
Stressdesign, a Syracuse based design firm specializing in brand communications for business and education clients, recently won ten awards in the Graphic Design USA Design Contest for work completed in 2009. This marks the 8th consecutive year the firm’s work has been recognized by the industry-leading publication in its annual competition.
Graphic Design USA is the news and ideas magazine for graphic design professionals and boasts an estimated monthly readership of over 100,000. In 2008, Marc Stress, founder and design director of Stressdesign, was among 43 design professionals across the country to receive a full-page profile in the publication’s annual “People To Watch” section.
The 10 awards received by Stressdesign represent work for clients such as LC Smith College of Engineering (fall 2006 magazine), Syracuse University Academic Affairs (website design), Syracuse University School of Education (Identity Guidebook) Adagio Salon (graphic identity and website), The college of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University (Migration special event branding), SSK HR (graphic identity, website + brochure), Wind Power Logo (website), MedTech (e-mail newsletter)
Stressdesign was also recognized with an award for its own website, and for Codename MORE™ the stressdesign newsletter, and a special stressdesign promotional piece the “keep your pants on” pewter belt buckle . See each piece included in the award after the jump
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The November/December issue of Graphic Design USA showcases selected winners of our three decade old American Graphic Design Awards competition. It is open to everyone in the community: advertising agencies, graphic design firms, corporate, institutional and publishing inhouse departments, and more. It honors outstanding new work of all kinds from across the country and North America: print and collateral, advertising and sales promotion, packaging and point-of-purchase, internet and interactive design, broadcast and motion graphics, corporate identity and logos. The 2007 competition is sponsored exclusively by Adobe Systems Incorporated.
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For the third year since the contest began, stressdesign has received a number of awards, including our third Gold from Portfolios.com.
The firm also received 3 other awards in the world-wide competition.
Anyone who’s ever been involved in the development of a new trademark or logo will tell you it’s a challenging task. At the outset, the development of a new logo frequently seems like it will be clean, clear path from concept to production. The optimism that the logo will ever appear as hundreds—perhaps thousands— of variations evolve can be difficult to maintain. (more…)
Stressdesign, a Syracuse-based design firm specializing in communications for business and education clients, recently won five awards in the 2005 Portfolios.com Awards Show. The agency was recognized for excellence in both graphic and web design. (more…)