Hopscotch Design was conceived by Matthew Muñoz and Jonathan Opp from New Kind to merge with the annual Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh NC. Here’s a report on the fourth edition.
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Stocksy Reopens ‘Call To Artists’ For First Time In Years
Stocksy United has opened its ‘Call To Artists’ for the first time in two years and is on the hunt for artists with an edge and eye for storytelling.
Jane Geraghty Is Next CEO At Landor
Landor has named Jane Geraghty CEO effective January 1; she succeeds Lois Jacobs. The firm was founded in1941 by Walter Landor and now has 29 offices.
Debbie Millman Curates Text Me Exhibition At MODA
Museum of Design Atlanta is hosting Text Me, an exhibition about typography today curated by Debbie Millman.
Bernhardt Fudyma Forecasts Clear Skies For Relocation Industry Leader
Bernhardt Fudyma developed helped turn Ineo from a house of brands into a single, integrated branded house.
Severs Fills New Chief Design Officer Role At Droga5
Jason Severs has joined Droga5’s New York headquarters as Chief Design Officer, a new role at the award-winning agency.
Sappi Verticals Wins Positively Print Award at PRINT 17
Sappi NA’s publication Verticals: The Marketing of Higher Education wins the 2017 Positively Print award presented at the PRINT 17 show. The annual award celebrates the power and sustainability of print.
Jessica Wexler Heads Pratt’s Undergrad Design Department
Design educator and graphic designer Jessica Wexler is the new chair of the Undergraduate Communications Design Department within the School of Design at Pratt Institute.
Website Design Refuses To Sugar-Coat Mental Disorder
Ready Set Rocket’s Anastasia Kuznetsova has designed a bold and unapologetic website for people living with Pure Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Her goal was “a relatable experience and actionable advice.”
Wolff Olins Appoints First Female CEO
Wolff Olins has appointed Sairah Ashman as the first female CEO of the global creative consultancy.
Frank Baseman Exhibition Combines Interests In Rebuses and Letterpress
Frank Baseman’s long term interests include letterpress printing and rebuses; these combine to produce a playful upcoming exhibition at Penn State University.
Chinese Tech Giant Alibaba To Lead Olympics Into Digital Age
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba unveils a new logo that signifies its decade-long deal with the International Olympic Committee.
RE/MAX Floats Refreshed Brand
Camp + King of San Francisco refreshed the logo for real estate network RE/MAX.
TFI Envision Drives Diesel Auto Parts Campaign
Award-winning TFI Envision positions Standard® Diesel as the “go to” line of diesel auto parts.
Greteman Group Provides Identity For Women-Directed Film Contest
Greteman Group designed the identity for a new competition for women-directed films as part of Kansas’ largest independent film festival.
Colors, Creatures and Nature Inspire Music Festival Identity
Graphic design studio The Collected Works were asked to capture the vibe of the Suwannee Hulaween music festival identity in Florida.
Designer Takes Fight Against Opioid Crisis To Streets
Adam DelMarcelle, a VCFA graphic design graduate student, is gaining national notice for using his skills to fight the scourge of heroin in his hometown.
Pantone Honors Prince With Custom Purple Shade
The estate of Prince collaborated with the Pantone Color Institute to create a distinctive new purple shade to honor Prince’s memory.
New YouTube Logo For A Multi-Screen World
Inhouse designers at YouTube and parent Google have refreshed logo, UI and UX design of the evolving streaming service.
Newfields Is New Destination Site For Art and Nature
Y&L recommended giving the name, Newfields, to the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s 152-acre campus. In addition to the brand strategy and name, Y&L crafted Newfields’ identity system and even the core tenets of a visitor’s experience.
Hinterland Designs SVA Book With No Beginning, Middle or End
Scott Buschkuhl of Hinterland designed the School of Visual Arts’ Senior Library, a longstanding tradition that captures the work of design and advertising students as they embark on their careers.
MICA MFA Student Discovers Long Lost Albanian Alphabet
The masters thesis by recent MICA graduate Edon Muhaxheri has led to the discovery of a long lost Albanian alphabet, which he redesigned and digitized in a new font family.
Total Eclipse of Sun Yields Hot Stamp and Cool Folio
A 6x 9 inch folio accompanies and protects a unique USPS Forever Stamp that commemorates the August 21, 2017 total eclipse of the sun.
Pizza Chain Hopes Trippy Menus Are Liberated
BooneOakley organizes fantastical menus for the Mellow Mushroom pizza chain.
Siegel+Gale Puts Fresh Face On Beauty Brand Birchbox
Siegel+Gale has created a visual identity for online cosmetics retailer Birchbox that appeas to “The Beauty Majority” where beauty is fun rather than an obsession.
Expressive Type Legend Alan Peckolick … 1940-2017
Legendary graphic designer Alan Peckolick has died of a fall. He built a reputation using letterforms to solve design problems and was well known for his passion for type.
Kick Looks At Minnesota Opera From New Angles
Branding and design agency Kick partnered with Minnesota Opera on a rebrand that underscores innovation and vitality.
Safari Sundays Sea Salt Branding Respects The Elements
Safari Sundays has rebranded Amagansett Sea Salt which is hand harvested and sun-dried in small batches.
A Message From Veritiv – Escape On Endurance®
Veritiv and its Endurance® coated paper line is co-sponsor of the 2017 American Inhouse Design Awards presented by GDUSA.
New Mohawk Guide Pushes The Envelope
Mohawk has released A Maker’s Field Guide to Envelopes, the latest in a series of guides designed to inspire and educate designers, their clients and printers.
Pedestrians A Priority In University of Utah Wayfinding System
Michael Courtney Design is behind an orientation strategy, vehicular graphics and pedestrian-focused wayfinding and signage Master Plan for the sprawling University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City.
Farmland Inspires Indiana Pacers’ New Uniforms
The Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association have unveiled new uniforms, a new logo and court graphics.
ASICS Brand Energized By Bruce Mau Design
Bruce Mau Design helps ASICS express a more joyful brand, including a new custom typeface by Kontrapunkt and an upbeat color palette.
What Would Darcy Do?
IdeaWork Studios developed the identity for Washington DC’s The Darcy Hotel and two of its dining destinations. “Our strategy was to create the persona behind The Darcy, and then stay true to that mindset,” explains Jay Schwartz, the design firm’s founder and CCO.
Delta and Wieden + Kennedy Build On Wall Theme
Delta Airlines and Wieden + Kennedy are are using a wall in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn NY to depict the 133 airport codes that one can fly to from New York City on Delta.
Alexander Isley Firm Goes Forward By Looking Back
Alexander Isley Inc. helps focus outreach and communications for Young Audiences New York.
Two Typefaces Help Aetna Reposition As Health Partner
Brand Union has reimagined a new visual identity for healthcare giant Aetna, which is transitioning from health insurance provider to a full-scale, consumer-focused health partner.
Pioneer Graphic Designer Margo Chase Dies In Plane Crash
Award-winning and influential graphic designer Margo Chase died in a plane crash on July 22.
C&G Partners Juxtapose Science and Art For Rockefeller University
C&G Partners, whose specialty is design for culture, has transformed biomedical imagery into modern art to help brand and elevate The Rockefeller University’s profile.
Eleven Respects The Monkey In SurveyMonkey Refresh
Eleven collaborated closely with the SurveyMonkey team to bring curiousity to life in a comprehensive repositioning of the brand.