KIND awarded European Agency of the Year!

European Design Awards has named KIND as the best agency in Europe – the most creatively successful agency of the continent. To win the top accolade ‘European Agency of the year’ is a real achievement, were the competitors are all the top agencies in Europe. In addition to the European Agency of the Year award, KIND has also been awarded two gold, and one silver in the categories Brand logo, Integrated Identity Applications and Food & Beverage Packaging.

‘The 13th edition of the European Design Awards has seen a record number of submissions, and the quality of design work in Europe is extremely high. KIND have a unique approach to emotional brand building, and have proven that they can deliver amazing conceptual work. By showing an exceptional strong position in the branding market, they managed to conquer the top spot for 2019’, according to Demetrios Fakinos (Director/Partner, European Design Awards).

KIND is the first Scandinavian agency ever to win the award

This title has been awarded to Europe’s best agencies each year, and it is the first time in the European Design Awards history that the top price is given to an agency from the Scandinavian countries.

‘KIND works with a holistic approach to brand building, with a strong focus on emotional branding, for our market-leading clients worldwide. We have proven through strategically anchored design and creativity that we can create long-term competitive advantages for our clients. The fact that our work is seen and rewarded by Europe's elite design journalists and critics is a great honor. To receive the award as the best agency in Europe, is a great recognition not only for us at KIND, but for Scandinavian design in general. This lines up with our ambition to be the leading branding agency in the world’, says Tom Emil Olsen (Founder and Director of KIND).

The European Design Awards
A European community of excellence

The European Design Awards, also known as the ED-Awards, are annual awards presented to European designers for outstanding work in the communication design field. Since 2007 a group of people, made out of publishers, journalists, editors and academics, come together on a yearly basis, to gather, evaluate and acknowledge the best examples of communication design in our continent.

It is a very special and unique set up, in the sense that it involves the people who curate similar content on an everyday basis. As such it also provides participants with an opportunity to make their work visible to a wider audience (through the media that the jury members represent).

The European Design Awards wraps up with a festival in a different city every year, leading up to the awards ceremony. This creates an ideal opportunity for the most creative people of our community to come together, benchmark, be inspired and celebrate.

Judged by Europe’s leading design critics and journalists

The judges are experienced design journalists and critics from all over Europe. The ED-Awards is different from other design awards schemes in that the jury is not made up of designers, but of design journalists and critics – people who see and judge work for a living. The jury consists of fifteen representatives from high-profile European design magazines.

European Design Agency of the year

The top accolade in the ED-Awards is every time, the distinction bestowed upon the most creatively successful agency of the continent. This title is awarded to Europe’s best agencies each year, and this year the talented and ambitious branding agency Kind is the undisputed winner.

Each year's results are announced during a ceremony which is hosted in a different European city. This year, the European Design Awards ceremonies (and accompanying events) were held in Warsaw, Poland.

The official announcement of the winners took place in Warsaw’s Nowy Teatr on Saturday the 8th June. Parallel to the ceremony as it always happens, a rich programme of events made a visit to Warsaw worthwhile. This time, the programme is co-organized with the Polish Graphic Design Awards and the well established Element Talks conference.