In the Summer of 2021, I was approached by the Doug Wright Awards to see if I would be interested in redesigning their logo and reworking some of their branding. After much discussion, we felt that “Nipper” (the character that Doug Wright was most famous for in his comic strip “Doug Wright’s Family”) would be the perfect face for the award’s branding. The system works off of the image combined with a red background. The new logo was launched in March of 2023 and will see further rollouts as the year progresses.
UPDATE: scroll down to see some of the merchandise we produced for the 2024 awards. The t-shirts sold out completely, and the rest of the merchandise was a massive hit.
2024 Alberta Magazine Awards winner: Gold winner for Cover Design and Art Direction for a Single Issue. Silver winner for Feature Design.
2023 Alberta Magazine Awards winner: Gold winner for Feature Design, Silver winner for Art Direction for a Single Issue, nominated for Cover Design.
In 2019, I was asked to design the graphics and ephemera for the 2020 National Magazine Awards. While the pandemic ended up curtailing most of the project, I wanted to post some of the designs that were put together for this. The final one (the large 2020) was the one that the National Magazine Awards Foundation ended up using in a partial capacity when the event was held virtually.
Covers and layouts designed or art directed
2016 National Magazine Awards silver winner (Cover of the Year)
2015 National Magazine Awards nominee (Cover of the Year)
2012 National Magazine Awards nominee (Cover of the Year)
2013 National Magazine Awards nominee (Art Direction for an Entire Issue)
Covers and layouts designed or art directed
(art direction only, design by Taryn Dufault)
(art direction only, design by Taryn Dufault)
(art direction only, design by Taryn Dufault)
(art direction only, design by Taryn Dufault)
(art direction only, design by Taryn Dufault)
(art direction only, design by Taryn Dufault)
(art direction only, design by Stephanie Firka)
