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American Package Design Awards

I received notice today stating that my 2009 Holiday Promotion piece won an American Package Design Award. I had a lot of fun working on promotional pieces with my Intro to Graphic Design class. I used mailing tubes to create the kit and laser cut a pattern I drew into the tubes. I then included a bottle of wine and spices to make a mulled wine.

The letter I received said there were over 1,500 entries and fewer than 150 were given awards. It’s been really rewarding to see how people react to this promo and their reaction has made all the hard work that went into it totally worth it—winning an award doesn’t hurt either!

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Ben Hannam believes graphic design is an instrument of organization, a means of relating objects to people, a medium for pursuasion, and a way to cope with the complexity of everyday life. Ben is currently the Department Chair for the Visual Communications Design program at Virginia Tech and an assistant professor of Interactive Design. Ben Hannam has taught at Virginia Tech since 2006. Prior to this appointment, he taught overseas at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar in the Middle East for three years. Ben earned his MFA in Visual Communication from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2002.