The Galimberti Exhibition Catalogue by Timea Andorka Receives the A' Design Award in Print and Published Media Design

Timea Andorka recognized for print and published media design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that The Galimberti Exhibition Catalogue by Timea Andorka has been granted the A' Design Award in the Print and Published Media Design category. The award was conferred within the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The A' Design Award Explained

The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

Regarding The Galimberti Exhibition Catalogue

The graphic world of the exhibition catalogue was inspired by the closely intertwined lives of the painting couple (Valeria Denes and Sandor Galimberti) who died young in 1915. The use of individual ligatures in the typography subtly illustrates the strong human connection that made the work of this tragic couple a shared oeuvre. The book was published in two separate volumes, in English and Hungarian. The cloth bound covers are protected by a dust jacket that can be opened into a poster, the Hungarian edition featuring a painting by Valeria Denes, the English edition by Sandor Galimberti.

About Timea Andorka

Timea Andorka is a professional graphic designer working in Hungary with a strong inclination towards traditional crafts which she tends to combine with current techniques. Her work finds connections to the world of ideas and creativity – she is designing books, exhibition identities, theatre posters. She is deeply interested in the history and theory of typography. Over the last five years she was employed as a senior graphic designer in various exhibition halls including Kunsthalle, Budapest, Ferenczy Museum Center, Szentendre. Now, she is a freelancer.

Award Record

With this recognition, Timea Andorka is a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2017 - 2018 to 2024 - 2025 of the A' Design Award & Competition.

About the A' Print and Published Media Design Award

The A' Print Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good printed and published media by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to print designers, published media designers, graphic designers and typography experts from all countries. Entries typically include brochures, posters, magazines, catalogs, flyers and business cards. Awarded print designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/print

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://designers.org/169765
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/169765
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!169765
Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/199775
Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.andorkatimea.com/

Media Contact

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+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: The Galimberti Exhibition Catalogue
Function: Exhibition Catalogue
Category: Print and Published Media Design
Discipline: Communication Design
Industry: Branding & Advertising and Entertainment
Colors: Midnight Blue, Black, Saddle Brown, Dark Olive Green and Olive Drab
Images: 5

The Recognition

Laureate: Timea Andorka
Country: Hungary
Recognition: A' Design Award
Edition: 2024 - 2025
Design ID: #169765

Credits

Design Details

Unique Properties: The graphic world of the catalogue was inspired by the closely intertwined lives of the painting couple (Valéria Dénes & Sándor Galimberti) who died young in 1915. The use of individual ligatures in the typography subtly illustrates the strong human connection that made the work of this tragic couple a shared oeuvre. The oeuvre is largely lost, which is why no such comprehensive catalogue has been produced until now. The graphic challenge was to present this fragmentary oeuvre in a dignified and monumental way.
Inspiration: “These two people were like two tall, slender trees, growing up straight side by side, without bowing to each other, without depriving each other of sunlight.” (Jolán Simon)
Research: Often, even contemporaries could not tell which of the two painters painted which painting. Today's scientific research, led by curator Gergely Barki, has sought to unravel the differences and to place the two painters in the Hungarian and international canon in the context of a lifetime exhibition. The result of this research is the catalogue, which presents even richer research material than the exhibition in the Hungarian National Gallery.
Challenge: To express the close relationship between the two painters, we searched for months for the perfect serif font, which has enough ligature. We couldn't find one, so I created our own set of ligatures for the catalogue, based on the Modelista font.
Realization and Technology: The book was published in two separate volumes, in English and Hungarian. We chose a linen binding because both painters preferred this type of canvas, which has a finer weave. The cloth-bound covers are protected by a dust jacket that can be opened into a poster, the Hungarian edition featuring a painting by Dénes Valéria, the English edition by Sándor Galimberti. Only the name is stamped on the blue canvas with gold foil, so that this simplicity highlights the colourful and exciting details of the paintings on the dust jacket.
Operation and Interaction: We wanted to please visitors with a removable poster of the book. So that they could take home reproductions of the most important paintings at a larger scale than the book, in almost original aspect ratio.
Project Duration and Location: THE GALIMBERTI. The Lives and Works of Sándor Galimberti (1883–1915) and Valéria Dénes (1877–1915) exhibition 10 October 2024 – 23 February 2025, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Specifications: 230 × 290mm, 372 pages, hardcover book, cloth covered, gold foil stamped, with dust jacket
Keywords: book, catalogue, exhibition, editorial design, paintings, blue, gold, fine art,