5.28.10
--New York, NY

The winners of the 2010 Communicator Awards have been announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts today.

With thousands of entries received from across the US and around the world, the Communicator Awards is the largest and most competitive awards program honoring the creative excellence for communications professionals.

Felt Design Group has been recognized for the Felt logo, as well as for united-mechanical.com

5.26.10
--Costa Mesa, CA

For four decades, Graphic Design USA has sponsored national competitions that spotlight the most important, fast-growing and valuable areas of design for business and society. The newest of these is the American Web Design Awards. This annual competition celebrates the power of well-designed online to attract audiences, generate engagement and response, and promote products, services and ideas. The idea clearly resonates: This year, entries doubled from all around the country.

Of the hundreds of entries, 80 highly selective companies and organizations were named winners - among them, FELT Design Group, for felteverywhere.com.

4.23.10
--Costa Mesa, CA

Felt's own Trailblazer, Allison DeFord, has been selected as a judge for the 2010-2011 Clarion Awards. Started in 1972, the Clarions honor excellence in more than 100 categories across all communications disciplines.

2.7.10
--Los Angeles, CA
LOGOLICIOUS!
Four of our logos have been selected for publication in the upcoming book, "LOGOLICIOUS", from Peleg Top!
The book will be in stores worldwide September 2010 and published by Harper Collins Books.

1.16.10
--Fullerton, CA
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY - Women Build
Several members of our team lent a helping hand at the Habitat for Humanity Women Build day.

12.01.09
--Costa Mesa, CA
Davey Awards Cast a Silver Glow
The official list of winners was released today by the International Academy of the Visual Arts and our name made the list for 4 Silver Davey's. We are honored to share this win with our clients at Senterline Communications and United Mechanical Consulting.

10.21.09
--Costa Mesa, CA
Laura, Queen of Arts
This week we're welcoming Laura Ichikawa to the DeFord Designs team as our resident Production Guru. A native Californian (imagine that!), Laura holds a degree in Art from Cal State Long Beach and has more than 20 years of experience in the catalog and collateral production arenas. In other words, she knows her stuff. (Need a 400-page catalog to showcase 30,000 products? She won't even flinch.)

Laura is also an expert researcher, so we�'re considering a second job title: Google Queen. A third might be Queen of Snacks, if week 1 is any indication. How can someone so small eat so much and stay so small? New Google search: tape worm.

10.15.09
--Costa Mesa, CA
New Digs
It's a bigger and better space for DeFord Designs! We've moved into a larger space to accommodate new designers and provide a more comfortable environment for our clients to visit and enjoy. The new color scheme is warm and inviting and the new magnetic inspiration wall offers a place for staff and clients to express themselves (no porn please). We are settling in and looking forward to hosting an openhouse after the first of the year.