MARIANGELA RODRIGUEZ / TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Author: Gordon Kaye
Samantha Cubberley
SAMANTHA CUBBERLEY / SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
Maegan Luckiesh
MAEGAN LUCKIESH / IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Kristina Moncelsi
KRISTINA MONCELSI / SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
Sophia Collins
SOPHIA COLLINS / BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
Natalie S. Alfaro
NATALIE S. ALFARO / GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Ella Babcock
ELLA BABCOCK / BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
Liam Guiritan
LIAM GUIRITAN / DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
Vincent Liu
VINCENT LIU / BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Veridiana Victorelli
VERIDIANA VICTORELLI / BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Magda Wilhelm
MAGDA WILHELM / DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
Yassmina Youssif
YASSMINA YOUSSIF / GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
Trinity Yeung
TRINITY YEUNG / PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Alexander Soukakos
ALEXANDER SOUKAKOS / PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Lance McCullah
LANCE MCCULLAH / JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
Kate Sudderth
KATE SUDDERTH / BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
Sophia Lee
SOPHIA LEE / IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
Emmeline Walker
EMMELINE WALKER / BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
Sonderup To ECD at StrawberryFrog
StrawberryFrog adds Nick Sonderup as Executive Creative Director. He is an award-winning, Emmy-nominated creative leader, ECD and writer. Sonderup was previously at Pereira O’Dell, where he led the NY Office and creative department.
Barrett Hofherr Promotes Bluey To Associate Partner
Ted Bluey is upped to Associate Partner at Barrett Hofherr. He has helped redesign the MIXT brand, led full rebrands for GrassRoots Farmer’s Co-op and the California Coastal Commission and most recently worked with DoorDash.
Magdalena Travis
Travis is currently at Beardwood&Co, a branding agency that illuminates possibilities for brand growth.
Deb Adams
As the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of domo domo, Deb sets the tone and direction of domo domo’s creative team, crafting brand strategy into visual expressions that disrupt categories, create meaningful connections and increase brand value.
Zenzile Sky Lark
Zenzile is a multi-disciplinary visual-ist with strong emphasis in design and art direction, and over 10+ years in both in-house and advertising ecosystems.
Molly Humphrey
Senior Graphic Designer Molly Humphrey leads the Sheetz Graphic Design team which focuses on translating strategic thinking into creative for brand messaging, packaging, print POP, internal identities, and integrated advertising campaigns.
Jeffrey M. Williams
Jeffery M. Williams leads dynamic creative teams as Director of Digital Marketing Solutions at The Walker Group.
Lori Murphy, Rob Keil, Julia Gauger, David Gauger & Jenna Pile
Gauger + Associates is an award-winning advertising and design firm.
Marlee Bruning
Marlee is a Creative Director at Design Bridge and Partners, New York.
Message From The Editors | People To Watch 2024
For the 61st time, GDUSA presents ‘People To Watch’. The annual edition highlights leaders in the creative community who have something important to say and back up their words with deeds — talent, achievement, leadership, service, newsworthiness.
Message From Mohawk | Paper For Packaging
Mohawk Fine Papers is the exclusive sponsor of our 61st annual People To Watch edition and its sharp focus on Packaging People. Mohawk is committed to providing the finest materials that help make every printed project more beautiful, effective, and memorable for commercial and digital printing, and luxury packaging.
GDUSA Package Design Awards
GDUSA’s American Package Design Awards™ celebrates the elevated role of packaging to advance the brand promise, tell the story, amplify the experience at every stage, and make the difference. THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.
Fedrigoni and Mohawk Team Up
The Fedrigoni Group has acquired certain assets of Mohawk Fine Papers, the company it entered into an industrial partnership with last September 2022 to strengthen the distribution of specialty fine papers in the North American market.
JDO’s Inclusive ID For Vaseline Radiant X
Brand design agency JDO has crafted an inclusive and sumptuous identity for Vaseline Radiant X, a range of premium skincare products developed with diverse skin tones in mind.
Mrs&Mr Brands Delivery-First Wonder
For entrepreneur Marc Lore’s food startup that is pioneering a new category of ‘fast-fine’ dining., Mrs&Mr created the branding for Wonder that is being implemented across all consumer touchpoints.
LA Clippers Net Nautical Logo
Embracing their maritime roots in a modern design, the Los Angeles Clippers took inspiration from the past and future for a new logo as they embark on a new era at Intuit Dome.
Isbara To Succeed Tenny At SAIC
Jiseon Lee Isbara currently serves as provost of Otis College of Art and Design. She will follow Elissa Tenny as president in the 158-year history of School of Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC).
High Tide Bakes NYC Into H&H Bagels
With NYC-based H&H Bagels bringing its authentic flavor nationwide, they partnered with creative agency High Tide to build a new visual identity that invites all America to join while staying singularly New York.
Quick Read For Cat Litter Package
World’s Best Cat Litter rebrands and launches Poop Fighter Maximum Odor Defense, a natural and sustainable cat litter. Little Big Brands refreshed the brand and reorganized the packaging for a quick read.
Ginger Monkey Labels Doc Brown
Ginger Monkey Design created the brand design, packaging and logotype for Doc Brown Farm & Distillers, a Georgia-based family business that grows heirloom Jimmy Red Corn and turns it into high quality bourbon.
Dove Combats Stereotypes Of Brazilian Women
The initiative, created by Dove’s Brazilian agency Soko, brings messages to the streets, targeting tourists and aiming to combat the objectification of the female body by visitors during and beyond Carnival.
Agency Logo Homage To Joan of Arc
Creative agency JOAN debuts a new brand identity that communicates the fighting spirit required by the agency, a rare one founded by women, to shave survived its early years and to thrive in the future. Created inhouse, the design lead is Anjela Freyja.