National gold and silver awards have been bestowed on two graphic design alumni for work they created as students at Pennsylvania College of Technology.
The American Advertising Federation awarded a National Student Gold Award to Brandon M. Wolff for his “Trailblaze Chocolate Co. Packaging” and a National Student Silver Award to Jared D. Kosko for his “Rue Morgue Brewing Co. Packaging.” In the design industry, the awards are referred to as ADDYs.
“It’s a huge win to receive both gold and silver ADDY awards at the national level, and it shows that our students are producing some of the best undergraduate work in the country,” said Nicholas L. Stephenson, instructor of graphic design.
Wolff and Kosko, both of whom graduated in May, earned gold awards from the Northeast Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Advertising Federation and silver honors at the regional (District 2) competition before moving onto the national level. (The NEPA chapter recently conducted an interview with Wolff in conjunction with his gold award.)
The American Advertising Awards is the advertising industry’s largest competition, attracting more than 40,000 entries each year across the U.S.
The mission of the awards is to recognize the creative spirit of excellence in the art of advertising.
Wolff, formerly of Effort, is a junior designer at Gatesman in Pittsburgh. Kosko, formerly of DuBois, is a graphic designer at Boost Mobile in Overland Park, Kansas.
Penn College graphic design students and alumni consistently earn recognition in regional, national and international advertising design competitions.
To learn more about graphic design and art majors at Penn College, call the School of Sciences, Humanities & Visual Communications at 570-327-4521.
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