Omaha-based branding consultancy Oxide (www.oxidedesign.com) and the brand-new Kiewit Luminarium were honored with a prestigious San Francisco Design Week Award, announced recently by the nonprofit organization San Francisco Design Week (SFDW).

Launched in 2006,  SFDW is an essential week-long regional festival that showcases the unique intersection of ideas, design, business and entrepreneurism that makes the Bay Area the birthplace of the future. For more information, visit www.sfdesignweek.org.

Oxide and Kiewit Luminarium received the Communication Design award, which recognizes the branding for the Luminarium and the whole project team for its ground-breaking design and commitment to thought leadership in meeting the needs of a positive future for society.

Oxide is the Omaha-based, civic-minded brand and design consultancy of Drew Davies. For almost 25 years, Oxide has crafted brand strategy and implementation, focusing on the civic space. Drew uses design to build up communities, empower cities and improve voting. He’s built brands for Metro Transit, Film Streams, Maha Music Festival and Metropolitan Community College, developed nationwide ballot design best practices and even designed the primary license plate for the State of Nebraska. For more information, visit www.oxidedesign.com.