News • Graphic Design USA

Why You Should Attend Adobe MAX 2026

If creativity is core to your work, whether you’re in design, marketing, or content, Adobe MAX is the place to be. This year, MAX returns to Miami Beach and online, November 10–12, with an optional Preconference on November 8–9 for anyone who wants extra hands-on training before the main event begins. Link to register is below.

AIGA and DxD Name 2026 Scholarship Recipients

The program has awarded more than $1.4 million to 850+ emerging designers since it was conceived by Mark Randall back in 1995.

One Club Hosts 2026 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Seven creative legends were inducted in New York. Apple was also named the first inductee into the new Brand Hall of Fame.

Enter Now | The 63rd Annual GDUSA Design Awards

Enter our flagship end-of-year, best-of-year awards program. Open to EVERYONE in the community: design firms, creative agencies, inhouse designers, freelancers, school and students, government and institutions, and more.

Apple First Inductee In Brand Hall Of Fame

Apple is the first inductee in The One Club’s newly established Brand Hall of Fame. A black-tie induction ceremony will take place on September 16.

Graphic Designer Patrick Redmond Honored By PIM

Impactful creative Patrick Redmond, 76, was honored at Printing Industry Midwest’s 70th anniversary celebration.

RRD Decodes Complexity Of ‘Orange Pill Series 4’

Based Trading Cards worked with RRD to pack 15 different specialty techniques onto chase and parallel cards.

TDC Presents First-Ever Type-High Winners

This marks the first time the organization has awarded its newly created Type-High awards, along with continuing to present the TDC Certificate of Merit honors.

Creative Comment: You Are Not as Good as You Think

Argues Samraddhi Shrotriya “This is not a profession. That is a personality disorder with a portfolio.”

Oak & Stone Restaurant Chain Gets A Push

A redesign of Oak & Stone by Push spans brand identity, interiors, messaging, digital experiences and the company’s signature self-pour tap wall, supporting the launch of its newest location in McKinney TX.

Span Graphics Support Bird-Safe Design Strategies

Flyway City, an exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Center, was designed and co-curated by architecture firm Studio Gang in collaboration with graphic design studio Span.

Gensler’s Unity Loop Will Remain After World Cup Ends

The pathway will be a permanent civic asset, not infrastructure that disappears after the final match. With a visual identity by Gensler, 150+ small businesses can participate via a free open-source toolkit.

Interbrand Hearts Ronald McDonald House Refresh

Ronald McDonald House has refreshed its brand identity in an effort to increase understanding of its work and attract the next generation of donors. Interbrand and TBWA\Chiat\Day evolved the essential elements for clarity and purpose.

Sam’s Club Sports New Lowercase Wordmark

A comprehensive new visual identity by Turner Duckworth for Sam’s Club features a bold, geometric custom typeface, Sam Sans, and reintroduces the brand’s familiar diamond icon as the apostrophe.

Sports Illustrated’s World Cup Visual Anthem

The June 2026 Issue will spotlight all 48 competing nations and their teams with 48 illustrated digital covers and 4 print covers.

Jeff Gilligan Upped to AVP, Creative Director at BMI

Jeff Gilligan leads design and advertising efforts, including branding, ad campaigns and events, company-wide.

Cheers To 50 Years! CF NAPA Celebrates Milestone

For 50 years, CF NAPA has played an integral part in developing what is considered today the contemporary wine label. For the past 24 years, under the leadership of David Schuemann, the firm has developed and restaged countless successful alcohol brands through story, packaging, and visual ethos.

Burgopak Packaging Pays Off For New KAST Card

Burgopak has developed packaging for KAST’s new physical payment card that is intended to feel like a natural extension of the global financial platform’s brand: sophisticated, easily accessible, premium.

Enter Our 63rd GDUSA Inhouse Design Awards

Final Deadline: Today Friday May 22 midnight. Our American Inhouse Design Awards™ is the original and premier showcase of creative excellence honoring the excellence of inhouse designers and departments at corporations, institutions, non-profits, media, education, government, and more.

Walmart Redesigns Private Brand and Packaging

This is Walmart’s first major refresh of its private label brand in more than a decade. At the center of the rebrand is a refined logo paired with a bolder blue color and a more systematic approach.

Commanders Unveil New Uniforms, Old Controversy

The NFL Washington Commanders return to their more traditional color scheme, and to a look evoking an era when the franchise, then known as the “Redskins,” won three Super Bowls between 1981-91. A new alternate spear logo is tip of a new controversy.

ArtVersion Advocates For National Law Firm Dinsmore

When Dinsmore came to ArtVersion looking to overhaul both its brand identity and digital presence, the scope of what that actually meant took a moment to land.

GDUSA Digital Magazine: April 2026

Our April 2026 Digital Magazine features our 26th annual Digital Design Awards and the list of 2026 Top Design Schools & Programs. Plus graphic design news, lots of news.

Alice EyePromise Branding Bridges Science and Empathy

EyePromise’s new identity and digital platform adds to Alice’s expanding healthcare marketing portfolio. The challenge: translate complex science into emotional and emphathetic branding.

Campaign By This January Stands Out By Blending In

This January created optical art based on camouflage for the International Spy Museum’s new exhibit Designed to Deceive.

R/GA Book Chronicles 50 Years of Redefining Branding

The new release traces the creative company’s evolution from film pioneers to a defining, even transformative, force in modern brand design.

Case Study: McL Builds Ashcroft Brand At Global Scale

Ashcroft partnered with Robin McLoughlin of McL to transform its brand into a unified global system designed to support growth, alignment and long-term value. As this case study reveals, the work elevated the brand from a marketing function to business infrastructure.

Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle Reunited

Customers were clamoring for a new Sydney Sweeney campaign, says American Eagle CMO Craig Brommers. Now they have one dubbed ‘Syd for Short.’

Sibling Rivalry Visual Identity Unites FOX Verticals

The new portfolio-led platform by Sibling Rivalry unites FOX’s verticals under a cohesive advertising brand. Grounded in ownership of hyper-passionate fandom, the identity emphasizes energy, movement and emotional intensity rather than abstract technology or purely data-driven motifs, and treats audience behavior as the hero.

Enter Our Inaugural GDUSA Sports Design Awards

A new kind of GDUSA Award. Celebrating the very best sports design of 2026. It’s new, but very much fits our mission to raise attention — and elevate excellence — where growth and opportunity arise for the creative community — and to have a little fun along the way.

International Design Day 2026

IDD 2026’s theme The Spaces In Between focuses on the physical, digital, and emotional spaces where human connection is shaped.

Hartz Celebrates 100 Years With Special Logo

Petcare brand Hartz has unveiled a special logo design to commemorate its 100-year anniversary.

Moving Brands Rebrands Spiritual Guidance Platform

Moving Brands has developed a new visual identity for Nebula, a leading digital spiritual guidance space.

Decimal Unveils CCAI Human-Centric Identity

Decimal leaned into human imperfection to create a graphic manifesto for The Creators Coalition on Artificial Intelligence and the future of cinema.

Hellmann’s Launches Easter Egg Hunt On Jars with Mr. Doodle

Hellmann’s is turning its iconic label into an Easter egg hunt through a collaboration with artist Mr. Doodle. According to VML and WPP Unite, the campaign aims to remind shoppers that mayonnaise is a staple for Easter meals even as the holiday is typically associated with candy.

Category: News