European Magazine Award 2023 Winners

European Magazine of the Year

Annabelle
Medienart Annabelle
Zürich

For decades, annabel has produced outstanding pictures, following aesthetics beyond classical publications for women. A good example is the special edition (#16), dedicated to the role of motherhood: accessible and affecionate cover design, perfect composition of in-depth features and picture stories, relevant topics. A benchmark for contemporary zeitgeist.

European Newcomer of the Year

BL8D
Tallinn

The publication leaves conventions of lifestyle or fashion magazines behind in order to stand up against war by using artistic methodes. An ambitious project which truly deserves recognition.

Special Award of the Year

Språktidningen
Vetenskapsmedia
Stockholm

The magazine focuses on language and employs its unique craftwork: diversified, colourful and lively.

Politics & Society

Beobachter 10, 12 and 17/2022
Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz
Zürich

The magazine demonstrates impressively how design supports content. Excellent infographics, proper visual approach, conveying a lot of know-how.

Politics & Society

Der Pragmaticus 08/2022
Der Pragmaticus Verlag
Schaan

Der Pragmaticus is a platform for debates and discussions based on a cognizable political provenience. Properly done, with good pictures and graphic pieces. Launching projects of this shape and quality, with some investment involved in challenging times, can be stated as truly brave. The cover of issue 08/2022 is impressive: The globe as a contracting balloon, with the first people falling down.

Politics & Society

Annabelle 16/2022
Medienart Annabelle AG
Zürich

Beautiful monothematic issue. Diverse perspectives. Proper design, large-size pictures, wonderful aesthetics.

Economy

Rocketeer Magazin
pd next
Augsburg

Rocketeer addreses a young and entertaining audience. Beyond other aspects, the jury praises the use of colour. This magazine is funny, playful and fits to its target group.

Economy

WirtschaftsWoche
Handelsblatt GmbH
Düsseldorf

Very good implementation of economical subjects by the design involved. The jury finds the integration of infographics remarkable.

Lifestyle, Fashion & Beauty

Caminada. Das Magazin.
Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz
Zürich
The first and only personality magazine in Switzerland. All about success, culinary art, life, lifestyle and arts. Stunning layout and photography, high volume, good contents.

Lifestyle, Fashion & Beauty

Rum Ute
It is media Svenska AB
Stockholm
Rum Ute is the garden magazine that sticks out its chin with a different approach to the subject. Restrained and elegant design. Good mix of initiated expert advice from landscape architects and innovative features.

Lifestyle, Fashion & Beauty

Arts & Collections
Damson Media
London

Special and distinctive approach to timeless luxury and arts collections. Excellent design, professional presentation.

Lifestyle, Fashion & Beauty

Odalisque Magazine
Enskede

A lifestyle magazine of its own: unique and surprising presentation. Odalisque shows a self-contained aspiration beyond the usual lifestyle magazines and uses independent imagery.

Special Interest

Modern Psykologi
Stockholm

The Swedish magazine takes the scientific nucleus of its subjects seriously but presents the content easily to access.

Special Interest

LECKER Kids
Bauer Food Experts KG
Hamburg

This cooking magazine’s spin-off addresses parents and kids in a unique way. The charming and successful presentation of food and healthy nutrition is supported by a strong layout, an audience-adequate use of pictures and a festive explosion of colour.

Special Interest

Språktidningen
Vetenskapsmedia
Stockholm

The popular Swedish magazine manages to stage a difficult, abstract and rather unpopular subject in an attractive way: language. Constantly, it continues to explore new aspects of this subject and takes them into everyday discourse.

Indie

Standart
Nitra
Coffeetable magazine with unique imagery and design language. Very professional photography. A perfect fit of subject, audience and design, attractive for advertising clients.

Indie

Outdoor Swimmer Magazine
Cheltenham

Cool pictures full of vitality and lust for life. Niche topic, but high circulation. By design and imagery, the magazine draws attention to swimming and meets the demands of its community.

Magazine Relaunch

MADAME
Looping Group
Munich

After having changed to Looping Group, the established and traditional women and fashion magazine manages to appear with a new look – younger, fresher, bolder – while, at the same time, to keep its brand core.

