Freaner Creative has received the GDUSA USA 62nd American Graphic Design Award in the Website and UX/UI design category for their work on Samuel J. Kahn's Professional Website. This prestigious honor highlights excellence in creative development and digital design.
November 19, 2026
This accolade was awarded as part of the GDUSA Graphic Design USA 62nd American Graphic Design Awards 2025, which recognizes outstanding achievements in Website and UX/UI Design among over 6,000 submissions from diverse entities—including established design firms, creative agencies, freelancers, and students—highlighting the exceptional quality of FreanerCreative’s work.
At FreanerCreative, we are grateful to have received the Web Design and UI/UX Award for the Samuel J. Kahn Professional Website, and we are honored to have been recognized by the GDUSA 62nd American Graphic Design Awards 2025, where we received 15 awards. These acknowledgments encourage us to continue learning and growing within the creative and design community.
We would also like to sincerely thank Samuel J. Kahn for allowing us the privilege of working on his professional website. We are genuinely appreciative of his trust and honored to have been part of the project.
ABOUT GRAPHIC DESIGN USA (GDUSA):
For 63 years — since 1963 to be exact — Graphic Design USA (GDUSA) has been a source of news and information for graphic designers and the broader creative community. Published on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, NYC, for six decades, we are now ensconced in hip Brooklyn, just 5 miles away from where we were founded. GDUSA covers news, people, projects, trends, technology, products, and services. In addition to the print magazine, the brand now encompasses a 50,000-visitor-a-month website, a monthly e-newsletter, a digital edition of the magazine, and several national design competitions that culminate in showcases of the best in Graphic Design, Package Design, Web Design, Inhouse Design, and Health+Wellness Design. Other initiatives include annual recognition of leading Graphic Designers to Watch and promising Students To Watch, as well as Socially Responsible Designers, Top Design Schools, and periodic benchmark reader surveys on the state of print and paper in design, technology in design, design education, stock imagery in design, and much more.
Ariel Freaner is the principal and founder of Freaner Creative & Design, with more than 35 years of experience in creative development, illustration, and design. His award-winning, San Diego-based full-service firm offers creative, digital, and graphic design services to clients in North America, Latin America, and abroad. It specializes in web and app design, editorial and print design, brand development, online marketing, and 3-D development. Freaner Creative recently received several Graphis Awards, including platinum, gold, and silver, as well as two Emmy awards and four Emmy nominations.
