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JKR Simplifies OTC Medicine Market
Betr is a new DTC brand providing over the counter medications with a give-back model. With a “ruthlessly simple” brand identity from Jones Knowles Ritchie, Betr hopes to disrupt the $35 billion OTC category.
DixonBaxi Sees Hulu As Vessel
Rebranding Hulu, brand consultancy DixonBaxi simplifies and unifies the entertainment platform’s identity, in conjunction with Hulu inhouse agency Greenhouse.
PepsiCo Designers Rise To Occasion
New MTN DEW RISE ENERGY will launch with a bold visual identity created by PepsiCo’s in-house design team. A lion logo and LeBron James are in the mix.
Municipal Leaders As Rockstars
Creative agency Okaybro has done a complete rebrand of Govapalooza, an annual conference focused on innovation in local government.
Loyalkaspar Rebuilds Paramount Peak
Loyalkaspar has streamlined the brand identity for new streaming service Paramount+, paving the way for a Hollywood icon to enter the digital ecosystem.
Supporting Girls Who Code
Media studio Holler shares an animation campaign designed to celebrate women leaders and educate people throughout Women’s History Month. Proceeds from the campaign go to Girls Who Code.
Yumi Takes Intimate Look At Parenting
Yumi has launched a new brand campaign which furthers its mission of redefining baby food. The campaign is lead by Thomas Mastorakos, who has served as creative director for Frank Ocean.
Match.com Brand Communicates Trust
Match.com has a complete brand relaunch led by COLLINS. With its new creative direction and approach, the 25 year old online dating giant is encouraging what it hopes will be a more powerful conversation about intimacy and love.
Swarovski Logo Crystalizes New Era
Swarovski has unveiled a new logo and visual identity, to be revealed across all touch-points including packaging, retail and digital. Credits go to General Idea, a New York-based branding agency that is a favorite of many luxury and lifestyle brands.
MullenLowe Design Helps Light FUSE
MullenLowe has created FUSE Group’s new name and brand identity, with the aim of expanding the group’s reputation for bold, smart building.
2021 GDUSA People to Watch
Our 2021 / 58th anniversary GDUSA People To Watch spotlight on designers who embody the spirit of the creative community.
2021 GDUSA Students to Watch
For 2021, GDUSA’s annual top students to watch, selected with the help of leading art and design schools and programs.
COLLINS Composes Interactive Symphony
COLLINS launches a new vision for the 108-year-old San Francisco Symphony that seeks to redefine classical music for modern audiences. Responsive and variable fonts are a key element.
New MGD Identity Has Nothing To Hide
A new brand identity for ’90s beer icon, Miller Genuine Draft, developed by creative agency BrandOpus, embraces a more authentic ‘nothing-to-hide’ aesthetic with bolder colors, simpler type, and more distinctive eagle and sun icons.
St. John Helps Wonderbird Take Flight
Independent agency St. John led the charge in concepting, designing and executive all aspects of Wonderbird, a new fast food chicken concept that seeks to close the gap between convenience and quality.
2020 GDUSA Design Annual
Our 57th anniversary winners’ showcase, the 2020 GDUSA Design Annual reflects the increasingly expansive ways in which graphic design shapes business and society.
T’was The Month Before Christmas
Extension to December 31 for a free demo and deep discounts on FunctionFox Systems’ industry leading time tracking and project management software for creative professionals.
Taamrat Amaize Joins COLLINS
Taamrat Amaize joins COLLINS as Head of Strategy. She will help the branding and design agency confront a growing skepticism of brands, and was integral to their recent work reimaging Robinhood.
Bringing Nobility To Wine Labels
The Loire Valley region wine category is awash with old-fashioned brand and packaging identities; brand owner Fourth Wave approached Denomination to disrupt things with more attitude and less chateaux.
PepsiCo Gets A Grip On New 2L
PepsiCo has refreshed the 2 Liter bottle design across the entire portfolio. The company says that the decision reflects design-led thinking and best practices centered on an improved consumer experience.
