PRINT Awards 2026: McSweeney's Issue 80, One Design Company and Tarek Atrissi Design Take Top Honors
The 2026 PRINT Awards recognized McSweeney's Issue 80 with the prestigious Best in Show accolade, celebrating its exceptional craftsmanship and creative design. This oversized edition, crafted as a three-ring binder, features contributions from Adrian Tomine, Yiyun Li, Pip Adam, Chris Ames, Lucy Corin, and Brittany Newell, as well as excerpts by Kevin Moffett and Akhim Alexis. Chicago's One Design Company was awarded Studio of the Year, achieving nine winning entries, including Watermelon Pictures. Tarek Atrissi Design received the Editor's Choice for the exhibition From Bauhaus to Mecca at Design Museum Den Bosch, which highlighted architect Dr. Bodo Rasch's work alongside emerging Middle Eastern designers, presenting over 200 models and a significant geometric sculpture representing "Mecca."
Key facts
- McSweeney's Issue 80, published in San Francisco, won Best in Show at the 2026 PRINT Awards
- The eightieth issue is designed as an oversized three-ring binder containing seven separate book art objects
- Contributors include Adrian Tomine, Yiyun Li, Pip Adam, Chris Ames, Lucy Corin, Brittany Newell, Kevin Moffett, Akhim Alexis, Katrina Dodson, Anelise Chen, Steven Dunn and Molly McGhee
- Chicago-based One Design Company was named Studio of the Year with nine winning entries across eight categories and four First Place honors
- Editor's Choice went to From Bauhaus to Mecca, designed by Tarek Atrissi Design
- Design Museum Den Bosch in the Netherlands commissioned the exhibition concept and design for a 2025–2026 show
- The exhibition features more than 200 models, drawings, photographs and objects by architect Dr. Bodo Rasch
- Rasch moved from Germany to Saudi Arabia and designed for the Hajj in Mecca and Medina
Entities
Artists
- Adrian Tomine
- Yiyun Li
- Pip Adam
- Chris Ames
- Lucy Corin
- Brittany Newell
- Kevin Moffett
- Akhim Alexis
- Katrina Dodson
- Anelise Chen
- Steven Dunn
- Molly McGhee
- Tarek Atrissi
- Bodo Rasch
Institutions
- PRINT Magazine
- PRINT Awards
- McSweeney's
- One Design Company
- Tarek Atrissi Design
- Design Museum Den Bosch
- Eisner Awards
- Pulitzer Prize
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- National Book Award
- Stephen Dixon Award
- PEN Translation Prize
- National Magazine Award
Locations
- San Francisco
- United States
- Chicago
- Illinois
- Barcelona
- Spain
- Netherlands
- Saudi Arabia
- Mecca
- Medina
- Germany