Criscola Design

WELCOME

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Sol Lewitt put it Best:
“Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple.”

We think so too. We are critical-thinkers and problem-solvers using common-sense, intelligence, passion, and commitment to design media, products, and space.

 
 
 
 
 

STUDIO

 
 
 
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our work

We are a small, woman-owned studio expert in four dimensions—develop, design, digitize, deliver. We are collaborators, facilitators, managers, and instructors.

Our work can be seen in professional, nonprofit, and industrial sectors like human rights, health care, government, education, science and technology, publishing, law, and arts and culture.

 
 
 
 

AGENCY

 
 
 
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our purpose

Our interest is to create work that mirrors the ideals, ethics, and passion of our client work.

Our experience includes identity, branding and promotional materials; printed matter like books, publications, and posters; and screen, interactive, and time-based projects such as websites, exhibitions, and installations. And we love what we do.

 
 
 

CLIENTS

 
 

We have worked with amazing people on extraordinary projects. And their work inspires us.

Community Health Center
Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia School of the Arts
Connecticut Mental Health Center
Transart Institute
Ball & Socket Arts
New Haven Preservation Trust
Westport School of Music
National Coalition Against Censorship
Open Society Foundations
Documentary Photography Project
Vera Institute of Justice
Perrin Family Foundation
Revenue Watch Institute
Soros Economic Development Fund
American Civil Liberties Union
Walk New Haven & Ethnic Heritage Center
Atlantic Pulp & Russell Partition
Central European University Press
CT Commission on Culture and Tourism
CUNY Institute for Demographic Research
Greater New Haven Labor History Association
Kid’s Right to Read Project
The Perch Journal
Yale Cancer Center
Yale University Institute of Sacred Music
Yale-New Haven Hospital
Lucienne Coifman
Phyllis Crowley
Susan Newbold
Susan Guagliumi
Tarantino Architect

 
 
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AWARDS

 
 

Connecticut Explored’s 20 Game Changers Awards, Ethnic Heritage Center’s Walk New Haven. Hartford, CT.

UCDA. Honorable Mention, The PERCH : Volume 6 / The View From Here: A Special Issue on Living in the Time of COVID

CADC. 2022 Silver Award, Reveries: Journaling in Place by Susan Newbold

CADC. Excellence Award, The PERCH : Volume 6 / The View From Here: Special Issue on Living in the Time of COVID

UCDA. Excellence Award, A Mouth Full: The Re-Cookbook by Jeanne Criscola & Joan Fitzsimmons

Central Connecticut State University, Excellence in Teaching Award

Council on Foundations. Gold, Open Society Time, Open Society Foundations

Connecticut Nurses. Gold, Yale-New Haven Hospital

PRSA Mercury. Silver, Yale-New Haven Hospital

AIA. Preservation Design, Tarantino Architect

Council on Foundations. Gold, Open Society News

Council on Foundations. Bronze, Restoring American Leadership, Open Society Institute

Council on Foundations. Silver, U.S. Programs Annual Report, Open Society Institute

Council on Foundations. Silver, revenuewatch.org, Open Society Institute

Council on Foundations. Silver, Bending the Bow: Targeting Women’s Human Rights & Opportunities, Soros Foundations

Council on Foundations. Special Recognition, Building the New South Africa, One House, One Dream at a Time, Soros Foundations

PRSA. Silver, Making the Right Choices on the Web, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Admissions Advertising. Gold, Quinnipiac University

Health Public Relations & Marketing News. Best Campaign. Now I Know Better: Kids Tell Kids About Safety, Yale-New Haven Hospital

Admissions Advertising. Gold, Quinnipiac University

Atlanta Design Competition. Honorable Mention, Public Space in the New American City

CASE Regional. Silver Award, Quinnipiac University

Council on Foundations. Silver Award, Children of Atlantis, Soros Foundations

Printing Industry of America. Award, Dear Unknown Friend, Soros Foundations

Council on Foundations. Gold, Dear Unknown Friend, Soros Foundations
Museum Publications Design, American Association of Museums. Second, Conservation by Design, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

 
 
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