identity magazine wins 'Best Print Award' in the Dubai Print Awards GCC 2007

At a glittering ceremony held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Dubai, identity, which is printed monthly by Emirates Printing Press, scooped the Gold award.

Since its launch in 2002, identity - the region's first magazine dedicated to contemporary design, architecture, interiors and property, has set the benchmark for design magazines in the region, and this award was given in recognition of this pioneering publication's achievement.

identity was the first magazine in the region to use two distinct types of paper within its pages and continues to be an innovative trendsetter in its field. The 16-page design formula and property sections of the magazine are printed on 120 gms offset paper.

Editor Catherine Belbin: 'Winning this prestigious award is a fantastic start to our fifth year of publication and we hope that this will be the first of many awards that id will win in years to come'.

The magazines design was based around early Bauhaus magazine styles, with minimal use of devices, keeping it clean and stripped of clutter. Each issue has a different headline typeface to emphasis the trend and feel of that particular issue.

identity is part of Motivate Publishing's large portfolio of magazine titles and entered the market at a time when the UAE's property and design industries were just taking off.