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82 entries from around the world - contenders from many countries such as Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Russia, Syria, the United Kingdom, The United States, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands - have taken part in this first edition of the IMCA Awards by submitting various communication and graphic design projects. It gathers in total 63 participants, 37 cities, 20 countries.
On 17 October 2007, in Brussels, the Grand Jury coming from the cultural, communication and graphic design fields, judged and voted for the 30 nominees among the Corporate Design and Exhibition Campaign categories. Please find the results below! 
Exhibition campaign categoryBozar, Brussels (Belgium)
Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Centre National de Littérature, Mersch (Luxembourg)
Fundaçáo de Serralves, Porto (Portugal)
Ku(n)st vzw, Ostend (Belgium)
Les Arts Décoratifs, Paris (France)
Max Planck Institute of History of Science, Berlin (Germany)
Museum für Moderne Kunst MMK, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
National Portrait Gallery, London (United Kingdom)
Royal Academy of Arts, London (United Kingdom)
Tyne & Wear Museums, Newcastle (United Kingdom)
Verein der Freunde der Nationalgalerie, Berlin (Germany) Corporate design categoryBozar, Brussels (Belgium)
Deste Foundation, Athens (Greece)
Fundación Museo De Los Niños, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Ivan Mestrovic' Foundation, Zagreb (Croatia)
Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (Austria)
Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart (Germany)
Massar, Damascus (Syria)
MUDAM, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Museum Documentation Centre, Zagreb (Croatia)
MuseumsQuartier Vienna, Vienna (Austria)
Museum Victoria, Melbourne (Australia)
Palais de Tokyo, Paris (France)
Pinakothek der Moderne, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich (Germany)
Rotterdam 2007 City of Architecture, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Southbank Centre, London (United Kingdom)
Tate, London, (United Kingdom)
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart (Germany) The CeremonyThe nine Awards (exhibition campaign, gold, silver, bronze - corporate design, gold, silver, bronze - Innovation - Integration - Peers award) will be announced on 29 November during a prestigious ceremony held in Brussels at Indigo Studios. All projects of the nominees and the winners will be showed during the ceremony. Final results will be published in The Art Newspaper and Form after the ceremony.
Tickets for the event on 29 November are available online on IMCA’s website until 15 November 2007.
A unique forum and networking event, the IMCA Awards will take place at Indigo Studios, a new venue for the arts at the heart of Brussels on 29 November 2007. A tailored programme will include presentations on various innovative fields linked to recent evolutions in graphic design and cultural communications issues such as: "Art and New Media Tools", a new artcast with exclusive interview of famous Belgian artist Wim Delvoye presented by Bizart, "Printing for Museums" by Nicolas Buck, CEO, Victor Buck (Luxembourg), "Brand Strategy" by Geoff Linsell from the London based agency Moving Brands. By the end of the afternoon, IMCA will wind down with a screening of Wim Delvoye's interview about Cloaca, visits to the major shows of the Europalia festival, a cocktail party and dinner at Indigo Studios in-between the Ceremony Awards and the Peers Awards. All details about IMCA, Contenders, Grand Jury, and the programme of the day on www.imca-awards.com.
On the same day, free entrance to Bozar to see the exhibition Portugal: Encompassing the Globe. Portugal and the World in the 16th and the 17th Centuries with IMCA badges.
A book with a selection of case studies will be published in 2008 and the IMCA winners will have the chance to present their projects in Venice as part of the next international Communicating the Museum conference, the leading event for museum professionals, organised by Agenda!
Accomodation and traveling facilities
We gave arranged a preferential rate for IMCA attendees at the stunning Whitehotel for the night of 29 November. Their novel concept is to make a distinction between male and female rooms! While booking please mention that you come to attend the IMCA Awards.
Special rates with Thalys from France and Germany. More information soon on www.thalys.com
Be part of this inaugural event that will help shape, support and promote international museum communication and graphic design every two years in Brussels! All details of how to book your tickets to attend the ceremony on: www.imca-awards.com
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