Opportunities • Graphic Design USA https://gdusa.com The nation’s most popular news source for graphic design business, ideas, and opportunities. Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:22:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://gdusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/icon-gdusa.svg Opportunities • Graphic Design USA https://gdusa.com 32 32 July 15 Is Last Day To Enter Our Package Awards https://gdusa.com/now-open-63rd-gdusa-package-awards/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:00:26 +0000 https://gdusa2024v2.agreatidea.studio/?p=65015 This Wednesday July 15 (midnight) is the last day to enter our 63rd anniversary competition, which celebrates the power of package design to tell the story, advance the brand, amplify the experience, make and reinforce the sale — to forge a connection at the moment of truth. Food & Beverages, Wine & Spirits, Home & Garden, Beauty & Personal Care, Luxury & Sustainability, and a dozen more categories.

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]]> Span Graphics Support Bird-Safe Design Strategies https://gdusa.com/span-exhibit-design-supports-bird-safe-strategies/ Fri, 19 Jun 2026 06:08:18 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=85796 Flyway City, an exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Center, was designed and co-curated by architecture firm Studio Gang in collaboration with graphic design studio Span.

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]]> Cooper Hewitt Unveils National Design Collection https://gdusa.com/cooper-hewitt-unveils-presentation-of-national-design-collection/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:04:55 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=85707 Cooper Hewitt will mark the nation's 250th anniversary with a multi-year installation of the museum's permanent collection.

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]]> Cheers To 50 Years! CF NAPA Celebrates Milestone https://gdusa.com/cheers-to-50-years-cf-napa-celebrates-milestone/ Tue, 12 May 2026 09:00:11 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=85134 For 50 years, CF NAPA has played an integral part in developing what is considered today the contemporary wine label. For the past 24 years, under the leadership of David Schuemann, the firm has developed and restaged countless successful alcohol brands through story, packaging, and visual ethos.

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]]> GDUSA Digital Magazine: April 2026 https://gdusa.com/gdusa-digital-magazine-april-2026/ Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:01:03 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=84836 Our April 2026 Digital Magazine features our 26th annual Digital Design Awards and the list of 2026 Top Design Schools & Programs. Plus graphic design news, lots of news.

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]]> TDC Announces Finalists, Intros Type-High Physical Award https://gdusa.com/tdc-announces-finalists-intros-type-high-physical-award/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:30:08 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=84919 The Type Directors Club has announced 161 finalists from 40 countries for its  TDC72 competition. This marks the first time the global organization has announced competition finalists in its nearly 80-year history. 

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]]> Sagmeister To Host ADC Annual Ceremony https://gdusa.com/stefan-sagmeister-to-host-adc-annual-ceremony/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:30:11 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=84523 World-renowned designer Stefan Sagmeister will serve as host for this year’s Art Directors Club 105th Annual Awards ceremony, taking place on May 13 in New York. He says: "The ADC has always been proof that craft, beauty and commerce aren’t enemies — they’re co-conspirators."

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]]> Enter Our Inaugural GDUSA Sports Design Awards https://gdusa.com/coming-soon-enter-our-inaugural-american-sports-design-awards/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:00:43 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=83659 A new kind of GDUSA Award. Celebrating the very best sports design of 2026. It's new, but very much fits our mission to raise attention — and elevate excellence — where growth and opportunity arise for the creative community — and to have a little fun along the way.

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]]> International Design Day 2026 https://gdusa.com/international-design-day-2026/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:00:19 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=84408 IDD 2026's theme The Spaces In Between focuses on the physical, digital, and emotional spaces where human connection is shaped.

