GDUSA highlights creative and thought leaders who use design principles, talents and skills to make the world a better place as they see it.
Category: Responsible Design
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.
GDUSA’s 2021 Responsible Designers
Responsible Designers To Watch recognizes that creative professionals are embracing responsibility writ large in terms of how, when, why, and for whom they work.
Gordon Kaye: Our 2021 Responsible Designers Story
Our annual Responsible Designers To Watch story — aka “designing for good” — recognizes that creative professionals are taking control and ownership of how, why, where and for whom they work.
MB
Responsible Design: MB
Oriel Davis-Lyons
Responsible Design: Oriel Davis-Lyons
Alan So
Responsible Design: Alan So
Jessica Bellamy
Responsible Design: Jessica Bellamy
Tracy West
Responsible Design: Tracy West
David Ayllon
Responsible Design: David Ayllon
Dan Carriero
Responsible Design: Dan Carriero
Frank William Miller, Jr.
Responsible Design: Frank William Miller, Jr.
Jessie McGuire
Responsible Design: Jessie McGuire
Katie Klencheski
Responsible Design: Katie Klencheski
Karen Parry
Responsible Design: Karen Parry
Kevin Swanepoel
Responsible Design: Kevin Swanepoel
Ansley Luce
Responsible Design: Ansley Luce
Brandi Parker
Responsible Design: Brandi Parker
Alasdair Lennox
Responsible Design: Alasdair Lennox