76West Co-Founder Included In People To Watch Survey

Marc V. Stress, co-founder of the Syracuse-based brand consultancy 76West, has been included in to the People to Watch for 2019 by the publication Graphic Design USA.

gdusalogobold.jpgGraphic Design USA (GDUSA) has recently published its 56 year history of the annual People to Watch. Looking back over the past five decades, we recognize many friends, colleagues and even some heroes from the design industry. Reading over the list, you will find several undisputed historical giants of design including Saul Bass, Ivan Chermayeff, Lou Dorfsman, Milton Glaser, George Lois, and Massimo Vignelli to name only a few. You will also find many more legends, near legends, and legends-to-be. In the 56 year history of the series, Marc V. Stress is one of only two Central New York area designers to be included on the list. Stress was initially named as part of the 2008 class of People to Watch.

For the past 56 years, GDUSA has selected a new class named to their People To Watch list. These designers and industry leaders embody the spirit of the creative community across the United States. Individuals we have come to know and respect for a combination of talent, leadership, success, newsworthiness and community service. In a field so deep in talent and broad in numbers, this is clearly a subjective process, and there are many other talented individuals yet-to-be included. Still, for five decades, it has seemed to work out pretty well: the roster of past participants is star-studded, to say the least.

76West is proud to have one of our co-founders— Marc Stress —included in this list of great designers from history and current industry luminaries.

See the full list below, or at GDUSA.com

Sean Adams
Deb Adams
Rob Adams
Steven Addis
Deborah Adler
Megan Adomaitis
Justin Ahrens
Ian Adelman
Stuart Rankin Alden
Jamie Alexander
Jonathan Alger
Jason Alley
Marc Alt
Alan Altman
Amanda Altman
Charles S. Anderson
Gail Anderson
Jack Anderson
Maxey Andress
Primo Angeli
David Annunziato
Richard Anwyl
David Archambault
William Armenteros
Glenn John Arnowitz
Rinat Aruh
Jonathan Asher
David Aughenbaugh
John Avila
Ashleigh Axios
Kim Baer
Chris Bailey
Peter Bain
Gary Baker
Elizabeth P. Ball
Jimmy Ball
John Ball
Amy Balliett
Scott Ballum
Hal Barber
Sidney Barcelona
Bonnie Barnes
Rick Barrack
Lisa M. Barraco
Frank Baseman
Paul Basista
Saul Bass
Doug Bartow
Constance Beck
David Becker
Julie Beeler
Shannon Beer
Howard Belk
Mila Bellido
Burkey Belser
Patricia Belyea
Stephen D. Benfield
Ed Bennett
Stuart Berni
Rafi Bernstein
Annette Berry
Jim Berte
Jodie Berzin
Candace Bexell
John Bielenberg
Jack Biesek
Jen Bilik
Karl Bischoff
Dan Bittman
Roger Black
Niki Blaker
Wendy Blattner
Marc Blaustein
Ben Blumenfeld
David Bloch
Ivan Boden
Eric Boelts
James Boiter
Gary Bonilla
Bill Bonnell
Sunny Bonnell
Rick Bonelli
John Borg
Peter Borowski
Doug Boyd
Richard Boynton
Dave Braden
Conor Brady
John Brady
Jeffrey Brall
Ted Bramble
Brian Brandisi
Harriet Breitborde
Andy Brenits
Charles Brice
Talamieka Brice
Keith Bright
Craig Brimm
Gaby Brink
Andrew Brown
Cathy Brown
Linda Brown
Shawn Brown
Ellen Bruss
Stephen Bucheit
Lynn Buckley
Paul Buckley
Jim Bull
John Burgess
Will Burke
J.W. Burkey
David Butler
Bill Cahan
Lisa Cain
Chris Calori
Bob Calvano
Hamish Campbell
Evan Campisi
David Canaan
Kevin Cantrell
Ken Carbone
Bill Carkeet
Laurie Carrigan
Steve Carsella
Tsia Carson
Richard Cassis
Dana Castle
Alex Center
David Ceradini
Fred Cisneros
Susan Chait
Clive Chajet
Wing Chan
Margo Chase
Marcos Chavez
Joshua Chen
Norman Cherubino
Ivan Chermayeff
Tricia Christiansen
Susan Chun
Stan Church
Laurie Churchman
Seymour Chwast
Robert Cipriani
Sam J. Ciulla
Bretton Clark
Sheree Clarke
Matthew Clark
John Clifford
James Clunie
Sheila Cobb
Barbara Cohen
Jason B. Cohen
Matt Cokeley
Jane Coker
Robin Colangelo
Alisa Coleman
Owen Coleman
Brian Collins
Anthony Colombini
Ralph Colonna
Jenn David Connolly
Michael Connors
Susan V. Consales
Roger Cook
Kenneth R. Cooke
Grant Copeland
Gavin Cooper
Michelle Cooper
Jeffry Corbin
Karen Corell
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Mark Courtney
Carl Cox
Frank Coyne
Dailey Crafton
Rachel Crawford
Jack Crifasi
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Jim Cross
Nicte Cuevas
Moira Cullen
Steve Cullen
Hillman Curtis
Joe Cuticone
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Rita Daly
Jerod Dame
Liz Danico
Richard Danne
Drew Davies
Tom Davies
Lynda Decker
Matt DeFrain
Michele DeHaven
Ken DeLor
Rob DeLuke
Laurie DeMartino
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Gabe DeMatteis
Jerry Demoney
Barry Deutsch
Stewart Devlin
William Dickinson
Brian Diecks
Bill Dirzuilaitis
Chris Do
Stephanie Donahue
Jaye Donaldson
Thomas Dooley
Lou Dorfsman
Stephen Doyle
William Drenttel
Dora Drimalas
Joe Duffy
Martin Duffy
Steve Dunphy
Becky Eason
Vanessa Eckstein
Dave Edmundson
Terri Edelman
Kyle Eertmoed
Arthur Eisenberg
Tina Roth Eisenberg
Monica Elias
Rachel Elner
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Michael B. Endy
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Marc English
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Patrica Evangelista
Joseph Essex
Nancy Essex
Leslie Evans
Stan Evenson
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Jonathan Falk
Ralph Famiglietta
James Faris
Gene Federico
Scott Feldman
Bill Ferguson
Mike Fetrow
Ira Finkelstein
Jeff Fisher
Amy Fister
Luis Fitch
Brian Flahive
Jeff Flick
Matthew Flick
Megan Flood
Bryan Flynn
Karin Fong
Bart Forbes
David Ford
John Forster
Tom Fowler
Craig Franke
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Kathy Frederickson
Shawn Freeman
Kelly Friedl
Michael Freimuth
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Mark Garcia
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Jill Harris
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Brian Hill
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Mamoru Shimokochi
Moonsub Shin
Mark Shoolery
Rishi Shourie
Limore Shur
Dmitri Siegel
Bonnie Siegler
Michele Silvestri
Christopher Simmons
Kelly Simmons
Suzy Simmons
Beth Singer
Brian Singer
Seth Sirbaugh
Bill Skrieff
Rick Slusher
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