Our annual showcase captures the power of creative professionals to serve and shape commerce, culture and causes. Billerud North America, a leading manufacturer of coated graphic and specialty papers, is sponsor. A new ‘Designing For Good’ category is inspired by talent solutions firm Robert Half.
Author: Gordon Kaye
Billerud: Sponsor Of The 59th GDUSA Design Annual
Billerud is a leading U.S. manufacturer of coated graphic and specialty papers and one of the only U.S. manufacturers investing significant capital to improve manufacturing efficiencies and product quality in these paper grades.
2022 GDUSA Responsible Designers
GDUSA highlights creative and thought leaders who use design principles, talents and skills to make the world a better place as they see it.
2022 GDUSA Health+Wellness Showcase
The annual GDUSA Health+Wellness Design Awards™ competition honors graphic excellence in this fast-growing, hugely important and high-profile segment of the economy.
Frank William Miller, Jr.
Frank William Miller, Jr. has more than 15 years of design and art direction experience in both corporate and entertainment sectors.
Jenny Rudziensky
Jenny Rudziensky is an artist and designer from Detroit, Michigan.
Kurt Niedermeier
Kurt Niedermeier is an award-winning graphic designer who partners with clients around the world to help them deliver on mission, achieve greater impact, and simply put, make things better.
Nate Spees + Greg Gibson
Greg Gibson and Nate Spees are brand strategists at San Diego-based design agency Grizzly, a people-first independent creative agency dedicated to partnering with adventurous brands.
Elmarie Jara
Elmarie Jara (she/her/hers) is an award-winning Filipina American graphic designer specializing in brand development, editorial design, and visual marketing communications.
Rapunzel Creative Marketing
Rapunzel Creative is a full-service marketing agency with branding and strategy at its core.
Joe + Leslie Stitzlein
Stitzlein Studio is a Bay Area brand and typeface design practice, led by husband and wife team Leslie and Joe Stitzlein.
Ben Greengrass
Ben is an award-winning creative director whose sleeves are rarely seen rolled down.
Talia Cotton
Talia Cotton is a designer, coder, and educator specializing in the intersection of branding and technology.
Caspar Lam & YuJune Park
Caspar Lam and YuJune Park are the founders of Synoptic Office, a New York City and Hong Kong-based design consultancy.
Andy Dutlinger
Andy Dutlinger started his career as a graphic designer, then became an art director, then became a creative director.
John Avila
John Avila launched Avila Creative in 2011 after 18 years as a senior executive in the Creative group at Edelman
Audrey Musal
Audrey Musal is a graphic designer based in the Indianapolis area, working at Connection Pointe Christian Church.
Matt Shapiro
Matt Shapiro is Partner, VP/Creative Director at The Republik.
Jiminie Ha
With Projects, Inc. is a multidisciplinary creative agency founded by Jiminie Ha in 2008.
Ali Borowsky
Ali Borowsky is the Founder and CEO of Find Your Anchor, a grassroots movement aimed at suicide prevention and awareness.
Steven D. Fleshman
Steven D. Fleshman is Founder/Creative Partner of DR2, a direct marketing graphic design consultancy.
Kellye Sanford
Kellye works for The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, one of the world’s most respected centers dedicated to cancer patient care, research, education and prevention.
Christine A. Krus
Christine balances the practical with the conceptual; experimentation with experience; research with results.
Saif Salah Mahdi
Saif is the principal creative director and branding specialist at Saif Salah Designz.
Renée Walker
Renée is Associate Professor of Visual Communication Design at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
Selena Navarro
Selena has a passion for making space for BIPOC-owned small businesses, nonprofits, creatives, boutiques, celebrities, and organizations that promote culture and empowerment.
2022 GDUSA Inhouse Award Showcase
Sponsored by Robert Half, GDUSA’s American Inhouse Design Awards™ is the original and premier showcase for outstanding work by inhouse designers and their departments.
GDUSA December Digital Edition
We feature our 59th GDUSA Design Awards showcase sponsored by Billerud North America, plus our inaugural ‘Designing For Good’ category inspired by Robert Half. Access to the digital edition is free during this challenging time.
20th Annual LogoLounge Trend Report
For the 20th straight year, GDUSA publishes Bill Gardner’s LogoLounge trend report, the first and last word on logo trends and the cultural context within which they are conceived. As Bill says: “Only when you grasp the trends… can you transcend.”
Bowties
LogoLounge 2022: Bowties
Uvula
LogoLounge 2022: Uvula
Rooters
LogoLounge 2022: Rooters
Reverse Stress
LogoLounge 2022: Reverse Stress
Loopers
LogoLounge 2022: Loopers
Over Arching
LogoLounge 2022: Over Arching
Whiplash
LogoLounge 2022: Whiplash
Hand Dots
LogoLounge 2022: Hand Dots
Super Traps
LogoLounge 2022: Super Traps
Pinched
LogoLounge 2022: Pinched
Variray
LogoLounge 2022: Variray