Recognition

Publications & Mentions

Print Magazine
Studio Usher Rebrands Page 73 as an Off-Broadway Powerhouse

Digital Marketing News
Studio Usher Rejuvenates Off-Broadway’s Page 73

Print Magazine
Opposites Attract: Fedrigoni 365 Explores Duality in Design

The Idea Shop
Color Trend Feature

Print Magazine
Naomi Usher is Excited to Give (or Get!) …

Print Magazine
Gifts for Creatives, Graphic Designers & Artists

The Co-Lab Career Stories
Podcast

President Obama
Twitter Feed
February 4, 2014

American Typeplay
by Steven Heller and Gail Anderson
Library of Applied Design

Design Portfolios:
Self Promotion at its Best
by Craig Welsh
Rockport

The New York Times
“Nordstrom and Allure create a ‘magalogue’ of premium-priced cosmetics and fragrances.”
by Stuart Elliot

AIGA / Eye on Design
Op/Ed
Why You Should (and Shouldn’t)
Apply for that Design Award
by Jude Stewart

Graphic Design, USA
Sappi Ideas That Matter
Celebrates 20th Anniversar

Art Matters
“Vivid IMpressions From
an Era Long Gone”
by Burton Wasserman

Sappi North America
“Two Decades of Great Design”

Graphic Design, USA
Sappi 2017 Ideas That Matter
Grants Address Social Issues
From Climate Change
To Quality Journalism

BizBash
Escada Launch Matches
Decor to Bags

Democrat and Chronicle
“Event to Seal Our Times”
by Jim Memmott

Sappi North America
Creating Impact

Sappi North America
Sustainability Report (s)

American Institute of Graphic Arts
Case Study:
EducationSuperHighway

Grants

Ideas That Matter
2019 Grant Recipient
Nonprofit: NY Sun Works
Investment: $14,190

Ideas That Matter
2017 Grant Recipient
Nonprofit: ProPublica
Investment: $40,836
Result: $500,000 in donations

Ideas That Matter
2014 Grant Recipient
Nonprofit: EducationSuperHighway
Investment: $35,810
Result: $5 billion in federal funding

Ideas That Matter
2013 Grant Recipient
Nonprofit: GO Project
Investment: $6,930
Result: $100,000 in donations

Awards

Winner
Design Effectiveness
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Go Project

Winner
Best in Contemporary Design
American Institute of Graphic Arts
EducationSuperHighway

Winner
Justified Competition
(out of 750 submissions)
American Institute of Graphic Arts
EducationSuperHighway

Award of Excellence
Typography Competition
Communication Arts
Studio Usher
Self Promotion

Winner
Advertising
Catalan Illustration Awards
Bent On Learning

Winner
The Society of Illustrators
Winners and Losers
Soho Rep

Graphis
Brand Strategy and Design
East Harlem Ethnic Festival
Union Settlement

Graphis
Poster Design
Cans of Covid: NYC, March, 2020
Flattening the Curve Exhibition

Graphis
Poster Design
Public Obscenities
Soho Rep.

Graphis
Poster Design
100,00 lbs of Produce! Now What?
NY Sun Works

Graphis
Poster Design
while you were partying
Soho Rep.

Graphis
Poster Design
Student-Scientist-Farmer
NY Sun Works

Graphis
Poster Design
Novenas for a Lost Hospital
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Graphis
Poster Design
Wolf Play
Soho Rep

Graphis
Poster Design
for all the women who thought they were mad.
Soho Rep

Graphis
Poster Design
27th Annual Ethnic Festival
Union Settlement

Graphis
Poster Competition
The Wildness
Ars Nova

Graphis
Poster Competition
Futurity
Soho Rep.

Award of Merit
Promotion Design
How Magazine
GO Project

Winner
Packaging and Production
The Association of Graphic Communications
Style.com

Part of the Public Collection
Rochester Museum & Science Center
Style.com

judging

Ideas That Matter
2015 Grant Competition Judge

World Illustration Awards, 2021
Commercial Publishing

World Illustration Awards, 2022
Design Product & Packaging