Silver Medal international competitioin

CPNB 1 June 2021News

The international competition Best Book Design from all over the world announces today that the Dutch selection has been awarded a Silver Medal :

Ari Marcopoulos – Conrad McRae Youth League Tournament (design: Roger WillemsGremmen | production: drukkerij Tienkamp, publisher: Roma Publications

The Golden Letter is for Feuilles from South Korea; the other Silver Medal is for China. More information can be found at www.stiftung-buchkunst.de. This year the jury judged about 500 submitted entries from 30 countries from all over the globe.

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