Last Saturday night, Stephen Hales Creative, Inc. was recognized with three Awards of Merit at the AIGA 100 Show banquet in Salt Lake City. This juried competition, sponsored by the Salt Lake City chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, showcases the 100 best works of graphic design created in the state during the previous year. The awards were presented for three different editorial spreads we created for LDS Living magazine, and which were designed by Kelly Nield and Jon Woidka, our senior designers.
We were the only design firm in Utah Valley to receive recognition in the show. The in-house publications group at BYU and UVU received awards for some of their outstanding work, and I noticed that six of my former students from the History of Graphic Design class I teach at BYU were also presented with awards for their designs entered in the student category.
STEPHEN HALES
