Narani Kannan wins student design award
The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD Ontario) has announced the recipients of the 2009 Student Awards, including the Shikatani Lacroix Award for Packaging Design
In recognition of her outstanding achievements, the winner is Narani Kannan, a graduating student from the communication design program at OCAD University. Narani receives a $1,000 cash prize donation by Shikatani Lacroix, a special certificate and a profile of her work in Applied Arts magazine.
Narani’s award-winning student project is Gotta Moo, an eco-friendly milk packaging solution. This greener milk packaging solution would outperform plastic, and plastic coated, packaging in the food and beverage industry.
“We applaud Narani for using creativity and research to help address the issue of waste reduction,” says Jean-Pierre Lacroix R.G.D., founder and President of Shikatani Lacroix Brandesign. “We’re also pleased to support the work of RGD Ontario as it encourages the next generation of designers to the highest levels of communication and strategic thinking.”
This year, RGD Ontario distributed $18,000 in cash prizes to 12 students. There were four regional awards for Excellence across media and 14 awards for Excellence in specific media, which included branding, logo design, books and editorial, multimedia, packaging and print. A jury of award-winning creative professionals selected the winners.
RGD Ontario’s Student Awards program aims to bring industry professionals together with emerging designers to promote excellence and encourage the next generation of design professionals to the highest levels of creativity, innovation and conceptualization.
In the 12 years that RGD Ontario has organized this program, it has distributed $119,000 in sponsored cash prizes supported by industry leaders. Awards are given to students graduating from three and four-year graphic design programs at Ontario colleges and universities. Shikatani Lacroix, founder, Mr. JP Lacroix was instrumental in launching the Student Awards program as part of his role on the RGD board and has been sponsoring the event for the past ten years. The work from all years has been archived at http://students.rgdontario.com.