STA
Archive 12
Supporters
Busy Beaver Button Co
Classic Color
DesignBureau Magazine
Finch’s Beer
Harrington College of Design
Mohawk Paper
Midland Paper
Trinchero Family Estates

Archive12 Website:
Design and Art Direction
⠒ Plural

Content
⠒ Bob Zeni

Website Development
⠒ Quinn Keaveney


Archive12 Committee
Chairman
⠒ Bob Zeni

Director
⠒ Matthew Jorgensen

Director
⠒ Luki Baftiri

STA President
⠒ Steve Curtis

STA Vice President
⠒ Joerg Metzner

Interactive Director
⠒ Marko Masnjak

Entry Processing
⠒ Oscar Anderson

STA Past President
⠒ Cheri Gearhart


STA Board
Secretary
⠒ Kiyomi Negi-Tran

Treasurer
⠒ Tre´ Henry

Program Director
⠒ Erin Borreson

Development Director
⠒ Frank DiBraccio

Marketing Director
⠒ Liz Gilmore


Archive12
Board of Advisors
Justin Ahrens
Kelly Kaminski
Maria Grillo
Robert Petrick
Wayne Stuetzer
Rick Valicenti

CDA Board
Chairman
⠒ Jack Weiss

Member
⠒ Ron Kovach

Member
⠒ Wayne Stuetzer


Ongoing thanks
Hartford Design
Joslin Lake Design
Rule29
Sonnenzimmer
Thirst
STA
The Society of Typographic Arts (STA), the country’s foremost regional association devoted to design and visual communications. Since its inception in Chicago in 1927, the STA has played a leading role in making Chicago an international powerhouse in graphic design, presenting seminars and conferences, and developing publications, including Trademarks USA (1964), Fifty Years of Graphic Design in Chicago (1977), Hermann Zapf and His Design Philosophy (1987), and ZYX: 26 Poetic Portraits (1989). Today, it serves as the driving force in design, presenting a diverse schedule of programming and sponsoring numerous design tours, exhibits and local community-building events.

CDA
The Chicago Design Archive (CDA) is North America’s most extensive permanent collection of current and historical communication design. It concentrates on work from the Chicago area – one of the world’s most vibrant and innovative centers for design. It contains more than 1,000 of the most creative pieces from the last 80 years. Artists and designers whose work is represented include Charles & Ray Eames, Man Ray, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Raymond Loewy, Oswald Cooper, John Massey, Martin Goldsholl, Art Paul, Dana Arnett, Greg Samata, Rick Valicenti, Bob Vogele, Herman Zapf and dozens of others.

Plural is a Chicago-based creative studio practice founded in 2008. With a focus on pursuing meaningful projects, Plural explores new approaches within the design process, experimenting in a wide range of media including print, web, video, sound, interactive and installation. Plural has been honored by the Art Directors Club; Type Directors Club; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, and numerous magazines, including How, Print, Creative Review, Taiwan DPI, Gallery/HK, and CommunicationArts. Plural collaborates with artists, musicians, and cultural and educational institutions, including the DePaul Art Museum, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Public Media Institute, House Theatre Company, Volume Gallery, Whistler Bar, Ether Feather Records, Chicago Architecture Foundation, and Classic Color.


Supporters

Classic Color
Through a blog and the print magazine, for more than 30 years, Classic Color has been a leader in workflow solutions, creative production, prepress, asset management, printing, finishing and fulfillment. Classic provides solutions and builds relationships that exceed clients’ highest expectations using a process that is seamless from concept to fulfillment, delivering quality down to the smallest detail in the shortest possible production time. Classic represents and manages brands from Fortune 500 companies to small boutique businesses, focusing on ensuring brand consistency regardless of the process or the medium. Special thanks to Ray Bell, Joe Marola and Rebecca Kirby.
– Printing

DesignBureau Magazine
Through a blog and the print magazine, DesignBureau presents an honest and inspirational global dialogue on design from diverse disciplines and points of view. It gathers creative professionals, style arbiters and industry leaders and connects them with a like-minded community of design enthusiasts across the world with one common idea: Discovering great design and the people who make it happen. Published every other month in Chicago by ALARM Press. Special thanks to Kristin Lamprecht and Elise Schmitt.
– Media Partner

Finch’s Beer
Finch’s Beer, the most recent addition to Chicago’s growing community of craft breweries, recently released Golden Wing Blonde Ale, a medium-bodied blond ale, and Cut Throat Pale Ale, a stronger, more bracing ale with more hops. Finch’s uses the finest ingredients to ensure that each batch measures up to their standards. Golden Wing and Cut Throat are on tap at selected bars and restaurants and in cans at stores throughout the Chicago area. Benjamin Finch, owner and managing partner, and Richard Grant, owners and brewmaster, both earned BFAs in Visual Communication from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Special thanks to Ben Finch.
– Event Refreshments

Harrington College of Design
Harrington College of Design (HCD) helps students with a passion for design pursue their ambitions and fulfill their potential. HCD offers specialized Associate-level, Bachelor-level, and Master-level degree programs in digital photography, interior design and graphic design. With a singular emphasis on creative expression, HCD rewards students with a faculty of professionals with real-world experience, small class sizes for focused attention, relevant curricula aligned to industry needs, career services assistance during school and after graduation and a convenient location in the heart of the Loop. Special thanks to Erik Parks and Brad Kisner.
– Venues for Judging and Gala and Gallery for exhibit

Midand Paper
Midland Paper, Packaging & Supplies provides value-added solutions for the efficient distribution of printing and imaging papers, publication papers, packaging supplies and equipment, and facility supplies. A member of both NetPrint and NetWork, Midland is the Midwest's largest independently owned paper and packaging distributor with principal distribution facilities in Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Midland's National division also has sales offices located strategically across the United States to serve book, magazine and catalog publishers. Special thanks to Craig Busby.
– Paper for Keepsake Book

Mohawk Paper
Known for innovation, service, and quality, Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. is the largest premium paper manufacturer in North America. A highly competitive, low-cost producer of premium writing, text, cover, and digital papers, Mohawk offers a forward-looking product line that includes some of the best-known brands in the industry: Strathmore, Beckett, Mohawk Superfine, Kromekote, Via, Navajo and Options. Mohawk offers sustainable paper choices certified by FSC and Green Seal, independent, nonprofit organizations dedicated to environmental standard setting, product certification, claims substantiation, and public education. In addition, Mohawk is one of the first major manufacturing companies to match 100% of its electricity with RECs from windpower projects. Special thanks to Jeff Waldvogel and Malina Wiegel.
– Paper for poster

Trinchero Family Estates
Trinchero Family Estates passion for winemaking and delivering the most inspiring flavors from around the globe began more than 60 years ago. In 1947, brothers John and Mario Trinchero traveled to St. Helena, California, near the renowned Napa Valley growing region, and purchased Sutter Home Winery. With its first Sutter Home harvest in 1948, the Trinchero Family began a long and fruitful history as one of the world’s leading producers of fine wines. Each of Trinchero Family Estates wines is specifically crafted to deliver unique experiences that are full of flavor and perfect for a night of entertainment or relaxation. The Trinchero Family invites you to peruse their offerings to learn more about the precision and care that goes into every Trinchero Family Estates bottle.
– Event Refreshments

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