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Kan & Lau Design Consultants Design Alliance, Hong Kong, China Freeman was born 1958 in Hong Kong. Since 1984, Freeman has won over 200 awards in overseas and local art and design competitions. They include Silver Award in the International Book Design Exhibition '89, Leipzig Germany; the Apple Distinction Award and Gold Award in Hong Kong Designers Association Biennial; Bronze Award in Typodirection '93 in Tokyo; Gold Award in Mercury Award 1993, New York; Grand Prize in the 3rd Seoul Triennale Exhibition of Asian Graphic Poster 1997, Korea; Outstanding Graphic Designer - the Louis Cartier Award of Excellence in 1995; Artist of the Year 1997 as Graphic Designer awarded by the Hong Kong Artists' Guild; Ten Outstanding Young Persons 1997; Porsche Design "Creative Energy" Award 1998; Golden Bee Awards 2000, Moscow; the Singapore Design Award 2000; Grand Prix of the International Poster Biennial, Taipei 2000; Grandprix (The Mayor of Nagahama Prize) of the Japan Poster Grandprix 2000; and "Outstanding PolyU Alumni Award 2001", organised by the Federation of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Alumni Associations. In 2001, Freeman was invited to participate in the poster design competition of the "Beijing's Bid for the 2008 Olympic Games". His design was awarded First Prize and was produced as an official promotional medium. Subsequently, the poster design also won the Best Sport Poster in Lahti Poster Biennale 2001, Finland. |
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