Starting its 50th year of publishing, Graphic Design USA magazine is celebrating the past, present and future of the graphic design community with an all-industry survey. “We thought long and hard about how best to use our 50th anniversary as an opportunity honor this talented community,” commented Gordon Kaye, Editor of Graphic Design...
The 51st D&AD Awards is now open for entries. The pinnacle of creative achievement across the design, advertising and digital industries, the D&AD Awards have been running since 1962. Unlike other shows, D&AD only awards work of the highest standard, meaning that the quantity of top awards given fluctuates year on year....
Pantone Canvas is a free online creative network powered by Behance. It is the first and only network built on the Behance platform with the ability to filter projects by color. Pantone Canvas lets designers showcase and promote their work through digital portfolios to millions of creative users worldwide to connect...
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners has recently launched a new campaign for TD Ameritrade. Voiced by Matt Damon and directed by Brad Silberling, the new spots are highly stylized and use personal story telling, a unique approach for the financial category.
Organized by Communication Arts, Typography Competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering. The competition is open to any typographic project first printed or produced from September 2011 through September 2012. Chosen by a jury of...
The Avant/Garde Diaries, a digital interview magazine which documents personal views on the avant-garde, has recently interviewed Dawn Goldworm, the Scent Director of the Paris and NYC-based olfactory branding company 12.29. The company produces delicate and strategic elixirs of scents and places them in new contexts, manipulating environmental experiences, conjuring memories,...
NY-based creative production company Gretel worked with Style’s strategists and executives to craft a new brand image for the network with energy, versatility, personality, and, above all, style. Style has been on the air for over ten years. Though they’ve enjoyed some success building an aspirational, upbeat network that viewers...
The Center for Architecture and Occuprint invite the public to expand the visual language and cultural expression of the conversation on public space and freedom assembly by submitting poster designs that provoke thought and dialogue. Tahrir Square, Pushkin Square, and Zuccotti Park have demonstrated the timeliness of the conversation. Participants...
“Logos are a part of our everyday visual landscape, but few of us take the time to examine the thought and design that went into these symbols. Utilizing a silent vocabulary of colors, shapes, and typography, logo designers give a visual identity to companies, communicating personality and values to the...
At the HOW Design Live conference, Neenah Paper introduced Neenah Cabinet for Desktop, a first-of-its-kind cross-platform Adobe Air application created for PCs and Macs that provides users with the most effective way to find, specify, compare and test the perfect paper for their projects. Cabinet demystifies, simplifies and advances the...