Should there be any doubt that CASE member editorial teams are a creative bunch, just look at the 2022 Circle of Excellence Design/Cover category. It produced five gold winners, along with three silvers and a bronze. 

The Grand Gold was awarded to the cover of Leaders & Best, a philanthropy magazine produced by the University of Michigan, U.S. The cover features an image of textile art that layers and stitches fabric together to represent the university community. The editorial team’s goal was to answer the question, “What makes up the fabric of who we are?” The answer came in the layers that show “stories of hope, of perseverance, navigating the challenges of the pandemic, and moving forward in this new world as Michigan would.”