Daily, since November 23, 2008, Mark Addison Smith has been listening in on strangers' conversations and drawing their words as black and white, type-forward drawings, never missing a day with over 5000 drawings in his ongoing archive. Mark talks of…
Michi Toki answers some questions about how the award-winning cover illustration for UC Berkeley’s Fall 2021 California magazine came together. She also shared her thoughts on what makes a collaborative relationship work.
Social media is an ever-evolving beast, and with universities having to target a variety of audiences, that beast can be difficult to tame. Learn about the team’s big win and the process behind it.
In 1975, a year after he established his own design firm, Milton Glaser, Inc., Milton was a speaker at the UCDA Design Conference. The following year, Milton won the Best of Show Award during the conference. In 2020, Milton participated in UCDA’s “A…
Scanning a found box of exposed dry plates serves to bring back, in some small way, the memory of the people and places found within.
Congratulations to Fort Lewis College for winning both a Silver Award and a Judges Choice Award for an illustration in the 2022 UCDA UCDA Design Awards! Art Director Anna McBrayer and Dine' Artist/Cultural Mentor Garrett Etsitty were kind enough to …
Congratulations to Towson University for winning a Gold Award for their Campaign Strategy in the 2022 UCDA Design Awards! Ashton Design offered the university creative collaboration and immersed themselves in campus culture to create a powerful case…
In 2008, after several campus shootings earlier that year and in 2007, UCDA orchestrated a poster project asking members, designers, educators, and students to design a poster that reflects some aspect of campus violence.
Congratulations to University of Michigan’s Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design for winning a Gold Award for their Emergence Magazine in the 2022 UCDA Design Awards! Art Director and Designer Erin Nelson said working on a magazine specifically fo…
Congratulations to Auburn University for winning a Gold Award in the 2022 UCDA Design Awards! This was a collaborative effort between many departments on campus to produce a beautiful and effective brand guide.