HONORS

HABITAT DESIGN AWARDS

2023 | Habitat Design Awards - Jury Member – Karl Rowley was a member of the jury for the 2023 Habitat Design Awards, category Visual Identity (Prix Habitat Design 2023), recognizing excellence for branding in the real estate market. This state wide contest is held each year in the province of Québec, Canada.

THE BEST BRAND AWARDS

2020 | Award of Excellence – Karl Rowley designed the first brand logo for DDFD Dominic Dufort Fashion Designer, based in Los Angeles. The logo design won an Award of Excellence at the 2020 edition of The Best Brand Awards, an international competition honoring the concept and design of brands from all over the world by rewarding designers, agencies and companies every year.

POSTER FOR TOMORROW

2020 | Fake News Project – Karl Rowley's poster, designed especially for the contest, was shortlisted during the Fake News project, an international competition run by the non-profit organization Poster for Tomorrow based in France.

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL ULYSSES AWARD

2011 | United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) — The Accessible Road, an initiative by Kéroul to promote tourism for the handicapped, was conferred the Ulysses Award by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in Vilamoura, Portugal, in June of 2011. Karl Rowley created and designed the travel guide and marketing collateral, and he was Kéroul's first partner when it all started in 2008 as a travel map that he personally created. This special project eventually evolved into an internationally acclaimed initiative that ultimately won this honor. Karl Rowley is still collaborating with Kéroul on many projects, including the overhauled version of this award-winning platform.

EDUCATION MINISTER PRIZES

2009 | Minister of Education, Government of Québec — Karl Rowley designed and animated dozens of educational online games for his client the Collegial Centre for Educational Materials Development (CCDMD), for which two of them won the Québec Education Minister’s awards in 2009 and gained mainstream recognition in the Canadian educational market.

BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM

2005 | Montreal World Film Festival — Karl Rowley designed the movie poster and marketing material for Ladies and Gentlemen, an award-winning short film that had a successful run in theatres worldwide and was invited to official competitions in North American and European festivals, including the prestigious FIPA international festival in Biarritz, France. As the opening film of the Montreal World Film Festival in 2005, it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.

BEST CULTURE DOCUMENTARY

2004 | Canadian Gemini Awards — As a graphic designer for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Karl Rowley created the movie poster for The Cabinet of Doctor Ferron, a feature length documentary that won the Gemini Award for Best Documentary in 2004, a recognition by the Canadian Academy of Cinema & Television, analogous to the Emmy Awards (USA) or the BAFTA Awards (UK).