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Gordon Kaye: Our 2021 Responsible Designers Story
Our annual Responsible Designers To Watch story — aka “designing for good” — recognizes that creative professionals are taking control and ownership of how, why, where and for whom they work.
Ruiz Returns To Jovenville
Andy Ruiz has rejoined Jovenville as their new creative director. In this role, he will work closely with founder Joven Orozco and oversee the agency’s creative direction and strategy. “We are thrilled to welcome Andy back after being away for a while,” said Orozco.
Logo Gives Coke Drinkers A Hug
Weiden+Kennedy and the Coca-Cola brand have introduced Real Magic, the first new global platform for the beverage giant since 2016, and reveal the ‘Hug,’ a new perspective on the iconic logo.
Pearlfisher Puts Moms First
Pearlfisher’s brand and package design of Her.9 – a direct-to-consumer pregnancy nutrition brand – aims to reappraise the sector by speaking to a new generation of moms.
Neenah CLASSIC® Refresh Aims To ‘Evolutionize’ Design and Specification Process
Neenah is more closely aligning paper and technology with the launch of a refreshed Neenah CLASSIC® swatchbook and a new numbering system designed for its Neenah Swatch Pro™ extension for Adobe Illustrator®, Photoshop®, and InDesign®.
Graziani: Creating Symbols And Icons For Genre Fiction
Graziani’s graphic research into the fictional world results in an extensive visual encyclopedia of fictional icons inspired by novels, graphic novels, books, comics, film archives, dramas, and a host of other media.
FunctionFox In-House: All-In-One Project Management Toolbox
See a free demo and get deep discounts on FunctionFox In-House, an all-in-one project management tool that allows creative teams to spend less time fielding requests and more time doing what they love: creating.
New LA Cannabis Brand Inspired By Street Culture
New LA-based cannabis gummy and street brand, RERUN, is a cult cannabis brand and a collaboration with Pearlfisher and House of Brands – the first in a portfolio of brands to come.
Gordon Kaye: A Happy Convergence
Welcome to our 21st annual American Web Design Awards winners showcase.
Amazon Joins Diversify By Design Coalition
Amazon joins the Diversify by Design (DxD) coalition to help launch Design=, a collaborative initiative to increase access to design for historically excluded youth.
Atlanta Marketing Group Lights Fuse
SCS Atlanta, Reckon, and AT&T help re-launch Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association. Now known as Fuse, the group has a new brand identity and big vision to serve its community.
Design Bridge Updates Classic NYC Hot Dog Shop
Crif Dogs hot dog shop’s brand redesign by Design Bridge New York incorporates true New York style and flair into a longstanding Manhattan icon.
San Francisco 49ers Draft Latinx Artist
The San Francisco 49ers are engaged in a campaign to celebrate Latinx Heritage Month. The celebration includes Latinx fan feature videos, new Spotify playlists with Bay Area Latinx artists – and artwork by a 49ers employee Emilio Cortez from outside the team’s inhouse creative team.
Public Address Makes Vegetables Fun
Design and creative studio Public Address was challenged to rebrand vegetables by Wholly Veggie, a plant-based food brand. The brand and package design is intended to be playful, and to make vegetables fun.
How A Logo, Designed 17 Years Ago, Is Having A Second Life
A logo designed by Alessandro/Weber Design 17 years ago for a minor league hockey team is having a second life as a pop icon logo due to a Netflix released documentary and a hockey jersey worn by Drake.
Order Recreates Brooklyn Dining Landmark
Design studio Order recreates the brand identity for the revival of Brooklyn’s Gage & Tollner, an historic 19th century oyster and chop house on famed Fulton Street.
Paola Moya Visits The White House
Paola Moya, CEO of Moya Design Partners, was invited to a White House roundtable headed by Vice President Kamala to celebrate the contributions of Hispanic women business owners in the US.
Tré Seals Designs Spike Lee Monograph
SPIKE is a visual celebration of Spike Lee’s life and career to date designed by Tré Seals.
VSA Prescribes ‘Curiosity To Cure’ Campaign
VSA Partners has led the brand transformation of AMRI, a leading contract drug manufacturing organization, emphasizing its ability to take drug development “from curiosity to cure.”