Magazine Relaunch

Rolling Pin
Rolling Pin Media GmbH
Graz

The publication addresses coocks and gastronomy professionals. By using a bold design, stunning pictures and unexpected topics, Rolling Pin presents craft as arts. After the relaunch, the magazine appears even fresher an more accessible.

Infographic

WirtschaftsWoche
Handelsblatt GmbH
Düsseldorf

The jury praises the clear and reduced style of the infographic rubric which is a firm part of the magazine. The page conveys a subject at one glance.

Infographic

Plastik wie Sand im Meer
Krone-Verlag
Wien

Addressing a large audience, the infographic piece presents a complex issue at one glance but informatively and in detail.

Infographic

FOCUS 15/2022
Hubert Burda Media
München

The graphic on the Great Barrier Riff is outstanding: lively, surprising, unusual and full of details.

Photography – Portrait

Stuttgarter Zeitung Magazin
TAOS
München
Excellent and skilled photography.

Photography – Portrait

Interview by Ringier
Ringier Axel Springer
Zürich

Interesting imagery. The concept is based on portraits and Q&A. High ambition in terms of the people portrayed. Exclusive photography, photographers well chosen.

Photography – Portrait

Annabelle 4/2022
Medienart Annabelle AG
Zürich

Good choice of portraits. Handicapped people are not portrayed as victims, as it is so often the case, but as independent and self-confident.

Photography – Sequence

Monocle
London

The magazine publishes high-class picture-driven features regularly. Monocle conceptually relies on this genre, which is becoming rare in magazine journalism.

Cover Concept

Stuttgarter Zeitung Magazin
TAOS
München

Clever rejuvenation of the look. Highly recognizable and unique.

Cover Concept

PLAYBOY Germany Anniversary Issue
Kouneli Media
München

Elaborated and conceptually strong.

Cover Concept

KURIER freizeit
KURIER
Wien

Coherent cover concept.

Cover Concept

Modern Psykologi
Stockholm

Unusual and striking: Modern Psykologi’s covers make readers curious.

Cover Concept

Rolling Pin
Rolling Pin Media
Graz
Smart covers, non-typical for the segment, young, cool, appealing. The magazine presents gastronomy and cooking in a new and unique way.

Cover Concept

Focus Style
Hubert Burda Media
München

Considering Focus as a brand, this cover concept is surprising. Stunning photography, innovative idea.

Cover Concept

WirtschaftsWoche
Handelsblatt GmbH
Düsseldorf

Very strong covers. Clear and creative imagery, consequently employed and instantly recognizable. On the covers, the subject of an issue becommes immediately clear.

Cover Concept

Focus Gesundheit
Hubert Burda Media
München

Clear and consequent design idea, proper implementation.

Cover Concept

Arts & Collections
Damson Media
London

Strong cover based on a good concept. Highly recognizable.

Cover Concept

Electronic Sound
Pam Communications Ltd
Norwich

Interesting approach of visualizing the topic by reduced imagary. This works well with a special interest audience.

Cover Concept

Monocle #159
London

Extremely consequent and content-driven.

Cover One-shot

Beobachter #5
Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz
Zürich

Beobachter’s covers manage to hit the subject by a single motive. This one is funny and with non-expectable items.

Cover One-shot

Annabelle #16
Medienart Annabelle
Zürich

Strong, provocative, inartificial.

Cover One-shot

FOCUS #48
Hubert Burda Media
München

Small chancellor, big crisis: The cover conveys this well, using an unusual architectrue of typo. Somehow ageless.

Cover One-shot

WirtschaftsWoche #4
Handelsblatt GmbH
Düsseldorf
Very strong cover, exposing many levels of the subject. Current topic, extremly well implemented.

Cover One-shot

JRNY Travel Magazine #3
JRNY Magazine Limited
London

Clear design, emotionally appealing.

Cover One-shot

Odalisque Magazine Issue 11
Enskede

Appealing in terms of construction, motive and composition.

Cover One-shot

Ancient Origins Magazine: Cryptids #29
Stella Novus Ltd.
Dublin

Strong picture which works fine with the audience.