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]]> Cooper Hewitt Gala To Honor Legends Along Side Winners https://gdusa.com/cooper-hewitt-gala-to-honor-winners-celebs-historic-figures/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:47:36 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=84228 Contemporary Gala Honorees include Adobe, MillerKnoll, Target, Tiffany, Thom Browne, Tory Burch, Maya Lin, Jenna Lyons, MacKenzie Scott; and Martha Stewart. Historic figures include Peter Cooper, Frederick Law Olmsted, Louis Sullivan, Candace Wheeler, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

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]]> Today Is The Last Day: GDUSA Digital Design Awards™ https://gdusa.com/enter-gdusas-2026-digital-design-awards/ Sun, 01 Mar 2026 12:01:55 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=82588 Today - Friday March 6. - is the last day to enter our fastest-growing competition. The 26th annual GDUSA Digital Design Awards™ recognizes and honors the power of design to enhance online and interactive experiences including websites, social, email, ads, publications, video, apps and more.

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]]> TDC Opens 2026 Call for Three Global Scholarships https://gdusa.com/tdc-opens-2026-call-for-three-global-scholarships/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:55:47 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=83581 The Type Directors Club (TDC) has officially opened the call for entries for its three global student scholarship programs, reinforcing its commitment to advancing typographic excellence and expanding access to design education worldwide. Now part of The One Club for Creativity, TDC continues to champion the next generation of type and lettering talent through targeted […]

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]]> We Want To Hear From You! https://gdusa.com/we-want-to-hear-from-you/ https://gdusa.com/we-want-to-hear-from-you/#respond Tue, 06 May 2025 13:49:36 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=78973 Thank you for your time in responding to GDUSA's 2025 Graphic Design Print Survey. These questions help us and our community understand the composition, work, and future of the graphic design industry with an emphasis on trends in print.

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]]> https://gdusa.com/we-want-to-hear-from-you/feed/ 0 Enter GDUSA’s 2025 Cannabis Graphics Awards https://gdusa.com/enter-acga-awards2025/ Thu, 01 May 2025 16:00:15 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=36793 GDUSA’s American Cannabis Graphics Awards™ recognizes how designers help shape the marketplace for cannabis and related products by elevating brands, differentiating products, encouraging transparency. Final deadline: September 12.

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]]> Adobe MAX London – Watch Free On Demand https://gdusa.com/adobe-max-london-streaming-live-free-on-april-24/ https://gdusa.com/adobe-max-london-streaming-live-free-on-april-24/#respond Sat, 19 Apr 2025 14:45:48 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=77813 Adobe MAX is returning to London on April 24 to showcase the latest advancements in design and generative AI. Join online to experience the keynote, draw inspiration from leading creatives, explore the latest products Adobe has to offer, and receive expert insights - all streamed directly from London.

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]]> https://gdusa.com/adobe-max-london-streaming-live-free-on-april-24/feed/ 0 Joe Treacy Talks Typefaces At Museum Of Printing https://gdusa.com/joe-treacy-talks-typefaces-at-museum-of-printing/ https://gdusa.com/joe-treacy-talks-typefaces-at-museum-of-printing/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:10:34 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=77799 Renowned expert Joe Treacy will give a talk at the Museum of Printing on April 26 on how to design a typeface, punctuated with stories and examples from his own award-winning journey. Joe will also provide one-on-one professional critiques for student type designers with a chance for a new typeface to be produced on treacyfaces.com.

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]]> https://gdusa.com/joe-treacy-talks-typefaces-at-museum-of-printing/feed/ 0 These Creative Skills Can Boost Your Career in 2025 https://gdusa.com/these-creative-skills-can-boost-your-career-in-2025/ Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:00:12 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=65233 Want to stand out in the competitive creative industry? Then level up your skills. Lucy Marino of Robert Half talent solutions says that sharpening certain skills — from art direction to AI — can take your career to the next level.

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]]> Girls Who Print Honors HERstory https://gdusa.com/girls-who-print-honors-herstory/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:00:57 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=65501 March marks the return of Print HERstory Month, an annual celebration dedicated to amplifying women’s voices in the printing industry that coincides with Women’s History Month. It is hosted and founded by Girls Who Print.

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]]> Ford Foundation Presents ‘Reverberations’ https://gdusa.com/ford-foundation-gallery-presents-reverberations/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:27:02 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=65288 The ‘Reverberations’ exhibition at the Ford Foundation seeks to revises design history by spotlighting Indigenous, Black, and People of Color (IBPOC) designers and cultural figures. The subtext: a challenge to narrative of design tradition as a single dominant line.

