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- Mar 31, 2018
- 2 min
13 Award-Winning Book Cover Designs from Across the U.S.
My favorite part of the Regional Designs Awards each year is the slew of book cover designs that we receive from each region. The old adage may be never judge a book by its cover, but we all know how important first impressions are. And I know I’m not the only one who’s a sucker for a good-looking book. So if you’re looking to add something to your summer reading list for 2018, you may want to consider the following titles with their Regional Design Award–winning book cover d
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- Mar 27, 2018
- 3 min
Blümenhaus: Side Project Turned Award-Winning Font
By: Nadja Sayej | March 27, 2018 Enter the 2018 Regional Design Annual by April 2 for a chance to be featured among the country’s best design work. Our judges: Sagi Haviv, Rebeca Méndez, Nancy Skolos, Alexander Isley, Chad Michael, Gail Anderson and Justin Peters. What really goes into a font? According to 80east Design, a design firm based in New York, a lot of color and experimentation. The firm was recognized in PRINT’s 2017 Regional Design Awards for its Blümenhaus font,
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- Mar 14, 2018
- 3 min
9 Student Designs That Prove We Have A Beautiful Future Ahead
By: Callie Budrick For nearly 40 years, PRINT’s Regional Design Awards has been the industry’s most respected design competition for professionals, regularly drawing entries from the likes of Paula Scher, Michael Bierut, Stefan Sagmeister and many, many others. It has served as a catalogue of graphic design’s greats—and now, we’re looking for the greats of tomorrow. For the second time in RDA history, we will have an entire section devoted specifically to students, organized
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- Mar 1, 2018
- 3 min
60 Poster Design Ideas from the Regional Design Awards
Deadline to enter the RDA: April 2, 2018. The Regional Design Awards are one of the leading graphic design competitions in the nation—and the only design competition that recognizes excellent work by the region from which it originates. Boost your work, get discovered and get the recognition you deserve by entering the 2018 awards today. All winners will get their work in PRINT’s all new 365 Days of Design Inspiration book and special on-site recognition at HOW Design Live. N
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- Feb 2, 2018
- 2 min
Award-Winning Identity: Louisville Public Media
Editor’s Note: This project won Best of Region for the South in PRINT’s 2017 Regional Design Awards. See all of the winners here, and don’t forget to enter the 2018 Regional Design Awards. The digital age has shifted the way many industries operate, with such change bringing an element of uncertainty—and that is especially the case with public radio. Which is why Louisville Public Media, a community-supported nonprofit with three radio stations and an investigative unit, was
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- Jan 24, 2018
- 2 min
Award-Winning Rebrand: The Austin Film Society
Editor’s Note: This project won Best of Region for Southwest in PRINT’s 2017 Regional Design Awards. See all of the winners here, and don’t forget to enter the 2018 Regional Design Awards. What sounds like a nightmare—designing 20 variations of a logo—became the thrilling center of Foxtrot’s rebrand for the Austin Film Society. Early on, the team decided to avoid cliché imagery like film reels. “This self-imposed limitation forced us to look beyond the expected reference poi
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- Apr 14, 2017
- 2 min
Eddie Opara: From London to New York
Here we take a look at the world of Eddie Opara, one of the judges for the 2017 PRINT Regional Design Awards. Every year thousands of art directors, studios and creative professionals not only enter the RDA, but also look to it to find the country’s top talent. Will you be next? Eddie Opara was born in Wandsworth, London in 1972. He grew up during a time when England was suffering economically. “There were huge deficits and strikes,” he told PRINT in 2011 while explaining how
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- Feb 24, 2017
- 2 min
Jessica Hische: Letterer, Illustrator and “Procrastiworker”
Jessica Hische grew up in Pennsylvania, “raised by two non-creatives that decided it would be OK to let their little girl pursue a seemingly impractical career.” Seemingly being the key word there. After declaring graphic design as her major, Hische graduated in 2006 and joined HEADCASE Design in Philadelphia where she spent time designing books. Soon after, she began working for Louise Fili out of Brooklyn. And by 2009, she was on her own as a letterer, type designer, illust
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- Jan 10, 2017
- 2 min
PRINT’s 2016 Regional Design Annual
By: Print Magazine | January 10, 2017 It’s here: the design industry’s most well-respected annual. It’s the 2016 Print Regional Design Awards. Zachary Petit says it best in his editor’s letter: “The RDA always comes together with a bit of mysticism in the end.” Nearly 3,000 entries, six regions, six judges, 17 categories and countless hours of work from the designers and everyone involved in this massive issue. For over 35 years, Print’s RDA has been the only design annual br
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