The Martin Agency Hatches Happy Mindset
Happy Egg Co. has rolled out its first work with The Martin Agency and illustrator Tom Brolga, setting the tone for a significant reposition of the fastest growing egg brand.
BrandOpus Punctuates Seltzer Innovation!
BrandOpus and Molson Coors Beverage Company introduce HUZZAH Probiotic Seltzer!, a full-flavored seltzer with added probiotics. The visual brand world is vibrant and uses pops of color on a crisp white canvas to engage consumers and reflect the product’s cool Southern California origins.
2020 Health + Wellness Design Awards
Our annual GDUSA Health + Wellness Design Awards™ competition honors graphic excellence in this fast-growing, hugely important, and high-profile segment of the economy.
Annie Yang: Branding For Me, By Me
Annie Yang of Conran Design Group says that young audiences want a real connection with a brand, one that has ‘an authentic integration into our lives.’
Pandemic Leads To Journey of Gratitude
JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO, Birk Creative, came up with an idea to help small businesses survive during the pandemic that includes giving them a marketing tool subsidized by her agency.
FITCH Reimagines Walmart Experience
Walmart unveils a mobile-first in-store shopping experience. Brandon Boston of FITCH leads the effort which features a sleek design aesthetic, a layout that spotlights products, and end-to-end digital navigation.
CBX Helps Smucker Pivot
CBX partnered with the 123-year-old heritage brand to create an identity that reflected their roots in jams and jellies while also reflecting cross-category leadership and future ambitions.
Pantone Releases ‘Period’ Red
Pantone Color Institute partners with Intimina to release a custom Pantone red color emblematic of a period. The new red shade has been created to break the stigma around menstruation and promote period positivity.
Pentagram Puts Drivers In The Mood
Pentagram has created a brand identity system for Waze, the navigation app that helps drivers work together to beat traffic. The identity updates the familiar Wazer symbol, introduces a set of new mood emojis, and streamlines the platform’s signature use of illustration.
Tecate Becomes More Cosmopolitan
Elmwood New York studio worked with Tecate to modernize its brand identity to help the beloved Mexican beer become a lifestyle brand whose appeal extends to the younger urban consumer.
Graphic Novel Illustrates Instinet Story
Thinkso reimagines the story of Instinet and the fintech revolution in the form of a graphic novel. The result is a visually rich, premium case-bound book that doesn’t just talk about innovation but also demonstrates it.
BRIGADE’s Science-Forward ‘Bat-Signal’
BRIDGADE helps bat conservationists disrupt the status quo and gain consumer trust with new branding that is unabashedly science-forward and features fearless conservationists in the field.
Rule29 Gets Out The Vote
ShouldIVote.us is a colorful and easily navigable website, created by Rule29, that helps visitors by explaining how to register, why your vote matters, and why it is important to encourage family and friends to vote as well.
2020 American Inhouse Design Awards
GDUSA’s 2020 American Inhouse Design Awards is the original and premier showcase for outstanding work by inhouse creative professionals.
AIGA Unidos Hispanic Heritage Talks
Under the AIGA Unidos umbrella, and throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, Latinx and Hispanic Creatives are sharing their culture, contributions and best practices to move design forward.
Visualizing A Virtuous Cycle
Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv have designed the logo for Corus International, the new parent brand for Lutheran World Relief and IMA World Health.
Cow Icon Has The Last Laugh
Team Creatif USA bring ingenuity when updating the Laughing Cow brand’s visual story by bringing new life to the iconic cow design.
Dreams In The Time of Covid
In new research, The Sleep Judge gathered information from over 1,000 people and had them describe the content, emotions, and colors of their dreams and nightmares. And two graphic designers brought the results to life.
BrandOpus Plants Story For Vyne
Molson Coors Brewing Company has released Vyne, a hop infused sparkling water which brings to life the complex flavors of hops, with innovative branding by BrandOpus.