Strategic brand and communication design consultancy, HKLM, picked up an incredible seven Silver Graphis Awards for a selection of annual reports it designed between 2010 and 2011 in the prestigious 2012 Graphis Awards programme.
 
Graphis is a New York-based, international journal of visual communications that celebrates outstanding examples of global design, advertising, photography and illustration through an annual awards initiative. Although HKLM has featured in the awards programme for the past four years, this was the first year that the agency walked away with such an impressive number of accolades.
 
“We’re very pleased with our recent wins!” says Paul Kirsten, COO and one of the founders at HKLM. “We’re very proud of our achievements, especially the fact that our annual report for non-profit organisation Cotlands has once again been recognised in this way. These awards really bear testament to the strength of the HKLM design team and the commitment of each and every staff member to consistently produce work of an international standard.”
 
The following HKLM annual reports were awarded Silver Graphis Awards in the 2012 Graphis 100 Best Annual Reports programme: AECI Annual Report 2010; Anglo American Kumba Iron Ore Annual Report 2011; BankservAfrica Business Review 2010: Dedicated to Simplicity and Innovation; Cotlands Annual Report 2010; Netcare Limited Annual Report 2010: Participate with Passion; SA Express Annual Report 2010/2011; and WBHO Annual Report 2010.
 
HKLM has designed and produced the Cotlands annual report since 2004 as part of its corporate social responsibility programme. It has won a number of awards since then for this pro bono account, including a Gold Graphis in the 2009 Graphis 100 Best Annual Reports programme and a Silver Graphis in the same category in 2010.
 
HKLM is a strategic brand and communication design consultancy specialising in emerging markets that conceptualises and delivers media neutral, business focused solutions to client challenges.
 
Areas of practice include information, environmental and digital design, stakeholder communication and investor relations, internal brand engagement, advertising, public relations and events, digital brand management, procurement and project management.