Our annual ‘Responsible Designers’ feature, sponsored by DOMTAR, recognizes creative professionals embracing responsibility and using design principles to make the world a better place for people and nature. The range of issues at play are encyclopedic but the common denominator is to shape change.
Shangning Wang and Jiayan He are socially responsible designers who focus on Sustainable Development Goals and work within United Nations organizations.
Holly Wheeler is an experienced Creative Director and Designer specializing in strategic creativity across print, digital, environmental, and experiential design.
Alberto Rigau was born and raised in Puerto Rico and is a seasoned designer based in San Juan.
Mikell is an award-winning design director exploring where technology and art converge, currently serving as Executive Design Director at Hook.
Jack Watson has had a 15 year career centered around education as a multidisciplinary designer.
Diana Rose Smith leads an extremely talented pair of designers and collaborate with a full team of creative minds.
Colleen Gratzer has been in the design industry for almost 30 years – Gratzer Graphics provides design and accessibility services to clients.
Lentini Design & Marketing, Inc., (LDM) founded in 1990, is a WBENC-certified woman-owned branding and marketing firm based in Los Angeles.
Jasmine Raziuddin is a program manager in the Creative Communications department at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Neeta Verma is a designer, researcher, and educator within the evolving discipline of visual communication design.
Richard Hooper has served as Vice President of Marketing and Communications for the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP) for the past five years.
Entrepreneur and visionary, Roanne Adams is the founder and Chief Creative Director of RoAndCo Studio.
Rochelle has always held steadfast to her mission: change the world with the power of design.
Colin M. Gray and Sai Shruthi Chivukula are leaders in the field of Human-Computer Interaction and design ethics.
At Scout Lab, co-founders Willow Hill and Kaitlyn Barclay lead a purpose-driven agency with a focus on human and planetary health.
Span specializes in crossing the boundaries of communication design and is driven by collaboration, experimentation, and a commitment to making our work socially conscious.
Summer has cultivated a strong track record of collaborating with a wide range of organizations and businesses across the city of Chicago.
Ashley Argese is an award-winning designer and marketing professional.
Rachel B. Van Gorden is an artist and designer born and raised in Greenville SC.
Johnny Selman, founder and Executive Creative Director at Selman, leads a talented team of designers and brand thinkers.
Soul Camp Creative is a Sacred Strategy House dedicated to fostering ideas that change the world.
Danielle Kauffman works for TPD, an ENR 500 Top Design Firm that delivers transportation engineering projects throughout the eastern United States.
Ting Zhou is a mother, designer, and educator, currently serving as an assistant professor of Digital Media Design at the University of Connecticut.
Alex Paine is a partner in brand strategy at Lippincott, a global brand consultancy, based in the London office.
Lidia Varesco Racoma of Lidia Varesco Design in Chicago empowers organizations and entrepreneurs to make a change through strategic branding and marketing design.
People People is a Seattle-based, woman-owned branding and interactive firm specializing in brand thinking, brand identity, websites, print, and packaging design since 1998.
Billerud is exclusive sponsor of GDUSA’s 61st annual Print + Paper Survey. The survey reveals that designers believe in the unique power of print to communicate and to create a human connection. The print edition is on Billerud’s Influence® Gloss 60 lbs. text.
Gordon Kaye has been editor and publisher of GDUSA for more than three decades, and Sasha Kaye-Walsh is website and social media editor. This comment, connected to our 61st annual Print Design Survey and our 2024 Digital Design Awards competition and showcase, first appeared in our June 2024 print and digital magazines.
Rockport Publishers is celebrating its 40th year as a leading source of creative reference books. THRU APRIL 30, they are offering GDUSA readers an exclusive free look inside ‘Creative Endurance’ as well as a discount coupon code GDRP40 for Rockport titles.
Venerable Toronto-based Jacknife creative agency has introduced a new website. The site draws it inspiration from a mix of retro technology and modern design influences at the “intersection of creativity, innovation and fun.
For 61 years, GDUSA has recognized people who embody the spirit of the creative community. This year we overweighted with people engaged in package design because of the opportunities it presents. Mohawk is exclusive sponsor.
With the help of several of America’s leading art and design schools, we once again identify top students ready to burst on the design scene.
SAMANTHA CUBBERLEY / SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
MAEGAN LUCKIESH / IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
KRISTINA MONCELSI / SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
JARIN MORIGUCHI / UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO
MUHADDISA ALI / RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD)
ALEC FIGURACION / RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD)
MADISON HATFIELD / ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY
