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The judges of the annual UCDA Design Competition have evaluated nearly 1,269 print and digital entries, awarding 204 awards—6 Gold Awards, 11 Silver Awards and 187 Awards of Excellence. See winners below or download a list.

This year’s show will be on display at the UCDA Design Conference, October 7-10  in Baltimore, Maryland. Winners will be recognized during the conference with certificates being mailed after the conference.

Congratulations to all the winners.

 

Print Categories

Recruitment/Viewbook (Complete Unit)

Excellence
La Jolla Country Day School
La Jolla Country Day School Viewbook

Excellence
Loyola University New Orleans
Create Something Meaningful Viewbook

Excellence
Michigan State University
Michigan State University 2017 Viewbook

Excellence
Santa Clara University
Invent the Life You Want to Lead

Excellence
University of Central Florida
We Are UCF, UCF Viewbook for Undergraduate Admissions

Excellence
Wake Forest University
Admissions Viewbook

Recruitment/Other

Excellence
Baltimore Collegetown Network
Baltimore Collegetown Look Book

Excellence
McGill University
McGill Commitment Packet Folder

Silver
University of California
Achieve Outreach Campaign

Exhibition Catalog (Complete Unit)

Excellence
ArtCenter College of Design
Yoshio Ikezaki: Elements

Excellence
Brandeis University
Chakaia Booker Exhibition Catalog

Excellence
Davis Museum at Wellesley College
Charlotte Brooks at Look, 1951-1971

Excellence
Getty Publications
London Calling: Bacon, Freud, Kissoff, Kitaj, Auerbach, and Andrews

Excellence
Getty Publications
Real/Ideal: Photography in Mid-Nineteenth-Century France

Excellence
University of Alberta
Mounties on the Cover

Development Information/Fundraising

Excellence
University of Iowa, Tippie College of Business
Be Bold, Invest in Innovation

Annual Report/Donor Report

Excellence
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Impact Report

Silver
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
SAIC Annual Report 2015-16

Excellence
Wake Forest University
Year Three

Special Event

Excellence
College of the Holy Cross
President’s Council Reception

Excellence
Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University
2017 Commencement: Into the Future

Excellence
Purdue University
2017 Boilermaker Ball Invitation

Excellence
Saint Louis University
Saint Louis University Bicentennial Logo

Excellence
Sam Houston State University
Design Intelligence Report

Excellence
University of Akron
Letterpress Lunch

Excellence
University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA Luskin Conference Center Grand Opening

Excellence
University of Central Oklahoma
Squared Up

Excellence
Utah Valley University
Awards of Excellence Banquet

Newsletter

Excellence
University of Illinois at Chicago, The College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts
UIC College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts Newsletters

Special Publication (Academic and Administrative Units)

Excellence
Wake Forest University
Forestry 101

Special Publication (Arts and Culture)

Excellence
McDaniel College
McLive (Winter/Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Winter/Spring 2017)

Advertisement (Outdoor, Transit, Billboards)

Excellence
University of Alberta
Here Campaign.

Excellence
The University of Utah
Worth the Climb, A Frame

Excellence
The University of Utah
Worth the Climb, Steps

Alumni Publication

Excellence
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin (Winter 2017)

Excellence
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT Spectrum Magazine (Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Winter 2017)

Excellence
University of La Verne
VOICE Magazine 125th Anniversary (Fall 2016)

Excellence
Wheaton College
Wheaton Magazine (Volume 19, Issue 2, 2016)

Research Publication

Excellence
John Hopkins Carey Business School
Changing Business (Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017)

Excellence
Lehigh University
Lehigh University Research Review (2017 Volume No. 2)

Excellence
OCAD University
Transformation Through Imagination

Gold
University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA Blueprint Magazine

Cover Design (except magazines and recruitment)

Excellence
Boston University
Boston University Annual Report 2016

Gold
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 2016 Annual Report

Excellence
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences USC CESR Brochure: Mindful Research. Human Impact.

Poster

Excellence
Ball State University
Sarah Moody Gallery of Art Calendar

Excellence
Brigham Young University
American Piano Quartet

Excellence
Brigham Young University
BYU Theatre Ballet in Concert Poster Series

Gold
Brigham Young University
BYU Theatre Season Posters

Silver
Central Washington University
18th Annual Plant Sale

Excellence
Imperial College London
Pamela’s Imperial Alphabet

Excellence
Northwestern University
Northwestern Summer Session 2017

Excellence
Northwestern University
Northwestern Summer Session 2017

Silver
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Coding Workshop Promotional Poster

Excellence
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
SAIC Lecture Poster Fall 2016

Excellence
Stevenson University
Film & Moving Image Flipbook Poster

Excellence
University of Akron
Come See, Come Saw

Excellence
University of Akron
Extra Large Type

Excellence
University of Akron
Type Artiste

Excellence
University of Georgia
PAC New Season Poster

Excellence
University of Georgia
School of Art Graduate Studies Poster

Silver
The University of Memphis
Graphic Design Senior Show: Spring 2017

Excellence
The University of Memphis
The University of Memphis Theatre Season Posters

