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F Newsmagazine receives “Best Design” award

F Newsmagazine was awarded Best in Overall Design by the Student Society of News Design in its 2008 design contest, as well as a number of other awards for our designers; Mary Louise Killen was our art director this last year. The Student Society for News Design is affiliated with the professional organization for newspaper designers and illustrators, the Society for News Design.

In recent years, F Newsmagazine has won the Pacemaker Award and On-Line Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press and Newspaper Asssociation of America, as well as Silver and Gold Crown awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and Best Website from the Illinois College Press Association.

F Newsmagazine won the most awards in the non-daily newspaper category.

Aaron Hoffman, our new art director, was named second place Designer of the Year. Here are our other winners:

Features: One page or spread

  • FIRST PLACE: Basor Guyukkusoglu School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “Art of Excess”
  • THIRD PLACE: Aaron Hoffman School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “Four Models”
  • Honorable Mentions

  • Lin Tan School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “Front Lines”
  • Aaron Straus School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “E for all”
  • Mary Louise Killen School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “The Art of War”
  • Photos: One page or spread

    • FIRST PLACE: Javier Lopez School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “Ecuador”
    • FIRST PLACE: Brigitte Caine The School of Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “Ink”

    Magazine spread design

    • SECOND PLACE: Aaron Hoffman School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “Feeling Local”
    • THIRD PLACE: Javier Lopez, Aaron Hoffman School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “Waiting for Godot in New Orleans”

    Magazine or special section cover

    • FIRST PLACE: Eric Garcia School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine| “Politics and art”
    • SECOND PLACE: Aaron Straus, Amand Sukenick School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “Disorientation”

    Information Graphics

    • FIRST PLACE: Javier Lopez School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “Helvetica”
    • SECOND PLACE: Elliott Beazley School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “Vandalize this!”

    Illustration

    • FIRST PLACE: Eric Garcia School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | Art < Politics
    • THIRD PLACE: Maria Squeri School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “Feeling Local”

    Honorable Mentions

    • Alexandra Westrich School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine |
    • Eric Garcia School of the Art Institute of Chicago | F Newsmagazine | “El Machete

    Online Newspapers, Other Online Presentation

    • First Place:  School of the Art of Chicago
    • www.fnewsmagazine.com, Designer:  Lin Tan/Jason Conny/Joe Post, Adviser:  Paul Elitzik

      Eric Garcia won 5th place for editorial illustration.

    Newspapers, Photo page/Spread:

      Second Place:  School of the Art Institute of Chicago, F Newsmagazine Designer:  Javier Lopez, Adviser:  Paul Elitzik

    Magazines, Cover:

    • Third Place:  School of the Art Institute of Chicago, F Newsmagazine, Designer:Basar Buyukkusogly, Adviser:  Paul Elitzik
    • Fifth Place:  School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fnewsmagazine, Designer:  Eric Garcia, Adviser:  Paul Elitzik
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