Almost all non-fiction books published by Aalto ARTS Books last year were awarded at the competition. The best placed was Solid Ground, edited by the ceramic, lecturer Nathalie Lautenbacher, telling the story of contemporary ceramics. The book won Silver Award in the category of 鈥楽cientific books, educational textbooks, schoolbooks鈥.
Two books were awarded the Award of Excellence in the same series: Art As We Don鈥檛 Know It, which presents a wide range of bioart research, projects and works of art, edited by Erich Berger, Kasperi M盲ki-Reinikka, Kira O'Reilly and Helena Sederholm, and The ChemArts Cookbook, which inspires experiments on wood and plant-based materials, edited by Tapani Vuorinen, Nina Riutta, Eeva Suorlahti, Pirjo K盲盲ri盲inen and Liisa Tervinen.
Also, Immortal: Lost Memoirs of Cornelia Dulac Concerning the Freswater Polyp Hydra by Maija Tammi and Ville Tiet盲v盲inen was awarded the Award of Excellence in the category of photo books.
Aalto ARTS Books has received international recognition as a publisher of books in the visual fields for four years in a row.
鈥榃e are very proud and happy with the recognitions. We have been an exhibitor at the Frankfurt Book Fair for more than ten years, which has certainly made our books better known鈥, says editor Sanna Tyyri-Pohjonen.
The silver-winning work Solid Ground was designed by Annika Lepp盲aho, who is a Aalto University's graphic design student.
鈥業t was wonderful to get to work on a ceramics-focused publication where creativity was also allowed to emerge in the book鈥檚 layout. The award has a special place in my heart, as it is the first prize in my own career. I am personally proud of the book, so it feels good that it is also recognized elsewhere鈥, says Lepp盲aho.
The International Creative Media Award ICMA is a global competition for corporate publications, books, corporate identity and magazines and is organized by the International Editorial-Design & Research Forum. Altogether 387 publications from 20 countries participated in the 11th ICMA.
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Aalto ARTS Books has received prizes in the International Creative Media Award (ICMA) competition. Both awards came in a series where science and textbooks were awarded: Juuso Koponen's and Jonatan Hild茅n's work Data Visualization Handbook won gold and Pasi R盲bina's Print of Beauty received the 鈥淎ward of Excellence鈥, which is awarded for outstanding performance.
Maija Tammi won International Creative Media Award of Excellence for Books with Jesper Vuori for 鈥漇ick Photography鈥.
Lost in the Wood(s), published by Aalto ARTS Books, has won the Award of Excellence given by the International Creative Media ICMA.