AIGA Announces Initiative With Wiki Education
AIGA has announced an initiative with Wiki Education to expand and build more comprehensive design histories for the public on Wikipedia. AIGA Wiki Scholars Program will provide training for AIGA members to add and expand the design knowledge base on Wikipeda.
Kum & Go Redefines Convenience With Brand Overhaul
Convenience store chain Kum & Go is revealing its new brand identity and communication campaign to add a new, creatively-driven dimension to the on-the-go category.
Okaybro Brands Cannabis Licensing Platform
Canopyright’s new brand, identity and logo by Seattle’s Okaybro communicate a more transparent, equitable – and trustworthy – cannabis industry that incentivizes and rewards breeders.
Trollbäck Flattens and Evolves ABC Network Logo
With the help of the Trollbäck branding firm, ABC reimagines a simpler globe logo with refined typography. The most noticeable change is the return to a traditional flat logo from a more 3D iteration.
Mock Logos Embraced By Brands
Emily Zugay’s makeshift logos can be seen as the profile pictures of many of the brands’ official TikTok accounts. When Emily jokingly shared attempts at redesigning iconic logos, it racked up millions of views, and caught the attention of some of the US largest companies.
COLLINS Visualizes Can-Do Attitude
For small business focused NEXT Insurance, COLLINS has developed a playful, hand-drawn style that captures the sincerity, positivity, and the gritty can-do ethos of entrepreneurs. Past periods of stress for small businesses is the inspiration.
LogoLounge 13 Open For Submissions
LogoLounge.com is currently accepting submissions for LogoLounge Book 13, which will feature 3,000 of the best and brightest logos from around the world.
LBB Helps Ajax Reach Millennials and GenZ-ers
Little Big Brands partners with legacy brand Ajax on package design of a new European Union product that is targeted to Millennials and GenZ-ers.
Cooper Hewitt Names National Design Award Winners
Among the winners of the 22nd Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards: graphic designer and DEI advocate Cheryl Miller (design visionary) and motion design studio Imaginary Forces (communications design). First Lady Jill Biden is this year’s Honorary Patron.
Struck Rebrands Squaw Valley Resort
Creative agency Struck provided guided research, strategy and creative for the newly named Palisades Tahoe, formerly Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows.
Affinity Gives Mezzetta A Digital Facelift
Mezzetta partnered with Affinity Creative Group to completely reimagine and rebuild their existing website while staying true to the brand’s time-honored tradition and family-oriented aesthetic.
Coming Soon: Big Data, Big Design: Why Designers Should Care About Artificial Intelligence
Big Data, Big Design provides designers with the tools they need to harness the potential of machine learning and put it to good use through thoughtful, human-centered, intentional design.
JOKR Embraces Living In The Moment
Instant grocery delivery platform JOKR unveils their new brand to help consumers embrace living in the moment.
LIFEWTR Goes West For Design Inspiration
LIFEWTR’s West Coast bottled water collection features artwork from diverse artists and illustrators across Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Washington State.
AIGA Announces Hispanic Heritage Talks 2021
Under the AIGA umbrella and throughout Hispanic Heritage Month, Latinx and Hispanic Creatives will share their culture, contributions, and best practices to move design forward.
ROOK/NYC Packaging Plants Seed For Growth
The new packaging design for seed-based snack company 88 Acres was designed by independent creative agency, ROOK/NYC.
Absolut: Home Swede Home
Absolut Vodka unveils its biggest design update since its launch in 1979. Paying homage to its credentials of provenance, heritage and authenticity, the iconic bottle’s redesign is committed to showing that Absolut Vodka is still as original as when it began.
9/11 Day PSA Urges Unity
On the 20th anniversary, Wunderman Thompson creates a campaign that aims to rekindle the spirit of togetherness and compassion that arose in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy of September 11.
CBX Launches CPG Volume Design Offering
Brand design agency CBX launches Forge, a new volume design offering for CPG companies and retailers that can create product packaging scaled across thousands of product SKUs and dozens of product categories.
ONE School Graduates 84 Black Creatives
Today (September 10) is the deadline for the ONE School free portfolio program. In its first iteration, the school graduated 84 Black Creatives. Women make up 65% of graduates in the program with an 80% hire rate at top agencies and brands.