Cover One-shot

Outdoor Swimmer #63
Cheltenham

Brilliant cover, based on a strong concept.

Cover One-shot

BL8D #1
Tallinn

Attractive and unexpected cover design which is continued throughout the issue.

Cover One-shot

Rum Ute 1/2022
It is media Svenska AB
Stockholm

Contemporary, solid cover design.

Cover One-shot

Science Notes Magazin Wildnis
Tübingen

Kombining science topics and artificial style in a nice way.

Cover One-shot

Esquire #1 Winter 20/21
Hubert Burda Media
München

Appealing composition of the cover.

Cover One-shot

DATUM Magazin für Politik und Gesellschaft 10/2022
Satzbau Verlag
Wien

The illustration concept is very consequent, and so is the cover of issue 10/2022.

Cover One-shot

SUCCESS - Neue Arbeitswelt 4/2022
NÖ Pressehaus
St. Pölten

Very good idea how to visualize the issue’s main topic.

Illustration

Beobachter 13/2022
Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz
Zürich

A good solution how to illustrate a complicated topic: data protection issues.

Illustration

BL8D #1
Tallinn

A statement against war: The magazine supports its mission by an artistic design and illustration.

Illustration

Der Pragmaticus 08/2022
Der Pragmaticus Verlag
Schaan

Illustration on the world’s overpopulation: impressive and self-explanatory,

Illustration

Science Notes Magazin, No. 9, »Women«
Tübingen

For this issue, Science Notes consistantly relies on colorful illustraitions by Hélène Baum-Owoyele consistently, surprisingly and emotionalizing.

Typography

Interview by Ringier
Ringier Axel Springer
Zürich

The magazine uses typographic contrasts in a consistent way, providing variety and tension.

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

Stuttgarter Zeitung Magazin
TAOS
München

Short columns versus large features, stunning pictures followed by appealing illustrations. Typo is part of this game of permanant variety.

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

Triple A
TAOS
München

From the beginning to the end, the magazine invites its readers to exploring the contents. Almost every story becomes a piece of art.

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

KURIER freizeit
Wien

This is how storytelling works. In particular, the jury looked at two features: a weekend in Venice and a famous artist.

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

Fozzie Fanzine (Live.Magazine and #16)
Hansby Reis Communication AB
Landskrona

Impressive, with a passion for details and variety in boths examples. Very professional use of puctures.

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

BL8D #1
Tallinn

Art shows war, trying to understand how the Russian aggression in Ukraine could happen. A very strong idea.

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

Science Notes Magazin, No. 9, »Women«
Tübingen

Explaning female menstruation cycle in a diary format whith a clear imagery.

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

Apotheken Umschau (Rentner-BRAVO)
Wort & Bild Verlag
Baierbrunn

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

Apotheken Umschau (11A/2022)
Wort & Bild Verlag
Baierbrunn

Both entries are dedicated to the anniversary of the magazine, who’s readers are mostly senior citizens. The idea is to copy the famous youth magazine BRAVO which they used to read when they were young; therefore Apotheken Umschau has the nickname “pensioneers‘ BRAVO“.

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

annabelle 4/2022
Medienart Annabelle
Zürich

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

annabelle 8/2022
Medienart Annabelle
Zürich

A picture-driven story on the Ukraine war and a story about political participation of disabeled people in Switzerland: This editorial team knows how to tell stories in the context of highly sensitive subjects.

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

Focus Gesundheit
Hubert Burda Media
München

Waiting for a donor organ, the principle of a “green hospital“, and a story about how the human body processes enzymes: relevant and interesting stories, sensitively told and perfectly illustrated.

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

Revista BANG!
Grupo Saída de Emergência
Oeiras

An emotional journey through horror and fantasy – with everything involved what it needs.

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

Aufbau
JM Jüdische Medien AG
Zürich

A manner of storytelling which could not be clearer.

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

Djøfbladet AUG22
København

A compelling story itself (three young women founding a bakery on an island) – told in an impressive manner.

