Awards
TICS has won more than a hundred awards in recognition of its superior editing, design, production and strategic capabilities.
Pearl Awards
The Pearl Awards recognize design, editorial and strategic initiatives for B2B and consumer branded custom content initiatives.
2009 Winners
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DIGITAL
Best Interactive Tool
Gold: Gillette Facial Styler
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DIGITAL
Best Web Feature or Article
Gold: Gillette Grooming Glossary
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DIGITAL
Best Launch or Relaunch
Gold: Prilosec/OTC Stopheartburn.com
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DIGITAL
Best Blog
Bronze: Asics
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DESIGN
Best Cover
Bronze: Parks Magazine
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DESIGN
Best Overall Design
Gold: Parks Magazine
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DESIGN
Best Use of Illustration
Bronze: All Animals
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EDITORIAL
Best Feature Article / Package
Gold: Proto Magazine
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EDITORIAL
Best Feature Article / Package
Bronze: NYSE Magazine
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EDITORIAL
Best Overall Editorial
Silver: Proto Magazine
2008 Winners
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DESIGN
Best Overall Design
Gold: Gillette: The Best a Man Can Get
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DESIGN
Best Overall Design
Silver: Proto
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DESIGN
Best Tie-In With Corporate Marketing Campaign
Bronze: AT&T Mobility Magazine
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DESIGN
Best Best Opening Spread
Gold: All Animals, "Dangerous Waters," Winter 2008
EDITORIAL
Best Feature Article/Package
Silver: All Animals, "Dangerous Waters," Winter 2008
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DESIGN
Best Use of Illustration
Bronze: proto, "Shoot the Messenger," Winter 2008
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EDITORIAL
Best Feature Article/Package
Bronze: NYSE Magazine, "Lighting the Way," Q4 2007
2007 Winners
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DESIGN
Best New Publication / Magazine
Gold: Proto, Massachusetts General Hospital
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DESIGN
Best Tie with Other Corporate Marketing Objectives
Silver: Beyond Rewards, Merrill Lynch
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DESIGN
Best Cover
Gold: Proto, Massachusetts General Hospital
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DESIGN
Best Overall Design
Gold: Dialogue, Metaldyne
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EDITORIAL
Best Special Feature
Silver: All Animals, The Humane Society of the United States
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STRATEGY
Best Achievement of Corporate Objectives – Business to Consumer
Gold: Proto, Massachusetts General Hospital
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STRATEGY
Best Proof of Return on Investment
Gold: Total Rewards Magazine, Harrah's Entertainment
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STRATEGY
Best Proof of Return on Investment
Bronze: My Ford, Ford Motor Company
Mercury Excellence Awards
Mercury Excellence Awards which is an international competition honoring outstanding achievement in professional communications.
2009 Winners
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Silver: NYSE Magazine (NYSE Euronext)
Category: Magazines: Executive, Fourth Quarter 2008
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Silver: Total Rewards (Harrah's Entertainment)
Category: Custom Publications: Casinos, Winter 2008, G/03
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Silver: Epilepsy Advocate (UCB - The Epilepsy Company)
Category: Custom Publications: Pharmaceutical/Health, 2008 Volume 8
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Bronze: Real People Real Stories (Geico)
Category: Brochures: Custom Published Auto Insurance
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Bronze: My Ford (Ford)
Category: Custom Publications: Automobiles, Spring 2008
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Bronze: Total Rewards (Harrah's Entertainment)
Category: Custom Publications: Casinos, Summer 2008
Tabbie Awards (TABPI)
2009 Winners
The 2009 Tabbie Awards (Trade, Association and Business Publications International) featured just shy of 500 entries, with nominations coming from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia, France, China, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Germany and India. Judges were once again impressed by the quality of the submissions.
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PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Editorial: Feature, "One Town's Treasure"
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Gold: PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Design: Feature Design, "Claire's Knee"
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Honorable Mention: NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
Design: Front Cover, Special Issue, "NYSE CEO Report"
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Fortune Small Business
Design: Opening Page or Spread, "Badlands"
2008 Winners
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Gold: NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
Opening Page or Spread: "Biotech Revolution," Fourth Quarter 2007
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Gold: NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
Special Section: "Developing the Future," First Quarter 2007
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Honorable Mention: PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Front Cover Illustration: Winter 2007
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Placed in top 25 (#13): PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Best Cover: Fall 2007
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Placed in top 25 (#17): PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Opening Page or Spread: "The Body in Pain"
Ozzie Awards
For design excellence in the custom-published magazines category, sponsored by Folio magazine.
2009 Winners
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Gold: PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Best Cover, Association/Non Profit: Winter 2009
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Gold: PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Best Use of Illustration, Association/Non-Profit: "Filling the Gap", July 2008
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Gold: PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Best Use of Typography, B-to-B: "The Sociable Robot", Winter 2009
2008 Winner
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Bronze: ALL ANIMALS (Humane Society of the United States)
Best Use of Illustration: "Meet the Brain Trust", April 2008
2007 Winners
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Bronze: BEST (Gillette)
Best Design: June 2007
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Bronze: PARKS (National Park Foundation)
Best Overall Design: Fall 2007
2006 Winners
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Gold: PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Best Design, New Magazine: Nonprofit/Association
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Gold: NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
Best Feature Design: "Audacious Pharmacology", Jan/Feb 2006
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Gold: DIALOGUE (Metaldyne)
Best Supplemental Annual or one-shot
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Bronze: NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
Best Use of Digital Imagery: "Balancing Brands", March/April 2006
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Gold: PARKS (National Park Foundation)
New Magazine Design: Nonprofit/Association, Summer 2006
Wisconsin Printing Industry Awards (WPIA)
Awarded to TICS Production department
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MY FORD (Ford)
Customization/Personalization and Variable Print on Demand
Pewter Award
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PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Special Magazine Category
Art Directors Club Of Metropolitan Washington Awards
This branch of the Art Director's Club focuses on trade publications and brochures from various design studios and custom publishers.
