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SSL 2018 Awards

Award Announcement Signs, Systems, and Letterform Marks (SSL) UDA Annual Int’l Design Competition 2018 Signs communicate ideas through visual elements. Systems integrate many ideas into one family. Letterform Marks combine type to present a specific… Read More »SSL 2018 Awards

Daniela Marx

Executive Director New Orleans, USA http://www.desigNERDmarx.com Daniela Marx is a Full Professor of Graphic Design at Loyola University New Orleans.  She looks to Loyola’s Jesuit mission of social justice to shape Loyola’s design students. In the… Read More »Daniela Marx

Lisa Graham

Executive Director Dallas, Texas, USA http://www.coroflot.com/lisagraham Lisa M. Graham, MFA, is an award-winning visual communicator, artist, author, and a Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. She has exhibited her digital art prints in… Read More »Lisa Graham

SooYun Im

Executive Director Los Angeles, USA http://sooyunin.info Sooyun Im is an Associate Professor at California State Polytechnic University Pomona. She teaches a wide range of graphic design courses including Web design, Motion graphics, Environmental Graphic Design,… Read More »SooYun Im

Robert Hower

UDA Medallion 2017 Graphic Designer Dallas, Texas, USA The personal insight through careful consideration of the essence of a design problem to be solved is critical to developing meaningful visual solutions. Research, design thinking, and… Read More »Robert Hower

Juergen Hefele

UDA Medallion 2017 Graphic Designer Augsburg, Germany Jürgen Hefele works as a graphic designer specializing in typography, communication, and identity design. He also teaches at the Faculty of Design at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences… Read More »Juergen Hefele

Changho Ahn

UDA Medallion 2017 Graphic Designer Daegu, Korea – Ph.D. Design from Hongik University, Korea-Judge and invited artist at Korea & Daegu industrialDesign competition.– President of Daegu Visual Communication DesignAssociation(2000-2003)– President of KECD association (2006-2012)– Design… Read More »Changho Ahn

Arafat Al-Naim

UDA Medallion 2017 Graphic Designer Dubai, UAE Design is a way to bring together the elements to achieve a clear purpose. Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design. To design is to communicate… Read More »Arafat Al-Naim

1st DeFuture 2017

Design Education for the Future 6th International Design Symposium September 27-28, 2017 at 09:00-17:00 Shanghai City XuhuiDistrict Weding Road No. 258 D1-1Shanghai, China Introduction “The visuals distinguish culture from the cultures” Albert Young ChoiPresident of… Read More »1st DeFuture 2017

5th GVC 2017

Global Visual Culture 5th International Design Symposium September 13, 2017 at 14:00 Media RoomLiechtenstein National Museum Introduction “The visuals distinguish culture from the cultures.” Albert Young ChoiPresident of United Designs Alliance We are connected as… Read More »5th GVC 2017

Albert Young Choi

UDA Medallion 2016 Brand Design & Experience Design Seoul, Korea Albert Young Choi is the founder and President Emeritus of the United Designs Alliance (UDA), an International Design Association, and is a professor of Brand… Read More »Albert Young Choi

Ferenc Kiss

UDA Medallion 2016 Graphic Designer Szeged, Hungary Sarkanylatvany (Dragonvision) is my nom de plume since 1996. Currently, I work as a graphic designer at evista agency, and gaphic design art teacher in the university of… Read More »Ferenc Kiss

Ian Lynam

UDA Medallion 2016 Graphic Designer Japan Originally hailing from New York, Lynam has a BS in Graphic Design from Portland State University and an MFA in Graphic Design from CalArts. Ian Lynam is former Co-Chair… Read More »Ian Lynam

Jennifer McKnight

UDA Medallion 2016 Graphic Designer St. Louis, Missouri, USA Jennifer McKnight’s design work has been recognized in print magazine and in several respected international annuals such as :output design annual and golden bee international poster… Read More »Jennifer McKnight

Vlado Franjevic

UDA Medallion 2016 Artist Lichtenstein Vlado Franjevic was educated as a painter at the art school, but in communication with the world, he uses different interdisciplinary art and graphic design tools. He produces video documentation… Read More »Vlado Franjevic

Zhiyong Zhao

UDA Medallion 2016 Graphic Designer Shanghai, China The design must give prominence to the active acupuncture of social issues. Based on the research, visual communication language as the method to solve the problems, and the… Read More »Zhiyong Zhao