Judges

David Fonseca

With over 15 years of design and brand development experience, David has worked with such clients as Smirnoff Vodka, Jose Cuervo, Ocean Spray, Gillete, UPS and a Variety of home electronic companies, to develop and design their unique brand and marketing initiatives that found great success within their industries.. David now leads the efforts of FYIStudio to provide the overall direction and to ensure greater success of its programs as a whole.

Karen Kuryuki

Karen Kurycki is a designer/illustrator in Jacksonville, FL. Design is her passion and she loves to combine illustration with design in her commercial work. Karen has been experimenting with watercolor since her days at Kent State University, embracing its unpredictability and the surprises that can come out of using it. She admits that in her view of the world she usually sees the humorous, the quirky, the slightly off "normal", which she tries to communicate through her design and illustration. In the past year, Karen’s work has appeared on t-shirts and other products for Nike and the Jacksonville Jaguars as well as in The Washington Post, Emirates Airline magazine and projects for a number of international clients including TBWA Italia.

Torrey Dawley

Torrey Dawley is the owner of Sandpaper Studio, a brand strategy and design studio based in Indianapolis, IN. He leads clients through his often painful, yet highly-effective, brand strategy program during critical stages of their development, then produces visual elements that scream virtues to the hilltops. His love for partnering with his clients is the only thing that keeps him from making a living building cafe racers and farming.

Torrey believes a poster is about capturing a moment in time, and the best posters say the most with the least. Like any design solution, context is critical and a poster often has only a fleeting second to captivate the viewer. From there, it's about emotionally conveying the appropriate message.