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DIALOGUE (Metaldyne)
Cover/jacket, Issue #2
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NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
Cover/jacket, CEO Agenda
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PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Cover/jacket, Winter 2006
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NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
Feature spread design, Audacious Pharmacology
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ALL ANIMALS (Humane Society of the United States)
Feature spread design, Caution Wildlife Crossing
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DIALOGUE (Metaldyne)
Feature spread design, Kinetic Sculpture, Won Silver at the evening gala
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PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Feature spread design, That's Some Pig
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PURSUITS (Citigroup)
Illustration, Unreasonable Doubt
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PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Entire issue, Winter 2006
Gallery of Superb Printing Competition
The Printing Excellence award is determined by three factors, Design, Printing and Technique. There were more than 3,000 entrants, and only 14 received gold awards.
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DIALOGUE (Metaldyne)
Gold award for printing excellence
Art Directors Club of New Jersey Awards
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ADVISOR (Merrill Lynch)
Certificate for editorial design: cover design
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ADVISOR (Merrill Lynch)
Certificate for editorial design: magazine article: trade or consumer
Society of Publication Designers (SPD) Awards
SPD encourages artistic excellence by judging annually the work of thousands of design professionals in the United States and abroad.
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PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Merit award: Fall 2007 Cover (Design category)
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PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Merit award: Winter 2007 Cover (Illustration category)
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PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Merit award: Winter 2007 Spread (Illustration category)
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PARKS (National Park Foundation)
Merit award: Fall 2007 Cover (Design category)
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DIALOGUE (Metaldyne)
Merit award: design for opening spread
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PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Merit award: cover
Apex Awards
APEX Awards are based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the ability to achieve overall communications excellence. APEX Grand Awards honor the outstanding works in each main category, while APEX Awards of Excellence recognize exceptional entries in each of the sub-categories.
2009 Winners
TICS received 7 wins from the APEX Awards which recognizes publication excellence. A total of 100 APEX Grand Awards were presented in 11 major categories to honor the outstanding works in those categories.
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PARKS (National Park Foundation)
GRAND AWARD 2009: Magazines & Journals
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NYSE CEO REPORT - Q3 2008 (New York Stock Exchange)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2009: Magazines & Journals - Print Over 32 Pages
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VERA BRADLEY MAGAZINE - Winter 2008 (Vera Bradley)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2009: Member and Customer Materials
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MY FORD - Spring 2008 (Ford)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2009: Magazines & Journals - Design & Layout
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TD AMERITRADE (Ford)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2009: Financial & Investment Materials
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EPILEPSY ADVOCATE (UCB - The Epilepsy Company)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2009: Health & Medical Materials
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ALL ANIMALS - Spring 2008 (Humane Society of the United States)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2009: Covers
2008 Winners
With close to 4,500 entries, competition was exceptionally intense. 120 Grand Awards were presented to honor outstanding work in all of 11 major categories, with 1,393 Awards of Excellence recognizing exceptional entries in 110 subcategories.
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MY FORD - Special Issue (Ford)
GRAND AWARD 2008: One-of-a-Kind Publications
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VERA BRADLEY MAGAZINE - Winter 2008 (Vera Bradley)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2008: Magazines & Journals - Print Over 32 Pages
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BEST - Winter 2008 (Gillette)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2008: Magazines & Journals - Design & Layout
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PROTO - "Claire's Knee" - Winter 2008 (Vera Bradley)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2008: Photography
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ALL ANIMALS - Winter 2008 (Humane Society of the United States)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2008: Best Redesigns
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ENLIGHTENED INVESTOR - Winter 2008 (TD Ameritrade)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2008: New Magazines & Journals
2007 Winners
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PARKS (National Park Foundation)
GRAND AWARD 2007: Magazines and Journals — For Profit
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MERCER WELLNESS (Mercer HR)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2007: Newsletters — Web & Electronic
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ALL ANIMALS (Humane Society of the United States)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2007: Custom Published Magazines & Journals
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PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2007: Custom Published Magazines & Journals
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PARKS (National Park Foundation)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2007: Custom Published Magazines & Journals
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NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2007: Custom Published Magazines & Journals
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PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2007: Feature Writing
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NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 2007: Best Redesign
Eddie Award Winner
The Eddie Awards recognize excellence in editorial content.
2008 Winner
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Silver: NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
Single Article, "Lighting the Way" Q4 2008
2007 Winner
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Bronze: ALL ANIMALS (The Humane Society of the United States)
Association/Non-profit - Single Article "American Tragedy," Spring 2007
Gold Ink Awards
The Gold Ink Awards competition, now going into its 20th year, has earned the reputation for attracting the highest quality of work from printing professionals throughout North America.
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Gold: PROTO (Massachusetts General Hospital)
