Acorn Sign Graphics (Richmond, Va.), a NovAcryl Preferred Fabricator, has designed a series of LEED icons for the United States Green Building Council. The icons can be easily incorporated as a graphic element, adding visual interest, quick recognition, and reinforcement of the many ways environmental stewardship is achieved.

Arrowstreet (Somerville, Mass.) has been busy with several charter school projects in their home state. Massachusetts' first brand-new charter school facility, Kipp Academy Lynn, is located on a challenging hilltop site overlooking downtown Lynn; Arrowstreet's design includes a gathering/cafeteria space at the heart of the new school with a high ceiling and south-facing window wall to create an open and airy common space.

Calori & Vanden-Eynden Design Consultants (New York) announced that three of their projects have been singled out for excellence in the Graphic Design USA design awards program. Signage and graphics for the Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater in Manhattan, and the Virginia Beach Convention Center were cited “Best in Category.”

Frost* Design (Sydney) is the winner in Small Project Architecture in the New South Wales Architecture Awards 2012, held by the Australian Institute of Architects. Frost was the lead consultant in the creation of an information kiosk in an existing pagoda in Sydney's Chinatown.

GNU Group (Lafayette, Calif.) designed a wayfinding program for the City of Davis, Calif.  In response to a stringent budget, the firm brought in the environmental graphics program at the University of California, Davis, extending the team’s local resources while providing a real-world experience for the students. GNU presented their own and student-designed designs to the city’s review committee.