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In recognition of its creative approach to graphic design, Kissimmee Utility Authority’s (KUA) 2003 annual report has been honored with an award of excellence in the 2004 American Graphic Design Awards.
Sponsored by Graphic Design:usa magazine, the American Graphic Design Awards honor new, outstanding graphic design, advertising art and marketing communications. The awards program is judged by a national panel of creative professionals hailing from prominent graphic design firms, advertising agencies and corporate design departments.
KUA’s annual report -- titled "ON" -- features a financial summary of 2003 as well as a narrative on the many ways electricity impacts our daily lives. The report brings attention to just a few of the many luxuries, conveniences and life-saving devices that exist because electricity powers them.
The annual report was produced by KUA’s corporate communications division with assistance from graphic designer Popcorn Initiative and commercial photographer Ed McDonald, both of Orlando, FL.
Founded in 1901, KUA is Florida's sixth largest community-owned utility providing electric, water, and telecommunication services to 170,000 residents in five Central Florida counties.
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The late Canadian typographer Carl Dair was one of the great typographic designers of the 1950s and 1960s, and he may have been the best of them all at explaining the nature of typography.
In coordinated projects that he both wrote and designed, he managed to describe -- and show -- the ways in which manipulating and using type make typography happen.
Dair is the very epitome of what I mean when I say "typographer" : someone who designs with type, not just a fancy typesetter, but someone who uses type, in all its variations, as the principle element of design.
Since type carries meaning, the practice of typography requires a designer who cares about the words themselves. It requires someone who cares enough, and is skillful enough, to make the type express that meaning, rather than serve as simply eye-catching decoration.
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So you want to be in pictures? Activision, Inc. and Lionhead Studios are hosting an online contest where fame is the ultimate prize. Fans of the forthcoming game The Movies™ are invited to design their own studio logo. The winning logos will appear in the game for use on the studio entry gates, throughout the back lot, during opening film credits, and the designer will receive acknowledgment in the game.
Fans who are interested in participating in this contest can view the official rules and submit up to five entries at website. The images submitted must be a square image, 256 by 256 pixels in size, preferably on a transparent background, and be in one of these formats: tga, tiff, png, gif. Fans are encouraged to create an original piece of art that doesn’t contain names or text and does not refer to products or trademarks. The Movies logo competition begins on September 20 and ends on October 20. The production team at Lionhead Studios will judge all entries and pick the top three logos for use in the game. The winners and their designs will be announced on November 30 at website.
In The Movies, the studio logo is an important game element as it appears on crew clothing, the water tower, flags, and most importantly, the credits for every film created.
Developed by Lionhead Studios’ Peter Molyneux, a pioneer in the “
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Dittie is proud to announce that it has been awarded two American Graphic Design Awards for packaging and self promotion. Awards prove that shopping for and using feminine products can be a fun and stylish experience.
The 2004 American Graphic Design Awards, which are sponsored by Graphic Design usa, the monthly business-to-busine ss magazine for professional graphic designers and related creative and production professionals, honors new, outstanding graphic design, advertising art and marketing communications created by American graphic designers and art directors.
"This is a very exciting honor for us and an historic day for feminine protection. Who's ever heard of a tampon winning a design award before?" said Barbara Carey, Dittie founder and president. "This award proves that shopping for and using feminine products can be a fun and stylish experience after all!"
Committed to abolishing the taboos around a woman's cycle and differentiating itself on shelves cluttered with medicinal-looking packaging (Tampax looks like Lactaid, Playtex looks like Benadryl, and Kotex looks like Dr. Scholl's Wart Remover), Dittie's in-house design team found inspiration for the packaging at the cosmetic counter and in the clean lines of high-end French-milled soaps. The team injected the brand with attitude and a runway sensibility by
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Step inside design magazine presents Stretch, a two-day conference for creative professionals that inspires new ways of thinking about design through an introspective look at other creative minds in architecture, product, fashion, film and more. Extend your creative potential by attending Stretch.
October 14-16, 2004
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington DC
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