the department of Industrial, Interior, and Visual Communication Design
  Columbus Society of Communicating Arts, Creative Best 2003

The Department of Industrial, Interior, and Visual Communications Design played a major role in the recent awards competition sponsored by the Columbus Society of Communicating Arts. CSCA’s Creative Best event, held this year at the Columbus College of Art & Design, is the top design competition in central Ohio, celebrating the best in local creative design, photography, illustration, and writing.

Awards were announced on December 15, and included OSU Design students juniors Michelle Byles (2 awards) and Joe Harmon, and senior Gretchen Caldwell. Former Assistant Professor and current Instructor Dave Bull won 3 awards (one of which was designated a Judge's Favorite), former Assistant Professor and current Instructor Oscar Fernandez won the Best of Show honor, and Instructor Keith Novicki won 5 awards. Graduates Dan Shust and Peter Gerstmann were creative contributors on three award winners, and graduate Ellie Chute is a Partner in the firm Chute/Gerdeman, which won 3 awards. Graduates Garrick Reischman (4 awards), Megan Graham, Courtney Jones (3 awards), Erin Jeffries (2 awards), Kelly Seymour, Eric Flegel (4 awards), Eric Shenk (2 awards) and Chris Kay (2 awards) also were honored.

Student Category

Enviromend Trademark
Michelle Byles
Design 460.02, Paul Nini

 

Student Category

A Look Inside Internal Imaging
Michelle Byles
Design 462.02, Brian Stone

 

Student Category

Power of Motion Graphics
Gretchen Caldwell
Design 662.02, Peter Chan and Brian Stone

 

Student Category

Explorations of Modern Typography
Joe Harmon
Design 461.02, Paul Nini

 

Print Category

Stora Enso Design Profiles
VIA
Dave Bull, Design Director and Designer
Eric Shank and Eric Flegel, Designers

 

Media/Interactive Category

CSCA 2003 Web site
Dave Bull, Art Director
Chris Kay , Designer
Eric Flegel, Other creative contributions

 

Media/Interactive Category

Ohio Health Web site
VIA
Dave Bull, Design Director and Designer
Eric Flegel, Designer

 

Print Category
Judge's Favorite

CSCA Announcements
Dave Bull, Design Director and Designer
Keith Novicki, Eric Shank and Eric Flegel, Designers, Chris Kay, Photography

 

Print Category
Best of Show

Eyethink Brochure and Identity
Oscar Fernandez, Design Director and Designer, Erin Jeffries, Designer

 

Print Category

Solofest Ad
Gestalter Visual Communications Design
Keith Novicki, Designer

 

Print Category

Wexner Center 2002 Gala Promotion
Gestalter Visual Communications Design
Keith Novicki, Designer, Art Director, and Photographer

 

Print Category

W.D. Partners Capabilities Brochure
Integrate
Keith Novicki, Designer
Dan Shust, Creative contributions

 

Identity Category

Rigger + Stern
Integrate
Keith Novicki, Designer

 

Print Category

RPA Collateral
23 Windows
Garrick Reischman, Art Director

 

Print Category

Connections Guidebook
Megan Graham, Designer

 

Print Category

RPA Invitation
23 Windows
Garrick Reischman, Art Director

 

Print Category

23 Windows Collateral
23 Windows
Garrick Reischman, Art Director

 

Identity Category

Buckle and Lenscrafter Logos
Chute/Gerdeman
Ellie Chute, Partner

 

Campaign Category

Lenscrafter Packaging
Chute/Gerdeman
Ellie Chute, Partner

 

Campaign Category

Zoe's Kitchen
Chute/Gerdeman
Ellie Chute, Partner

 

Media/Interactive Category

Loveland Chiropractic web site
Eyethink
Erin Jeffries, Designer

 

Media/Interactive Category

Casto Communities web site
Reflex Design + Technologies
Courtney Jones, Art Director

 

Media/Interactive Category

Eagle Creek web site
Reflex Design + Technologies
Courtney Jones, Art Director

 

Media/Interactive Category

Music Royale web site
Reflex Design + Technologies
Courtney Jones, Art Director

 

Media/Interactive Category

23 Windows web site
23 Windows
Garrick Reischman, Art Director and Designer

 

Media/Interactive Category

Genentech Lymphoma History Web site
Blue Diesel
Kelly Seymour, Art Director

 

Media/Interactive Category

Genentech Lymphoma History Web site
Blue Diesel
Peter Gerstmann, Creative contributions

 

Media/Interactive Category

CSCA Creative Best Presentation, 2002
Blue Diesel
Peter Gerstmann, Designer

 

 

In all, 56 entries received awards. Ohio State students, faculty, or alumni were represented on 29 of these awards, including 4 of the 6 Student awards, 10 of the 17 Media/Interactive awards, and 10 of the 15 Print awards, including the Best of Show and one of the Judge's Favorite awards.