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]]> Welcome To The 61st GDUSA Design Annual https://gdusa.com/welcome-to-the-61st-gdusa-design-annual/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 17:50:50 +0000 https://gdusa2024v2.agreatidea.studio/?p=65111 We present our 61st anniversary end-of-year best-of-year awards showcase — a celebration of the value to business, culture, society that creative professionals bring to the table. The pieces showcased — and their creators — stand out from the information clutter and make a difference.

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]]> The One Club Sets ‘Freelancer Connect’ Business Guidance Event https://gdusa.com/the-one-club-plans-freelancer-connect-business-guidance-event/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:34:37 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=64290 Organized by The One Club, the inaugural Freelancer Connect conference will provide practical business advice and a networking opportunity to a wide range of solo practitioners. Confirmed speakers include ad and design leaders, successful freelancers, and tax and accounting specialists.

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]]> GDUSA Moves To Brooklyn https://gdusa.com/gdusa-moves-to-brooklyn/ Sat, 11 May 2024 21:01:17 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=62684 GDUSA moved to the Prospect Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn earlier this year, after 60 years of publishing on or within a few feet of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Brooklyn is a leading producer of irony and Publisher Gordon Kaye has a few very brief thoughts along those lines.

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]]> The One Club Names 2024 Hall Of Fame Inductees https://gdusa.com/the-one-club-names-2024-hall-of-fame-inductees/ Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:11:43 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=62487 The One Club proudly announces the creative legends selected as 2024 inductees into the prestigious Creative Hall of Fame. The HOF has a rich heritage of honoring the lifetime achievements in all forms of advertising and design, starting with the induction of Leo Burnett in 1961.

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]]> SVA MFA Products of Design Speaker Series: Eason Yang https://gdusa.com/sva-mfa-products-of-design-speaker-series-eason-yang/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 16:43:21 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=62339 SVA's MFA Products of Design welcomes designer, creative director, educator, and social entrepreneur Eason Yang.

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]]> TAPPI and AICC Announce SuperCorrExpo 2024 https://gdusa.com/tappi-and-aicc-announce-supercorrexpo-2024/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:48:18 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=62520 Registration for SuperCorrExpo 2024 is now open. The largest event for the corrugated packaging industry will take place September 8-12 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando FL.

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]]> TDC Opens Call For Four Global Scholarship Programs https://gdusa.com/tdc-opens-call-for-four-global-scholarship-programs/ Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:59:52 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=62166 The Type Directors Club has opened the call for applications for its four global student scholarship programs. Programs recognize BIPOC, female-identifying, Native American and First Nation, and needs-based students.

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]]> Poster House Sets Spring Season https://gdusa.com/poster-house-sets-spring-season/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:25:13 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=62073 Poster House will present four new exhibitions for the spring season. The two main exhibitions are ‘Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters’ and ‘The Anatomy of a Movie Poster: The Work of Dawn Baillie.’ 

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]]> Second Print Design Summit Is Set For February https://gdusa.com/2nd-print-design-summit-is-set/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:48:25 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=60753 Print Design Academy presents the 2nd Annual Print Design Summit, a virtual conference dedicated to empowering graphic designers with the skills they need to create award-winning print and packaging designs.

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]]> AIGA MN and Walker Art Center Set Lecture Series https://gdusa.com/aiga-minnesota-and-walker-art-center-set-lecture-series/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 19:32:43 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=60567 The Walker Art Center and AIGA Minnesota are co-presenting the Insights Design Lecture Series. Featuring leading graphic designers and design thinkers from around the world, the series takes place March 12–April 2.

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]]> GDUSA Podcast #13: ESG and Designing for Good and Much More https://gdusa.com/the-gdusa-podcast-13-stephanie-dolmat-lucy-marino-of-robert-half/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:13:44 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=60369 The rise of ESG and its confluence with the Designing For Good movement. Experts are from Robert Half talent solutions: Stephanie Dolmat, Sr. Director, ESG and Lucy Marino, Executive Director of the marketing and creative practice.

