awards? badges of honor? shout-outs?
Sure, we've earned a few over the years.
While our clients' kudos are what we strive for, it's also nice to have our peers recognize our hard work.
At Graphic D-Signs, we’re proud of the awards covering our walls. In the last three years alone, we’ve received more than 100 awards of distinction for logo, web and brochure design. In 2008 we took two coveted medals and two certificates for outstanding web design at the Art Directors Club of New Jersey’s 46th Annual Awards Exhibition.
Our work has been featured on the cover of SignCraft Magazine five times. For two years running, we won first place in the Commercial Vehicles category of Sign Business Magazine's Auto Art Contest. We’ve been recognized by The New Jersey Star-Ledger, SignCraft Magazine, Lawn and Landscape Magazine, Sign Business Magazine, Step Inside Design Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine and other industry trade publications for being a leader in small business marketing and advertising, and our work has been published in several graphic design books.
Industry articles written and published about us.
The work of Dan Antonelli and Graphic D-Signs has been featured in The Newark Star-Ledger, SignCraft Magazine, Sign Business Magazine, Step Inside Design Magazine, LowesForPros.com, Entrepreneur Magazine and many other publications. A regular columnist for SignCraft Magazine, Dan has published more than 50 articles on logo design, graphic design and related creative topics. He is also a popular speaker and workshop presenter, and has been invited to numerous speaking engagements over the past decade. In addition, Dan has been regularly been interviewed and quoted in various publications. Here's a few highlights.
- "What Landscapers Can Learn from Branding" - Article on Lowes for Pros Web site featuring Dan Antonelli & client, Anthony Pascale of Natural Turf.
- Four logos published in LogoLounge Master Library Series, Animals & Mythology.
- "Marketing to Women" - Article on Lowes for Pros Web site featuring Dan Antonelli.
- Logo Design for Small Business chosen as "Editors Choice." Both of Dan Antonelli's books on logo design was reviewed by the graphic design web site "The Designer's Bookshelf." Click here to view the review.
- Graphic D-Signs featured in STEP Inside Design Magazine for marketing collateral design and integration of stock photography for Bristol Consulting.
- Dan Antonelli's book, Logo Design for Small Business 2 Featured in Entrepreneur's StartUps Magazine's article "Top Tools for Building Brilliant Logos."
- Graphic D-Signs work is featured in new book, Taking the Mystery out of Digital Printing, published by RolandDG USA.
- The site Graphic D-Signs created for NorthCoast Signworks was the topic of a feature article in Sign Business Magazine. Dan Antonelli was interviewed about the design process.
A Quick Overview
Over 100 Graphic Design Awards and Honors. Here's Some Highlights
- Four awards at the ADCNJ 46th Annual Awards Exhibition for web design.
- 20 logos published in David E. Carter's TrademarkUSA book.
- Over 30 awards of excellence from Graphic Design USA for web design.
- Featured on SignCraft Magazine front cover five times.
- Over 20 awards of excellence from Graphic Design USA for logo design.
- Over 10 awards of excellence from Graphic Design USA for print and brochure design.
- Two Awards of Excellence from APEX Awards for Publishing Excellence for newsletter design.
- Two First place awards for Vehicle Advertising from Sign Business Magazine.
- Gold Achievement Award for marketing materials for CDM Electronics from NEDA.
Read Articles Written
by Dan Antonelli
Dan shares his passion for design, with over 60 articles - covering a wide range of graphic and web design topics. Click here to read them.
