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People People Builds Rebrand
Seattle WA-based branding studio, People People has created a building-block-inspired rebrand for the mixed-use development Kirkland Urban. Custom geometric typography is featured.
Rosete Upped At Tiger Lily
Creative and production studio TigerLily has promoted award-winning creative Varick Rosete to Chief Design Officer + Principal. Rosete previously spent more than a decade as Art Director at the studio.
Helping Denver Score A Soccer Team
An original brand identity and promotional tools help build community and drive support for bringing a professional women’s soccer team to Denver CO.
Daniel Binns Is Elmwood Global CEO
Elmwood, a global design consultancy owned by MSQ, appoints Daniel Binns as new Global CEO. Binns joins Elmwood from Interbrand, where he’d spent more than a decade as part of the global leadership team.
Honda EV Logo Welcomes Future
Honda is introducing a new version of its ‘H mark’ logo which will appear on future EVs. Honda says it’s meant to resemble two outstretched hands, welcoming an exciting but unsettled automotive future.
ShareFile Logo Checks Off Tasks Completed
Athletics has unveiled a fresh rebrand for ShareFile. At the heart is a new logomark composed of checkmarks that tell a story of forward motion, of flow, and the joy of completing tasks.
domo domo Tells Airstream RV Club To Enjoy The Ride
domo domo Marketing recently completed activation of a brand refresh for Airstream Club International (ACI), the longest rolling, single-branded recreational vehicle (RV) club.
Wine Label Shows Big Heart
Hunt Hanson has rebranded I Heart Wines, a Freixenet Copestick-owned brand, with simplicity, vibrancy and vitality. The visual identity is intended to create a memorable asset and help fuel a global expansion.
Gordon Kaye: Making Sense of 60 Years
‘The more things change, the more they remain insane.’ As GDUSA winds up its sixth decade, a few thoughts about the evolution of graphic design as a discipline and profession, how it has morphed and changed over time, and how to make some sense of it all.
Graphic Novel Look For School Campaign
Denver-based agency Cactus partnered with acclaimed British illustrator Matt Taylor on an omni-channel graphic novel-y campaign for University Of Miami’s Herbert Business School.
Xhilarate Designs Key Reports For Crystal Stairs
Crystal Stairs, a LA-based nonprofit, collaborated with Xhilarate to create narratives that bring to light the work and challenges faced by the organization and the communities it serves.
Dove Changes Game For Black Hair
Addressing video games’ lack of realistic natural hair, Edelman and Dove partnered with the Open Source Afro Hair Library to create a comprehensive guide – “Code My Crown.”
Ribbon Identity Suggests Unity
Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv designs the identity for America250, a nonpartisan celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The image suggests unity, cohesion, continuity, an ongoing journey.
Landor Floats Ultramarine Identity
Landor & Fitch is now simply ‘Landor’. The rebrand is the culmination of a five-year strategy that has seen the WPP company’s offerings expand and evolve. The signature color is a nod to the firm’s ferryboat origin story.
W+K Steers Ford Workwear Launch
Ford and Sydney Sweeney has launch a new workwear line. Wieden+Kennedy New York was responsible for the idea and created all the elements of the campaign from designing the merch, to the lookbook, to social assets and everything in between.
Fuel Your Team’s Creative Fire
Agencies shouldn’t just think about investment in learning in terms of money for products or technologies. Dan Crowder says the real investment needs to come in how you fuel your team’s creative fire.
George Tscherny: A Remembrance
Legendary graphic designer George Tscherny passed away in mid-November at the age of 99. Here is a poignant remembrance of ‘Mr. Tscherny’ from graphic designer turned accomplished fine artist Linda Stillman.
2023 GDUSA Responsible Designers
Each year, GDUSA highlights creative and thought leaders who use design principles, talents and skills to help make the world a better and more sustainable place as they see it. DOMTAR is the exclusive sponsor.
New Book Calls For Design Diversity
CENTERED, edited by design educator Kaleena Sales, uses essays, interviews and images to present an inclusive, contemporary, and global look at design diversity, past and present.
