B. Martin Pedersen, Publisher, Design and Editorial Director of Graphis, has won numerous awards in his past from the AIGA, ADC, TDC, and the SPD, who honored him with the first Herb Lubalin Award for excellence in editorial design. He also won the Columbia University National Magazine Award for the best designed magazine of the year. He has been inducted into the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, received the AIGA Gold Medal for a lifetime achievement in Design, and is a member of Alliance Graphique International (AGI) and the New York Yacht Club.

Winning Entrants: Platinum Winners: 21X Design (US), Earnshaw's Magazine (US), Entro (CA), Fred Woodward (US), hufax arts (TW), IF Studio & Magnus Gjoen (US), Ken-tsai Lee Design Lab/Taiwan Tech (TW), Michael Pantuso Design (US), Morla Design (US), Shadia Design (AU), Steiner Graphics (CA), Stranger & Stranger (US), Studio 5 Designs Inc. (PH), Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., (JP), and Traction Factory (US). Contents: All entries were judged by a panel of highly accomplished award-winning Designers: Ronald Burrage of PepsiCo Design & Innovation (US), Randy Clark (US), John Ewles (US), William J. Gicker (US), Matthias Hofmann (CH) John Krull (US), and Carin Stanford (US). Included is work from the best Professors with their student designs from New Talent Annual 2018. Also featured are award-winning designs by each of this year's Judges. Our design museum directory is also presented, along with our annual In Memoriam for the talent that the design community has lost within the past year. Credits & Commentary: Platinum and Gold Winners describe their assignments, their approaches to the problems, and the results of their work, providing insight into their creative processes. Selling Points: Book contains full-page images of Platinum and Gold Award-winning work from international Designers. Silver-winning work is also presented, and Honorable Mentions are listed. Audience: This Annual is an important resource for Designers, Art Directors, Clients, Museums, Design enthusiasts, and anyone who seeks visual inspiration.