Only the best design for “The Avenue”

May, 2008

Relish Design was presented with the Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year Award for Going Downtown: A History of Winnipeg’s Portage Avenue, published by Great Plains Publications. The award, judged on the overall design of the entire book, was presented at Brave New Words, the 19th Annual Writing and Publishing Awards. Written by Russ Gourluck –“Going Downtown: A History of Winnipeg’s Portage Avenue was #1 on McNally Robinson Bestseller List for 18 consecutive weeks! (including 9 weeks at #1)

Relish Wins 3 Signature Awards

May 2008

Relish is pleased to announce that we had 8 projects finalize, and three projects win at the AAW Signature Awards, 2008.

The Signature Awards is the only competition of its kind in Manitoba. It was created in 1988 to recognize exceptional work by advertising agencies, video production companies, multimedia firms and other creative groups. Winners are chosen based on copy, concept, design and production quality, and were announced at the gala awards evening, May 9th, at the Club Regent Casino in Winnipeg.

Relish projects recognized were as follows:

WINNERS:
POSTER • Single or Series Winnipeg Folk Festival, “Boy Band, Pop Stars, The Song”
BOOK COVER   • Winnipeg Folk Festival, 2007 Program Book Cover
JUDGE’S CHOICE • Winnipeg Folk Festival, “Boy Band, Pop Stars, The Song”, Advertising Series

FINALISTS:
ANNUAL REPORT • Health Sciences Centre Foundation, “Toolbox”
LOGO APPLICATIONS/STATIONERY • Ardent Financial, “Ardent Stationery”
COVER DESIGN • Arbiter Ring Publishing, “Another World is Possible”
INTERACTIVE • Arts Education Manitoba, “Butterfly”
NEWSPAPER SERIES • Great Plains Publication, “Mosquito, Jets, Socials, Michael”
CORPORATE, PRODUCT OR SERVICE BROCHURE • “Inergy”

Slice & Dice

March 2008

An excerpt from an interview with W.P. KINSELLA, author of Shoeless Joe and long-time judge for the Chapters-Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Award:

BCBookWorld: If you were writing a first novel today, what small press would you send it to?

W.P. Kinsella: I would go with Great Plains Publications, a relatively new firm out of Winnipeg.
Their books are all beautiful and they give the impression that they really care about their product.

Relish is pleased to have worked with Great Plains for over 8 years.

Visit Great Plains Website: www.greatplains.mb.ca

SAY Magazine wins Native American Journalists Association 2008 awards

February 2008

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and Reno, Nevada - SAY Magazine, the largest lifestyle magazine for Native people, was recognized with two awards at the recent Native American Journalists Association Banquet, held at the American Indian Center of Chicago, during the UNITY: Journalists of Color Conference.

General Excellence (Monthly/Bimonthly) and Best Layout Magazine are the two awards received by SAY Magazine.

The Native American Journalists Association (NAJA) was established in 1984. Based in Norman Oklahoma on the campus of the University of Oklahoma, the primary goal of the organization is to improve communications among Native people and between Native Americans and the general public.

SAY Magazine has been a member of NAJA since 2003 and was the recipient of the NAJA 2003 Media Award Two to Six Times a Year, Honourable Mention and the 2004 Media Awards – General Excellence, Two to Six Times a Year, First Place.

SAY Magazine has become the major provider of positive, non-political and exciting information on economic development, education, entertainment, sports, fashion, and health and native role models.

Established in 2002, SAY Magazine is a Native owned and operated business. The award winning magazines were designed by Relish Design Studio Ltd. and printed by The Prolific Group.