Creative Services Department Receives National Awards

July 23, 2012

The Creative Services department at Columbia College Chicago has won 13 new national design awards. This year's awards include 11 American InHouse Design Awards, awarded by Graphic Design USA, a Silver award from CASE, and one award from The Columbia Scholastic Press Association.

The Creative Services department has won more than 125 national awards in the past seven years, making it one of the most award-winning in-house offices in the country.

Department individuals won awards for the following work:

Jehan Abon, Art Director/Senior Graphic Designer
Architecture of Recognition, Columbia College Chicago Press
Student Financial Services website

Ben Bilow, Creative Director/Senior Graphic Designer
"Band of Outsiders," Theatre Department Season Brochure
"Color: Fully Engaged," Art + Design Gallery
"Running Room," Art + Design Gallery
"Live What You Love," Admissions View Book

Stefan Coisson, Junior Designer
Southern Crossings, Columbia College Chicago Press
Open Doors Gala 2011 collateral, Institutional Advancement
Thesis Catalog 2011, Interdisciplinary Arts
Fictionary, Third Place Certificate, Columbia Scholastic Press Association

Trevor Gerring, Junior Designer
Midstream, The Chicago River 1999-2010, Columbia College Chicago Press

Abby Friedman McLean, Senior Designer
Manifest collateral
Summer/Fall newsletter, Anchor Graphics