Storytelling: Feature, Report, Q&A

Monocle #153
London

Soldiers, NATO exercises, war technology, destroyed buildings: The way in which Monocle tells stories by using unexpected pictures without blood and dirt is remarkable.

Storytelling: Short Piece

Revista BANG! #32
Grupo Saída de Emergência
Oeiras

Impressive use of pictures, diverse picture formats, symmetrically presented: a very good spread.

Storytelling: Short Piece

Ancient Origins Magazine: Artifact World
Stella Novus Ltd.
Dublin

Explaining Pythagoras‘ cup: Copytext, picture and infographic reveal the context successfully.

Content Marketing (print)

IN 01/2022
Egger & Lerch | velcom
Wien

Science and technology explained properly and with a huge reach.

Content Marketing (print)

HandwerkBW – Das Magazin
TAOS
München

A brave and modern approach to reveal the context, using excellent photography and graphics.

Content Marketing (print)

THERMOMIX – Das Original
Bauer Media Group
Hamburg

Good example for successful customer retention. A food magazine which inspires its community by relevant topics and excellent photography.

Content Marketing (print)

das pellet
COPE Content Performance Group
Wien

The magazine deals with a topic which is not easy to reveal. Remarkable standard of photography and infographic.

Content Marketing (print)

Djøfbladet AUG22
København

Plausible concept: A naturalistic, authentic, young and cool magazine for the trade union.

European Digital Publishing Award 2023 Winners

European Digital Publishing Platform of the Year

Women on the Run
Sandy Bossier-Steuerwald
Kleinmachnow

The independent blog creates a collage of women from Ukraine, with an intimate perspective on a war that is often conveyed in the media from a male-dominated point of view and is intended to initiate a discourse on the promotion of democracy through refugee stories.

Digital Storytelling

Die Akte Synchronschwimmen
SRF News (srf.ch)
Zürich

Perfectly done website exposing a TV documentary about a problematic system of severe physical and psychological abuse in the Swiss synchronized swimming team.

Launch or Relaunch (digital)

INDUSTRIEMAGAZIN & more
WEKA Industrie Medien GmbH
Wien

From a website to a customer-centric platform: This piece of teamwork and deliberate project management sets the standards how to re-launch a digital presence to serve a B2B audience, says the jury.

Launch or Relaunch (digital)

Djøfbladet.dk
København

Djøfbladet.dk is a news site for the 108,000 members of the trade union Djøf and also functions as the digital hub for Djøfbladets newsletters, podcasts and the printed magazine.

Data Journalism

FUNKE Zentralredaktion Interaktiv
Berlin
Climate crisis, carbon budget

Stunning interactive 3D visualization based on own data analysis.

Podcast

Ne Dosis Wissen
Wort & Bild Verlag
Baierbrunn

A B2B podcast format for health professionals. The jury is convinced by the clear focus.

Podcast

Missing Magic Money
Hubert Burda Media
München

Within six episodes, the true crime feature by FOCUS reveals how hundreds of thousends bitcoins disapeared: investigative, dramatic, relevant.

Video

Vorarlberg Live
Russmedia Digital
Schwarzach

Vorarlberg LIVE is a video broadcast format of Russmedia which has been first introduced in November 2020 and is broadcasted on their Facebook and YouTube channel as well as their online news portals. The jury was impressed by proper implementation and huge reach.

Newsletter/Bulletin

freizeit.at / Kurier freizeit
Wien

Fresh design, remarkable opening rate – well done.

Business Model

RND OnePlatform
RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland
Hamburg

RND offers a cooperation model for regional publishers that bundles all relevant digital editorial, sales and marketing processes in one platform. Collaboration is an adequate model which enables smaller publishers to survive, states the jury.

User Engagement

Ländlepunkte x V+
Russmedia Digital
Schwarzach

This engagement tool to increases registration,conversion and retention.

User Engagement

Djøfbladet.dk
København

Beyond technical options of digital publishing, the case demonstrates how to create user engagement based on content ("The Worst Word").

Digital Corporate Publishing

Novartis live magazine
Novartis
Basel

Perfect implementation, using contemporary features of digital publishing.