Positive Posters 2010

Positive Posters is an international poster design competition that aims to use graphic design to help people। In 2009, we bill postered over 3,500 prints of the winning poster in Melbourne, Australia, in the hope that it would make people smile a bit more. It worked. :) The 2010 competition is now open for submission. This year’s theme is, "A Glass Half Full." Positive Posters gives designers the opportunity to contribute socially responsible design in a platform that actually reaches out and connects with the wider community. Eligibility Positive Posters is an international competition, open to everyone and is free to enter. Only one entry per competition is permitted. Prize In addition to over 3,500 prints of the winning poster in city streets, the winner will also receive Adobe CS5, Wacom Intuos 4 Tablet, IdN Magazine Feature article and Subscription, Pantone Colour Bridge, Spook Mag Subscription and a Keep Cup.

http://graphiccompetitions.com/graphic-design/positive-posters-2010/

UK Design Graduates

UK Design Graduates is all about featuring and promoting the Top 100 design graduates from Universities all over the UK. Product design graduates of 2009 and 2010 can enter this year’s competition to have a chance of becoming one of the Top 100 and the best of the best will be awarded prizes. The Top 100 design graduates from product design disciplines will be featured on the UKDG Top 100 web page and have their own portfolio and contact page. The Top 100 will also be published in a book released later in the year. They will be featured on the UKDG website for a year, after which point they will be replaced with next years Top 100 and so on. Eligibility This year we are accepting 2009 and 2010 graduates from product design or similar disciplines that have graduated from a UK university. Prize This year we are awarding the best product design graduate a 21.5” Apple iMac. Each designer in the Top 100 will receive a certificate to add to their portfolio as well as a place in the book and on the UKDG website’s Top 100 for a year. This will provide valuable exposure to the design industry and recognition for your outstanding design talent and skills. Prizes for other exceptional designers are to be confirmed. Entry fee: 10 GBP
http://graphiccompetitions.com/students-only/uk-design-graduates/

3rd International Art On Billboards Festival

The idea of Art Moves Festival is presentation and popularization of art on billboards and the exchange of experiences concerning actions in the public area and also visual aspects showing up-to-date culture। The artwork is supposed to be a creative response to this year’s competition theme: "Together or apart?" This slogan can serve as a kind of a metaphor of the processes taking place in the contemporary world. Both individuals and the whole societies are faced with such a choice. Do they want to live together, contribute, collaborate and, as a result create shared value, or do they want to lead a separate, individual life of their own? Is it better to be single or in a stable relationship? Is being a member of a larger organization, like the European Union better than staying apart? Is it better to feel a part of your nation or rather an individual citizen? The possible interpretations are multiple. So, together or apart? Eligibility All artists and students, worldwide. Prize The best 10 artworks selected by an international jury panel will be printed and exhibited in the urban space of the city of Torun, Poland in September/October 2010. The author of the winning entry will receive the Main Award in the amount of PLN 7000 (approx. € 1750, $ 2200). There is no entry fee.

http://graphiccompetitions.com/graphic-design/3rd-international-art-on-billboards-festival/

Graphic Ideas To Protect The Biodiversity

The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. In this framework, on October Kaleidoscienza organizes a one-day-event to promote thoughts and ideas on topics concerning the role of biodiversity in our lives. Kaleidoscienza, in collaboration with Graphicplayers, announce an open call for the international exhibition: ’2010 BIO-GRAPHICS’. The call invites the participants to imagine a future scenario in which biodiversity will be a focal value of society. Rediscovering traditions, connected to family and country habits, to people’s common sense, to the value of sharing, and to the singularity of local areas (composed by human communities and environment) can be regarded as a tool for preserving biodiversity. The technological progress of the future society will enable mankind to recover traditions of past generations. Unlike what is happening in the last few decades, with reckless consumerism endangering our environment, the integration of technology and traditions will promote the respect of natural environment. Eligibility The contest is free and open to everyone from all over the world, at any age. Participants are invited to submit their work dealing with the call topic in the form of a poster. File JPEG (maximum quality), RGB, vertical orientation cm 50x70 at 150dpi (2953×4134 pixel), maximum file size smaller than 8 MB. Prize The most valueable works will be selected and exhibited during the one-day-event on biodiversity organized by Kaleidoscienza cultural association.

Communication Arts Typography Competition

Typography Competition

Our inaugural juried competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering.
Chosen by a jury of leading design professionals, the selected entries will be distributed worldwide in the Communication Arts Typography Annual and on commarts.com, assuring important exposure to the creators of this outstanding work.

