Each year, the American Advertising Awards, also known as the ADDYs, the advertising industry’s largest competition, recognizes some of the best creative work in the country. The Baton Rouge American Advertising Federation annually recognizes “the creative spirit of excellence in the art of advertising” locally. In 2018 LSU’s graphic design students and faculty members won a number of awards. The 2018 Baton Rouge American Advertising Federation’s awards gala was March 3, 2018.

This year’s winners included:

The Graphic Design Student Office (GDSO) won a gold award for the LSU College of Art + Design Quad Magazine Fall 2017 issue, for magazine publication design.

Quad Magazine, 2017 Fall

The Quad Magazine Spring 2017 issue won a silver award for cover publication design; illustrations designed by Tory Cunningham (BFA ’17):

Quad Magazine Spring 2017 Cover Design

GDSO also won a silver award for the Doctor of Design in Cultural Preservation direct marketing campaign.

The LSU School of Art won a silver award for the MA/MFA brochure in the printed brochure category.

LSU School of Art professor Lynne Baggett won a silver professional award in infographics for the Letterform Anatomy poster for her exhibition Letterform Characters: From Stone Carver to Type Designer, a collaboration of LSU Libraries Special Collections. The exhibition was on display in Hill Memorial Library through February 2018, presenting a challenging assessment of the relationship between influential crosscurrents of craft, technology, and design over the course of nearly five centuries.

The 2018 ADDYs awarded to LSU graphic designers:

STUDENT AWARDS

2018 STUDENT BEST OF SHOW AND GOLD ADDY WINNER
KITSCH*
Category: Integrated Brand Identity Campaign
Entrant/Credits: Hayden Nagin, LSU student

GOLD

Category: Publication Design – Magazine
Quad: LSU COAD Magazine Fall 2017 // 
Entrant: GDSO | LSU School of Art
Credits: Lynne Baggett-Faculty Advisor; Luisa Restrepo-Creative Director; Kitty Pheney-Project Director; Angela Harwood-Editor/Writer; Tory Cunningham-Illustrator/Graphic Designer; Justin Bryant-Cover Illustration

SILVER AWARDS

Category: Direct Marketing
Doctor of Design Campaign 
Entrant: GDSO | LSU School of Art
Credits: Courtney Barr and Rod Parker-Faculty Advisor; Luisa Restrepo-Creative Director; Kitty Pheney-Project Director; Angela Harwood-Editor/Writer; Tory Cunningham-Graphic Designer; Justin Bryant-Cover Illustration

Category: Printed Annual Report or Brochure
LSU School of Art MA/MFA Brochure
Entrant: GDSO | LSU School of Art
Credits: Courtney Barr and Rod Parker-Faculty Advisor; Luisa Restrepo-Creative Director; Kitty Pheney-Project Director; Hayden Nagin-Graphic Designer

Category: Publication Design – Cover
Quad: LSU COAD Magazine Spring 2017
Entrant: GDSO | LSU School of Art
Credits:  Tory Cunningham-Illustrator; Courtney Barr and Rod Parker-Faculty Advisor; Luisa Restrepo-Creative Director; Kitty Pheney-Project Director; Angela Harwood-Editor/Writer

Category: Integrated Brand Identity Campaign
DOREMI
Entrant/Credits: Grace Choi Lee
School: LSU

PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY

SILVER

Category: Infographics
Letterform Anatomy Poster
Entrant: Bzquare Editions
Advertiser: LSU Libraries Special Collections and LSU School of Art
Credits: Lynne Baggett – Graphic Design / Photography

Learn more about the LSU Graphic Design Student Office.