The GDUSA Podcast #12: Debbie Barnett of Barnett Design
Surviving and Thriving in Business
Educator To Watch: Genaro Solis Rivero
Genaro Solis Rivero is an award-winning graphic designer and educator specializing in branding. He joined the Baylor University Art faculty in 2023, following five years of teaching Communication Design at Texas State.
Amy Su To Creative Director At Cutwater
Creative and media agency Cutwater has bolstered its leadership team by welcoming Amy Su as Creative Director and Justin Juul as Director of Social. Su and Juul are working throughout Cutwater’s full client portfolio.
Burns Design Group Crafts Touched By Teal Logo
Burns Design Group (BDG) has designed a logo for the recently inaugurated Barbara T. Ferraro Foundation for Ovarian Cancer Research. ‘These types of collaborations are satisfying. meaningful and heartfelt,’ says John Burns.
Palm Beach Meets Pacific Northwest
A new project for Layers by branding studio People People leans into the nostalgia and carefree feeling of summer camp with a whimsical suite of illustrations inspired by lakeside activities.
Kigelia Font Marks New Era For Moody Nolan
Moody Nolan has a new visual identity, marking a new era for the country’s largest African American-owned architecture firm.
Yellowstone Star Chases The Dream
Austin TX agency Preacher is helping actor Cole Hauser and team to launch Free Rein Coffee Company, a new brand that pays tribute to the hard working cowboys that he grew up around on and off set.
&Walsh Explores Colorful Habitats
&Walsh dives into the new and exciting world of biotech as it designs a visual language for Geltor, a company that produces animal-free proteins for beauty products and nutrition.
Odgis Rebrands Renewable Power Firm
Award-winning and woman-owned Odgis + Co has renamed and rebranded Deriva Energy. The logomark is intended to represent both solar and wind energy.
Blue Skies For Arizona Non-Profit
Designing To Combat Poverty AZURA is a nonprofit that provides a myriad of solutions that impact poverty from veteran services to childhood literacy to foster care. David Langton Creative developed the name and brand strategy from the words Arizona + Future, combining key letters from each. Langton notes that “we also leveraged the concept of […]
Everyday Is A Great Day For Barbie Including Halloween
New research from fashion experts Boohoo by Kourtney Kardashian reveals the most Googled Halloween costumes in each state. Barbie tops the list of pop culture-inspired costumes this year.
USPS Stamp Design Honors RBG
Designed by art director Ethel Kessler for the United States Postal Service, the Forever stamp commemorates Ruth Bader Ginsburg as an American cultural icon and passionate proponent of equal justice.
Airport Graphics Inspired By ’60s
Advertising and design agency Extra Credit Projects (ECP), pulled out all the (non)stops as client Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GFIA) celebrated a major milestone in 2023, helping them launch an anniversary campaign to mark the occasion.
LA Girls School Branding Blends Artemis and Aegis
The Archer School for Girls has reintroduced itself with a brand identity developed in partnership with global design agency Design Bridge and Partners. The identity combines the classical and modern.
Inspiration In A Time of Unease
This October 2023 edition features our annual ‘Responsible Designers To Watch’ special report aka ‘Designing For Good’. Domtar is the exclusive and founding sponsor.
Teeming Canal Street Inspires CANAL Magazine
Sunday Afternoon, a women and BIPOC-owned creative company, is publishing CANAL, a print and digital broadsheet that celebrates their home neighborhood of Canal Street in Manhattan.
Designit Bolsters Americas Team
Designit, a Wipro-owned global experience innovation agency, names several hires as part of its growth strategy in the Americas. Most of the hires will focus on creative, design and brand-building for clients.
Crypto Branding Seeks To Rise Above
Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest crypto asset manager unveils a new brand identity. Created by IPG creative company Elephant, the rebrand coincides with the 10th anniversary of the firm and its flagship fund.
Seymour Chwast Is ‘Design Visionary’
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has honored the winners of the 2023 National Design Awards, recognizing design innovation and impact in 10 categories. Now in their 24th year, the program brings national recognition to the ways in which design enriches everyday life.
Minneapolis Legend Peter Seitz (1931-2023)
Peter Seitz, a pioneering graphic designer closely associated with Minneapolis MN’s creative community, has died. He is often credited with being the spark that began the Twin Cities’ ascent into a design mecca.