13th Annual Ozzie Awards

Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management, Dec 1, 1999

BEST COVER

Consumer, over 250,000 circulation

Garden Design

Meigher Communications LLC

June/July 1999

Michael Grossman, creative director; Toby Fox, art director; Stella Kramer, acting photo editor; Andre Baranowski, photographer; Melissa Moss, production manager; Dorothy Kalins, editor in chief

Judges' comments: "Relies almost entirely on the sumptuous impact of a sweetly sweaty peony, framed only by a crisp white backdrop."

Consumer 100,000 - 200,000 circulation

enRoute

Spafax Media

September 1998

Danielle Le Bel, art director; Dan Couto, photographer; Lisa Ravary, editor

Judges' comments: "A great cover that would get attention, even shoved in the back of an airplane seat."

Consumer, uner 100,000 circulation

Nest

Nest LLC

Winter 1998

Joseph Holtzman, publisher/art director; Della Mancuso, production manager

Judges' comments: "This cover makes the consumer curious. It asks to be picked up, unbuttoned, and then explored."

Trade, over 100,000 circulation

Contemporary Esthetics and Restorative Practice

Dental Learning Systems Co. Inc.

January 1999

Jennifer Kmenta, design director; John Maillard, managing editor, Allison Walker, senior managing editor

Judges' comments: "Good writers avoid verbal cliches, but a visual cliche--with a twist--can be among the most effective means of communication."

Trade 35,000 - 100,000 circulation

Think Research

Custom Communications Partners

Spring 1999

Paul Di Mattia, design director; Rowan Dordick, editor; Jane Bulger, production manager

Judges' comments: "Extremely elegant in its simplicity and directness. Sophisticated restraint is in step with the IBM corporate image."

Trade, under 35,000 circulation

The American Lawyer

American Lawyer Media

September 1998

Joan Ferrell, art director; David Kelley, photographer; Aric Press, editor in chief

Judges' comments: "This cover succeeds by utilizing a clean, contemporary design that is enhanced by eye-catching color schemes and a well-thought-out composition."

Association/Nonprofit

Women in the Arts

The National Museum of Women in the Arts

Summer 1998

Sylvia Gashi, art director/designer, The Magazine Group; Laureen Schipsi, editor

Judges' comments: "A single and subtle silhouette commands the reader to open the magazine and discover the implied mystery inside."

Mark Maltais, art/design director, Double Space; Nancy Lisak, production manager; Paul Carroll, editor

BEST OVERALL DESIGN

Consumer, under 100,000 circulation

Context (tie)

Diamond Technology Partners

Judges' comments: "A beautiful, visually appealing vehicle that works. Typography moves the reader easily through articles, creating an edgy atmosphere, but never obfuscates the message."

Nest (tie)

Nest LLC

Joseph Holtzman, publisher/art director; Della Mancuso, production manager

Judges' comments: "Nest shocks and delights the visual participant with inventive interpretation and presentation of contemporary social and cultural concerns."

Trade, over 35,000 circulation

CIO

CIO Communications

Steve Traynor, senior graphic designer; Mary Lester, art director; Lew McCreary, editor

Judges' comments: "Proof that business and technology don't have to mean safe and boring."

Trade, under 35,000 circulation

Millimeter

Intertec Publishing

Tony DeMores, art director/designer; Barbara Schwartz, production manager; Cynthia Wisehart, editor

Judges' comments: "Millimeter takes the complex, behind-the-scenes inner workings of a moving image as it is created for motion pictures and successfully shows what makes it tick in the still form of a publication."

Association/Nonprofit

Independent School

National Association of Independent Schools

Glenn Pierce, art director, The Magazine Group; Michael Brosnan, editor

Judges' comments: "Using only two colors, Independent School achieves a crisp, clean look."

BEST REDESIGN

Consumer, over 100,000 circulation

Hemispheres

Pace Communications

Jaimey Easler, designer/art director; Jody Mustain, Kevin de Miranda, art directors; David Brown, production manager; Randy Johnson, editor

Judges' comments: "The new look is original, yet has links to the old. While contemporary, it is accessible to any reader."

Consumer, under 100,000 circulation

Bo Bedre

Bonniers

Birgitte Engen, chief editor; Michele Rosendal, art director; Karina Reinsch, designer; Annette Lohse Nielsen, production manager

Judges' comments: "Beautiful photography and graphic consistency hold this design together from cover to cover. Cultured and classy."

Trade, over 35,000 circulation

Computerworld

IDG

Tom Monahan, design director

Judges' comments: "Photo and graphic elements are handled with confidence; tight image cropping focuses readers to the heart of the subject,"

Trade, under 35,000 circulation

Concrete Masonry Designs

National Concrete Masonry Association

Beth Lower, art director/designer, The Magazine Group; Randi Hertzberg, editor/publisher

Judges' comments: "Starting with a stronger, more geometric logo, this redesign carries throughout with clean and compelling photography that's cropped to accentuate interesting masonry details."

Association/Nonprofit

The Fifth Column

McGill University