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2023, May | Origins Of A Climate In Crisis, Embrace Your Humafish Spirit- GMUND AWARD WINNER, International Gmund Awards Unfolded Festival, Germany- “This illustrated book is a total work of art and clearly shows the relationship between human beings and climate change. Through the use of different supports, colors, subjects, and finishings, this project was printed by Trifolio in 8 color LED UV with AW4 printing process on various Gmund papers with diverse grammages from the Lakepaper and Bio Cycle collections. Trifolio s. r. l. - “It wouldn’t have been possible to win the award without the wonderful collaboration Joel Vannfuller created with the entire Trifolio team, which is why we are so grateful to him for choosing us. We would like to thank Gmund Buttenpapierfabrik for allowing us to participate and giving us the chance to showcase this unique project.

2023, May | Origins Of A Climate In Crisis, Embrace Your Humafish Spirit- selected as one of top 3 books at the International Gmund Awards Unfolded Festival, Germany. Grand Winners to be announced.

2022, November | Origins Of A Climate In Crisis, Embrace Your Humafish Spirit voted MOST ATTRACTIVE BOOK, Trifolio Awards- Verona, Italy.

2022, September | Origins Of A Climate In Crisis, Embrace Your Humafish Spirit- [ Who Are We? Where Do We Come From? Where Are We Going? ] A book printed and bound by Trifolio s.r.l. Verona, Italy. Publisher, Humafish Productions, All Rights Reserved.

2017, October | Humafish®️ and The Mermaids’ Song 2047®️ become Registered Trademarks of American Chik Corp, themermaidssong.org website launches, Origins Of A Climate In Crisis, Embrace Your Humafish Spirit book and exhibition concept/design/photography/research/writing begins.

2017, March | Vannfuller Photographs Website Launch. Seven years, 100 photographs.

2016, November | Cucalorus Film Festival 22. Vannfuller Photographs. 2047- the beginning of the end of climate (as we know it), Mami Wata- Who survives in a warmed-up environment? 2016 Sarus Dance Festival- Invisible, Seafarer, The Suitcase Garden. Dram Tree Shakespeare's- Macbeth. Wilmington, North Carolina

2016, July | Shea Carver. Cover Feature: 2016 Sarus Dance Festival. Breaking down societal constructs. Arts > Art Encore Magazine

2015, November | Cucalorus Film Festival 21 "One of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World, 2015" - Moviemaker Magazine. Premiere Performance - 2047, the Mermaids' Song. Art + Science = Enlightenment - Wilmington, North Carolina

2014, July | Jay Workman. Giant Ambition: Joel Vannfuller presents three series in one. Arts > Art Encore Magazine

2014, May | Giant Ambition. Exhibition. Giant Cafe Wilmington, North Carolina

2012, November | David Hetzel and Joel Fuller enter into a Consulting Services Agreement for a new software and technology project, ContextuaLife.com developing patents, copyrights, trademarks, methods, processes, designs and computer programs. ContextuaLife

2012, September | Political Rhetoric the awful truth in black and white. Exhibition. 5 Walnut Street Gallery Asheville, North Carolina

2010, April | Primal Faces Exposed. Exhibition. Satellite Gallery Asheville, North Carolina

2010, January | 13 Stories. 13 photographs. One notorious hotel. Exhibition. Studio Chavarria Asheville, North Carolina

2009, November | 13 stories. 13 photographs. One notorious hotel. Exhibition. The Windsor Hotel, A collaboration with Owner David Madera, Satellite Gallery and Lux Fine Lighting Asheville, North Carolina

2006, July | Buckminister Fuller Design Science Lab Asheville. 14 days of lectures, seminars, workshops and rigorous hands on training in the problem-solving methodology called comprehensive anticipatory design science. Primary focus, the development of strategies for reaching the UN Millennium Development Goals. The Buckminister Fuller Institute

2005, February | American Chik. It’s Country. It’s Modern. Built To Live Long. Honestly American. Joel Fuller launches American Chik Corporation with a new collection of glassware, collaborating with Michael Hatch, a former graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University. American Chik Corp

2002, April | Bloomingdales Fashion Editorial. Maxim Declares Miami Greatest City On Earth. Spring Denim Rocks 2002 with Sugar Ray. Maxim Magazine

2001, December | Bruce Turkel. New Design Miami. The Edge Of Graphic Design. Rockport Publishers

2000, Winter | VSA Partners. “Save Elian”. Elian arrives in Miami from Cuba in a raft. Potlatch Corporation, Potlatch McCoy

2000, May | Catharine Fishel. Redesigning Identity. Graphic Design Strategies For Success

2000, January | Frank Cunningham. Stimulus, Juvalamu, awareness, perception. Designory/Pinkhaus

1999, April | Laurel Harper. Pinkhaus Meets The Designory. Graphis 301

1998, May | Pinkhaus Design Corp merges with The Designory in Long Beach, California creating one of the largest design firm partnerships in the U. S.  With gross billings reaching $45 million in a few short years, the company is acquired by Omnicom, one of the world’s largest advertising networks. Designory/Pinkhaus

