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Best of the Year
The announcements and invitations that won a GDUSA award in 2018, each with the firm and the designers credited.
77 award-winning projects
An invitation is the first thing a guest sees and the piece that decides whether the evening feels worth the price of the ticket. The designer sets the tone of a whole event in one object, choosing the stock and the type so the envelope promises what the room will deliver. The winners here say the date and the dress code in a glance and still make someone want to keep the card. Bluecap Studio's Gilda Gala invitation and Main Line Health's Ripples of Impact gala suite each took a full page for making a fundraiser look like an occasion. The best invitation designers in the awards are on this page. Open any piece to see the printing up close and learn what made it work.

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Sauk Valley Community College

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Hickok Cole

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The Modern College of Design

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The Modern College of Design

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Keenan & Associates

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Emily Comfort

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Tufts Medical Center

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NJ Designs

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PBD Partners

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Stanford Health Care

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Ellen Bruss Design

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AARP Brand Creative Services


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Mspark

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Mspark

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Firebrick Design

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Firebrick Design

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Integrated Printing & Graphics

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Integrated Printing & Graphics

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Integrated Printing & Graphics

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Central Park Conservancy

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Central Park Conservancy

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Willow Valley Communities

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studio m, MassMutual

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John Townsend Graphic Design


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Modern Marketing Concepts

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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

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Prime Therapeutics

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Ryan Companies US, Inc.

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Wolf Trap Creative

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ABILITY Network

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artistcalledparis.com

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Grand Valley State University

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Davis

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Georgia System Operations Corporation (GSOC)

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Gauger + Associates

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Citi


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Robert Half Creative Brand & Studio

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Akseizer Design Group

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Advantages

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Tarrant County College District

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VHB

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Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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American Heart Association

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Equity Creative

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BlackRock

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Children’s Hospital Colorado

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Parsons’ Core Creative

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GTB - The Park


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Parsons’ Core Creative

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GTB - The Park

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Parsons’ Core Creative

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Acorda Therapeutics

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DeLaval Inc.

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Icon Branding & Design

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Liaison Design Group

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Daymark Designs, LLC

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Nationwide Children's Hospital

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ZOTAC

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Roycroft Design

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Sparq Design, Inc.
