The European Newspaper Awards for 2006 have been announced and DeMorgen, designed by Garcia Media, has been selected the best designed newspaper in Europe, and “the most innovative,” according to the judges.
Mario Garcia Sr., who worked as chief design architect for the project, was assisted by Christian Fortanet, of Garcia Media Spain, working closely together with Martin Huisman, art director.
“Here is a case of newspaper managers who wanted to truly innovate, and go beyond what is routinely done. The fact that there was a new press, capable of printing color on every page, with clarity and wonderful resolution, gave us the impetus to try this approach which I call “wallpapering”, in which many of the pages are colorized
totally,” Garcia said.