Getting Better

Reading this post by Frank Chimero on the Thinking for a Living blog will probably be the most useful 5 minutes of your day. To everyone who got to participate in The Practice Sessions breakout session at the conference, I'm jealous!

{If you go to every last one of those links, I'll be oh so happy}

Best Print Ad

Sean Lenard & David Fox
UHAUL- Move More
UNT

Pest Photography

Melissa Adams
Texas Christian University

Best Group Project

Ben Krantz & Amy Honeycutt
Ask.com
Portfolio Center

Best Public Service Advertising

Jason Perez
NoButts.org
UNT

Best Posters

Megan Dowdy
Design DISSENT Posters
Truman State University

Best Book Covers/ Spread

William Engles
CRASH
Rutgers University

Best Misc. Design

A.R. Jacques
ReCAST Dominoes
Fort Hays State University

Best Packaging

Patrick Snodgrass
Pyrex
UNT

Best Letterhead

Christina Griffis
Sprouts Letterhead
Texas A&M Commerce

Best Total Campaign

Sean Leonard (Art Direction) and Dave Fox (copy)
UHAUL- Move. More.
UNT

Golden Apple Award

Each year students have the opportunity to nominate one outstanding College, University or Art School professor will be honored with the distinguished Golden Apple Award. Congratulations Jim Watson,
Oklahoma State University

Best School

This years Best School award goes to:

The award for best school is based on the school with the best quality of work, not quantity of work that was accepted in to the show.
Congratulations UNT!

Pictures!

I know I saw a lot of you running around with your cameras over the conference weekend... please be sure to share them with everyone by adding them to our flickr gallery.

Best of Show!

Congratulations Megan Dowdy- Truman State University

Megan's work on the Unwanted poster series was commended by all of our judges for her original photography, copy writing, and exceptional art direction.

Kudos Megan, your posters were unanimously picked to represent this year's Best of Show award.

What a weekend!

The 5th Annual National Student Show & Conference has come and gone in the blink of an eye! Here are just a few out takes from the weekend. If you were there and we did not get a chance to interview you- please share your favorite part about the conference below.

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Friday night Party