2013

Awards
​Name of Faculty​TitleOrganiser or Gallery or Film Festival /
Source​
​Andrea Nanetti​Best Paper Award (Frontier Research in Culture and Computing)​Culture and Computing 2013; Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
​Chen-Hsi Wong​“Innocents” – Winner, Asian New Talent​16th Shanghai International Film Festival; Shanghai, China, http://www.siff.com/InformationEn/Index.aspx
​Chen-Hsi Wong​“Innocents” – Won Feature Competition​16th Ourense International Film Festival; Ourense, Spain, http://www.ouff.org/web/index.php/index.php?lang=galician
​Chen-Hsi Wong​“Innocents” – Best Director – Asian New Talents​16th Shanghai International Film Festival; Major award Category-A FIAP-Accredited, China
​Chen-Hsi Wong“Innocents” – Best Screenplay​18th Ourense International Film Festival; Spain
​Cindy Wang​“Research Project_d_Asia” – Merit Award, Publication Design​iF Communication Design Award; Germany
​Cindy Wang​“Research Project_d_Asia” – Merit Award​HKDA Global Design Awards; Hong Kong
​Cindy Wang​“Research Project_d_Asia” – Publication Design​GOOD DESIGN Award; USA
​Cindy Wang​“Research Project_d_Asia” – Finalist​Golden Butterfly Award 金蝶獎—台灣出版設計大獎; Taiwan
​Cindy Wang​“Research Project_d_Asia” – Merit Award, Publication Design/Book Layout Design​One Show Design Award; New York, USA
​Cindy Wang​“Research Project_d_Asia” – Merit Award, Craft/Printing and Paper Craft​One Show Design Award; New York, USA
​Cindy Wang​“Shijia Village Farmhouse Furniture” – Silver Award, Product Design​HKDA Global Design Awards; Hong Kong
​Cindy Wang​“Shijia Village Farmhouse Furniture” – Hong Kong Best Award​HKDA Global Design Awards; Hong Kong
​Cindy Wang​“Shijia Village Farmhouse Furniture” – Judge Choice Award​HKDA Global Design Awards; Hong Kong
​Danne Ojeda​“The Path to Modernity: Mexican Modern Painting” – Best Art Catalogue​Art Books Wanted (ABW) International Award; Edition Lidu and the B1 Centre for Contemporary Design, Prague, Czech Republic, http://www.editionlidu.com/artbookswanted/portfolio/the-path-to-modernity-mexican-modernpainting/
​Hans-Martin Rall​“The Cold Heart” – Best Animation Award​Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE); USA
​Ina Chavez​Best Short​3D Festival Beyond; The Centre for Art and Media (ZKM), Germany
​Ina Chavez​Best Animated 3D Short Film​6th Annual 3D Film Festival; USA
​Ina Chavez​Best Animated Short​Phenom Film Festival; USA
​Ina Chavez​Best Animated Film​The Oregon Independent Film Festival; USA
​Ina Chavez​Best Experimental & Art Film​The Oregon Independent Film Festival; USA
​Ina Chavez​Best International Short​CGIF Awards; USA
​Ina Chavez​3D Short Runner Up​The 9th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival; USA
​Ina Chavez​Best Animation​Intendence Film Festival; USA
​Ina Chavez​3D Innovation Award​The 4th Annual New Media Film Festival; USA
​Ina Chavez​Award of Excellence – Animation​Los Angeles Movie Awards; USA
​Ina Chavez​Winner 1st Place – Animation​5th Los Angeles Art-House Film Festival; USA
​Ina Chavez​Award of Merit – Animation​Best Shorts Competition; USA
​Ina Chavez​Rising Star Award Winner​Canada International Film Festival; USA
​Ina Chavez​“Award of Merit” – Animation​Best Shorts Competition; La Jolla, California, USA
​Jesvin Yeo​“50s news-gift paper” – Gold Award, Communication Design​Spark Communication Award
​Jesvin Yeo​“Botanicascent Reversible Soap Packaging” – Bronze Award, Packaging Design​Spark Communication Award
​Jesvin Yeo​“Chinese Tea Culture” – Bronze Award​Spark Communication Award
​Jesvin Yeo​“50s news-gift paper” – Winner, Poster Design​Red Dot Award: Communication Design
​Jesvin Yeo​“50s news-gift paper” – Winner​Coupe International Design and Image Competition
​Jesvin Yeo​“Choi! Touchwood! (2nd edition)” – Winner​Coupe International Design and Image Competition
​Jesvin Yeo​“50s news-gift paper” – Winner​PRINT CELEBRATES DESIGN Awards
​Jesvin Yeo​“The Singapore Chinatown Tea Experience” – Winner, Packaging Design​Applied Arts 2013 Design Awards
​Jesvin Yeo​“50s news-gift paper” – Winner, Typography​Applied Arts 2013 Design Awards
​Jesvin Yeo​“Bean dolls of the old trades” – Bronze Award, Other Graphic Designs​7th Annual International Design Awards
​Jesvin Yeo​“50s news-gift paper” – Merit Award, Chinese Typography​icograda IDA HiiiTypography 2013
​Jesvin Yeo​“The Botanicascent Times” – Merit Award, Communication Design​Design for Asia Award 2013
​Joan Kelly​Excellence in Social Art – 1st Prize​16th World Peace Exhibition
​Kenneth Feinstein​“Inside the Third Ring” – Best Experimental Film​Oaxaca Film Festival; Mexico
​Louis-Philippe Demers​Best Paper Award​Technarte; Bilbao, Spain
​Lucy Davis​“Jalan Jati (Teak Road)” – Best Sound and Special Mention​Singapore Short Film Awards
​Nanci Takeyama​UNESCO-Wenhui Award for Educational Innovation 2013​Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID), Educational Innovation for Cultural Expression; http://designfor.co/project_cosmicserpent_phase13.php
​Nanci Takeyama​“Wenhui Award for Educational Innovation 2013: Educational Innovation for Cultural Expression” – Honourable Commendation​Asia-Pacific Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID), UNESCO, Hangzhou International Conference for Education Innovation; Hangzhou, China
​Peggy Poo-Pun​“A Case Study on How Business Students Collaborate in Creative Design” – Best in Session Paper​Global Conference on Business and Finance (GCBF 2013) Proceedings, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 33–36; San Jose, Costa Rica, ISSN 1941-9589
​Woon Lam Ng​Artists Painting Together (APT) – Critique Group Award​San Diego Watercolor Society 33rd Annual International Juried Show 2013
​Woon Lam Ng​Ben & Mary Rabe Art Award​Watercolor West 45th Annual International Juried Show 2013
​Woon Lam Ng​Sandra Swain Memorial Award for Representational Landscape in Watercolor​Philadelphia Water Color Society (PWCS) 113th Annual International Juried Show 2013
​Woon Lam Ng​The Jeanne Shanahan Plein Air Award​4th Signature American Watercolor Exhibition 2013; Fallbrook Art Center, USA
​Woon Lam Ng​Western Art – 1st Place Award​Singapore Art Society National Open Juried Show 2013

