Inaugural Wolda judges announced

The three-tier jury comprises 10 design professionals selected by Icograda, 10 marketing managers representing major international clients selected by Aquent and finally 10 members of the public, representing the ultimate target market of consumers, selected by Consumers International.

The judging mechanism (www.wolda.org/judges/public ) is intended to reflect the actual process that turns any logo idea into a successful logo: the designers decide what to present to the clients, the clients decide what to present to the public, but in the end it is always the public that decides if a brand is successful. The core of excellence generated by this process is collated in a printed annual, a substantial hard-bound volume of exceptional quality, printed on SAPPI acclaimed papers by Fontegrafica.

Designer judges

• Dorte Krogh, Krogh&Co, Denmark
  
• Ginette Caron, Ginette Caron, Italy
  
• Halim Choueiry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Qatar
  
• David Coates, Ion Branding + Design, Canada
  
• Dave Holland, Brand Union, South Africa
  
• Ruth Klotzel, Estudio Infinito, Brazil
  
• Tommy Li, Tommy Li Design Workshop, Honk Kong
  
• Apex Lin Pang-Soong, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
  
• Ronald Shakespear, Shakespear Design, Argentina
  
• Niko Spelbrink, Ography Design Consultancy, Australia

Client judges

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• Adrian Green, Microsoft, UK
  
• Julian Hubbard, Orange, UK
  
• Andrew King, Landor, Spain
  
• Yanta Lam, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (School of Design), China
  
• Janice Luvera, Genworth Financial, US
  
• Michelle Paolino, Hasbro, US
  
• Vincenzo Perri, Lippincott, Hong Kong
  
• Toby Prosser, FreemantleMedia Enterprises, UK
  
• Pierre Jean Richard, FNAC, France
  
• Ross Sleight, Virgin Games, UK

Public judges

• Runa de Felice, architecture student, Italy (born in South African)
  
• Clara de Los Arcos Diez, visual anthropologist, Spain
  
• Arlene de Vera, member services and development officer, Philippines
  
• Andrew Deak, international relations & development, editor, Canada
  
• Elizabeth Dessie, first aid administrator, Ethiopia
  
• Lola Fadumiyo, member service officer, Africa
  
• Valerie Hilfer, MA of international business and management, The Netherlands
  
• Vitor Pavao, biomedical sciences, Brazil
  
• Adrian Rios Ortiz, audiovisual communicator, Chile
  
• Nicola Sarti, marketing reporter and researcher, Italy

For judge bios, go to www.wolda.org/judges/designers, www.wolda.org/judges/clients and www.wolda.org/judges/public.

Designers, agencies, studios and students from all over the world are invited to enter. Deadline is Tuesday, 20 May 2008. Any logo published between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2007 is eligible.

• Wolda is a high-profile graphic design award scheme that rewards the best logos and trademarks designed throughout the world, creating an archive that tracks the evolution of tastes, styles and trends in global design, year after year. Wolda's standing is guaranteed by the endorsement of many of the most important design associations: Wolda is the only awards scheme in the world endorsed by more than 90 design associations and schools. It is also supported by 15 important media partners (IdN, Package and Design, ZUPI, Novum, Typo, Dexigner, Netdiver, Fwa, Taxi, Identity, ètapes, KAK, ArabAd, 2+3D and Design 360°).