Pentagram designs a biannual magazine for The Wing, the network of co-working and community spaces for women.
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LogoLounge 2018 Trend Report
This year, logo trends show a pendulum shift from clean, modern aesthetics toward curvy, retro designs that reflect a new attitude through color and embellishments.
Enter The 2018 Health+Wellness Design Awards
This annual competition takes the big picture: from traditional medicine to healthy lifestyles to public health issues. Erickson Stock, a premiere source for high-quality, emotional lifestyle imagery, is exclusive sponsor. Early Bird Deadline (20% Discount) is July 27.
Enter The 2018 Design-A-Cover Contest
Design Your Own Cover of GDUSA
2018 American Web Design Awards – The Best in Digital + UX Design
Our annual showcase of the power of design to enhance websites and online communications.
Minted Artist and Designer Paints Live Mural
GDUSA Creative Director Ilana Greenberg paints live mural at ICFF 2018
Spotify Promises Free Love
A new ad campaign from Spotify focuses on increased personalization, which the streaming service says makes its free version better for users and advertisers.
Thumbtack Broadens Brand Toolbox
Thumbtack has a new visual identity that includes logo, web, app and more to broaden the brand toolbox and ditch the pushpin for a real tack.
Lifetime Honor For Gail Anderson
Gail Anderson is honored for Lifetime Achievement in the 2018 National Design Awards. Pictured here: a spread from Rolling Stone, one of hundreds of feature stories Anderson worked on in 14 years at the magazine.
Glamour Models New Look
Glamour magazine embarks on a comprehensive redesign of the 79-year-old title in the hopes it will ‘pop’ in print and, even more so, online.
COLLINS Maps A New San Francisco Neighborhood
COLLINS creates a new unified neighborhood called The East Cut out of three separate and sometimes confusing boundaries in San Francisco.
National Geographic Redesigns Print Edition
National Geographic is unveiling its most significant redesign in nearly two decades to more dynamically showcase the work of photographers, reporters, and artists.
AMEX Credits Pentagram With Brand Reposition
Amex’s new advertising campaign and brand positioning, including a more legible logo, positions the company as an essential part of consumers’ lives.
2018 American Package Design Awards
Our annual competition celebrates the power of design to forge an emotional link with the buyer at the moment of truth.
Highest Honors: 2018 Top Graphic Design Schools
We’ve compiled a list of our favorite programs and institutions that prepare students to work in professional graphic design.
Double or Nothing Coalition Champions Women Leaders In Design
AIGA is spearheading the Double or Nothing movement whose goal is to double the number of women leaders in design.
Designing Playful Cities Exhibit Opens At MODA
Designing Playful Cities opens at the Museum of Design Atlanta and makes a strong case for designing for play into urban environments.
Pepsi Sparkles With Bubly
PepsiCo introduces a new line of sparkling water called bubly with the help of R/GA, the Academy Awards, and colorful package design.
GDUSA People to Watch 2018
GDUSA starts each year by choosing a group of People To Watch who embody the spirit of the creative community.
GDUSA Students to Watch in 2018
GDUSA identifies top students ready to burst on the design scene.
JRINK Gets a Creative Cleanse
Design Army has rebranded JRINK Juicery while reducing packaging costs with a simplified label system.
The Road To A More Creative, Meaningful Career
Apply for Fall 2018 to the School of Visual Art’s MFA in Social Design, the road to a more exciting career with purpose.
Tell Your Story With Erickson Stock
Erickson Stock is the premier source for high-quality, emotional lifestyle stock photos and video footage.
Diet Coke Slims Down
Diet Coke is receiving a major brand refresh and marketing makeover including a new logo and package redesign. The design incorporates several new flavors but, says Coke, the underlying formula remains unchanged.
IKEA Wants You to Pee on Their Ad, Really!
Ikea’s new print ad for the Sundvik Crib, from the Akestam Holst agency, invites readers to pee on it to find out if they are pregnant
HOW Design Live Embraces Convergence of Design and Marketing
Register now using Promo Code GDUSAWEB for $100 off HOW Design Live. And learn more about the related HOW Marketing Live conference.
Our Most Visited News Stories of 2017
Here are the 20 most visited graphic design news items of 2017 on our website. Not included are our massively popular competition pages, special people features, trends and surveys, or personal blog posts. And no value judgements, just the traffic facts.
2017 GDUSA American Graphic Design Awards
This year’s showcase reflects the increasingly expansive ways in which graphic design shapes business, society, commerce and culture.
Ten Graphic Design Quotes To Live By
Famous Quotes from Top Designers
Beijing Olympic Logo Is Winter Dream
The Beijing 2022 Olympics has a new logo by designer Lin Cunzhen which the host country has dubbed Winter Dreams.
AMPL!FY Partners Designers With Social Justice Non-Profits
Worldstudio and Make Art with Purpose have launched AMPL!FY, a public art and design initiative that partners designers with social justice organizations to create thought-provoking posters.
Elmwood’s Disruptive Design For New Walmart Private Label
Uniquely J, Walmart-owned online retailer Jet.com’s new private label, has a new look via design studio Elmwood.
How To Wrap Up The Old Year and Start The New Year Right
Wrap up the old year and start the new one right with a free demo and deep holiday discounts on North America’s number one ranked web-based timesheet and project management software.
2018 Pantone Color of Year Is A Mystical Ultra Violet
The 2018 Pantone Color of the Year is a complex Ultra Violet, forecast to resonate with graphic designers and package designers seeking nuance and sophistication.
Holographic Foil Helps Chandon Sparkle
Rebecca Minkoff and Interbrand combine geometry and holography to bring Chandon’s Limited Edition Winter Collection to life.
The 2018 Visual Trend Forecast from Adobe Stock
The Adobe Stock team forecasts six visual trends for 2018 that will impact imagery.
Now You Can Really Eat Breakfast At Tiffany’s
Tiffany & Co. has opened the Blue Box Café at its Fifth Avenue, Manhattan flagship, making Breakfast At Tiffany’s a reality.
Chen Is More Than Guest At Wydown Hotel
Far from limiting the design firm’s expertise to a prescribed set of printed or digital collateral, the Wydown Hotel has welcomed Chen Design Associates’ input on all aspects of the brand.
2017 GDUSA Responsible Designers To Watch
GDUSA adds ‘Responsible Designers’ to the editorial mix, growing organically out of our Green Design annual feature.
GDUSA’s 31st Annual Stock Visual Reader Survey
Stock visuals remain a vital creative resource for graphic designers, transitioning over decades from marginal to mainstream to essential.