Wolda - the worldwide logo design annual 2008

To promote excellence in visual communication; to provide real recognition to the people who invest their passion in this field; to act as a benchmark for the high quality of work being produced throughout the world; to offer a genuine point of contact between various countries; to create a forum for the leaders in the field of visual communication, exploring its trends, absorbing and disseminating its future trajectories. Wolda: one small step towards a more influential role for graphic design in the world!

Eulda Books (www.euldabooks.com), the publishing house created specifically for the Wolda project, is a unique organization. Founded in Milan in 2005 by a team of industry professionals, its ambition with this project is to celebrate, inspire and promote creative excellence throughout the world.

Sappi is the world's leading global coated fine paper company; providing services, products and solutions throughout the communications industry in a sustainable manner. Brands like Magno, HannoArt, Quatro and Royal give print communication added impact and effectiveness, creating value and growth for clients.

Founded in 1951 in Milan, Fontegrafica is one of the world's finest printers. They offer a complete service satisfying all the demands of modern communication, offering a wide range of technical solutions. The structure of the company combines the craftsman's character, care and attention to detail with the technological assets typical of a major business. Their Vision 2000 certification bears witness to the commitment and the importance that Fontegrafica attributes to quality, in all its aspects. The exceptional quality of their printed products is confirmed by the international awards they have won repeatedly.

2+3 grafika plus produkt (www.2plus3d.pl)
2+3 grafika plus produKt is made up of three parts: the first part of the magazine is devoted to applied graphics (2D) like selected posters, graphic symbols, typefaces, typography, packaging, company visual identity strategies, as well as certain elements of advertising and portfolio of a selected designer: either a recognized professional, a promising debutante, or someone who is raising a controversy, competitions, reviews and exhibitions, theoretical articles and those on the phenomena in the history of design. The second part is reserved for 3D products from both industrial design and limited series projects (and sometimes even one-offs), concentrating on not only everyday-use objects, but also on more seldom addressed design problems. The third subject group is interdisciplinary issues (+) with issues found at the crossroads of design and psychology, sociology, ethnology, law, as well as art and presents new publications, both print and web-based.

ArabAd (www.arabadmag.com)
For advertising professionals involved in international and potential markets, in-depth information in the field of Business Communications in the Arab world is a necessity. ArabAd has been designed to bridge the information gap by tackling the complex facets of this industry. Its aim has been to expand the levels of quality and professionalism in design business. Covering a wide range of topics that include awards, clients, media, marketing, research, agencies, and technology, it has been - for the last two decades - the essential reading of many multi-national communities, marketers, and people in the communication industry.
Distributed to over 15,000 key personnel in client companies, advertising agencies, and professionals from various walks of life and business, ArabAd is as rigourous and demanding in its approach, as the elite to which it is addressed, and maintains a watchful eye on the pulse of this industry, endeavouring to aid in its health and progress.

Design 360° (www.sandu360.com)
Design 360o is an all-round design magazine dedicated to introducing international advanced design concepts, original works, outstanding designers and prestigious design institutes. It covers architecture, animation, industrial design, interior design, graphic design, digital design etc, being an informative source for students in art and design academies, professional designers and amateurs alike, who take great interest in international design trends. It has built up a bridge between the design circle in China and that of the rest of the world. Design 360o is published by Sandu Cultural Media Co., Ltd. It is bimonthly, 210mm x 285mm, color printing, about 192 pages per issue.

Dexigner (www.dexigner.com)
Dexigner is the leading online information service for designers and artists. Dexigner Design Portal delivers latest design news, events, exhibitions, conferences, design competitions and a selection of design links.

Digitalthread (www.digitalthread.com)
A unique web design portal and design blog, Digitalthread takes special care to catalog the only the best web design firms and design resources online... and provides reviews and thumbnails of sites listed by topic, specialty and date of posting. A great daily resource and arrival point for web designers to explore graphic design online.

étapes: international (www.etapes.com/international/)
étapes: international is the english version of the french graphic design magazine "étapes:" with a wide selection of its best articles. By its contents and its unique visual aspect, the magazine offers an outstanding way of reaching the market and professions in the area of visual creation. étapes has been created for professionals in the domain of visual communication: designers, creative managers, artworkers, web designers, communication agencies, illustrators, executives, decision makers and business directors, etc. The target public of the magazine also includes consumers who cultivate a certain art of living, dynamic, creative, sensitive people appreciating quality and having a critical and passionate vision and are fascinated by the areas of communication and media.