1998, May | Katy Eckmann Davis. New Campaigns, Swept Away. Adweek, Southeast Edition

1996, June | Robert Frank. Pepsi Cancels an Ad Campaign As Customers Clamor for Stuff. The Wall Street Journal, Marketplace

1996, August | Sharon Benoit. Interactivity/in.the.Fast.Lane. How Magazine, 1996 Annual Digital Design Issue

1996, June | Motorola, The 13th Annual Pioneer Awards/ Gold. The Direct Marketing Creative Guild West

1996, June | Steve Gelsi. Mercedes Does Bikes. Brandweek

1996, May | Anne Moncreiff Arrarte. Cutting edge ad has ‘sex, raw food and drink’. The Miami Hearld, Business Monday

1995, Case Studies | Stephanie A. Redman. Mercedes-Benz , Motorola, Sterling Commerce. Taking The Leap Into New Media. Top print designers share how they reinvented their business to expand into multimedia and the web. http://www.howdesign.com

1994, May/June | Patrick Coyne. Great Ideas Produced On Limited Budgets. Communication Arts Magazine

1994, April | Ads tone down Bal Harbour mall’s tony image. The Miami Herald, Business Monday

1994, January | Roberta Klein. Maximizing The Minimal. Take a tiny lot, two creative minds and what you get is a home of small proportions and grand urban harmony. Sunshine, The Magazine Of South Florida

1993, October | Noreen O’Leary. America’s Next Boom Towns, Where else in America can you find a city in this stage of development?  Miami is young and still trying to figure itself out. Adweek

1993, October | Pinkhaus Gets Swept Away, Can a Design Firm Find Happiness in Paradise? How Magazine

1993, July | Bal Harbour Campaign has a familiar look. The Miami Hearld, Business Monday

1993, February | Nora Minor. Is There Life After Advertising? Pinkhaus Design, Saving The World Of (By) Design, Brainstorming with Joel Fuller. A Publication of the Creative Club Of Tampa Bay

1992, May/June | Marion A. Lanasa. Pinkhaus Design. Communication Arts Magazine

1991, February | Hope Katz. Hot Shot. New Miami

1991, Fall/Winter | Martha Metzdorf. The Job Interview Portfolio By Claudia De Castro, Pinkhaus Design. North Light Books

1990, December | Bea Moss. Banners adorn office building on South Dixie. The Miami Hearld

1990, July/August | Greg Schaber. Developing A Dreamline. Gilbert’s new paper line is the brain child of two graphic designers. How Magazine, Stock Options - Everything You Need to Know About Paper

1989, January | What’s Next? The Superstars Speak Out On Graphic Design Today And Where It’s Going Tomorrow. How Magazine

1988, December | M-J Taylor. Chinese New Year with Reggae beat as party. Miami Today, Today’s Business

1988, June – September | A Five –Year Retrospective Look at Graphic Design in South Florida. Miami-Dade Public Library

1988, June | Helen L. Kohen. Libraries’ summer art shows -Lightweight fare now on exhibit puts the emphasis on the fun and eccentric. Miami-Dade Public Library

1988, February | Louise Thompson. Advertising’s creative minds tell how they do it... Miami Today, Advertising & Media

1988, January | Michael O’Connor. Entrepreneurial Design Pinkhaus Miami. How Magazine Business Annual, The Complete Guide To The Business Of Graphic Design

1987, November | Rosemary Barrett, Debra Lynn Yates, Robert Stein. Design Smart In Plain Sight, Serene Design: Quiet White and Open Spaces. Home & Garden, South Florida

1987, October | Allen Rabinowitz. How Joel Fuller Built a Pinkhaus. Photo District News

1987, March | Valuable Insights In Promotion. Unusual Invitational Mailing Nets Viewers, Future Business. The Counselor, V.I.P.

1986, December | People & Changes Editorial. A Tropical Twist On Bauhaus Design. Florida Trend, Magazine Of Florida Business And Finance

1986, October | Susan Sewell. Regional Design Watch , Five design firms from across the country that are making their mark. Adweek, Design 1986

1986, September | Marjorie Klein. Introducing... Joel Fuller, image maker. The Miami Hearld

1986, April | Beth Mignon. The layman’s guide to advertising. Miami Today, Advertising And Media

1986, February | Susan Sewell . Adweek’s All-star Creative Team. Adweek, Southeast Edition, Creativity 1986

1985, April | Pinkhaus Design Corporation opens it’s doors April Fool’s Day. It’s mission statement,“to become a community of creative people whose passion and honesty combine to realize their full potential”, is truly a force at work for all of the people it’s work touches.

1984, December | Joel Fuller For The Creative Team . From the beginning I tried to ignore all the rules. Photo/Design

1970, May | Chuck Deafenbaugh, Joel Fuller, Brownie Harris, Claude Skelton, designers, producers of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Cobblestone, introduce yearbook to the student body while the School Of Business attempts to block its distribution for displaying a paper doll cut-out as introduction to the School Of Business section. Virginia Commonwealth University

1970, January | Portrait of Allen Ginsberg, photographed for Virginia Commonwealth University Concert Lecture Series. Cobblestone, Virginia Commonwealth University