Excellence
Utah State University
USU Aggie Leadership Extravaganza Conference

Excellence
Wake Forest University
Voices of our Time Poster: Peggy Noonan

Excellence
Wenzhou-Kean University
AIGA NO Poster

Excellence
Wenzhou-Kean University
Mona Poster

Magazine (Complete Unit)

Excellence
ArtCenter College of Design
ArtCenter Dot Magazine (Spring 2017)

Excellence
Bethel University
Textura Magazine (January 2017)

Gold
Boston University
SPH This Year 2016

Excellence
Drexel University
EXEL 2016, A Sober Anaylsis

Excellence
John Hopkins Carey Business School
Carey Business Magazine, Special Issue (Fall 2016)

Excellence
Loyola Marymoount University
LMU Magazine, Kate (Winter 2016)

Excellence
Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
Weinberg Magazine (Spring/Summer 2016)

Excellence
Oberlin College
2016 Oberlin Conservatory Magazine

Gold
Oberlin College
Oberlin Alumni Magazine (Summer 2016)

Excellence
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara Magazine (Summer 2016, Spring 2017)

Excellence
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara Magazine, Come Together (Summer 2016)

Excellence
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara Magazine, Future Tense (Spring 2017)

Excellence
Scripps College
Scripps Magazine (Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Winter 2017)

Excellence
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford Business, Beginnings (Spring 2017)

Excellence
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College Bulletin (Spring 2017)

Excellence
University of Central Florida
Pegasus (Spring 2017)

Silver
University of Central Florida
Pegasus (Summer 2016)

Excellence
University of Colorado Boulder
Coloradan (Summer 2016)

Excellence
University of La Verne
VOICE Magazine (Spring 2017)

Excellence
University of La Verne
VOICE Magazine 125th Anniversary (Fall 2016)

Excellence
University of Massachusetts
UMass Magazine (Fall 2016)

Excellence
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
PittLaw Alumni Magazine (Fall 2016)

Excellence
USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
USC Dornsife Magazine, The Politics Issue (Fall 2016/Winter 2017)

Excellence
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso Magazine

Excellence
Wheaton College
Wheaton Magazine (Volume 19, Issue 3, 2016)

Magazine (Cover Design)

Excellence
Boston University
SPH This Year 2016

Excellence
College of the Holy Cross
Holy Cross Magazine (Summer 2016)

Excellence
Quinnipiac University
Quinnipiac Magazine, Ribbeting Hobby (Winter 2017)

Excellence
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Stanford Business, Authenticity (Autumn 2016)

Excellence
Williams College
Williams Magazine (Fall 2016)

Magazine-Editorial Spread (Single Spread)

Excellence
Rutgers School of Engineering
Designed to be the Best

Excellence
Santa Clara University
Cut & Paste Conservation

Excellence
University at Buffalo
The Science of Addiction

Excellence
University of Central Florida
Knights in Space

Excellence
University of Michigan
Trial by Fired

Excellence
Utah Valley University
What is she Wearing?

Magazine-Editorial Spread (Series of Spreads)

Excellence
Purdue University
Are Books Headed the Way of the T.Rex?

Excellence
Swarthmore College
Deeply Rooted

Excellence
Swarthmore College
Words with Friends

Book (Complete Unit)

Excellence
Edinboro University
Chimera XIV Publication

Excellence
Getty Publications
Explodity: Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art

Excellence
Getty Publications
North of Dixie: Civil Rights Photography Beyond the South

Excellence
Getty Publications
The Learned Draftsman: Edme Bouchardon

Book (Cover or Jacket Design)

Excellence
Fifth Letter
Sport

Textbook/Professional Journal

Excellence
Kenyon Review
Kenyon Review Covers

Identity Program

Excellence
Colby-Sawyer College
Sustainable Learning Initiative at Franklin Falls

Excellence
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
TREP Expo/Launch Your Venture

Excellence
Oregon State University
Oregon State University Institutional Logo

Excellence
Stevenson University\
SU20: Reflecting on Two Decades of Art at Stevenson Exhibition Logo

Best use of Printing Processes (Specialty Process)

Excellence
Georgetown University
Campaign Close Gala Invitation

Excellence
Stevenson University
School of Design Sketchbook

Environmental Graphics

Excellence
Boston College
Boston College O’Neill Library Atrium Banners

Excellence
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper Quad Construction Fence

Excellence
Wake Forest University
Wake Downtown Environmental Graphics

Excellence
Wake Forest University
Wake Will Student Awareness Campaign

Exhibit/Display Graphics

Excellence
Stevenson University
Print Out Exhibition

Excellence
Wake Forest University
Backwards Thinking

Integrated Campaign

Excellence
Capilano University
Brand Launch Campaign: Here

Excellence
Hope College
Hope College Integrated Marketing Campaign

Excellence
Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan
2017 Pre-College Programs Campaign

