What Awards and Recognition Has Jacek Utko Received for His Design Work?

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Jacek Utko is a designer and media consultant whose print and web work has been recognized repeatedly in international design competitions. According to utko.com, five of his designs were named "World's Best Designed Newspaper," four were recognized as "European Newspaper of The Year," and his projects have collected more than 100 awards in international design competitions. He is also a TED speaker who has lectured in 42 countries.

The headline awards

The site lists the following honors:

Recognition Count
World's Best Designed Newspaper 5x
European Newspaper of The Year 4x
Cover of the Year Award 3x
Awards in international design competitions 100x

These are the figures the site itself presents, so they reflect his own record-keeping rather than an independent tally.

What the awards were given for

The recognition centers on newspaper and magazine design, not just one-off covers. The site describes the work as spanning "print and web," with a stated focus on publications that compete at the highest level of international design judging.

Featured and showcased projects

The site highlights a lifestyle magazine, Wysokie Obcasy Extra, as a featured project, and showcases recent design work for:

  • Het Parool — newspaper website
  • De Morgen — newspaper website
  • Financieele Dagblad — newspaper
  • Gazeta Wyborcza — newspaper website

The mix of print titles and their companion websites is consistent with the "print and web" positioning.

The TED talk as a form of recognition

Beyond competition awards, the site points to his 2009 TED Talk, "Can Good Design Save Newspapers," as a milestone. The page states the video has reached almost 1.5 million views and describes the experience of speaking alongside figures such as Al Gore and Bill Gates.

How to read these claims

The awards are self-reported on utko.com, and the page does not link to the competition bodies or list the specific years and categories behind each count. If you need to verify a particular award — for example, which title won which year — the site as described here does not provide that breakdown. For a general sense of his standing, the pattern is clear: repeated top honors in newspaper design competitions, a portfolio of well-known European newspaper brands, and a widely viewed TED talk.