About Kessler Design Group

Kessler Design Group

Kessler Design Group, Ltd. is a leading, woman-owned design communications firm, based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. For 30 years, our team of designers, researchers, writers, and subject area specialists have been creating dynamic communications in Health, Education, the Environment, and Art & Culture.

Ethel Kessler, President & Creative Director

Kessler directs creative and award-winning projects. She has won over 200 design-related awards and her work has been acknowledged by Graphis, Communication Arts, Print, and other highly regarded design publications. In 2004, Kessler received the AIGA/DC Fellow Award for her achievements in design excellence and leadership in the DC area.

For over 14 years, Kessler has art directed stamps for the US Postal Service. Her first released stamp design was the Breast Cancer Semi-Postal Stamp that launched in 1998 and has raised over $71 million dollars for breast cancer research. Kessler has art directed over 250 additional stamps for the Postal Service including stamps for the Library of Congress, Louise Nevelson, Civil Rights, Alzheimer's, the Nature of America 12 year series, ,and the Scenic American Landscapes series. She is honored to be among the select few to have this amazing opportunity.