awards (selection)

1980 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Medal
in Gold, 3rd Triennial of the Deutsches
Plakat Museum, Essen, Germany

1983 Grand Prix, 5th International Poster
Biennial, Lahti, Finland

1987 First Prize, 5th Colorado International
Invitational Poster Exhibition,
Fort Collins, USA

1987 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Medals
in Gold, Silver and Bronze,
5th Triennial of the Deutsches Plakat
Museum, Essen, Germany

1987 Gold Medal and Icograda Excellence
Award, 7th International Poster Biennial,
Lahti, Finland

1987 Gold Medal, 4th International Advertising
Festival of New York

1988 Silver Medal and Merit Award,
Art Directors Club New York

1988 Bronze Medal, 8th International Biennial
of Graphic Design, Brno, Czech Republic

1989 First Prize, International Salon of
Film Posters, Muzeum Kinematografii,
Lódz, Poland

1990 Icograda Excellence Award,
9th International Biennial of Graphic
Design, Brno, Czech Republic

1990 Silver Medal, Art Directors Club
for Germany

1991 Bronze Medal, 9th International Poster
Biennial, Lahti, Finland

1991 Silver Medal, Art Directors Club
for Germany

1991 Award, Die schönsten deutschen Bücher,
Stiftung Buchkunst, Frankfurt am Main

1991 Honorable Mention, Art Directors Club
of Europe, Paris

1992 First Prize and Prize of the International
Press, Internationale Litfaß-Kunst
Biennale, Munich

1993 Award for Highest Design Quality,
German Prize for Communication
Design, Design Center North-Rhine
Westphalia, Essen Germany

1994 Gold Medal, Art Directors Club
of Europe, Paris

1994 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Medals
in Silver and 2 in Bronze, 7th Triennial
of the Deutsches Plakat Museum,
Essen, Germany

1995 Grand Prix,
German Prize for Communication
Design (today's red dot award),
Design Center North-Rhine Westphalia,
Essen, Germany

1996 Gold Medal, 17th International Biennial
of Graphic Design, Brno, Czech Republic

1996 Silver Medal, Festival d'Affiches de
Chaumont, France

1996 Golden Bee Award, Moscow International
Biennial of Graphic Design

1997 Bronze Medal, 7. Triennale international
de l'affiche politique Mons, Belgium

1998 Silver Medal, Art Directors Club New York

1998 Silver- and Bronze Medal, Art Directors
Club for Germany

1999 Bronze Medal, Art Directors Club
for Germany

2000 Silver- and Bronze Medal, International
Poster Biennial Taipei 2000

2001 2 red dot awards: Communication Design
for Highest Design Quality, Design Center
North-Rhine Westphalia, Essen, Germany

2001 Grand Prix, 13th International Poster
Biennial, Lahti, Finland

2001 Silver Medal, 2nd International Poster
Exhibition Ningbo, China

2002 Silver Medal, International Poster
Biennial, Warsaw

2003 Jury Award, 1st China International
Poster Biennial, Hangzhou

2004 Golden Bee Award, Moscow International
Biennial of Graphic Design

2004 Special Prize, 2nd Korea International
Poster Biennale

2005 Design Prize of the State of North-Rhine
Westphalia, Germany

2005 Judges' Special Award, Taiwan International
Poster Design Award, Taipei

2006 Gold Medal, International Poster
Biennial, Warsaw

2006 Honourable Diploma
for the outstanding contribution to
the development of Graphic Design of
the U.N. Council for Public Awards

2006 Five Star Award, Five Star Designers´
Banquet, International Invitational
Poster Biennial, Osaka

2007 Bronze Medal, 9. Triennale international
de l'affiche politique Mons, Belgium

2008 Golden Bee Award, Moscow International
Biennial of Graphic Design

2008 First Prize, International Exhibition
Ekoplagát, Slovakia

2009 Lauri Tarasti Award, 17th International
Poster Biennial Lahti, Finland

2009 Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig,
Germany (Lifetime Award)

2009 Bronze Prize, The 9th International
Triennial in Toyama, Japan

2009 Third Prize, The 4th Block,
VII International Triennial of Eco-Posters
Kharkiv, Ukraine

2010 First Prize, Colorado International
Invitational Poster Exhibition,
Fort Collins, USA

2011 Grafia Tapani Aartomaa Prix,
18th International Poster Biennial Lahti, Finland

2011 Bronze Medal, China International
Poster Biennial, Hangzhou, China

2012 Golden Bee Award, Moscow International
Biennial of Graphic Design

2013 Jan Lenica Award for outstanding personal
achievements in poster art of the
National Museum in Poznan, Poland

2013 Design Prize of the Federal Republic
of Germany for the lifework, Berlin

2013 Honorary Diploma for unique contributions
to development of graphic design,
Academy of Graphic Design, Moscow

2014 Second Prize, Bienal Internacional del
Cartel en México, México City

2017 Golden Bee Award, Moscow Global
Biennale of Graphic Design

2021 2 Awards, International Poster Triennial
Toyama, Japan

2022 Excellent Award of the Type Directors Club New York