Deadline: September 10, 2010
(Entries submitted after that date require a $10 per entry late fee. No entries will be accepted after September 24, 2010.)
http://www.commarts.com/competitions/typography.html?utm_source=graphiccompetitions.com&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=GraphicComp-Type10

The Terry ONeill Award 2010

The submission site for the Terry O’Neill Award 2010 is now open. This contemporary photographic competition forms a showcase for new work by both established and upcoming photographers, providing valuable exposure and a prestigious opportunity to promote their current practice. The award, an important addition to the cultural calendar, celebrates the diversity of talent working in the photographic medium today. The closing date for entries is 22nd October. The winners will be announced at the preview on 8th December 2010 and will be exhibited for one week at The HotShoe Gallery, London. A selection of the top ten photographers’ work will also be published in a special feature in The Sunday Times magazine. Submit between 3-6 images as an exhibition series. Images must fall into the criteria of reportage, fashion, documentary, landscape, wildlife, portraiture, or fine art photography. The judges are seeking dynamic and arresting images which portray a compelling narrative. Eligibility Students and Professional photographers. Over 18 years old. Entries can be either black and white, colour or lens-based media. Prize First prize : £3000 ($4500 USD) Second Prize : £1000 ($1500 USD) Third Prize £500 ($750 USD)

http://graphiccompetitions.com/photography/the-terry-oneill-award-2010/

Straight Edge Magazine Issue 1

We wanna publish a new online design magazine to give other great artists a chance to represent their selves! You know it’s all about the fame! The Magazine will be published 2 times in the year and the Download will be for free.

Do you want to be a part of the first issue of the “Straight Edge” magazine?

Theme: Skulls, Bones, Zombies, Blood & Gore.

Use the theme to let your imagination run wild. We’re looking for the best work in a wide range of styles. We accept photography, illustration, painting, sculpture…

Your work can be previously published. We will also accept advertisement artwork (gig posters, logos, etc). File format: PDF

Eligibility

Free for all.

Prize

The best submissions will not only be featured in the Magazine. They get the possibility to publish a small portfolio and a interview in the Magazine.

http://graphiccompetitions.com/multiple-disciplines/straight-edge-magazine-issue-1/

HOW Magazine's 12th Annual Interactive Design Awards

Enter your work in HOW magazine's Interactive Design Competition. All winning entries will be featured in HOW's March 2011 Design Annual and will receive a $100 discount toward registration for the 2011 HOW Design Conference. One Best of Show winner will be prominently featured in the March 2011 Design Annual and will be our guest at the 2011 HOW Conference (round-trip airfare, hotel and registration paid by HOW).

more there
http://www.howdesign.com/interactivedesignawards/

Interieur 2010: Call for Entries

Interieur 2010 is the 21st edition of this biennial international design competition organized by the Interieur Foundation in Kortrijk, Belgium.

The event debuted in 1968 as Europe's first International Design Biennale with a focus on product development and creative innovation.

The theme for this year is "Designs For A New World."

Deadline for registration is July 15, 2010.
more info - http://www.interieur.be/

Embracing Our Differences

Embracing Our Differences invites artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students to participate in its 8th annual visual art exhibit celebrating diversity. 45 artists will be selected for the exhibit. The Embracing Our Differences exhibit will be displayed throughout the months of April and May 2011 at Island Park along Sarasota’s beautiful bayfront. Since 2004, the exhibit has been viewed by more than 850,000 visitors. The exhibit will contain 39 billboard-sized (16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high) images of the selected artworks. In the judges’ discretion, an additional six “honorable mention” selections may be made.

Final selections will be chosen based on artistic excellence in reflection of the theme “Embracing Our Differences”. The art-work will also be evaluated on how effectively it will read outdoors when enlarged to billboard size – 16 feet wide by 12 1/2 feet high. Artists are encouraged to use bold saturated colors and strong lines. Final selections will be made by a 3-judge panel of professional artists, curators and art professionals.

There is no submission fee nor limit on the number of entries.

The mission of Embracing Our Differences is to use art as a catalyst for creating awareness and promoting the value of diversity, the benefits of inclusion and the significance of the active rejection of hatred and prejudice.

Eligibility

Artists, photographers, professionals, amateurs, teachers and students are eligible. National and international submissions are encouraged.

Prize

A total of $3,000.00 in awards will be presented.

Graphic Competitions - Multiple Disciplines category - Embracing Our Differences