In December, a group of design industry partners—Deb Aldrich, Jessica Deseo, Laura Des Enfants, Andrew Gibbs, Steven Heller and Debbie Millman—banded together to save PRINT from its media conglomerate owner that had fallen on hard times.

Now, PRINT is fully independent—and that has given us the ability to reenvision, revamp and (with hope) revolutionize. Our first priority was to bring the historic brand into 2020 and the 21st century at large with a new website. Our second: to reassess the things we’ve historically done well—and rethink how we might be able do them even better.

The PRINT RDA, originally the Regional Design Annual, then the Regional Design Awards, has long been a mainstay of the design industry. It’s been around since 1980, when longtime PRINT editor Martin (Marty) Fox launched it to spotlight the fact that amazing design wasn’t just happening in New York City—it was happening all around the country.