Awards & Recognition
Illinois Press Association Awards
These awards were presented to Lyncoln Delporte and/or The News-Gazette (in Champaign, Illinois) for work done entirely, or in large part by Lyncoln Delporte during his time as a graphic designer and web designer at The News-Gazette. Lyncoln Delporte is the owner and lead designer of Design Vector LLC.
- 2013 Best Ad Designer | 1st Place
“Lyncoln does exceptional work for a variety of clients. His attention to detail makes him stand out.”
- 2012 Best Ad Designer | 1st Place
“Wow! Outstanding work by a designer that puts a lot of thought into his craft.”
- 2011 Best Ad Designer | 2nd Place
“Balanced, eye-catching, consistent work.”
- 2010 Best Ad Designer | 1st Place
“You can tell careful thought and consideration has gone into every ad, regardless of size.”
- 2009 Best Ad Designer | 1st Place
- 2017 Editorial Cartoon | 1st Place
United is coming – “The story of United’s treatment of passengers was a major story in 2017, so I’m sure localizing it struck a chord with readers.”
- 2017 Editorial Cartoon | 2nd Place
Wrong envelope. – “A good local tie-in on a national story of interest.”
- 2017 Best Web Project | 3rd Place
Front-end website design and original illustrations by Lyncoln Delporte
- 2016 Editorial Cartoon | 2nd Place
Hand, foot and mouth. “Clever comment on the unconventional Trump campaign of 2016.”
- 2016 Illustration | 2nd Place
We bought an ice cream shop. “Clever photo illustration using ice cream flavors. Nice use of typography and cutouts.”
- 2017 Illustration | 3rd Place
University of Illinois. “The illustrations in this spread are well done and give a better more intimate feel than pictures would. The postcard theme is tastefully done.”
- 2015 Illustration | 1st Place
Downtown development. “Artwork is incredible. So creative. Great idea to showcase each business.”
- 2015 Illustration | 3rd Place
Medical marijuana in Urbana. “Very creative and very attention getting. It truly makes you want to read the article.”
In addition these, several individual advertisements and other creative works done by Design Vector’s Lyncoln Delporte have received awards as well.
