First, a qualification. The most popular pages and features on gdusa.com are our competition winners galleries such as the new American Graphic Design Awards showcase and our current contests open for entries such as the American Package Design Awards; our annual profiles of newsmakers and influencers such as People To Watch and Educators To Watch; and our trend and survey stories on hiring and salaries, the future of print, and many more.
That said, GDUSA has also been the source for graphic design news for nearly 55 years. So here we present the top just-plain-straight-news items of the year. Among the areas that seem to resonate: the growing role of women in creative leadership roles, the passing of legendary designers, the opportunity presented by the legalization of cannabis, new identities and packaging for popular consumer products, anti-Trump activities and sentiment, interest in the leading sharing economy companies and, oh by the way, it helps if you are Pentagram or Sagmeister & Walsh. No judgements here, just the traffic facts.
The 20 Most Visited News Stories of 2017…
Pioneer Graphic Designer Margo Chase Dies in Plane Crash
Shepard Fairey Designs We The People Inaugural Poster
Cannabis Company Gets High End Branding By Pentagram
McDonald’s Goes Monochrome and Social Media Pushes Back
Ivan Chermayeff of Logo and Identity Fame Dies at 85
Disruptive Design For Walmart’s E-Commerce Private Label
AIGA Seeks To Double Women In Leadership Roles
A Pantone Purple Honors Prince
Sagmeister & Walsh Offer Dump Trump Memorabilia
Discrete and Gender Neutral Condom Packaging For Trojan
LIFEWTR Packaging Series Features Female Artists
Building Trust For Cannabis Through Strategic Branding
Pentagram Designs Bold Brooklyn Brand
Sagmeister & Walsh Energize New Meetup Identity
Natasha Jen Gives Ice Cream a Minimalist Flavor
Pink Pussyhat is SVA Brand of The Year
Type Legend Alan Peckolick … 1940-2017
Kick Pairs Men’s Grooming Products With Exotic Locales
Wolff Olins Appoints First Female CEO
