PLACE Creative recognized for work with Darn Tough Vermont, Rossignol

GDUSA announces Vermont design team as winner in excellence, 2020 Person to Watch

BURLINGTON, Vt. (2/21/2020) — Place Creative, based in Burlington, Vermont, is proud to announce that the company has been honored with two accolades from Graphic Design USA (GDUSA), a prestigious industry publication. Named a 2019 American Graphic Design Award winner in the 56th GDUSA Design Annual, Place Creative was selected amongst 12,000 entries in which only 5% of entrants were awarded. Partner and chief creative officer, Steve Crafts, will also be recognized as a 2020 Person to Watch in the publication’s upcoming annual special feature.

The 56th GDUSA Design Annual, a competition attracting a wide breadth of design excellence across print and digital platforms from companies of all types, honored Place Creative for its work with multiple local and national organizations, including Darn Tough Vermont and Rossignol. Projects submitted in their winning entry include Darn Tough Vermont’s Fall/Winter 2019 Dealer Book, and Rossignol North America’s We Rise logo.

Place Creative was also highlighted by GDUSA Editor and Publisher Gordon Kaye as an example of an exceptional non-traditional design center, in a rumination on the results of the contest.

GDUSA’s Person to Watch special feature, currently in its sixth decade, has featured numerous legendary members of the creative community over its lifetime, including Saul Bass, Ivan Chermayeff, Lou Dorfsman, Milton Glaser, George Lois, and Massimo Vignelli.

“I am deeply humbled to be named a 2020 Person to Watch by GDUSA,” says Crafts. “But I am truly ecstatic for the Place Creative team as a whole to be recognized for their hard work, passion, and true excellence in design in the GDUSA Design Annual. It is an honor to come to work each day and have the opportunity to collaborate with such talented creators.”

For more information about Place Creative, visit placecreativecompany.com.