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2023 RGD Branding Award Winners

The RGD Branding Awards recognize and celebrate the best in branding and identity design from around the world. We received over 650 submissions in 2023 and awarded 60 projects.

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Winners

Integrated Award Winners

  • Mount Sinai 100 Campaign by Sinai Health Foundation in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • OKI Donut Shop by Nina Hidaka in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 64th Monterey Jazz Festival by *TraceElement in Dallas, Texas, USA
  • Beauty in Brain Difference Campaign by Emdash Agency in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Fortune Doughnut by District Design Co. in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Kem Padel Courts by Mantra in Mérida, México
  • Mòshkamo Festival by Tétro in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Client: National Arts Centre — Indigenous Theatre)
  • New Room by Six Cinquième in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages by Design de Plume in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
  • One Delisle by Vanderbrand in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Client: Slate Asset Management)
  • Pat & Betty Restaurant by Monitor Creative in Western Canada
  • RIFF by Jacknife in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Client: Aphria Inc.)
  • Rivette Tower by Yellow Truck Creative in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (Client: Ryan Companies and Greystar)
  • Centre for Canadians of African Descent by Six Cinquième in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • The Combine by OneMethod in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Client: Tadiem)
  • The Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics & Society by Becoming Design Office in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  • Melio by Taylor & Grace in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Client: Melio Skincare)
  • 10,000 Changes™ Campaign by Strut in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Client: Canadian Geographic)
  • The Bronx Museum by Team in New York, New York, USA
  • Goods & Services Agency Branding by Goods & Services Branding in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Lights on an Unsung Hero by Cossette in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Client: Festival d’Été de Québec [a BLEUFEU festival])
  • Lindsay Siu Photography by Here Be Monsters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • McKinley Studios by Matter Studio in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Monarch Structures: Dependable by Design by Full Punch in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Client: Monarch)
  • Ontario Hospital Association by q30 Design in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Pfizer: Making the Impossible Possible by Team in New York, New York, USA
  • Powerhouse Arts by Entro in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Procuratorial by Matter Studio in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Smith Planning Group by Design Holmen in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • The Black Architects and Interior Designers Association by Frontier Design Inc. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • The Plains of Abraham by Cossette in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Client: The National Battlefields Commission – Commission des champs de bataille nationaux)
  • West Coast Seeds by Partners and Hawes in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Zendesk Brand Refresh by Zendesk in San Francisco, California, USA

Element Award Winners

  • National Museum in Gdansk by TOFU Studio in Gdansk, Pomorskie, Poland
  • Patel Brown Art Gallery by The Office of Gibert Li in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
  • Chef Bombay by Concrete in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
  • Hermit Goods Packaging Design by Caribou Creative in Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada 
  • KitKat Ramadan Iftan Bar by Rethink in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Client: Nestlé KitKat)
  • OddPop by Sandra Dammizio Provisional RGD in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
  • Púa Mezcal by Padre Group in Ciudad de México, México 
  • Puyu Tea Packaging Design by Studio in Beijing, China 
  • Sapsucker by Vanderbrand in Toronto, Ontario Canada (Client: Lower Valley Beverage Company) 
  • A-Frame Club by Wunder Werks in Denver, Colorado, USA (Client: Zeppelin Station) 
  • Create Your Place Campaign by MJMA Architecture & Design in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Client: City of Toronto) 
  • Exhibition on the 70th Anniversary of the Luxembourg Agreements by C&G Partners LLC in New York City, New York, USA (Client: The Claims Conference) 
  • KitKat Chocolatory by OneMethod in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Client: Nestlé Canada)
  • Rally Social Room by ZGM Modern Marketing Partners in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 
  • Black Excellence Community Library by Fusion Design Group Inc. in Markham, Ontario, Canada (Client: Strides Toronto) 
  • Think Tank Training Centre by Will in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Alba by Vanderbrand in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Client: Edenshaw) 
  • Heartland by Vanderbrand in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Client: Orlando, Corporation) 
  • National Student Show & Conference by *TraceElement in Dallas, Texas, USA (Client: Dallas Society of Visual Communications Foundation) 
  • MTELUS: High Five by Cossette, Septième in Montreal, Quebec, Canada 
  • Select Food by Office/Bureau in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
  • Periods for Periods by Rethink in Toronto/Vancouver, Canada

Multiple Award Winners

  • Antler Up by DBD Canada in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Client: Edmonton Football Club)
  • Art Frenzy by DDB Canada in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Client: Southern Alberta Art Gallery) 
  • Defy by DDB Canada in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Client: Association of Registered Graphic Designers)
  • FUNCTION by Whitman Emorson in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • National Magazine Awards by Rethink in Toronto/Vancouver, Canada (Client: National Magazine Awards Foundation)

Sector Award Winners


Sponsors

AFIX, Domtar, Moveable, Rethink