April 23, 2012: In four years,Viva & Co. has received over 50 design and illustration awards from the British D&AD, The New York Times (Top 10 books of 2011), The New York Type Directors Club (3 awards), Communication Arts (3 awards), AIGA (50 Books/50 Covers), The Governor General's Literary Awards (finalist), The Advertising & Design Club of Canada (including gold), American Illustration (4 in book), The Society of Illustrators (3 awards), Amazon, Applied Arts Magazine (13 awards), Kirkus, School Library Journal, and others.
As the Creative Director at Viva Dolan Communications and Design, Frank Viva’s work was profiled with feature articles in Communication Arts, @issue, Applied Arts and many other magazines (and books). His work has received more than 400 awards from:
- The Advertising & Design Club (including 8 gold awards)
- American Illustration, New York
- American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), New York
- The New York Times (10 Best Illustrated Books of 2011)
- The Governor General's Literary Awards (finalist)
- AR100 – Annual Report Awards Show, New York
- The Type Directors Club (TDC), New York
- Applied Arts Magazine, Toronto
- Art Director’s Club (ADC), New York
- British Design & Art Direction (D&AD), London
- Communication Arts, Palo Alto
- Coupe Magazine, Toronto
- Critique Magazine, Los Angeles
- Graphis, New York (including platinum)
- How Magazine, Cincinnati
- Print Magazine, New York
- The Society of Illustrators, New York
- National Magazine Awards (including gold)
- Studio Magazine, Toronto