AWARDS & RECOGNITION
We’ve been honored to collaborate with our clients on some award-winning work. Additionally, our students and the studio has been recognized for various projects. Here is a selected list of awards and recognition.
RECOGNITIONS OVER THE YEARS
2026
2025
2023
2022
2021
2020
GDUSA Students to Watch 2026
Alyssa Vena and Mya Colglazier
American Advertising Award 2026: ADDY Fort Wayne
Project One: Muncie Action Plan Annual Report 24 (ADDY Silver)
Project Two: Hamilton County SWCD Identity Design (ADDY Silver)
Project Three: BSU School of Art Student Show 2025 (ADDY Silver)
Project Four: BSU Dept of Theatre and Dance 25–26 Posters (ADDY Silver)
GDUSA Students to Watch 2025
Rachel Baker and Taylor Rector
GDUSA: American Graphic Design Awards 2025
Project One: Hamilton County SWCD Identity Design
Project Two: Muncie Action Plan Annual Report 2024
Project Three: BSU School of Art Student Show 2025–26
Design It Forward Kentucky 2025: Second Place
Design Team: Alyssa Vena, Adriana Trimpe, and Mallory Tucker
GDUSA Students to Watch 2024
Cassie Pomierski and Anna McCreary
GDUSA: American Graphic Design Awards 2024
Project One: Ball State University Department Theatre and Dance 2024–25
Project Two: BSU School of Art Student Show 2024
GDUSA: American Digital Design Awards 2024
Project: Building Better Neighborhoods: Celebrating Success
Design It Forward Kentucky 2024: Fourth Place
Design Team: Rachel Baker, Hailey Vrolyk, and Mya Colglazier
Design It Forward Kentucky 2024: First Place
Taylor Rector, Maddie Whitaker, and Charlotte Pollock
GDUSA Top Design School 2023
GDUSA Students to Watch 2023
GDUSA: American Graphic Design Awards 2023
Project One: The Art Place Gifted Process Book 2023
Project Two: Radiance Cinema Identity Design
Design It Forward Kentucky 2023: Fourth Place
Cassie Pomierski, Anna McCreary, and Taylor Rector
GDUSA Top Design School 2022
GDUSA Students to Watch 2022
Aubrey Hayden and Eliza Kuhn
GDUSA: American Digital Design Awards 2022
Project One: Until Next Time (MINT)
Project Two: Celebrate the Unknown (BBN)
GDUSA: American Graphic Design Awards 2022
Project One: Storer Woods Identity Design
Project Two: 87th Annual Student Art Show
GDUSA Students to Watch 2021
Erin Mawhorter and Ashlyn Sterling
GDUSA: American Web Design Awards 2021
Project: 86th Annual Student Juried Art Show Collateral Design
Design It Forward Kentucky 2021
Third Place Design Team: Sydney Merryman, Anika Gaska, and Jake Gesick
Second Place Design Team: Eliza Kuhn, Sara Misak, and Sunny Clark
GDUSA: American Graphic Design Awards 2021
Project One: ACDC identity design
Project Two: Yorktown Fire Dept. Activity Book
GDUSA Top Design School 2020
GDUSA Students to Watch 2020
Samantha Robbins and Mariah Drake
GDUSA: American Graphic Design Awards 2020
Project One: Riverside Normal City Identity Design
Project Two: 85th Annual Juried Student Show
Project Three: Prairie Creek Trails Identity Design
American Advertising Award 2020: ADDY East Central Indiana
Project One: Whitely Community Identity Design (ADDY Silver)
Project Two: Queer Chocolatier Fresh Free Coffee Poster (ADDY Silver)
Project Three: Amaya and the Courthouse Mouse CASA Book (ADDY Gold)
Project Four: Old West End Neighborhood Identity Design (ADDY Gold + ADDY Judges Choice + ADDY Best of Show)
GDUSA: American Web Design Awards 2020
Project One: Whitely Community Identity & Programs
Project Two: Queer Chocolatier Fresh Free Coffee Animation
GDUSA Top Design School 2019
GDUSA Students to Watch 2019
Johna Walls and Anna Weddle
American Advertising Award 2019: ADDY East Central Indiana
Project One: Queer Chocolatier Identity Design (ADDY Gold + ADDY Best of Show)
Project Two: Sutton Foster Album Cover Design (ADDY Silver)
Logolounge Book 11
Project: Studio 165+ Identity Design
GDUSA: American Web Design Award 2019
Project One: PechaKucha Night Muncie: Life
Project Two: Muncie Arts & Culture Trail Motion Graphics
Project Three: PlySpace Residency Social Media
GDUSA: American Graphic Design Award 2019
Project One: Whitely Community Identity Design
Project Two: Queer Chocolatier Fresh Free Coffee Poster
Project Three: Amaya and the Courthouse Mouse CASA Book
GDUSA: American Graphic Design Award 2018
Project One: Sutton Foster Album Cover Design
Project Two: Lepoint Identity Design