Barack Obama visited Savannah this spring, spreading the word about good graphic design and our nation’s need for improved font choices, better website interfaces and quality printing. He stopped by Bighouse Graphix to shake hands with our very own Steve Mousourakis, a hard-working local small business owner who is creating positive change in our local economy.

Wait, what?

Yeah, most of that didn’t actually happen. But we are proud to say that the printed booklet we designed for the Savannah Technical College arrived last week and it features Obama’s press conference and visit to the school. The President chose to stop at Savannah Tech because of the excellent training programs offered there, particularly the YouthBuild program, which puts at-risk students through a combined GED/construction program. Here at Bighouse Graphix we’ve been working on print projects for Savannah Tech for some time and now seeing them featured on national news like this, well, it makes us proud.

So we showcased the historic visit with rich color photos in an 80lb classic laid navy coil-bound cover with custom 60lb ivory velum dividers and bronze foil-stamping featuring the Presidential seal.

The other day, when the samples came in, we photographed the big man right here in the studio… ok, fine, just the printed booklet.

Bighouse graphix along with Savannah Tech has won two Gold Awards for its marketing and recruitment efforts in the 23^rd Annual Admissions Advertising Awards, a national competition for college and university marketing professionals. The Hire Education ad series won in the category of Newspaper Advertising; Program Summary brochures won in the Brochure category.

For both projects, Gail Eubanks served as creative director; Steve Mousourakis, owner of bighouse graphix, was the designer. This is the fifth consecutive year the college has earned one or more national marketing awards. A copy of this article can be found here.

Savannah Technical College serves just over 4,000 students each quarter with locations in Savannah, Effingham and Liberty counties.