AWARDS :
Certificate of Typographic Excellence from The Art Directors Club, 2005
Aquent Design Award from School of Visual Arts, 2005
Print Regional Design Annual 2005, 2007
UCDA Design Excellence Award for Alumni Publication, 2006
Communicator Awards Award of Distinction for Best Community
Global Media Award Nomination Outstanding Platform – Interactive
2012 Moonbeam Childrens Book Awards Silver
Luce Awards Finalist 2012
2022 ANTHUM Gold - Sustainability, Environment, & Climate; Campaign - Non-Profit; Awareness Categories (Not-For-Profit)
2022 ANTHUM Silver - Sustainability, Environment, Best Strategy; Awareness Categories (Not-For-Profit)
Kirsten Sorton is an award-winning designer/art director with over 20+ years of experience. Throughout her career, she moved through marketing, interaction, publishing, and fashion industries designing for brands such as Kraft, Coca-Cola, Viacom, DKNY, Victoria’s Secret, Channel One, HMH, Bloomberg and Sports Illustrated Kids. She is comfortable designing in any medium and always brings forward the best design solution for the problem at hand. Kirsten received her BFA in Journalism from Northwestern University and her MFA in Design from the School of Visual Arts.
During her career, she has won a few awards including Type Directors Club, Print Design Annual, UDCA and has been featured in Step, Print and Visual Arts Journal. She also enjoys rainbows, the jingle jangle of keys on a winter's morn, any number of small-footed mammals and taking photos.
Here are a few articles Kirsten has written about product design:
Designing for Interactive maps
3 User Testing Myths Debunked