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Winner of 4 Design Awards!

Friday, November 6th, 2015

I’m incredibly excited to announce that Mix Creative won 4 graphic design awards for work we completed in the last year! Three are Graphic Design USA American Graphic Design Awards and one is in a new competition, the Graphic Design USA Health + Wellness Awards.

2015 American Graphic Design Awards

According to the letter that accompanied our awards certificates:

For five decades, Graphic Design USA has sponsored competitions to spotlight areas of excellence and opportunity for creative professionals. GDUSA’s American Graphic Design Awards™ is the original and the flagship, open to all in the community: design firms, ad agencies, corporations, non-profits, institutions, and more. It honors outstanding work of all kinds and across all media. Just a shade under 10,000 entries were submitted; a very highly selective 15% are recognized today with a Certificate of Excellence.

Here are the winning entries:

Affordamac.com Logo and Branding

Affordamac

Art Direction: Katrina Hase, Programming: Mix Creative with Evolve Systems
Special thanks to our client, Dave Netten

Matt & Nate Logo and Business Cards

MattNate

Art Direction: Katrina Hase
Special thanks to our clients, Matt Stabenow and Nate Stabenow

 

Minnesota Yarn Shop Hop Logo Design

YarnShopHop

Art Direction: Katrina Hase
Special thanks to Aimee Pelletier and all of the participating businesses of the http://minnesotayarnshophop.com/

 

2015 American Health + Wellness Design Awards

According to Graphic Design USA:

The American Health + Wellness Design Awards are presented by Graphic Design USA, for more than five decades the trade magazine for creative professionals. The awards program honors the importance of design in communicating the value of health and wellness, and the organizations, people, products and services that foster better health.

[Mix Creative's HealthSource of Hugo advertisting campaign] was selected from more than 1,000 entries to the annual competitions, just a small handful of design and communications were selected as winners.

Here is the winning entry. You can also see it on the Health + Wellness Awards website.

HealthSource

Art Direction and Copywriting: Katrina Hase
Special thanks to our client, Dr. Erik Carlson D.D.S at http://www.healthsourcehugo.com/

 

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2012 American Graphic Design Awards

Monday, September 10th, 2012

We’re pleased to announce that Mix Creative has been selected to receive three Graphic Design USA 2012 American Graphic Design Awards, including:

Sash Logo and Corporate BrandingSash branding award-winning design by Mix Creative

Forget Me Not in Stillwater Logo and Corporate Branding
Forget Me Not in Stillwater award-winning logo and corporate branding by Mix Creative

Williams Company Store Website Design and Production
Williams Company Store award-winning website design by Mix CreativeThe winning entries were selected from more than 8,000 entries. Only a select 15% of all entries are recognized with an award.

We happily share these honors with our clients, including Carol Stabenow (Sash), Nancy Haugen (Forget Me Not in Stillwater) and Pamela Williams (Williams Company Store). Each have absolutely unique and lovely stores that inspire creativity!

Special thanks also to Steven Ray, Mix Creative’s web developer, for his great work in bringing the Williams Company Store website to life!

 

 

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2011 American Graphic Design Awards

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

TWO MIX CREATIVE PROJECTS REPRESENTED IN DESIGN ANNUAL

GDUSA American Graphic Design Awards 2011 coverThis year’s Graphic Design USA American Graphic Design Awards Annual (November/December 2011 issue—in print and online) features roughly 1,000 pieces, selected from among nearly 9,000 entries, from design and advertising firms across the United States. Featured categories include: annual reports, advertising, announcements/invitations/cards, brochures/collateral, calendars, catalogs, direct mail/direct response, editorial design, identity/corporate identity/logo design, internet, multimedia/broadcast, packaging, POP signs/environmental graphics, posters, public services, sales promotion, and students.

Mix Creative is proud to be among the firms represented, with recognition for both Corporate Naming and Identity Design (Ditto & Co), and Internet Design (Halleland Habicht, PA). Credits include Katrina Hase (art direction), Rod Wilson (photography), Diane Autey and Barb Prindle (copywriting), and Steven Ray (web development).

This year’s  judging panel included leaders in the graphic design community, including Walter Porras (Walmart), Jenn David Connolly (Jenn David Design), Steve Perry (Bailey Brand Consulting), Lee Gobbi (Daymon Design), and Martha Heath.

A big thank you to Gretchen Ditto from Ditto & Co and Katheryn Gettman/Natalie Wyatt-Brown from Halleland Habicht for their insight and collaboration in their respective projects. Each of these companies truly understand and appreciate the importance of visual branding for reaching their critical target audiences.

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