Andrew Wee won 2nd prize in international logo design contest

Architecture stude bags 2nd prize in international logo design contest

A fourth-year architecture student bagged the second prize in the international logo design contest for the 1st World Olympiad in Urban Design-2009 (WOUD 2009). Andrew Wee, an industrial engineer currently enrolled in the architecture program, bested hundreds of other entries.

He recently returned from Tehran, Iran, where he joined the first prize winner, Senih Cavosuglu of Cyprus, in the awarding ceremony held July 15, 2007 at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art graced by the Vice-President of Iran, Esfandiar Rahim-Moshaee. Wee got a roundtrip ticket to attend the ceremony, a trophy, and a cash price of $5,000.

Wee, (fourth from left) together with Esfandiar Rahim-Moshaee, the Vice-President of Iran; the governor of Fars Province; Cavosuglu; and a UN-HABITAT representative.

Under the sponsorship of UN Habitat, the 1st World Olympiad in Urban Design will be held in Iran next year and is spearheaded by the International Art and Architecture Research Association. The objective of the event is to enhance the quality of urban spaces in cities around the world, under the slogan "Creativity for Urban Sustainability". Part of the preparations for this world event was the logo design contest.

The winning logo designed by Wee.

This is not the first time that Wee has won in an international logo contest. Although not a Fine Arts major, he has also won as a finalist in the Asia-Europe Meeting logo competition held in Singapore in 2004 and in the Nagoya Design Competition held in Nagoya, Japan also that same year.

Congratulations!

Author: J.E. Bersales
25 / July / 2007