The 2018 Awards Ceremony
We sipped bubbly beverages, mingled with dataviz celebrities, noshed on Shortlist Cookies, and enjoyed a memorable evening honoring fantastic designers from all over the world.
:: View all of the 2018 Winners
The Awards were presented by Information is Beautiful founder David McCandless, alongside guest presenters Stefanie Posavec & Giorgia Lupi (Most Beautiful winners in 2015 with Dear Data), Thu-Huong Ha (Gold winner in 2017 with How do you draw a circle?), Nick Nyhan (Chief Digital Officer, Kantar), Miriam Quick (Silver winner in 2017 with OddityViz), Alan Smith (Data Visualization Editor for the Financial Times) & Aleksei Novichkov (Gold winner in 2017 with 1812: When Napoleon Ventured East & Head of Infographic Studio at TASS Russian News Agency).
Cookies featuring images from this year's Shortlist - almost too pretty to eat (but we managed it).
All smiles accepting the Silver award in Maps, Places & Spaces for Italia: The Airship Crash Chronicle
The Angel Orensanz Foundation provided a stunning venue for our festive evening.
Lauren Leatherby with the Gold award for Here's How America Uses Its Land, alongside Mira Rojanasakul holding the Bronze trophy for Elected Leaders Are Making the World Less Democratic.
Pedro M. Cruz & Felipe Shibuya accepting the Most Beautiful award for Simulated Dendrochronology of U.S. Immigration 1790-2016.
Thank you to our sponsor Kantar & everyone who made this evening a wonderful success. It was a beautiful year for dataviz.
