In further industry news, the Applied Arts have announced the 2010 Photography and Illustration Design Awards.

Check out the Photography and Illustration award sections. 

The best reward for doing a social marketing campaign is seeing behaviour change in response. After launching our "Don't be sick” campaign, we were thrilled every time we saw a Yukoner sneeze into their elbow. Equally thrilling and fantastic is winning the Design Edge Regional Design Awards for the same campaign in two categories: advertising design – print, and advertising design – outdoor.

Remember last winter living with the threat of H1N1 and the unending variety of colds and flus? Working with our client, Health and Social Services, we developed a practical and non-threatening strategy to encourage Yukoners to take action to protect themselves. Our concept consisted of pairing a simple directive (Don't be sick) with a sickly but lovable character who communicated what not to do during cold and flu season, while consistently presenting 3 simple steps (wash your hands, sneeze into your elbow, clean shared surfaces) as an antidote to the spread of colds and flus. Did it work? We have two awards that say so, and we still see Yukoners sneezing into their elbows.

Aasman was also a finalist in the logo category for an identity design for the Old Log Church Museum.

The Design Edge contest received nearly 500 entries from across Canada, and a total of 142 finalists were chosen. Of these finalists, 58 winners were chosen. View the gallery of finalists and winners.

Yellowknife based Up Here magazine won Magazine of the Year at the National Magazine Awards this month. Acclaimed for being the magazine that most consistently engages, surprises and serves the needs of its readers, the judges described Up Here as "distinctive, fresh and unpredictable with engaging and accessible content that crosses both disciplinary and geographical boundaries. Its commitment and passion are very evident—and contagious."

A few other mentionables include:

- Best Magazine Cover: for Report on Business, art directed by Domenic Macri, designed by Julie Dickson

- Illustration: Roxanna Bikadoroff for "Floating Like the Dead" in Vancouver Review.

- Website of the year: dogsincanada.com A lighthearted-feeling site with enticing puppy videos and piles of easy to find information, all about dogs

- Best visual design in web: lametropole.com Slick and cool without being convoluted, this site is all in French if you're looking for news that way.

- Best art direction for an entire issue: Janine Vangool for the launch issue of Uppercase, Spring '09. I'm particularity excited about this new magazine because it's all about making, curating and publishing visual culture.

For the complete list of winners, visit the National Magazine Awards website.