Identity (www.artgraphics.ru/identity_eng.html)
Identity is the first specialized magazine about branding, naming, trademarks, corporate identity and commercial design. In 2006 it joined the ICOGRADA Design Media Network, uniting 25 of the world's best magazines devoted to design. Identity magazine collaborates with world-best leaders of brand-consulting and commercial design and receives first-hand information: Landor Associates, Wolff Olins, Enterprise IG, Chermayeff & Geismar Inc., Pentagram, Lippincott Mercer, Chase Design Group, Addis, Interbrand Zintzmeyer & Lux, Hesse Design, Martin et Karczinski, ATTIK, MetaDesign, KMS Team, Fontsmith, QWER, Gardner Design, Addis, Lexicon Branding, Saffron Consultants and others.
A majority of target audience are specialists on advertising and marketing, who are interested in widening and systematization of their knowledge in a field of branding, naming, graphic design and corporate identity, and in forming of a favorable image of their companies, goods and services.

IdN (www.idnworld.com)
With 15 years history devoted to the international design and creative publishing industry, IdN magazine's mission is to amplify and unify the design community in Asia-Pacific and other parts of the world.
Each IdN issue gives out Cutting-edge news and in-depth features on the biggest names in the design industry, with a special focus on graphic design, motion graphics and interactive media. IdN comes with a FREE two-hour DVD containing interviews with international designers, award-winning motion graphics, charming TV commercials. Providing interactions with the magazine, bring readers not only plane visual sensation but dimensional viual and audio stimulation. On top of the belief 'high quality print magazine will never be substituted by online magazine', each IdN issue is printed on a minimum of seven different types of paper with special printing technique to reflect the different themes of the featured topics.

Kak Magazine (www.kak.ru)
www.kak.ru is devoted to design and designers. Web-site was launched in 2002 as internet page of the same name magazine [kAk), that deals with graphic design. In 2005 web-site was redesigned and restructured in order to become global web- resource about design (graphic, product, architectural, web, TV-design). It has daily updated news in the field of design, subject columns lead by Russian famous designers, detailed section devoted print magazine [kAk), etc.

Lino (www.linomagazine.com.au)
Conceived by Designers for the design conscious and now moving into its fifth year of publication, Lino is an internationally acclaimed, Australian and New Zealand contemporary design lifestyle magazine. Lino's mission is to produce a visually clean, photographically edgy and editorially influential publication.

Netdiver (www.netdiver.net)
Netdiver is a digital culture magazine and design portal. Devoted to tutoring, empowering and stimulating creativity as well as excellence in design projects by the international community involved in the industry and beyond.

Novum (www.novumnet.de)
Novum world of graphic design is a leading and influential design magazine, first published in 1924. Each month this bilingual journal presents its readers with examples of the very best in graphic design, illustration, photo design, new media, corporate design, advertising and typography.

Package and Design (www.package-design.net)
The Package & Design is the most influential professional design magazine in China. It covers graphic design, packaging design, brand identity and industrial design. The magazine has a history of 30 years. The circulation of the magazine is all over China, including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. As a professional periodical, promoting the exchange is our aim. By now, Package & Design has established good relations with designers from more than 40 countries and introduced their excellent works. It not only strengthens the exchanges between Chinese designers and foreign designers, also deeply makes mutual understanding.

Taxi (www.designtaxi.com)
TAXI Design Network is an international media design network. TAXI was the first Official Web Media for the international Singapore Design Festival and the Major Media Partner for Icograda Design Week in Seattle. Gravitating the world with its international professional readership, TAXI has its fingers on the pulse of the current trends and eyes on the latest cultures of the moving world with 10 million page views monthly. Creative industry players across the globe depend on it to improve their understanding, quality and approach to design.

The FWA (www.thefwa.com)
The FWA (Favourite Website Awards) is an industry recognised web award program, established in 2000, showcasing websites who use cutting edge technology, together with inspirational ideas, that lead the way for future generations. The FWA serves millions of visitors each year and is seen as the number one achievement for innovative web design.

Typo (www.magtypo.cz)
Typo is a unique magazine. The name Typo gives away the main focus of the magazine - typography, which is discussed from different points of view and with connection to other fields such as architecture, photography, social science and aesthetics. The magazine is published bi-monthly in English and Czech.

Zupi (www.zupi.com.br)
Zupi Magazine was created in order to show the best of Brazilian and world design and is the first Art & design magazine in Brazil. The company's philosophy isn't just to show or debate existent concepts, but to contribute to the growth of this market in Brazil and generate a worldwide interchange of ideas and tendencies. The target is the creative public formed by designers, art directors, web designers, illustrators, street artists, decorators, architects, stylists, photographers and everyone that loves art. ZUPI mag began its life with only 3000 printouts, that is exactly 5 times less than nowadays: 15,000 printouts per quarterly edition (February, May, August, November). Since the 6th edition, the magazine has English and Spanish translations and is ready to be exported. It is characterized by extremely high quality, sharp images, an "art book" concept, and other things that one must see for oneself. That is why it has 0% leftovers and is considered a collectors' item.