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Adelaide creative agency Voice took home a national design award for its work on a wine bottle label.

Run by the Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA), the Adelaide-based awards recognise excellence in such things as packaging design, illustration for design, identity design, and typeface design.

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Voice was given its second glass Pinnacle award for the d’Arenberg label The Old Bloke & The Three Young Blondes (pictured); three Distinctions for Old Jarvie, Hugh Hamilton and d’Arenberg; and a Judge’s Choice for Old Jarvie.

Voice was established in 1999 by graduate design students Anthony De Leo (pictured below) and Scott Carslake.

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