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Category: Top Stories
M&M’s Hanging Out At Mall Of America
M&M’s partners with Landor & Fitch to bring a new M&M’s Mall of America store to life. It’s big and colorful. And, of course, includes selfie-worthy backdrops and shareable social moments.
Panera Bread Icon Wild and Free
Fast-casual restaurant chain Panera has been rebranded by BrandOpus. A new logo and visual identity centers on abundance, warmth and a feeling of togetherness.
Pearlfisher Makes Waves
Pearlfisher designs a symbolic whale tail bottle and brand identity for launch of sustainable and ocean-inspired family wellbeing brand, Love Ocean.
Craig Black Nets Soccer Art Installation
Scottish artist Craig Black has created ‘The Fusion Series – Footballs’. It’s an art installation of unique and collectable pieces.
Haberman Brings Joy To Sausage Category
Full service marketing agency Haberman is bringing joy to the sausage category with a creative campaign for Gilbert’s Craft Sausages that stars puppets having friendly summer fun.
Mr. Peanut Sheds His Shell
Planters, the 115-year-old snack company, has a new look, tone and strategic platform from Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR) that puts substance front and center, along with a new advertising campaign.
National Is Back In The National Gallery
The National Gallery of Art has reopened with a reimagined and reengerized brand led by gallery director Kaywin Feldman and staff with help from Michael Gericke and Pentagram.
Turner Duckworth Makes Its Mark
Turner Duckworth has crafted a new visual identity system for Maker’s Mark bourbon that builds off the famous red wax dip that tops the bottle.
Lipman: How the Internet Ruined Design…
Gregg Lipman of CBX on why design is a process and a craft, not a software-driven deliverable, and is best left to design professionals.
2021 GDUSA Package Design Awards
Package design and related disciplines are increasingly the difference makers in communicating the message, advancing the brand, and influencing the purchasing decision.
Birk Creative: ‘We Got You’
Birk Creative partnered with Advocate Health Care and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to create a custom public outreach campaign that promotes COVID-19 informational and virtual health care options.
Big Win For 49ers Inhouse Team
The NFL San Francisco 49ers celebrate their 75th anniversary with a commemorative logo and patch by Art Director Aaron Llavore and his inhouse creative team.
Coca-Cola Unveils Minimalist Can Design
How do you redesign one of the most recognizable examples of package design in the world without compromising its distinctness? In the case of Coca-Cola, it seems the answer is: move the logo up a bit.
Enter Our 2021 Health+Wellness Awards
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2021 GDUSA Top Graphic Design Schools
A list of 50 of our favorite institutions that prepare students to work in professional graphic design, factoring in decades long relationships with designers, students, recruiters, educators.
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.
Stitzlein Studio Creates Rising Tide
Stitzlein Studio has created a new name, identity and brand story for the organization that delivers Head Start services in the San Francisco Bay Area to help rally their staff, teachers and families, and raise awareness among potential donors.
Chase Draws Inspiration From Origin Story
Chase Design Group helped position plant-based brand Follow Your Heart as a leader in the multi-billion-dollar plant-based industry with a new identity.
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.