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Here at A3 Design we are big fans of the site DesignandDesign.com. We routinely visit to see what trends and innovative creative our industry is pumping out. It provides us with a peak into the world outside our farm studio and inspires us to raise the bar in creativity and business. With those of you unfamiliar with the site, it provides an online community of quality design projects by quality designers. You can submit designs for review, but ultimately, the Design and Design team picks the selects and chooses what to feature daily.

The last issue of GD USA every year celebrates that year's best and brightest in design. With over 1,000 pieces included this year, the display of work from our country's talent was impressive.

We are proud to be included for the fourth consecutive year! The annual report for Cogdell Spencer ERDMAN not only received a Gold American Graphic Design Award, but was chosen to be included in the printed annual as well. You can check it out at your local bookstore or online at: http://bit.ly/8QS9yM

Lettering & Type is a smart-but-not-dense guide to creating and bending letters to one’s will. While other type design books often get hung up on the technical and technological issues of type design and lettering, Lettering & Type features the context and creativity that shape letters and make them interesting. The book was written, assembled and designed by the dynamic duo at Post Typography and the forward was written by Ellen Luptin. A3 Design is honored to be included in the book. If you want to learn more, check it out at www.letteringandtype.com.

Thank you to DesignandDesign.com for including us as one of their 30 Inspirational Packaging Designs blog post and featuring us as a showcase with other talented designers in their Inspiration for the Day on October 28.