environmental responsibility in the artists, designers, and studios of tomorrow.
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/worldstudio-scholarship
APRIL 2007
AIGA Jacksonville Lecture
Guest speaker at AIGA Jacksonville 2007 annual Student Portfolio Review.
MARCH 2007
AIGA Diversity Archive and Exhibition
Rafael Esquer is invited to join the founding board of advisors to the AIGA Diversity Archives, curating the first exhibition of contemporary and twentieth-century work by minority graphic designers.
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/diversity-archive
MARCH 2007
HOW Magazine Award
The book “Bonds of Love” created by Alfalfa Studio wins a merit award by HOW Magazine. The work appears in HOW’s 2007 Design Annual.
http://www.howdesign.com
FEBRUARY 2007
Art Directors Club Judge
Rafael served on the jury for the Art Directors Club 86th Annual Awards in the Graphic Design and Hybrid categories.
http://www.adcglobal.org/archive/annual/86/judges/
FEBRUARY 2007
Como el agua que fluye
Rafael Esquer delivers lecture “Como el agua que fluye” at Códice 7 Metamorfosis, Congreso internacional de diseño de información in Puebla, Mexico. Since 2001, this event is organized by a student committee along with the Universidad de las Americas’ design department.
http://www.udla-diseno.com
JANUARY 2007
Type Directors Club Award
The “Forever Now” banner and the AIGA “Join Us” poster are awarded the “Certificate of Typographic Excellence” award, are included in the Annual of the Type Directors Club, Typography 28, and are shown at the 53rd Awards Exhibition in New York.
www.tdc.org
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