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]]> Gordon Kaye: Making Sense of 60 Years https://gdusa.com/gordon-kaye-making-sense-of-60-years/ Sun, 17 Dec 2023 18:35:28 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=60410 ‘The more things change, the more they remain insane.’ As GDUSA winds up its sixth decade, a few thoughts about the evolution of graphic design as a discipline and profession, how it has morphed and changed over time, and how to make some sense of it all.

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]]> The GDUSA Podcast #12: Debbie Barnett of Barnett Design https://gdusa.com/the-gdusa-podcast-12-debbie-barnett-of-barnett-design/ Mon, 20 Nov 2023 17:23:59 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=60036 Surviving and Thriving in Business

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]]> Kevin Hall: CT Designers Scored BIG in the ‘90s https://gdusa.com/kevin-hall-ct-designers-scored-big-in-the-90s/ Sat, 11 Nov 2023 18:58:29 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=59883 Connecticut graphic designer Kevin Hall recounts the halcyon days of the 1990s when sports teams flocked to the state and sports loving designers like himself had a field day developing logos, branding and marketing materials.

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]]> The One Club Opens Creative Hall of Fame Nominations to Membership https://gdusa.com/the-one-club-opens-creative-hall-of-fame-nominations-to-membership/ Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:27:15 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=59186 After decades of having its Board of Directors nominate the esteemed inductees for the biannual  Creative Hall of Fame, The One Club for Creativity is for the first time opening the nomination process for 2024 to its global membership.

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]]> Gordon Kaye: Our 2023 Inhouse Design Awards https://gdusa.com/gordon-kaye-our-2023-inhouse-design-awards/ Thu, 31 Aug 2023 13:52:11 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=58990 GDUSA Editor and Publisher Gordon Kaye on the magazine's 2023 Inhouse Design Awards showcase, and the potential role of inhouse designers going forward in helping to rebuild social trust and usher in an era of communications truth and transparency.

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]]> Top 5 Reasons To Attend MAX 2023 https://gdusa.com/top-5-reasons-to-attend-max-2023/ Thu, 03 Aug 2023 13:12:36 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=58673 Adobe MAX, the Creativity Conference, is one of the largest gatherings of graphic and web designers, creative and art directors, and other leaders. GDUSA readers save big on a conference pass with promo code M23GDUSA.

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]]> 3rd Brody Monograph Explores Past 30 Years Of Career https://gdusa.com/third-neville-brody-monograph-explores-past-30-years-of-career/ Mon, 08 May 2023 12:35:12 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=57446 A follow up to two highly successful monographs on the work of Neville Brody showcases projects completed since the mid-1990s. Thematic sections address typographic experimentation, information graphics, cultural subversion, and design systems by a creative legend.

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]]> Haddad & Partners’ Sweet 16th Anniversary https://gdusa.com/haddad-partners-sweet-16th-anniversary/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:57:45 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=56644 Ad agency, Haddad & Partners celebrated its 16th anniversary — and March Madness — and a new agency logo — at an epic party last week. UConn basketball greats engaged agency members in a pop-a-shot competition at Dockside Brewery in Milford CT.

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]]> GDUSA Podcast #8: Paul Flaharty https://gdusa.com/the-gdusa-podcast-8-paul-flaharty-of-robert-half/ Mon, 13 Feb 2023 01:54:18 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=54884 How is 2023 shaping up for job seekers and hiring managers? Paul Flaharty, executive director of the marketing and creative practice at global talent solutions firm Robert Half, has insights and answers in this GDUSA podcast.

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]]> TDC Opens Call For Three Scholarships https://gdusa.com/tdc-opens-call-for-three-scholarships/ Wed, 08 Feb 2023 17:44:33 +0000 https://gdusa.com/?p=55268 The Type Directors Club has opened the call for applications for their three student scholarship programs. The programs all have an entry deadline of March 24.

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