PRINT magazine interviewed recent Regional Design Annual winners as a way of promoting the 2014 competition. UNT alumni Barrett Fry and Stu Taylor were featured to discuss the award-winning work they created with Pentagram in Austin. Check out the interview (and their enviable beards) here.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
American Advertising Award Winners
UNT communication design students earned Best of Show awards at both the Dallas and Ft. Worth 2014 American Advertising Award ceremonies this past week. In total, our students collected 13 awards for their various advertising campaigns. Those students earning a silver or gold medal will move on the District 10 Regional competition, which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. Congratulations to all of the winners!
Dallas AAF
Kolby Osborne
Best of Show and Gold
GiveDirectly.org consumer campaign
Michelle Ruiz
Gold
Futuro integrated campaign
Kai Horan
Silver
Sherwin Williams consumer campaign
Kai Horan
Bronze
Rain Barrels consumer campaign
Chase Kahn
Bronze
Atomic Candy consumer campaign
Johnathan Wenske
Bronze
Magic Eraser non-traditional campaign
Ft. Worth AAF
Shelby Tamura
Best of Show and Gold
Carfax consumer campaign
Megan Anderson
Gold
Kiwi Shoe Polish integrated campaign
Jordan Hill
Silver
Out-of-home Campaign
Megan Anderson
Silver
Ricola non-traditional advertising
Megan Anderson
Bronze
Fitbit City integrated campaign
Jen Krause
Bronze
Consumer campaign
Shana Hagemeyer
Bronze
Culinary Institute of America consumer campaign
Dallas AAF
Kolby Osborne
Best of Show and Gold
GiveDirectly.org consumer campaign
Michelle Ruiz
Gold
Futuro integrated campaign
Kai Horan
Silver
Sherwin Williams consumer campaign
Kai Horan
Bronze
Rain Barrels consumer campaign
Chase Kahn
Bronze
Atomic Candy consumer campaign
Johnathan Wenske
Bronze
Magic Eraser non-traditional campaign
Ft. Worth AAF
Shelby Tamura
Best of Show and Gold
Carfax consumer campaign
Megan Anderson
Gold
Kiwi Shoe Polish integrated campaign
Jordan Hill
Silver
Out-of-home Campaign
Megan Anderson
Silver
Ricola non-traditional advertising
Megan Anderson
Bronze
Fitbit City integrated campaign
Jen Krause
Bronze
Consumer campaign
Shana Hagemeyer
Bronze
Culinary Institute of America consumer campaign
Friday, February 7, 2014
Alumni Ben Barry returns to Texas with the DSVC
UNT communication design alumni Ben Barry will be the featured speaker at the Dallas Society of Visual Communications March 5th meeting. This is a great opportunity for students to see where their education might take them.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Paper Clips Rock!
Ryan Raschbaum didn't let an assigned product line like office supplies "clip" his creative wings. He created a target profile of a super organized hipster who would most certainly use the clips and clamps and then uncharacteristically want to keep the packages too because they are just that fun. Lots of accolades for this project from the Dieline, DSVC, blog posts a plenty and published in CMYK. Nice work Ryan!
Annual Reports
Warren Buffett was the target audience for both of the above annual reports (a few selected spreads from each) as he's stated he won't buy tech stocks if he doesn't understand what the company does. NVE's pioneering nanotechnology, spintronics was told expertly in a straightforward, typographic conversational manner by Brooke Qualman. Who knows where "the cloud" is and how a company like Rackspace leverages it to host applications for companies? Tara Thompson lead us through the complex trail of information with a vintage inspired trail guide. How fondly we look back to the days when clouds were puffy white things in the sky. Kudos to Brooke & Tara!
Collateral Systems & Marks
Collateral systems from sophomore graphic design work.
Credited:
Rayn Vonder Hoya: Pie Lab
Katie Janes: Study Egg
Silvia Erives: Black Swan Publishing
Arielle Trankle: Wine Harlots
Ryan Breault: Theater Antiques
Packaging Projects

Arielle Trankle's Fruta Fria brand and packaging was designed to bring Mexico's beloved frozen fruit bars to American grocery isles and palates. Look out Popsicle! Tara Thompson designed and lushly illustrated packaging to promote freshly picked fruit stewed into a line of gourmet jams and pickles to be sold in foodie specialty shops.
Play with your food
Molly Hensley researched fruit cup snacks for kids and discovered most brands consisted of cooked mushy fruit swimming in corn syrup and artificial food coloring. She created a new brand that promotes organic, minimally processed fruit, health-conscious parents will want to serve to their children all contained in packaging kids can enjoy long after the fruit is gone. Empty fruit cups can be flipped over to be used as stands for circus animals and the Big Top ringmaster. Fun concept Molly!
Packaging Projects
Becky Lin was given the challenge to develop a system of packages for a variety of vintage Edison bulbs that would be as lovely to gaze upon at as the bulbs. Nice work Becky!