 

 

Recognition
​Name of Faculty​TitleOrganiser or Gallery or Film Festival /
Source​
​Andrea Nanetti​Cultural Heritage Preservation Consultant (Due to Outstanding Academic Achievements)​Hubei Province Ancient Buildings Conservation Centre, China
​Astrid Kensinger​Artist Residency for 1 Month (Archaeology, Walking, GPS Mapping & Visualization of Penelope and 20 years)​Ionion Center for the Arts and Culture/I-Node; Planetary Collegium, Plymouth University, Kefalonia, Greece
​Benjamin Seide​“Star Trek Into Darkness” – Nominated for Best Visual Effects, Division Visual Effects Supervisor​Oscar – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Director: J.J. Abrams
​​Benjamin Seide​“Oblivion” – Nominated Best Visual Effects, Division Visual Effects Supervisor​Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
​Chen-Hsi Wong​​“Innocents” – Nominated for NETPAC Award​14th Jeonju International Film Festival; Jeonju, South Korea, http://eng.jiff.or.kr
​Chen-Hsi Wong“Innocents” – Nominated for NETPAC Award
​19th Kolkata International Film Festival; Kolkata, India, http://www.kff.in
​Chen-Hsi Wong​​“Innocents” – Nominated for Award​Festival Cine B Chile Film Festival; Chile, http://www.festivalcineb.com
​Hans-Martin Rall​“The Cold Heart” – FBW Seal Of Approval Highly Recommended 
​Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung (FBW), Germany
​Hans-Martin Rall“The Cold Heart” – FBW Short Film of the Month
​Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung (FBW), Germany
​Hans-Martin Rall​“The Cold Heart” – Honorable Mentions​Rochester International Film Festival; USA
​Joan Kelly​Honorary Guest Artist​Guinness Book of World Records; Marrakech, Morocco
​Kenneth Feinstein​Artist in Residence​maumau Residency; Istanbul, Turkey
​Louis-Philippe Demers​“The Blind Robot” – Honorary Mention, Artificial Life Art​Life 15.0 International Competition, Telefonica; Madrid, Spain
​Louis-Philippe Demers​“The Blind Robot” – Honourable Mention, Hybrid Arts​Prix Ars Electronica CyberArts; Linz, Austria
​Lucy Davis​Visiting Research Fellow​University of New South Wales, Australia
​Song Nian Ang​The Bureau Residency Programme​The Sculpture Square, Singapore