Excellence
University of California, Los Angeles
UCLA Blueprint Magazine Integrated Campaign

Silver
University of Central Oklahoma
Hand + Eye

Excellence
The University of Texas at San Antonio
First Gen: Celebrating the Firsts

Best Redesign

Excellence
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin

Excellence
Colorado State University
2017 Housing & Dining Services Sustainability Guide

Excellence
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Impact Report

Excellence
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Harvard Ed. Magazine

Excellence
Indiana University
Indiana University Brand Book

Excellence
University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming Campus Activities Center

Illustration

Excellence
BRED
Trianimals

Excellence
Drexel University
EXEL 2016, Second Chances

Excellence
Santa Clara University
Can’t Thread a Moving Needle

Excellence
Teachers College, Columbia University
Rethinking Adversity

Excellence
University of Central Florida
Where to Next?

Excellence
The University of Utah
Russia Go Learn Illustration

Photography

Excellence
Clemson University
Class of ’39

Excellence
Clemson University
Dave

Excellence
Ohio University
Ohio Photo Renga

Excellence
Santa Clara University
Timestamp: 06/20/16

Excellence
Santa Clara University
Where are they taking us?

Excellence
The University of Utah
Veteran’s Day Honoree

Photography-Complete Book or Unit

Excellence
Oberlin College
Oberlin Illuminated

Excellence
Wheaton College
Wheaton Magazine (Volume 19, Issue 3, 2016)

Student Published Work in Any Previous Category

Excellence
Ryerson University
Ryerson GCM Grad Book 2017

Silver
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
FIRST Catalog 2017

Excellence
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Visual Communication Design Catalog 2016

Excellence
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ninth Letter 13.2

Excellence
The University of New Mexico
UNM Brand Photography

Student Classroom Work or Assignments

Excellence
Bethel University
Textura Magazine (January 2017)

Excellence
Endicott College
Trump Poster, Blind Trust

Green-Message

Excellence
Colby-Sawyer College
Sustainable Learning Initiative at Franklin Falls

Excellence
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Before You Go, Donate

Green-Production

Excellence
East Tennessee State University
ETSU Art & Design New Student Folder

Excellence
University of Illinois
2017 BFA Catalog

Campaign Strategy

Excellence
Miss Porter’s School
Leaders Learn Here

Excellence
UMass Dartmouth
gotchu Poster Campaign

Excellence
University of California
Grow Together Campaign

Silver
University of California
#MyLastTrash, Zero Waste 2020 Campaign

Innovative Strategy

Excellence
Capilano University
Brand Identity and Strategy

In-house Print

Excellence
Auburn University
Third Thursday Poetry Broadside Series, Julie Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art

Excellence
Georgetown University
Leadership Holiday Card

Excellence
Kutztown University
Kutztown University Department of Music Viewbook

Excellence
Lehigh University
International Booklet

Excellence
University of La Verne
VOICE Magazine (Spring 2017)

Excellence
West Chester University
Copenhagen

In-house Team

Excellence
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
TREP Expo/Launch Your Venture

Excellence
University of Central Florida
Pegasus (Print, Online Magazine, Mobile App, and Email Newsletter)

Excellence
University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts College of LSA Marketing Communications Team

Excellence
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech Dining Services Food Trucks


Digital Categories

45a. Website (Entire Site)

Excellence
Lehigh University
Lehigh University Homepage

Website (Recruitment)

Excellence
University of New Hampshire
50 Reasons to Choose UNH

Online Magazine

Excellence
Hope College
News from Hope College Online Magazine

Mobile Apps

Excellence
University of Central Florida
UCF Undergraduate Admissions Viewbook App

Excellence
University of Central Florida
Pegasus

Video

Excellence
Benedictine College
Always a Raven

Excellence
Boston University
Frontline Medicine for BU School of Medicine

Excellence
Clemson University
Clemson World I Divine Denim

Excellence
Colorado State University
This is Fort Collins—Student Life at Colorado State University

Excellence
Indiana University
Indiana University Custom Made News Feature

Excellence
Indiana University
Indiana University Year in Review

Excellence
Oregon State University
Out There

Silver
UC Davis
UC Davis in the Grand Canyon: Science. Education. Discovery.

Excellence
University of California
Climate Lab

Gold
University of Michigan
Ball Don’t Lie with Yago Colás

Excellence
University of New Mexico
Unexpected on Purpose

Excellence
University of Utah
Summer Camps

Excellence
University of Utah
MLK 2017

Excellence
University of Utah
Fly

Excellence
University of Utah
You Are Welcome Here

Excellence
University of Utah
Conrad Anker

Animation and Motion Graphics

Excellence
Rider University
University Holiday Card 2016

Excellence
The University of Utah
By the Numbers

Other (Digital)

Silver
University of Washington Smart Bins

In-house Digital

Excellence
Auburn University
Auburn University Digital Viewbook

Excellence
Suffolk University
Apply to Law School Website