International Design Competition | Spark Awards

The 2008 Multidisciplinary Bench

Spark is honored to present another group of most talented judges in 2008. Each year a new bench of jurists are selected by our Chairs and come from across the spectrum of design disciplines and experts. To facilitate unbiased judging, the juries will be voting in complete confidence, electronically. The second Phase is voted using unique, secure barcode reading PDAs that capture both votes

and comments. Each Phase II entrant will download a specific barcode upon registration, and affix it to their entry prior to shipping to Spark. The barcode is scanned by the judges with these devices, beginning their deliberative process. We call this "catching Sparks." Procedural accuracy will be unprecedented.

Executive Jury Chair: Kit Hinrichs, Partner, Pentagram Design
Mobility Chair: Robert Cumberford, Design Editor, Automobile Magazine
Architecture & Interiors Chair: David Meckel, Director of Research and Planning, California College of the Arts

Jurist: Tania Aldous, Director Global Design, Whirlpool
Jurist: Allison Arieff, "By Design" Columnist, New York Times
Jurist: Jennifer Bostic, Creative Director and Founder, Paper Plane Studio
Jurist: Tom Dair, President, Smart Design
Jurist: Marc Gobe, Emotional Branding
Jurist: John Hoke, Vice President Global Footware, Converse
Jurist: Ted Howes, Sustainability Lead, IDEO
Jurist: Tom Matano, Executive Director Industrial Design, Academy of Art University
Jurist: Josh Morenstein, Design Director, Fuse Project
Jurist: Margeigh Novotny, VP, Strategy & Experience, MOTO Development Group
Jurist: Chris Riley, Director, Strategic Planning, Marcom/Graphic Design, Apple
Jurist: Brent Oppenheimer, OH&CO
Jurist: Manuel Saez, manuelsaez ltd.